What’s in a name

The why and how of picking Jonah Patrick Davison as a name for our son. Naming our kid wasn’t an easy process. Erin and I waded through lots of alternatives, both brainstorming on our own and reading through baby naming books we borrowed from Carol. We had an...

On fatherhood, part 1

Thoughts flitter and flit their way through the transom of my sleepy mind. When I told people with kids that Erin and I were having a child of our own, they were universally ecstatic. Part of me always thought that behind their broad smile and hearty congratulations...

Sleep, feed, poop, change, repeat

Erin and Ty meet the cycle of life at its most basic courtesy of their 5 day-old. There seem to me to be three distinct parts an infant’s world: Sleeping, feeding, and changing. I’m sure there are additional elements (bathing comes to mind), but at its...

Jonah comes home, milk comes in

Erin and Jonah were released from Salem Memorial Hospital yesterday at 4 PM. After a short little drive, we pulled up to our house, opened the garage door, and Jonah was home. I have nothing but superlatives for the doctors and nurses of Salem Memorial Hospital. The...

Jonah, Mom & Dad doing well

A wonderful flood of support marks day 2, along with the surprising news that tons of people tuned into this web site to get the scoop. If I’d known that’s how it was, we might’ve had kids years ago. I spent last night with Erin and Jonah at Salem...