Two foot small

Posted on February 25, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 17 Comments

The day that every new mother dreads – the day she willingly lets a stranger needle her son’s seriously munchable thunder thighs not once, not twice, but three times, thus inflicting his first real sensation of, wait for it … yes, yes, that is pain, commence red-faced crying – has come and gone. Of course, [...]

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The middle namesake

Posted on February 21, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 9 Comments

One of the most common questions we get asked as new parents, right after whether or not our new baby is sleeping through the night (seriously, there are newborn babies who actually do this?), is who we think the baby looks like. Before we can answer, though, the inquirer will most certainly tell us who [...]

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Pick your poison

Posted on February 21, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Upon giving Rowan cherry-flavored baby Tylenol drops for the first time, post traumatic immunization shots to his (deliciously thunder-y) thighs earlier today: Him: Look, he loves it!Me: Wow, he’s really smacking his lips.Him: Uh oh, he’s really going to be into sweets and candy, isn’t he?Me: Of course he is. He is YOUR son after [...]

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A real boy

Posted on February 12, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 17 Comments

Rowan is now eight weeks old. The last time he was eight weeks old was the first time we saw him on an ultrasound. It was the first time we saw his legs and arms move, the first time we saw his heartbeat, the first time he became real. We’ve certainly come a long way, [...]

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The hardest button to button

Posted on February 6, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 15 Comments

When my mom was staying with us the first two weeks after Rowan was born, she would often look adoringly over him while he was sleeping and say, “You will never again be this little.” At the time, I didn’t think much about that fairly obvious statement other than to exhaustedly smile and nod in [...]

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