Jillian and Mom are coming home!

Checkout time today is 1 PM. Both Erin and baby are doing great. Jillian is sleeping a lot, eating some, and looking at us quizzically from time to time. Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. I hope your special day is as good as mine.

Circumcision

We didn’t have to think about circumcision with Jillian obviously (because in that case it’s also frequently called female genital mutilation), but that hasn’t stopped me from thinking about the topic generally. If you’ve not read my 2003 essay...

Jillian Elizabeth Davison

Born 8:04 PM on June 15, 2007. 7.12 lbs., 19.5 inches, a full head of black hair. But let’s start earlier in the day. Erin had a medical appointment at 9:45 AM, where we learned that after several days of irregular contractions she was still only 3 CM dilated....

We’re wondering too

After the exciting and exhausting 1 AM to 4 AM Monday night adventure at Salem Hospital, we expected Baby #3 would be kicking down the doors (so to speak) to enter the real world. But our expectations seem to have been misguided. Erin’s had nary a contraction...