Posts Tagged ‘newborns’
The first five days
12Aug08
It’s incredibly tempting to give you the minute details of the first five days of my son’s life. It’s been incredible. Words of description lag by miles behind the joy. I’ve seen my wife as never before. I’ve seen myself as never before. In the shining grey pools of Buster’s eyes, I’ve seen promise, destiny, […]
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Tags: fatherhood, first week of infancy, infants, newborns, parenthood
I am currently teetering on the edge of consciousness. I am still processing the four days that have passed in the last 25 seconds. Or vice versa. I am not returning people’s congratulatory phone calls and emails for fear they will think I am wasted. Don’t get me wrong – I am having a great […]
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Tags: epiphanies, fatherhood, first week of parenthood, infant care, new baby, newborns