Dawn Patrol Alarm Clock
You can thank Chum for the title of this post!
A quick check-in to say ‘Hi’ and a big huge thank you to all the people who’ve written to us through this site, facebook, email, etc… it might take a while to get back to you all, my backlog of unanswered emails is intimidating. Thank you all so much, we feel the love!
“Oh yes, I have spread my seed.”
Today marks a week since Luca was born so everything is still “Babies Babies Babies”, but slowly adjusting to our new sleep(less) schedule and getting some type of structured routine back in place. We’ve been up in Guadalajara since Dec.28th, assuming Luca would be born sometime in early January. We missed that by a full month, so we’ve been here, waiting, for a month and a half now. Brutal. We love Guadalajara, but we miss our little beach town. I miss the ocean. I miss surfing. We miss our friends. It’s been easily seven weeks since I last hit the water and my gills have long dried out. Saturday or Sunday we’ll finally be heading home, if Luca’s pediatrician gives him a clean bill of health. And next week I’ll rotate back into work mode.
And lastly, my “New Dad Survival Kit” which is in no way definitive or complete:
Top to bottom:
- Flip Video – portability and price and good quality too. total win. maybe spring for the HD version
- Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads – a nuts-n-bolt guide to figuring out how that new little human being works. This book is essential reading for DIY dads
- Your Amazing Newborn – a heavily researched look at newborns, their psychology, abilities and how they develop. I’m particularly interested in the six different states newborns go through from “active sleep” to “active alert” to “the crying state”. Awesome!
- LeRoy Grannis, Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s – Epic! cuz a brotha gotta have some down time. I picked this up at Ghandi Books in Guadalajara for $10 new. It’s the spanish version, but how cool of a find is that?
- and lastly, not shown: The Happiest Baby on the Block – The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Baby Sleep Longer – a DVD of hardcore soothing tactics. A must for babies whose “crying hour” is in the middle of the night. The cover looks corny, but the techniques work wonders. there’s some sample clips up on youtube
