Paternal ProsePaternal ProseThis blog chronicles my fatherhood experiences from the months prior to the birth, the birth, and beyond. Articles
Things learned
2007-12-13 04:01:00 Cooper will turn eight months old next Monday. Since I will probably forget to blog about this at that time, I’ve chosen to do so while all of this is fresh in my mind. In the past eight months, I’ve learned a fair amount about Cooper, parenting, and all that I thought I knew about babies ... More About: Family , Experiences , Things , Fatherhood , Learned
Having Fun After a Nap
2007-12-11 04:42:00 more sitting up Originally uploaded by Queen Kandis Cooper had just awoken after a short nap, and was playing with his toys in this snapshot. We love how much he smiles and how happy he is. Also, note the rockin’ hairstyle, courtesy of dad. More About: Experiences
The Face of Sickness
2007-11-18 21:45:00 Though the Big Super was fighting a cold and running a fever yesterday, you might not know it by looking at this picture. Taken after a hearty lunch of carrots, this picture could cause one to question the veracity of my claims yesterday of 100+ degree fevers. This kid amazes me every day. More About: Family , Experiences , Face , Sickness
How High?s the Fever, Mama?
2007-11-18 02:32:00 Cooper’s running a fever again — just another cold brought home from day care. Last night, I got a frantic call from Kandis saying he was running at about 103. When I got home, he was smiling and returning to his normal happy-go-lucky state of being. Tylenol is apparently a miracle drug for infants. Tonight, he’s ... More About: Family , Experiences , Mama , High , Fever
The Bottom of the Hamper
2007-11-17 21:12:00 We’ve been lax about keeping up with laundry these days. We begin a load with the best intentions, but somehow, the load makes it to the washer where it remains for about a week. Meanwhile, the half-empty hamper begins filling up again, and the cycle repeats. Today, I am making an earnest effort to get ... More About: Experiences , Bottom
In need of an air freshener
2007-11-14 05:38:00 Nothing beats riding home with your six month-old after he just soiled his diaper. Good times. More About: Humor , Experiences
Cerebral Tug o? War
2007-11-06 04:55:00 This evening while I was feeding Cooper his cereal, he worked himself into a tantrum, complete with his trademark radish-red face, death scream and all. This isn’t the first time he hasn’t enjoyed feeding time with dad. Mom has had much better lack lately. The emotional side of me tells me that maybe I’m not ... More About: Experiences , Fatherhood
Cooper No-Nap
2007-11-03 03:47:00 Cooper had a twenty minute nap today during his nine hours at day care. I hate to say it, but dude was a little bit of a pain in the ass tonight. I’ll have to remember to ask the day care staff to stop giving him crack in the afternoon; it’s clearly affecting his ability ... More About: Humor , Cooper , Experiences , Day Care
A Letter
2007-10-27 03:01:00 My Dearest Kandis, The shower curtain rod is not a clothes hanger. Love, Rob More About: Humor , Letter
The Learning Never Ends
2007-10-25 02:46:00 Today we learned something new. Cooper no longer likes napping in his swing. The swing was somewhat of a lifesaver for us from the early days up until recently, because he would sleep in it for hours. Now, he cries or fusses and isn’t the least bit interested in sleeping in it. As an experiment ... More About: Experiences , Learning , Ends , Earning
A Fussy Boy
2007-10-24 03:38:00 Cooper has been fussy lately. It’s probably a combination of his being tired, and his sick mom and dad’s inability to play with him as much as they’d like. The irony is that the colds we have probably originated from something he brought home from day care. That’ll teach him. Kidding aside, it does seem like ... More About: Family , Experiences , Fuss
From the Tablet
2007-10-23 05:02:00 Just seeing how well I can write from this new tablet PC. Nothing of any importance to say except that everyone is sick here. Bummer. More About: Tablet
Parental Prose
2007-10-19 05:25:00 I was telling Kandis tonight that I still don’t feel like a “parent.” The way I see it, I’m a “guy with a wife and kid.” As a child, I saw parents as these authoritarian figures that laid down the law (or attempted to, but failed miserably), and were not the least bit interested in ... More About: Family , Insight , Prose , Fatherhood , Parent
Having Fun
2007-10-17 05:41:00 play before bedtime Originally uploaded by Queen Kandis I look at this picture every day, and am reminded how much I love this little guy. He’s such a blast to play with, and he always puts the icing on the cake when he laughs. Does he have ... More About: Experiences , Fatherhood
Back to Normal
2007-10-17 05:30:00 The Big Super is now back in his upstairs bedroom. We had him sleeping in a bassinet in our room because of the coughing, puking, and whatnot. It feels a bit empty, but our sleep routines are back to normal. Now, if we could just get him to stop soiling his clothes every day at daycare, ... More About: Family , Back , Experiences , Day Care , Normal
A Different Perspective
2007-10-13 06:44:00 Today, I learned that a friend and his wife had their first baby yesterday. Had this occurred before the Big Super was born, I would have been happy for them, but I wouldn’t have been able to comprehend what a truly exciting and wonderful time it is for the two of them. It is different ... More About: Insight , Experiences , Perspective , Diff
New Expressions
2007-10-13 06:36:00 The Big Super is now at the point where he consistently gets excited when he sees one of us after we’ve been away from him for a while. It starts with a big smile, followed by arm-waving and kicking. It’s similar to the way a dog works itself into a frenzy when its owner returns ... More About: Experiences , Expressions , Fatherhood , Expression
Another Day, Another $20
2007-10-09 05:03:00 Today Cooper went to the doctor again so the doctor could tell us what was wrong with him, and that he’s too young for any effective treatments. That leaves us with children’s Benadryl, and nightly coughing fits frequently accompanied by vomit, along with a change of clothes and bedding. Mom and dad go to work ... More About: Family , Experiences
Cooper, why you gotta be pukin??
2007-10-06 16:19:00 Cooper has been waking up nearly every night this week with a bad cough, caused by drainage, which in turn has induced vomiting. Each of those nights, Kandis and I have been up cleaning him and throwing in a load of clothes which may include pajamas, sheets, etc… I love Cooper unconditionally, but he has to ... More About: Family , Cooper , Experiences , Fatherhood , Gotta
Emotional Eating
2007-10-03 04:32:00 I decided that I enjoy feeding Cooper solid food more than bottle-feeding him. It’s much more interactive, and quite comical. His range of facial expressions progresses in the following manner: excitement, happiness, curiosity, annoyance, disgust, anger. All of them are fun to watch, but since I’m clearly a bad father, the last three are the ... More About: Eating , Emotional
Happy Birthday to Kandis
2007-10-02 04:58:00 Kandis turned thirty today, though we began celebrating this weekend. I’ve been with her since she was twenty-one, so that means she spent most of her twenties with me, enduring my neurosis, anxiety, and irrational diatribes (there have been many, but an example eludes me at the moment). In spite of my mental shortcomings, Kandis has ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
The Big Super
2007-09-25 05:26:00 Every baby gets a nickname. Cooper’s has evolved from “Super -Duper Cooper” to “Super-Duper”, to “Super”, and finally, “The Big Super”. The latter is how Kandis and I now refer to him in our emails when we refer to him, and its my standard greeting to him when I see him: “Hey, Big Super!” With that nickname, ... More About: Humor , Family , Experiences
Dad!
2007-09-25 05:19:00 Today, as soon as Cooper saw me when I arrived at day care to bring him home, he gave me a huge smile and began bouncing up and down excitedly in his ExerSaucer. It was if he was saying “Dad!” to me, and it really made me feel like a father. He singled me out ... More About: Experiences , Fatherhood , Day Care
Proud Papa
2007-09-25 03:58:00 9/23/07 Originally uploaded by Queen Kandis Some of my proudest moments are when I get to carry Cooper around and show him off to everyone. It’s another one of those great things about fatherhood that’s tough to understand until you’re a father (and you happen to have ... More About: Experiences , Papa , Fatherhood , Proud
Living Outside the Bubble
2007-09-21 00:30:00 I don’t want Cooper to be sheltered from reality. The world is a shit hole sometimes, and there’s no reason that a child growing up should be completely unaware of all of the evil in the world. I’m not suggesting that Cooper be exposed to every foul-mouthed joker on television, or violent movie scenes, but ... More About: Living , Insight , Bubble
The Neverending Cold
2007-09-15 21:12:00 Cooper has officially been sick for about a month now. It’s been so long that I don’t remember what the healthy Cooper was like. His first cold started in mid-August, and also infected mom and dad. He started to improve for a bit, but then we found out last week that he had developed an ... More About: Family , Cold , Experiences
Powerless
2007-09-05 03:22:00 Cooper has been congested for the past two weeks or so. The doctors say it’s nothing to worry about, and there’s not much they can do for someone who’s only four months old. Last night I got up at in the early morning hours to relieve him of a coughing fit. When I got to his ... More About: Experiences
Happiness
2007-09-01 05:55:00 Today I was playing with Cooper. I had him bouncing on my knee while I talked to him in silly voices and pretended to munch on his cheeks. He loved it, and in addition to showing me his million-dollar smile, he gave me some great chuckles to show me how much he was enjoying our ... More About: Happiness , Experiences , Fatherhood
Cooper?s First Cereal
2007-08-27 05:09:00 Cooper’s First Cereal 1 Originally uploaded by Queen Kandis Last week, our pediatrician gave us the OK to start giving Cooper solid foods. We took some pictures of his first experience today, and it was quite humorous. It was really fun getting to feed him, but quite ... More About: Cooper
Five Minutes
More articles from this author:2007-08-24 03:22:00 I was driving home the other day and saw a woman pushing her child in a stroller while chatting on her cell phone. As I thought more about this experience over the next few days, I began to realize that the world’s problems might be solved if parents would devote that cell phone time to ... More About: Insight , Experiences , Minutes , Five , Utes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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