Since we got so many great recommendations, I thought that an update on the antenatal music was in order.
A Free Fetus is a dancer, much moreso than Boy Z was in utero. Maybe #2 is going to be the musically inclined child. Almost everything that we play seems to elicit a response. Sometimes – somewhat [...]
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And happiness I’ve known proves that it’s right
Got on this morn’ and I’ll be there by morning light
Reason #7,184 I love being a father:
A caboose in my lunch bag.
A tiny red wooden reminder of a little boy who just lights up my days. It was probably just the random dispersal of toys that makes our house a fairly constant mine field for those brave enough to venture barefoot but I’m choosing to [...]
And that’s how I ‘came your humble narrator, to be living so easy and free
I’m all over the place today – it’s getting to that time of the year when my two jobs converge, meaning that I have two play two roles in an equally half-assed manner. In my role as lecturer, I had to cancel a practical this morning because we couldn’t find any human DNA to use. [...]
Late evenings by the fire with little kicks inside her
I missed an important date a couple of weeks ago. Not really surprising as it’s not an official anniversary of anything. But in the scope of what I want to talk about today, it’s an important one. Eight years ago this month, on a frigid mid-Missouri winter night, I met Dr. O’C for the first [...]
This Week on the (Dr.) OC: No joy but lacks salt
I know that I’m about as far from objective as I am from my homeland, but this week’s installment of Dr. O’C’s recounting of pregnancy and childbirth struck me to the quick. I’m not one to be quoting poetry, but her post this week made me think of a Robert Frost poem that I must have read [...]
This Week on the (Dr.) OC: In praise of needles
With Dr. O’C returning to the ranks of the employed in a few weeks, this feature is likely short-lived. Maybe if we talk real nice to her she’ll continue – or at least get Baby Z born…
September 10, 2007
Chris and I had convinced ourselves that the baby was going to be late, so when my [...]
Antenatal anticipation
Shortly after I told my friend Robert that Dr O’C was pregnant, he said “You’re doing the NCT classes, right? You must do those, they’re brilliant.” This was about 12 weeks on, so I hadn’t realized that 1) everyone who’s been near a child has an opinion about pregnancy and child-rearing and 2) they [...]
Pregnancy progress
For those of you that know Dr O’C, thought you might be interested in seeing how she’s blossoming.
Goteborg, Sweden – December 2006
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Girls & Boys
“Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they’re girls
Who do girls like they’re boys
Always should be someone you really love…”
-Blur “Girls & Boys”
One of the first things Dr. O’C said when she found out she was pregnant (after she stopped crying) was: “I don’t want to know the sex of the baby.” [...]
Sweet Thing
“The foetus may be startled by loud music and start kicking you when it hears a certain tune. Or maybe its dancing. This is a good time to play it music, talk to it and see if you get a reaction.”
(The Rough Guide to Pregnancy).
Say no more, I am on the case! I’ve had very [...]
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