Nathan Roarke was born yesterday, coming in at 9 lbs. 6.8 oz. and 22 in. long. My wife is a champion at natural childbirth! No drugs or anything. The labor went well, but it’s not called labor for nothin’. It was work. But after 10 minutes and 4 pushes, he was out. ( I hear [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baby’
My new son!
Posted: March 19, 2011 in baby, Family, Health/ Wellness, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: baby, childbirth, delivery, infant, labor, natural childbirth, new son, newborn, son
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Andrew’s development at 23 months old
Posted: May 15, 2010 in baby, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: 23 months, baby, development, toddler
You may have to endure a proud parent bragging here. That said, I wanted to document my son’s development more for my own remembrance than anything else. He is one smart little boy. His vocabulary has expanded exponentially from what it was when I wrote about it here, at 16 months. Back then he was [...]
Just a quick note. My son sang his first song yesterday. He was babbling like he usually does. But then we paid attention. He was only say “do do do.” but he definitely sang “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” He got the right number of beats, his timing was right, and he even gave mostly the [...]
Andrew’s language so far- 1year, 4 months old
Posted: October 5, 2009 in baby, Family, ParentingTags: 16 month old, baby, daddy, language, mommy, words
I thought I would catalog my son Andrew’s language so that I can look back and remember what he did and didn’t know when he was 16 months old. So here are all the words he knows: Mommy: self explanatory Daddy: self explanatory mum mum: nursing ba ba: his sippy cup doggy: dog buhdy: birdy [...]
quick update on life
Posted: September 16, 2009 in baby, basement, Family, Home, home improvement, Music, writingTags: agent, baby, book, college, guitar, home improvement, life, novel, update
This is just a quick life update. I am now a stay at home dad for two days a week. The others are spent doing projects around the house that we haven’t had time to do in the last few years. Like: ripping down the wall between the kitchen and dining room, replacing broken window [...]
Ahhhhhhh.
Posted: August 29, 2009 in baby, Family, Food, ParentingTags: baby, cute, cute baby, Parenting, sippy cup
Time for a cute baby update. A few mornings ago, I was drinking my coffee as usual. Andrew had his sippy cup. I took a long swig and when I put the mug down, went “Ahhhhhh” in satisfaction. Andrew promptly picked up his sippy cup, drank some milk, put it down, and went “Ahhhhh.” Now [...]
baby crib to toddler day-bed
Posted: August 29, 2009 in baby, climbing, Family, ParentingTags: baby, crib, day-bed, new parents, parents, sleep, toddler
A few nights ago, I heard the sound that new parents fear in the middle of the night. A big bump, and then crying. Andrew climbed out of his crib in the middle of the night. I threw the covers off and ran in to find him lying on the floor, crying and shaken, but [...]
Baby at the Scottish games
Posted: August 13, 2009 in baby, Parenting, Scotland, Sword, UncategorizedTags: baby, games, kilt, Scotland, scottich, scottish games, Sword
This was Andrew’s first time at the Scottish Games. He had a blast listening to the bagpipes. We even got to be in the parade of Clans, representing Donald of course. My wife made his kilt out of the material I used for my own homemade kilt for prom 10 years ago. It’s the MacDonald [...]
Dr. Karen Beckman M.D. is a frustrating cog of a broken medical system
Posted: June 3, 2009 in baby, Family, Health/ Wellness, ParentingTags: baby, beckman, doctor, dr. beckman, health insurance, karen beckman, shots
(bear with me…this is a venting post) We went to go get my 1 year old son’s shots updated yesterday.
one year old climber
Posted: June 2, 2009 in baby, Family, ParentingTags: baby, baby-proofing, climbing, razor, son, straight razors
My son just turned one and he is a prodigious climber. He is a beast of a baby too. He doesn’t even use his legs to climb up onto chairs. He just grabs both edges and pulls himself up using only his arms. It’s beginning to be a problem because he is so quick that [...]
my little man is standing
Posted: May 13, 2009 in baby, Family, ParentingTags: baby, baby standing, baby walking, baby-proofing, standing, walking
Two days ago, I set Andrew down on his feet and he stood for 3 seconds before he fell. I tried it again yesterday and he did it for a full fifteen seconds. Now he can do it longer. He is rock solid too. No wobbles. He even tried a few steps towards me but [...]
No Choice
Posted: March 23, 2009 in baby, Christian, Health/ Wellness, Music, PoliticsTags: abortion, baby, pro choice, pro-life, vegan, vegetarian
This is a song I wrote in ’96. Since abortion seems to be a hot issue right now, I thought I’d publish it here. The song focuses on Vegans and Vegetarians in the hardcore scene who say that they support abortion. This gives a little more backstory on my beliefs regarding murdering babies. As with [...]
baby says “Da Da” for the first time- I feel terrible.
Posted: March 6, 2009 in baby, Family, ParentingTags: baby, da da, ferberize, sleep
My son was up at 3:30 AM this morning. I groggily get up and change his diaper. Then I swaddle him up again and rock him to sleep for 20 minutes with a repeated “Twinkle twinkle little star.” I carefully get up and place him down in his crib on his back. Finally, he is [...]
Andrew The Cruiser
Posted: February 24, 2009 in baby, Home, ParentingTags: baby, baby-proofing, cruising
Andrew has been cruising around for the last month or so. I think he will walk before 10 months. It is a challenge making sure he doesn’t get into things he shouldn’t. We are still in the middle of baby-proofing, All the outlets are plugged and the cleaning stuff is up out of reach, but [...]
