Here’s a question for the Dad’s out there that read this…what stroller should we get? We currently have a Graco Quattro Tour Travel System but since Izzy’s outgrown the car seat/carrier we’re considering replacing it with something else. While we like the Buggaboo’s, Peg Perego’s, and Maclaren’s I don’t think we want to spend that kind of money. (I’m not sure we can even find them inTampa.)

Any suggestions? We’d like something lightweight but I think we really like the cup holder. Keep in mind that we DRIVE everywhere, this isn’t New York, it’s Tampa. This stroller is more likely to see parking lots and malls than it is sidewalks (most of Tampa doesn’t even HAVE sidewalks).

Well, I guess it’s time to put up an update about the whole father thing. Things are going great, although I already feel like I don’t get to spend enough time with him. This morning was particularly difficult since he was nothing but smiles.
And whoever had responded to an earlier post about none of our friends having kids…You’re right. Currently there are 3 sets of friends that are expecting their first child early next year. Being the first means that they’re all coming to us with questions.

I should have more photos up this week/weekend.

I have to say, I feel like there’s this expectation now. That there’s this group of people out there who have my site up on their screen and every 30 seconds they’re hitting the refresh button waiting to see if I’ve posted something. Usually they just sigh and wait some more, but today, they will be elated as I post not once, but twice (and within just minutes of each other!)

Okay, well, there’s really not much to post about. We’ve got some good (bad?) entries for the contest. Still hoping to get more. The young’un’s sleeping patters are still incredibly erratic, much to his mother’s dismay. Some nights he sleeps for 4 hours at a time, but Sunday night he woke every hour and fed then spent all of Monday tired and irritable.

We did discover though that setting a bed time routine seems to have helped in at least getting him to start sleeping earlier. For the past couple of nights he went to sleep before 10pm!

Exciting, exciting stuff I know. Please try to control your enthusiasm. However, if you feel you must do something, you can use my contact form to request donation or wish list information.

Here’s a post specifically aimed at all the parents out there…Did you ever have a problem getting the kid to sleep in the crib? Izzy sleeps with no problem in his car seat/carrier. He’ll fall asleep in his swing with no problem. He’ll sleep for hours on end in either of those. Lay him down in the crib or the portable crib though and he’s awake in 10 minutes and none too happy.

How do you break the cycle?

Today is the day I return to work…sort of. I’ll be working from home for the next 4 weeks. What that means is that I’ll be spending part of today getting my self back into the groove. Mentally, it’s like I was cruising along at 60 only to have somene throw road spikes out in front of me. It feels like the gears in by brain came to screeching halt before going into reverse.

This of course is all compounded on nights like last night where I got ot sleep around 1, and was woken regularly by a Izzy making interesting noises throughout the night.

Okay, not really. But I have to say I’m a bit disappointed in the aborbency of Pampers newborn swaddlers. Multiple times when he’s either been getting fed, or just had his diaper changed and was lying on his back, we’d suddenly notice he’s all wet. Apparently the Pampers newborn diapers rely heavily on gravity. Which is odd if you think about the fact that newborns can’t hold their head up so are more likely to be laying down (in a pool of urine if they’re wearing these diapers) than anything else.

This past Sunday was Father’s Day. As a result the media was flooded with articles about how Dad’s role in the parenting process is changing and how there are so many more stay at home dads now. There are other recent articles about Gen-X Dads.

What I want to know is…Where are they? No offense to all my friends (most of which have no desire to have children). I can appreciate not wanting to have kids. I have to say though, I’d really like to have some other people to hang out and talk to about parenthood. The last thing I want to do is bore my friends to death with tales of dirty diapers and the irregular sleeping patterns of a newborn. These articles talk like these people are all over, but I have yet to find any. The few parents that G and I know are through the mothers and I’m not sure I’d hit it off quite as well with the dads. (Not much in common. That whole Geek vs. Jock thing)

Okay, there are two dads out there that I can hang out with. But Connecticut and Georgia aren’t around the corner.

Happy Father’s Day!

Tomorrow the future leader of Gonzonia will be 1 week old and I can’t imagine life without him. It’s an incredibly odd feeling. At this time a week ago I was at work getting a phone call from G telling me we got on the schedule at the hospital. Now there’s this little person up stairs asleep and completely dependent on me and G. All he does at the moment is sleep and eat, but that’s okay. The room seems empty when he’s not in it.

Okay, I guess that’s enough of the cheese that you hear from every new parent that’s worth a damn. I really don’t have much else to say. Keep checking on the Photos because I’ll be adding stuff there regularly.

We brought Izzy home last night around 5pm. We’re all very happy to be here.
I’ll let G post more details on Gonzobaby later.
Until then, enjoy some pictures…
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