This past month completed your awakening and you emerged into the world fully engaged. You coo, giggle, laugh and grin, especially when you first wake up. You stare up with big saucer blue eyes from the depths of your crib and then I watch your face melt into joy when your gaze latches on something [...]

Has it really only been one month since your arrival? It seems that you’ve been here for much longer than that, disrupting my sleep and reeking havoc on our lives. I’m relieved that you are finally healthy and each day you awaken a little more to the world around you. We’ve begun to try to [...]

It’s been a rough week and it would be something of an understatement to say you’ve given us quite a scare. After weighing in a few ounces shy of expectations at the doctor’s office, we were concerned and spent the first part of the week trying to minimize your tendency to regurgitate the entire contents [...]

Now that your umbilical cord has fallen out this week, we’ve had the opportunity to discover your love of water. When lowered and submerged into the bath, you are apparently transported to baby nirvana. You kick your legs out, relax your head back and open your eyes wide, serenely gazing into the distance. You cry [...]

You’ve spent the majority of your first week curled in a ball, deeply slumbering. You are rarely fussy, except when the smallest sliver of your bare skin is exposed to the cold air. It’s as if you are fighting to return to your watery dreamworld, dark and quiet. All this sleeping has your father and [...]

The story of your birth begins the night before Hallow’s Eve. A stormy day full of gray skies and wind had given way to a crisp, fall night. We’d just been carving jack o’ lanterns and finished dinner when the contractions began. I realized immediately these were different, low, protracted cramping accompanied by back pain. [...]