Oh Great… Another Dad Blog About Another Baby
The main entries from That Poore Baby that chronicle having a baby, being a new dad and learning how to parent on the fly.
Four and a half years ago we lived in a 600 square foot apartment with a puppy. The location was great, just south of downtown Austin and within walking distance of all the big events. Then the puppy turned into a 60 pound dog and things started to get tight……
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Wow, it’s almost Christmas. Double wow, it’s almost baby time. Triple wow, it’s the last Christmas before baby! Time is really moving and any minute now it’s going to go from “oh, there’s plenty of time,” to “oh, you better call the midwife.” Not to say we’re not ready. I…
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Surprisingly, to us at least, we had a really hard time finding baskets for the nursery. Either we found a color we liked in the wrong size, or found the size we needed in the wrong color. Do you know why they call it The Container Store and not The…
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Like many people, I am a fan of the Coen Brothers and the film The Big Lebowski. Because of that movie, I cannot think about or look at a rug without The Dude’s memorable quote entering my mind. That rug really tied the room together-The Dude
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I have heard that one of the things that changes when you have kids is that going out takes a lot more planning than it used to. Even a quick trip to the grocery store can involve a pretty lengthy pre-flight checklist. Depending on the age of the child it…
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If you are lucky enough to have one nearby, then you are probably well aware of how useful an IKEA trip can be when outfitting a nursery. As you can see from my personal IKEA catalog slideshow above, we had no problem spending the equivalent of many kronor on our…
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As you can see by the pregnancy progress bar, we are half way there. Since the expected date is next year it still seems like it’s far, far away but if the second half goes as fast as the first, we will be knee deep in poopies sooner than we…
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They say you learn a ton when you have a kid and I think lesson one is to never, ever, ever, ever tell people the baby names that you are thinking of using. In fact, if you think that there is nothing that a group of people can agree on,…
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We visited Seattle in July with soon-to-be Grandma Esther and soon-to-be Aunt Pickle. We stayed in a rental downtown and were within walking distance of the harbor, Pike Place Market and public transportation. We were there for a week and it did not rain one drop. In case this is…
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There’s a lot of clever ways to announce your upcoming baby to the world. We even used the future big sister one with our dog when we told my mother in law. One hugely popular one is the shoes gag where you see the daddy shoes, mommy shoes and little…
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Though we didn’t plan on buying clothes this early into the pregnancy, we’re only in week 14, we found ourselves in a Carter’s nonetheless. Now I’m not an emotional person but even I involuntarily say “awwwww” when I see tiny clothes and don’t even get me started on the itty,…
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Theft is a strong word. I prefer borrowed or inspired by or paying homage to. Sounds much better and makes me a better example to my unborn child and isn’t that what it’s all about? Well that and the Hokey Pokey. Where was I? So Heather was perusing Etsy for…
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