Comments on: Harm, No Foul http://morediapers.com/2005/01/25/harm-no-foul/ Eric Sagalyn's quest for modern fatherhood. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Cameron http://morediapers.com/2005/01/25/harm-no-foul/#comment-122 Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:36:26 -0600 http://morediapers.com/2005/01/25/harm-no-foul/#comment-122 The whole forgetting how bad it was thing is how we exist. If women remembered there would be no kids. The sleep thing is hugely important. On the second night at the hospital our son was wailing and I was trying to calm him and literally feel asleep on my feet. The nurses came and gently took him away for 3 hours so we both could pass out. If I had it to do again I would go home for a nap and would have come back actually useful. Courage. The whole forgetting how bad it was thing is how we exist. If women remembered there would be no kids.

The sleep thing is hugely important. On the second night at the hospital our son was wailing and I was trying to calm him and literally feel asleep on my feet. The nurses came and gently took him away for 3 hours so we both could pass out. If I had it to do again I would go home for a nap and would have come back actually useful.

Courage.

]]> by: Madeleine http://morediapers.com/2005/01/25/harm-no-foul/#comment-123 Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:38:37 -0600 http://morediapers.com/2005/01/25/harm-no-foul/#comment-123 Eric, Tell Jen that the ONLY thing she needs to do right now is feed Hayes and take care of herself. Someone else can do the rest for now. I read an anthro book about the Roma (aka Gypsy) culture, and traditionally when a baby is born the mother doesn't get out of bed for 2 MONTHS. Female relatives take care of everything and just bring her the baby to feed it. Granted they were generally in their early teens when they had their first child, but I can't help thinking they were on to something. Oh, and with apologies to any real poets out there, last night at dinner D. decided we should make up some haiku. Quick trip to the computer confirmed it's 5-7-5. And since Hayes' name fits perfectly on the middle line, here's one for you guys. Jennifer's new joy Hayes Kennedy Sagalyn Eric? Elated! Note that you can substitute "exhausted" in the last line and it also fits. Love, M. Eric,
Tell Jen that the ONLY thing she needs to do right now is feed Hayes and take care of herself. Someone else can do the rest for now. I read an anthro book about the Roma (aka Gypsy) culture, and traditionally when a baby is born the mother doesn’t get out of bed for 2 MONTHS. Female relatives take care of everything and just bring her the baby to feed it. Granted they were generally in their early teens when they had their first child, but I can’t help thinking they were on to something.

Oh, and with apologies to any real poets out there, last night at dinner D. decided we should make up some haiku. Quick trip to the computer confirmed it’s 5-7-5. And since Hayes’ name fits perfectly on the middle line, here’s one for you guys.

Jennifer’s new joy
Hayes Kennedy Sagalyn
Eric? Elated!

Note that you can substitute “exhausted” in the last line and it also fits.

Love,
M.

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