Spain Dad, a baby blog

Our apartment is a landfill. The table where we eat our meals has been taken over by slouching piles of neglected mail and paperwork. Sweaters, shoes, jeans and socks are strung across the furniture as if by some practical joke our house had been teepeed with our dirty laundry. The floor is a mine field [...]

Watch Good morning, Teo on Vimeo.

Today I gave Teo a bottle for the first time. Watch How to Give a Bottle to a Breastfed Baby for the First Time on Vimeo. If I’ve missed anything, or you have any questions or advice to share, feel free to leave a comment…

This video is guaranteed to make babies smile. I just showed this video to Teo twice, and both times he couldn’t stop smiling at himself. I guess he’s a perfectly healthy, egocentric, baby.

My new nephew is here! Charlie Alan was born Sunday at 7:43 PM CST. He weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 20.5in long (3,7kg and 52cm). Charlie is my sister’s fourth. Hopefully I’ll have a photo up soon. In the meantime, here’s my sister Monica and her husband Jeff.

April walked into the office this morning with Alleke in the baby wrap and our little friend Peaches from the UK in her arms. “What do you think?” April asked. I shook my head. “I think you want another baby just so you can wear two baby carriers.”

Alleke learns her first word. Can you guess what it will be? Alleke’s first word from Spain Dad on Vimeo.

This post is the second one in a set of two. To read Alleke’s birth story from the beginning, click here. The next thing I knew another nurse came and loaded up my bed for transfer. We rolled down the hallway, and he tried to make small talk with us as I moaned and made [...]

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Today is Alleke’s first birthday, and as promised, we have a guest contributor here to help us celebrate. April (Alleke’s mom) is going to tell Alleke’s birth story. As a writer, I love a good story, and I couldn’t think of a better gift for my little girl than her mom telling the story of [...]