Ken Newquist StarGirl’s a little over two weeks old now, and a lot of folks have been asking how we’re doing. The short answer is “good but tired”. StarGirl wakes up every few hours, sometimes gretzing, sometimes crying, rarely screaming. Then it’s time to change the diaper, feed her, or just do laps around the downstairs trying … Read more
Jordan’s been here for a week. Actually, 8 days. And over that time, while gently rocking her to sleep while doing my Nth circuit of the downstairs, while changing her diapers, while just looking with wonder into her open, attentive and intelligent eyes, I’ve had a few moments to speculate on babies, fatherhood, and my newborn daughter.
Walking, Rocking, and Singing Beats All: When Jordan’s upset, there’s one thing that will almost always calm her down: taking a stroll around the house, singing calming songs and slowly rocking her.
StarGirl (not her real name, obviously) was born at 11:20 a.m. on March 26. She was 7 lbs. 10 ounces and 20 inches long. And she’s absolutely beautiful. More soon, once we have a chance to eat, sleep and get to know our little girl.
I’ve received a lot of spam in my life. In fact at this particular moment in time I have 2,965 pieces of spam in my kill file (as opposed to about 3,400 pieces of real mail in my assorted in boxes). I’ve seen it all — pyramid schemes, bizarre sex acts, promises to end my … Read more
We’re now two days past Sue’s due date and the baby has still not made an appearance. The midwife gave us some labor-inducing home remedies to try, but whether they’ll actually work, or whether they’re just to give us something to do, remains to be seen. So we’re renting movies, putting jigsaw puzzles together, cleaning, … Read more
An e-mail allegding that an Israeli satellite took pictures of the orbiter Columbia as it exploded during re-entry is a hoax. In reality, the pictures depict a scene from the opening of the movie Armageddon, in which the shuttle is destroyed by a meteor. Here’s the text of the hoax: Date Captured: 3/17/2003 Subject:Shuttle Pictures … Read more
Sue hasn’t had the baby yet. Everyone wants to know, so I figured I’d throw it out there before I wrote another word. Sue’s “informal” due date of March 14 — which we got from the ultrasound tech — has come and gone and her official due date of March 21 is getting closer by … Read more
Well folks, we’re at T-11 days and counting, and still no baby. We had our weekly baby appointment today, and the midwife said everything was going well … and that we had a nice-sized baby coming. How big does that translate to? Not a clue. So … the waiting game continues. We’ve got our bag … Read more
Almost two years after 9/11, it’s become commonplace to see American flags flying. You can see them in front of houses, on overpasses, in cars and soaring over office buildings. For the most part, they are the good old Stars and Stripes, with 13 stripes and 50 stars representing our United States as it is … Read more
Madison has seen the face of the enemy, and it is pink. Our five-year-old Yellow Labrador was freaked out when Sue began talking to her belly a few months ago, and she started sulking when she saw us loading Sue’s overnight bag into the Cherokee in anticipation of her impending labor (Mad Dog knows that … Read more