Random musings of an 8 week old dad

I still find it hard to think of myself as a dad. It’s easier to accept that I’m a parent. I imagine that you don’t feel like a dad until you can interact with your child and somehow begin to guide them along their path.
It’s very easy to get lost in the day to day [...]

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5 weeks later

I can’t believe just how quickly the past five weeks have gone. Our little boy is five weeks (and one day!) old already and he’s changed so much in that time. He’s gone from tiny little wrinkled newborn to a tiny little boy who’s only just starting to interact with the world. He stares contentedly [...]

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The Birth Story

I was going to write a verbose version of the birth story, but Debbie captured it perfectly here, so I won’t repeat it.
Needless to say that almost everything in the lead up to the birth went wrong and we had to deal with my illness, Debbie’s contractions and the local maternity hospital closing all in [...]

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Luke is here!

I will post a more elaborate entry at some point in the near future when I have more than a few moments of free time. There’s a lot to post. The labour was full of drama. I passed out with the flu the morning that our son was to be born. We were told that [...]

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Five Frantic Days Left

We both hear “Not long now!” quite a lot.
And they’re not wrong. We are only five days from our estimated due date. Five days. Our baby can come at any time and Debbie is showing a few signs that it may be sooner than later.
As the arrival of our little bundle of joy could be [...]

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The nursery is complete!

Finally. It’s complete.
We ordered the furniture from Kiddicare back in very early December and were told to expect a 6-8 week wait. What a long 6-8 weeks that was!
We ordered the ‘Susannah’ range from ‘KidsMill’ who are based in Holland. They come over and assemble it for you, which is an added plus. My [...]

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We’re engaged!

No, not Debbie and I. We’ve been engaged for a while. Our little baby has finally got his or her head firmly wedged into Debbie’s pelvis.
It was our midwife appointment today which is something we both look forward to. We have a nice friendly midwife who’s very pleasant if not a little scatty.
She wasn’t there [...]

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Random Thoughts This Week

I’ll be thirty two soon. We’re nearly thirty five weeks pregnant. Where did that time go? I’ll have a child when I’m thirty three. Is that too old? I guess not these days. How old was my dad when he had me? Twenty two… twenty three?
I can’t let Debbie see how emotional that SMA advert [...]

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Are you ready?

During a post Christmas visit, our friend who became a father for the first time almost a year ago asked “Are you all ready, then?”
It’s a simple enough question, glibly presented in expectation of a quick reply. I pondered for a moment and replied with “Is anyone every really ready?”. I thought I was being [...]

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Our 4D Scan

We finally got to see what our little baby looks like. Although it was more of a special preview of what’s to come in March, it took my breath away.
It’s one thing to see one’s child wriggling on a 2D ultrasound, but it’s another to see them with such clarity as they smile, suck their [...]

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