Remembering my father

Every morning and every night, my baby is among my first and last thoughts. I wonder at what they will look like, which attributes they will have of mine and which of their mother.

I guess at what their interests will be and I have imaginary conversations with them, at different stages in their life. It’s really quite sappy, but I can’t wait to have a child and a friend at the same time.

The anticipation has of course made me wonder how my father was when he learned I was on the way.

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Going public

A lot of couples struggle with deciding when to tell people they are pregnant. Friends and family who’ve been in this boat before us had gone different ways. Some told only a couple of friends when they first found out then waited until 12 weeks (end of the first trimester) before going public. Others have told the world straight away.

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Can I have a go Daddy, pleeeeease!

Walking through a shopping centre tonight I strolled past one of those kiddy rides. You know the ones, put in $2, kid sits on a poorly-fashioned car/horse, wobbles around a bit and has a ball. I actually had a bit of a hallucination and could feel my kid tugging on my arm and begging to [...]

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Building things for my baby

Went and picked up a change trolley for our baby today. We bought it online, was brand new, still in the box and less than half what it retails for – bargain.

Was pretty special putting it together, knowing I was doing the true fatherly thing of building things for my baby.

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