tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65418672012-02-11T22:41:46.028-05:00The online journal of a Generation X Dad in search of what fatherhood means to a new generation. Has the role fathers play in their children's lives changed from when we were raised by the Baby Boomers? Or are we destined to make the same "mistakes" as all the generations that came before us? One stay at home dad journals his quest to learn the answer to those questions as he chronicles his experiences being a parent in today's world.Doshonoreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-66669422727833479852008-12-25T16:47:00.003-05:002008-12-25T16:49:16.150-05:00

I'm thinking about blogging again, but I'm not sure if it'll be here, somewhere else, or not at all.It'll be one of those three...I just haven't decided.That is all.:)

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It's been another 3 months since my last post and I'm still here, so I guess that means I haven't really answered that question. I go back and forth between wanting a place to process my thoughts and wondering if I really have anything interesting to say. Sometimes it's a cathartic exercise where I get stuff off my chest and other times I think to myself, "Who cares?" If I have anything important

Doshonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-43676997628794480752008-04-19T23:20:00.005-04:002008-04-19T23:32:36.347-04:00

I haven't blogged for months now and I know exactly why. My posts aren't perfect. Yep, that's the reason. I've tried to make my posts entertaining and interesting, but get caught up in formatting them "just so" or getting pictures linked. I see what others manage to do on a regular basis and I wonder how they create such flowing blogs. I can't seem to do that, or at least it doesn't seem to get

Doshonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-92156773978854265442008-02-11T15:43:00.001-05:002008-02-11T15:55:31.770-05:00

I was trying to be positive about the fact that I hadn't gotten sick while the boy had a bad cold, but within a day or two of my last post I got that familiar prickly feeling in my throat. Fortunately we didn't overlap too much other than watching his cough, although his schedule of activities had to be curtailed. He doesn't seem to mind it really which I find amazing and keeps on plugging

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-73024435420398703922008-01-31T15:39:00.000-05:002008-01-31T15:49:46.739-05:00

I've finally gotten back to blogging today and I'm never sure how long its going to last. Most of the time it's just because I'm busy and blogging is always low enough on the priority list that I don't get to it. That isn't to say I don't want to do it since I do! There's just been too many different things to get done in a day.Today my little one has a pretty bad cold and although it has

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-76053724654395972202007-12-03T15:31:00.000-05:002007-12-03T15:59:06.841-05:00

For those of you not familiar with the weather on the East Coast we don't really get many a tornado, but we do get plenty of blizzards. Right now we're getting snow coming down so hard with such strong winds that it's literally moving sideways. And it's not supposed to get much better over the next couple days with forecasts calling for as much as a foot and up to two feet for some points east of

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-59776212377427701422007-11-13T23:03:00.000-05:002007-11-13T23:21:40.702-05:00

The last month has been a busy one and has yet again kept me from blogging. I don't know why I essentially apologize every time I let so much time go by in my blog, but I usually feel compelled to do so since I'm probably neglecting other things too. Truth is, I've been pretty busy getting my laptop running again after it stopped working (and still isn't running very smoothly) and my continuing

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-89695316909170849082007-09-21T16:11:00.000-04:002007-09-21T16:21:04.954-04:00

Just a quick entry today as I've finally gotten that "other blog" started! As I state in my first post there, I won't stop posting here, but I did want to keep the focus of each one separate for now. At some point they may come together again, who knows? If I could predict the future I think my daily routine would be different...or would it? LOL!Anyway, here's the link and I hope you'll join me

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As my regular readers know, I have been struggling with the decision on whether I should continue my doctoral program. I have gone both ways for a long time, but now I have officially decided to stop. I have known it was the right thing to do for some time now, so it's good I finally listened to myself. I wish I knew exactly where I was headed, but the possibilities of the unknown are more

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-48968032521955843542007-08-29T14:47:00.000-04:002007-08-29T15:00:59.327-04:00

At this time last week I thought the biggest issue facing my return to a less hectic life was met with everyone's favorite email treat, Spam. For the last few weeks the amount of spam accumulating in my inbox has been crazy, but now it's up to an insane level. Most of it is fake messages from eBay members, so those are easy to spot, but since I do sell on eBay I obviously have to open most of

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-41026629990655381122007-08-22T23:28:00.000-04:002007-08-22T23:46:39.646-04:00

I finally got the desktop set up this evening and I'm still surrounded by all our collected crap! We've been just keeping ahead of things and I'm very glad we're done with the moving part. Not that I'm overcome with joy about finding room for everything, but trust me it's nothing compared to all the hauling. As you might expect, my other blog project hasn't gotten anywhere yet, but having the

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-89464105679805263522007-08-13T21:42:00.000-04:002007-08-13T21:58:58.315-04:00

Well folks, it's been another long pause in entries, but this time I have a damn good reason. We moved into a house! We've been staying nights here since Saturday and have all the large stuff moved. We still have a mostly empty apartment to clean though and have to be out completely by Sunday. It's been kinda weird to be honest since it doesn't seem like we live here! We're very happy though and

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-72599213577639314832007-07-05T15:14:00.001-04:002007-07-05T15:30:55.935-04:00

Well, faithful readers, I have yet again been away for too long. Usually it's something minor, but this time it's a biggie: My wife and I are homeowners! We just bought a modest house in a fairly well to do town and couldn't be happier about it. I've been dead tired from washing, sanding, and painting and the last thing I've wanted to do is write a blog entry, but it's about time I did, don't you

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-59551777873994461542007-05-31T14:18:00.000-04:002007-05-31T14:58:48.551-04:00

Last night after my wife came home, we were sitting in the living room with the Boy and his Sesame Street coloring book. It basically has all the major characters with an emphasis on Elmo (Don't get me started on Elmo since that's for another time). At the moment the Boy can say "Ehwo" (Elmo), "Ocker" (Oscar), "Growrow" (Grover), and "CooCoo" (Cookie Monster). He'll easily point them out to you

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-48036280103959097262007-05-30T15:22:00.000-04:002007-05-30T15:41:02.521-04:00

I know I seem to write this same entry every few months and I'm sure it's getting boring, but there has been some really heavy crap going on lately that really makes blogging seem very unimportant. I'm not saying that it is since I find posting to be cathartic, but it has seemed that way. It's nothing I really want to write about at the present time, though perhaps I will after some time has

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-57456229768996492222007-04-16T15:28:00.000-04:002007-04-16T15:50:32.964-04:00

I was just getting my son his lunch when I found out about the shootings at Virginia Tech. Details are still coming in and the authorities don't have all the facts, but right now at least 31 people are dead, many presumably students, in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. I also heard someone say that the anniversary of Columbine is just 4 days away and that type of viloence has now spread

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-69397305786789879272007-04-12T23:27:00.000-04:002007-04-13T00:35:33.646-04:00

There hasn't been much to post this last week since I've been cleaning the apartment. My parents were supposed to come this weekend to see us and the boy (ok, really just the boy), but the snow that cancelled baseball games last week is cancelling travel plans all over the northeast. Suffice it to say that cleaning up cat fur off the carpet doesn't make for very exciting blog posts, but if that

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-3043307935947653542007-04-05T21:31:00.000-04:002007-04-05T22:50:16.486-04:00

If you know me well, you know I'm a rabid baseball fan and have been since I was a kid. Some wonder how I ended up a Boston Red Sox fan since I've lived in New York my entire life. Short version: My Dad was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan who followed the Mets after the Dodgers left Brooklyn, married my mother when both were going to college in Connecticut, and was offered a ticket to Game 2 of the 1967

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-28649142601031275592007-04-03T14:52:00.000-04:002007-04-03T15:06:55.908-04:00

The apartment has been a bit of a clinic the last week or so with all three of us getting sick at various times. My wife had a cold which I got and am still getting over while the boy has a rotavirus and the cold at the same time. For most families this is pretty much par for the course and I'm not really complaining, but as a stay at home kid he's been sick very rarely. So, when he began

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-3109503025804875322007-04-03T00:15:00.000-04:002007-04-03T00:32:38.202-04:00

When I was logging in I noticed that it has been quite awhile since I posted: February 20th! Yikes! I knew it had been a few weeks, but I honestly didn't think it had been that long. I had this great plan to post more often and on more interesting topics and obviously that didn't work out like I expected. I want to post, but I think making these grand plans isn't really working.Recently, I was

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-80477319117971134402007-02-20T23:33:00.000-05:002007-02-20T23:52:51.292-05:00

I was about to call it a night when I saw that Kurt Cobain would have turned 40 years old today. My brother is only a couple years older than he would have been, so it's not like the greying of Generation X hasn't been in my mind. However, when you think of an infamous figure like Kurt Cobain being an age that I remember my father being (I was 10), it makes you do a double take to say the least.

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There has been much buzz about an article in Time Magazine on the new generation of parents and the attempt to make their kids as hip as they think they are. Author James Poniewozik writes:"It is said that children should be seen, not heard, but that expression is sometimes better applied to parents. Until recently the most egregious parental oversharing was usually your sister-in-law's Christmas

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-63242022503901532412007-02-15T16:17:00.000-05:002007-02-15T16:38:35.814-05:00

I've thought a lot over the last two weeks about what I'd like this blog to become. When I started I planned to let its function evolve and I don't regret that decision at all. However, I think the blog has become a bit stale and I'd like to infuse it with some new material and a better focus. To that end, I took some time to look into RSS feeds and setting up searches that will help me find

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-41051082328004027842007-02-01T21:45:00.000-05:002007-02-01T22:31:08.199-05:00

Tonight is the first time I've felt able to stop since the beginning of the week, more mentally than physically. My class started on Monday and everything is going smoothly, but there's always a lot of busy work to be done. Answering student questions about access to the course materials, formats for their assignments, testing me to see what kind of teacher I am. It's all pretty straightforward,

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-64635980845529185262007-01-23T15:12:00.000-05:002007-01-24T23:29:28.008-05:00

Ok, ok...I know this post is a week late, but I have excuse...I mean, reasons! Yeah, that's it! That's the ticket! All kidding aside (well, at least for the remainder of this sentence), it has been a busy week as I start teaching a class next week and am getting all my prep done as early as I can. I taught the same course last spring, so I'm in much better shape than when I started from scratch

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-51526647875488516962007-01-15T22:13:00.000-05:002007-01-15T22:23:54.045-05:00

Due to the ice storm here in the east, I'll keep my entry tonight extremely brief and post the boy's December pictures tomorrow, assuming we have power. :)This is the Daily Show segment I referred to in an earlier post about being a new dad that I was trying to find. My wife and I found it hilarious at the time, so hopefully it isn't stale after a few months time.Enjoy!

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-41482915809988175602007-01-14T16:46:00.000-05:002007-01-14T17:22:29.115-05:00

It's been a lazy weekend here and that's not at all a bad thing. We're supposedly getting a big storm over the next 24 hours and the only question is the condition of the precipitation that we're going to get. It could be anywhere from sleet, to freezing rain, to heavy snow. At times like this you just make sure you have enough milk for the boy and prepare for the worst...and then nothing

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-72720695712541120212007-01-11T15:30:00.000-05:002007-01-11T15:27:34.272-05:00

This video segment from The Daily Show aired on Tuesday night with correspondents Samantha Bee and Jason Jones. It's called "Baby Talk" and seems like it might become a regular segment. Part of the joke is that they are married in real life and had a baby earlier in the year. Their first segment a few months back was about dads just before Sam came back from her maternity leave and was absolutely

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-62853222051421381382007-01-10T18:08:00.000-05:002007-01-10T21:54:50.681-05:00

Note: I've been trying to upload this post for about a day now, but for some reason I couldn't get it to spell check or upload photos. So, I hope it was worth the wait! :)It's been another long lull in my posting, so I've already broken my 1st New Year's resolution to post more often. That means 2007 is already tainted, but I think I still have time to turn it around. ;) The big news is that we

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Greetings from the non-snowy east coast! It's been ridiculously warm here with temperatures in the 50s which boggles the mind until you remember that global warming thing Al Gore keeps mentioning. December has never been the coldest month here and there have definitely been times where we haven't had any snow on Christmas, but I can't remember anything like this before.I'm slowly catching

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-81974556098418189732006-12-07T12:10:00.000-05:002006-12-07T12:21:35.114-05:00

To a father who gave his very life to save his family...please send your thoughts and prayers for his family and all those who knew and loved him. May he rest in peace.

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A quick entry to report that our identity was stolen this week! I won't give out any specific details since the case will eventually go to court, but a couple of employees at a store my wife and I frequent got our credit card number and used it twice. The authorities already know who did it and were actually tipped off by the owners of the store, so we heard about it before we or the credit card

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Quite awhile ago I promised my readers some newer pictures of the boy, so here they are! These are from back in August and I'll bring everyone up to date over the next few posts. In the first picture you'll see our hero grabbing the cat which has become one of his favorite pastimes (and probably the cat's least favorite). At this point he was still crawling and had become very skilled at

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1163728983998157992006-11-16T20:47:00.000-05:002006-11-16T21:03:23.340-05:00

Whenever I'm under a lot of stress, I tend to get only small tasks accomplished and the big, important stuff gets pushed aside. I guess it's because the small tasks give me a quick sense of accomplishment but not quite enough to make me feel like I can take on more valued projects. One of the things that gets ignored during these times is this blog and I shouldn't let that happen. Writing (when

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1162394862200105732006-11-01T10:07:00.000-05:002006-11-01T10:29:14.670-05:00

It's been a busy couple of weeks here, most notably with my wife having surgery this past Monday. It had been originally scheduled for December, but when her doctor had an opening she took it since she'd be in a good deal of pain. For longtime readers, you already know that my wife has Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and that she had surgery a few years ago. Well, this time was

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1159832369461310392006-10-02T19:14:00.000-04:002006-10-02T19:41:06.376-04:00

It's been a busy couple weeks for me, but for very good reasons. The boy is walking! My wife and I have been spending a lot of time with him and slowly but surely he's been taking to the bi-ped lifestyle. He's got it down pretty well, only getting sidetracked when he encounters new challenges or obsticles. Yesterday we took him to see my wife's parents and he tripped on a very high rug. He gets

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1158628891224260202006-09-18T21:12:00.000-04:002006-09-18T21:21:55.413-04:00

Did I forget to mention in my blog how exhausting being a stay at home dad can be? Man that kid gave me a workout today! He slept late so the late morning nap was out and I had like 6 straight hours of "Yeah! Dada! Scream! Waaaa!" That wasn't in the job description when I signed up! Wait, what's that? It was? Oh, yeah, I forgot. My bad.In reality our son is a very good boy; he's just at that

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1158432644458334702006-09-16T14:38:00.000-04:002006-09-16T15:01:53.950-04:00

One of the realities of being a stay at home dad is some loneliness and isolation. Sure, you want to be more social and have conversations that begin with something other than, "Hey, don't touch that!" or "Oh man you smell bad!". However, opportunities to mingle with others can be far and inbetween. So, what can you do? Join an all dads fantasy football league!Now, anyone that knows me well is

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1158092347586134242006-09-12T16:04:00.000-04:002006-09-12T16:20:46.063-04:00

The last few weeks have been very busy and I just don't take the time I should to smell the roses. As I have learned more about Buddhism, the more I have come to appreciate the oft described "little things" in life. However, they are certainly among the most important and precious experiences of life. For as long as I can remember I have lived life hard and fast, but not only have I found it

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1155782623207239622006-08-16T22:18:00.000-04:002006-08-16T22:44:01.766-04:00

I sat down to write a post thinking I was updating pretty soon after my last one. However, after noticing the date it's actually been another 2 weeks! The amount of time that passes when you have a little one is quite something, although it is time well spent. Regardless, as someone suggested in a comment, I'm going to stop apologizing and just write entries!The boy is nearly ready to walk on his

Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1154651152081764672006-08-03T20:18:00.000-04:002006-08-03T21:04:53.556-04:00

So, I've done it once again my faithful readers. I thought I was getting better and it got worse. Oh well, I guess it's a swift caning for me. Oh yeah, I don't live in Singapore. Barely escaped that one folks! ;) In reality, it's just having so many things up in the air at once and it feels like someone tossed a bucket of baseballs up in the air and I'm supposed to catch them all. Still, I'm not

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1153022355445347472006-07-15T23:40:00.000-04:002006-07-15T23:59:32.690-04:00

So much for updating regularly, huh? As I said, it's a new day and a new beginning! That's the spirit! :)The boy's birthday was an exhausting event to be sure, but I've never been so happy being dead tired. It was great to see so many friends and family there to celebrate the little man being with us for a year. And no, I don't have pictures up yet but we'll get them up soon! As you'd expect, he

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1152131051667384192006-07-05T16:08:00.000-04:002006-07-05T16:29:20.093-04:00

So far my efforts to keep this blog updated regularly haven't been very successful, but I like to look at every day as a chance for a fresh start. Granted, it's been a busy time over the last month so I do have a good reason, but I really do want to keep the blog updated. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time things weren't busy! I suppose that's what happens when you bring a baby

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1150398445481074082006-06-15T14:55:00.000-04:002006-06-15T15:07:25.506-04:00

Hi All! I haven't posted in awhile since I went on vacation with the family. It was the boy's first real vacation and there were some bumps with teething and getting to sleep in new places (and oh do I have a whopper of a story about one particular night). However, he did really well overall. We went to Cape Cod for a little over a week to stay with my folks who rented a place there. It rained

Scottnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1148495550538448402006-05-24T13:15:00.000-04:002006-05-24T14:50:00.243-04:00

I haven't had much time to post as I've been finishing up a class I taught this spring. Grades were due yesterday, so for all intents and purposes I'm done! It was my first solo gig as a college teacher and I thought it went really well. Although I'm technically unemployed for the moment, I'm always looking for new teaching positions. If anyone needs a education instructor to teach online courses

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1147474482650126332006-05-12T18:38:00.000-04:002006-05-12T19:31:56.950-04:00

It's the end of another week and I could definitely use a nap! Fortunately I get to sleep in tomorrow. Yay! I've been working on the final exam for a class I'm teaching and my wife has been trying to get ahead at work before our trip to Cape Cod in June where we'll take more pictures than anyone but us would want to see. However, that made me remember today that while I wasn't updating my blog, I

Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1147040061426494422006-05-07T18:01:00.000-04:002006-05-07T22:51:34.886-04:00

It's been an eventful week and I've tried to make time for an entry, but that isn't the only thing that's gone by the wayside. Actually, my last post didn't make it up on the blogger site until Wednesday because I kept getting errors when I tried to post! I guess they figured it out eventually; darn technology!About a week ago the boy was relegated to an army crawl for getting around, but since

Scottnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1146512325986108262006-05-01T15:13:00.000-04:002006-05-02T14:43:09.953-04:00

It's another week in stay at home dad land and I can't believe that the boy is about a week away from being 10 months old! The time has gone by fast in most ways, but I can remember every single thing that happened leading up to the birth. So, I thought I'd take today to recap some of the missing information from the blog and what kept me away.The birth process itself was very trying, as I

Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1146248789793880392006-04-28T14:02:00.000-04:002006-04-28T14:30:22.966-04:00

It's been a busy week and I'm very glad it's Friday! The last few days have seen the boy doubling his number of teeth (7 total are through with 1 just ready to pop) and he's approaching 30 inches in height! I think he'll end up being a beanpole like his uncle was and not short and stout like his daddy. When we went in for his 9 month appointment a couple weeks ago, our pediatrician said he was

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1146166181851318352006-04-27T15:03:00.000-04:002006-04-27T15:29:41.873-04:00

Has anyone come out with a cute abbreviated title for blog spam? I was going back over some of my old entries today and realized that one of them had 3 comments that were clearly computer generated, mostly on the topic of acid reflux. I suppose it was only a matter of time, but I find it more than a bit annoying. I think back when they were originally posted and I just figured someone was very

Scottnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1146072249341977522006-04-26T13:21:00.000-04:002006-04-26T13:24:09.353-04:00

Hey folks! I'd be very surprised if anyone is still around who read this blog during my wife's pregnancy and the first month of my son's life, but I am planning to get back to blogging. Frankly, I had some concerns about all the info I was putting up on the web about my son and got pretty busy taking care of him, especially since I'm a stay at home dad! So, I promise I'll be updating again soon

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I can't believe it's been five weeks since I updated my blog! While most of that time has been consumed changing diapers, making formula, and getting the little man to sleep, the time still goes by so fast. On the 10th we celebrated him being a month old and he's changed so much already. He continues to amaze us with his consistency as he wakes up at nearly the same time each night to feed. In

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It's been a busy time as one might expect with a newborn in the house! It took about a week just for my wife and I to feel like regular people again, although she still has all the aches and pains of a c-section recovery. The boy has been great though as he only gets us up once in the night to feed and have his diaper checked. What's been the most helpful has been his consistency and, while that

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Well, it's official: I'm a dad! Our little man arrived at 5:01 am on July 10th and I just can't stop staring at our little man. Both sets of grandparents were at the hospital for the birth and helped us bring him home this past Wednesday. It was a very long and tough labor (sorry to all you moms and dads who hate to hear stories like this) that started on a Friday night and ended with a c-section

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Today is the first day of July, the weather is cooling off, and I'm living fancy free! It's been a busy two weeks since my last post and the amount of news to report is getting thick. So, I'll do my best to cut to the chase. Brady may be here in just over a week! Yay! After an appointment with our OB, my wife has been scheduled to be induced on Saturday July 9th. We see Dr. C. again next week, so

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So much for posting more regularly, huh? Life always seems to throw a few more curves than you expect, but that's all part of being an expectant parent. My wife will be 35 weeks as of tomorrow, so we are now dealing with the baby's very imminent arrival! We already know the doctor won't let her go past her due date of July 21st, but our little man could decide to come at any time now!In any

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My wife and I have another shower this weekend which should be nothing but a joyous time, but once again we are both feeling the stress. And that's not really what either of us is aiming for as we hit 32 weeks! The biggest issue has been handling parental schedules while my folks are in town and having debates with them about people who haven't RSVPed yet. Did they get an invitation? Are they mad

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It's been a busy time for my wife and I as we pass the 31 week mark of the pregnancy. In the past week we've had two baby showers, one last Sunday for friends and family living near my parents and another yesterday given by Julie's co-workers. The one over the weekend was planned by our friends Jen and Chuck with help from Chuck's Mom and Aunt. My brother and his family were there along with my

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It's been awhile since my last post, but I'm happy to report that we've had no further trips to triage! Our OB has continued to raise Julie's insulin doses, especially her nighttime one, as the doctor would like to get her fasting rate lower. Despite that, however, all signs point to a normal pregnancy. The reality of the situation has continued to hit us both at odd times, but the progression

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We had a bit of a scare today that turned into an educational experience. Last night my wife Julie was feeling a bit faint, seeing the tunnel that many people describe when they are light headed. I got her into bed and, while we were concerned, it just seemed like one of those things women have to deal with in pregnancy that I unfortunately have no power to control. The doctors had upped her

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To say that time has been passing quickly has become the understatement of our lives! My wife will be 26 weeks tomorrow and the idea that Julie & I will be bringing an infant home in less than 3 months is beginning to settle in our collective consciousness. I wouldn't say that it's hit me from out of the blue as it is actually more gradual than I expected. It's not something you notice from one

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It's been a couple weeks since my last post, but not because of a lack of baby related happenings! Julie & I have been making our final decisions on the nursery and ordered the furniture over the weekend. I've already had a request from my dad to put pictures of them up as soon as we can, so I will debut the nursery with the kid's stuff when we get it set up. The two larger pieces, an armoire and

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It's been a busy time here in Expectant Fatherland! On Friday I spent much of the day cleaning out what used to be the office and is slowly becoming the nursery. You never really know how much stuff you accumulate until you have to clear out a room. I could just grab much of it and pile it elsewhere, but I'm trying to find a home for everything before it comes out. So, it's not going as fast as I

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Well, we didn't find out the gender of the baby and I must say I was pretty peeved! The sonographer looked for quite awhile and the baby was just not going to cooperate. At first the baby was quite active, even placing a hand between the legs to avoid revealing the secret. After my wife took a bathroom break, the baby had settled on its feet and wouldn't move for anything. In all honesty the

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Without much fanfare, Julie and I reached the halfway point in the pregnancy on Thursday. We've both been busy with school this week and I've had a nasty cold, so blogging hasn't been high on the priority list! Apparently all of us (except my wife thank goodness) left the outlet mall with more than our purchases. Perhaps the pregnancy has boosted her immune system and, if so, I gotta get me one

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We had a great time with our friends over the weekend! We all went shopping on Saturday afternoon at Babies "R" Us which was a very different experience having a baby along. My wife & I have been there a handful of times before, but it doesn't prepare you for all the people that notice you because of the baby. Her smile lights up any space she's in and complete strangers melt at the sight of her.

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We've been enjoying our visit with our friends and their baby daughter. While our cat is reserving judgment on her for now, we're already in love with this little girl! At first the cat hid under the bed for awhile, but after we got settled in bed he took his usual perch by my wife's legs. It's good for him as we wonder how he'll manage in 5 months when our baby comes home. However, it's not

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A short entry will have to suffice for my first "real" post. I spent the day cleaning the house before the arrival of our friends and their daughter who was born last October. It's our first experience being around a baby for an extended period of time in our own home. We're excited and will probably get a very good idea of what a baby's sleep schedule is like.The other news of the day is that

Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541867.post-1109198985976535092005-02-23T17:28:00.000-05:002006-02-20T22:43:23.873-05:00

Welcome to GenX Dad! Whether you came looking for my old blog or found me any other way, I request only a few paragraphs of your valuable time. Basically, I'm from Generation X and I'm going to be a Dad, so the new blog title shouldn't be that difficult to understand. My wife, who along with our baby and myself will be the major focus of this blog, is about 4 months along (or 19 weeks depending

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