While all Emily and I want is a healthy child, it does seem that boys and girls can each potentially come with their own upsides and their own challenges.
To try to get ready for whoever is headed our way, I decided to talk through some of my hopes, feelings and fears about having a child of each gender — beginning with the gender with which I am most familiar.
Among the many sacrifices Emily has happily made during this pregnancy, one of the most prominent ones has been her diet.
Here, she breaks down the foods she misses most, why she’s avoided certain items that others wouldn’t, and what she has to have for her first post-delivery meal.
As a first-time father, I know I’m going to screw up. A lot. And I need to be able to laugh at myself when I do.
Unfortunately, finding humor in my mistakes has never been a strong suit — a fact that was abundantly clear recently when I nearly set our kitchen on fire.
To prepare for our child’s approaching arrival, Emily and I recently took a birthing class.
And as we learned about the miracle of birth, Emily could barely contain her excitement. Meanwhile, I could barely keep down my lunch.
Riding an elevator shouldn’t be complicated. Yet too often it’s fraught with irritation and chaos, with people doing what (I think) they shouldn’t be doing.
And I’m determined to make sure our child is NOT one of those people.