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The Nora Chronicles: The First Month

November 30, 2009 Fatherhood

Small victories and survival. As my daughter has reached the “One-Month-Old” status, that’s the best way I can describe what the last 30-odd days have been like. Two nights ago, Nora had her best night ever–ironically only her 2nd night in the crib–when she slept (with only a few feeding breaks) for almost 10 hours [...]

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The Nora Chronicles: The First Breath

November 5, 2009 Fatherhood

For those of you who don’t know, my firstborn daughter was born last week. Here’s the 411: Name: Nora Rachel Cohen Time of Birth: 1:48 PM October 29th 2009 Weight: 7 lbs 9 oz Length: 20 and1/4 inches The Ordeal My wife was induced into labor starting at 6:00 AM October 28th. Do the math [...]

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Fears and Musings Amidst the Blur

October 27, 2009 Fatherhood

My life’s a bit of a blur right now. For those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook, you know that my wife–being about 39 weeks pregnant–has been having some blood pressure issues and been placed on modified bed rest. For those of you who know my wife, this doesn’t exactly mesh well [...]

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Nurturing Babies and Email Marketing

October 7, 2009 Email Marketing

As any of you who have read my blog know, my wife’s about to give birth to our first child (see any post about “fatherhood” from earlier). And in thinking about all of the work, sacrifice, sweat, tears, and exhaustion I’m about to endure (with more than a fair share of help from my beautiful [...]

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Acknowledging Mortality with a Baby

September 28, 2009 Fatherhood

My wife’s roughly five weeks away from delivering our first child (again, a girl, it’s our first, that’s the lowdown). Overall it’s been a pretty normal pregnancy; nothing really exciting–which frankly is a good thing. As she’s getting bigger (naturally), she’s officially to the point where she wants the baby to come out already. Her [...]

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