Life and absurdities in North Texas from a work-from-home (soon to be) dad
Posted in Parenthood on Feb 25th, 2009
We’ve tried our best to follow the advice in On Becoming Babywise. We try to follow a feeding-playtime-naptime cycle. We also let Carter cry (for a few minutes) if we know all of his other needs are met and he just needs to cry himself to sleep. All that said, it still takes considerable effort [...]
Posted in Diabetes, Home Life, Parenthood, Suburban Life, working from home on Jan 16th, 2009
Is there any better catalyst for learning a lesson than blood?
Yesterday was one of those days. I woke up at 3:30 AM with a low blood sugar. The Boy woke up hungry 30 minutes later. By the time I got up for good, The Boy needed to be fed again, the house [...]
Posted in Home Life, Parenthood, Personal reflection on Jan 4th, 2009
This weekend marked my 50 first days of fatherhood and it has been quite a ride. I’ve never felt so much pride, joy, frustration and exhilaration as I have in the last few weeks. I’ve also learned some lessons:
Assembly manuals for toys and children’s furniture are written by psychopaths.
The boy can shoot poo [...]
Posted in Home Life, Parenthood, Suburban Life on Oct 11th, 2008
As of Friday, Lisa is 35 weeks along. If she goes the full 40 weeks, that means Carter can be here in just 34 days. He could arrive in just two weeks and still be considered full term. That is both exciting and terrifying.
Our last several weekends have been extremely busy, with [...]
Posted in Home Life, Parenthood, Personal reflection on Oct 3rd, 2008
Last night, Lisa convinced me to attend a class with her at Baylor Hospital. A breastfeeding class. I made her re-read the line in the class description urging fathers to attend. Twice. When I asked if it was going to be held at a bar by the airport I just got [...]
