One More Month to Go
Thirty-five weeks. Jack’s due date is November 11th, so it’s pretty likely that within the next thirty days, he will be born. I am past the stage of being nervous, afraid, or underprepared (because...
View ArticleBaby Jack Could Be Born Any Day Now
Thirty-seven weeks. In a matter of days (most likely no more than 20), dad from day one will no longer be a blog about pregnancy from a dad’s perspective; instead of pregnancy, it will be about a real...
View ArticleLast Minute Expectations
Thirty-eight weeks. It is almost a given that a family sitcom will reach its peak by Season 5 or 6, where in attempt to bring back ratings, someone has a baby. (Examples include Full House, Growing...
View ArticleThe Due Date
Forty weeks. Don’t ask me how, but all week my wife and I have had the theme song to the ‘80’s sitcom Mr. Belvedere stuck in our heads. In the mindset of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em”, we...
View ArticleWon’t Ever Be Lonely
Week 6. Maybe somewhat surprisingly, I am a proud Country music fan- though I’m ultimately a Dave Matthews Band/Guster/John Mayer/Bruce Springsteen/Tom Petty kind of guy. In the past few weeks, in the...
View ArticleThe Half Abortion: Only Keeping One Twin
Eight months. In today’s publication of the New York Times, there is an article entitled The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy. It tells of the growing number of women who are pregnant with twins and choose to...
View ArticleIf the Dadabase were a Movie
Nine months. I consider myself a “good movie connoisseur.” Because I know the criteria for what makes for a good movie, I have cleverly avoided dozens of lame movies during my lifetime. If I’m going...
View Article6 Things This Dad Got Wrong During Pregnancy
Eleven months. Above photo credit: www.joehendricks.com Now that my son Jack is just days away from turning a year old, I’m having these flashbacks from when my wife was pregnant with him. I remember...
View ArticleIntactivists’ Responses To AAP’s Revised Circumcision Policy
21 months. Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its stance on circumcision, saying the benefits outweigh the risks. If you are a soon-to-be parent of a baby boy who has been trying to...
View ArticleThe Amazing Photo of Alicia Atkins’ Baby Reaching From the Womb
2 years, 1 month. Dear Jack, In the age of the Internet, there have been some awesome, yet possibly fake, pictures of yet unborn babies reaching from the womb, holding onto the doctor’s hands. Well,...
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