I realize that I run the risk of turning this into a dad-blog by starting this, but here goes:
My first child is a daughter. I learned much by being her father. I am also learning much from being the father of a 1 week old boy. So far I have learned that a lot of poop can hide under a newborn boy’s scrotum.
I know that D’Arcy and Brian will understand (and probably laugh when they read this).
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March 22nd, 2006 at 12:31
Congrats once again, Rob, but I have to wonder how that boy of yours will feel in later years if he ever learns that you’ve been blogging about the poop hiding behind his scrotum.
March 22nd, 2006 at 13:00
Hmmm - I think that my observation was a general statement about all newborn boys. Your point, however, is a good one.
You just want me to stop talking about kids and get back to the ed-tech stuff, right? ;^)
March 22nd, 2006 at 13:59
ah, the evil little muconium collector. get out the brillo pads…
March 22nd, 2006 at 15:45
Brillo pads … now that’s a good idea. He’d probably like that a whole lot more than the pressure washer! ;^)
March 22nd, 2006 at 16:20
Laugh? Laugh? I’m quaking from raw terror just thinking about those early days.
Hope you and your family are managing a bit of sleep. That’s the real horror — considered next to the sleep deprivation that violates all known Geneva Conventions, a bit of poop is nothing.
If you’re interested, I’ve come to enjoy these Dad-blogs:
http://www.nealpollack.com — a fairly well-established humour writer temporarily Dad-blogging to support his upcoming book Alternadad.
http://www.dadcentric.com/ — just discovered this one.
March 27th, 2006 at 17:54
A post like this makes me wish that my first Act of Blog had NOT been to separate the work stuff from the personal stuff. When you run across something personal in an academic blog, it’s always kind of out of context and jarring, but that feeling also connects you to the real person behind the words. Too much information? Nah…