Well it’s been a little while in baby poop land and there have been some new happenings that need reporting. First, blow outs! For the uninitiated, a blow out is when a baby has so much poop it extends beyond the boundaries of the diaper. Most often this is through the top back of the …
I meant this to be a 4 week post, but as babies sometimes do, they push back you’re best intentioned schedules. Before I became a parent I asked a dad of a 7 month old, “What are some baby hacks you can teach me?” “Well I asked that question too before I was a father, …
Well with new dad territory comes poop talk. At time of initial sketch, I experienced a few poops, from the initial meconium that the baby works through in a couple days after birth. Then the mother’s milk kicks in and it goes from black tar to brown / mustard explosion. You haven’t lived until a …
Prior to the birth of Noah, my wife and I took a birth class which I highly recommend. Here are the high level takeaways Take a birth class, being an informed consumer helps reduce anxiety and improves decisions A doula is nice birth team member if you can afford it The cost can run from …
One of the many questions I got before coming a dad was, “How Does it Feel to Become a Dad?” And at the time it was fear and excitement. But also what I noticed was a lack of emotion. I don’t think it’s because I am some cold hearted sociopath, but just the opposite I …
This the first Wacom drawing I did after receiving Wacom Intuos as a “Pull Present.” I missed having easy control over color and fill with getting started with pencil. And dear lord does Noah scream loud when he wants that milk. At least he doesn’t send me mixed messages.
In a dream a couple weeks before the baby was born, I was at my parents house in our “Florida” room where we eat. I was holding our baby while everyone else was in the other room. I was caressing and poking the baby, but then the baby did not withstand my gentle touches. The …