Update The Register, There’s A New Boy In Town.
I would like to introduce William Heaton. 7 hours and 20 minutes old. 8lbs 12.5oz. Current residence: The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. God bless you son.
Archived entries for New Dad
The Mystery Of The Absent Baby
Where is it? I mean really, where is it?
We have been waiting on our bundle of joy arriving now for over 9 months and I fear the stork may have got itself lost somewhere over the North Sea.
Sleep, The Stuff Of Dreams
Wikipedia describes sleep deprivation as the condition, either chronic or acute, of having had too little sleep. Helpfully, it also notes that long-term sleep deprivation causes death in lab animals and less alarmingly, chronic sleep-restricted state can cause fatigue, daytime sleepiness and clumsiness.
Ikea
Aldous Huxley, the famous English Novelist and Critic, once wrote: ”Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them.”
Storage Boxes, Prams, Blood, Sweat & Tears
Jeez, what a day! My fair wife and I decided that we needed more room for stuff. Not least for the new pram, baby bath, cot, etc that would soon be gracing our small abode.
So, after a call to our local storage company and a not so small payment for the hire of a unit for 6 months, we have spent the day lugging what felt like the GDP of Belgium down Easter Road into Leith.