Welcome back to the Babies Online Blog! If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and be the first to get breaking parenting news and take advantage of our member only giveaways. Thanks for visiting!US heavyweight Deontay Wilder is competing in his first Olympic Games in Beijing this week, [...]
Tags: dads, Fathers, olympic atheletes, olympic games, spina bifida
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Today’s post is two brief anecdotes about the same subject.
When my wife was pregnant with our first, she was off work for the last month due to an over-ripe placenta. So, she had a lot of time on her hands. A lot of time that she put to use nesting. Unfortunately, one [...]
Tags: Fathers, nesting, Pregnancy
Posted in: Pregnancy
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Today I was remembering – if you can you remember being in a sleep-deprived fog? – my son’s first few weeks.
I was talking with the father of a one-month-old baby yesterday. Experienced moms will recognize when I describe the facial expression of the new parent: the mix of being in shock, exhaustion, and disbelief that [...]
Tags: crying, Fathers, new parents, newborn babies
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An update to the story we reported in April: pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, gave birth to a baby girl on June 29.
Beatie was born female but has lived as a man since his 20s with the help of male hormone injections which made him grow a beard and stopped his periods. His wife had a [...]
Tags: Fathers, pregnant man, transgender man
Posted in: Birth Announcement, Celebrities, News
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When a man learns his partner is pregnant, it’s usually a joyous time. As well as happiness and excitement, it’s natural for men to feel uncertainty, fear of change, nervousness about whether he’ll be a good father, and worry about how he’ll provide for his family. But for most men, it’s a an overwhelmingly happy [...]
Tags: domestic violence, Fathers, Murder, Pregnancy
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