Author: rcragun
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The cost of a baby
One of the ideas I talk about every semester in my Introduction to Sociology classes is the declining birth rate in developed countries. There are several factors that help explain the low birth rates, but one of them is the cost of children. In agricultural communities, children can be a net positive for parents –…
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Busted
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photoshoot with mom – II
Here are some additional pictures from the photoshoot with Mom. This first one is my favorite: I couldn’t decide if I liked this last one better in color or black and white: These were taken on the side of our house by our neighbor’s fence.
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photoshoot with mom – I
I’m guessing a lot of people have been waiting for photos of Debi and Toren. It’s taken me a good 6 weeks to convince Debi to let me do a good photoshoot with her and Toren, but I finally have some photos. We shot in two locations. Today’s photos are from inside: Also, here’s a…
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Oh Endeavour, why did you fail me?
When Steve booked his trip, we weren’t considering shuttle launches, but the day he arrived (Friday) we realized there was a launch the next day (Saturday). It happened to be at the same time as the Rays game, so we opted for the Rays game. However, the launch was delayed a day due to lightning…
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6 week checkup and Toren now has superhuman powers!
Toren was supposed to have a 2 month checkup, but we’ll be in Utah at that point, so our pediatrician had us come in 2 weeks early to do his 2 month checkup. Everything looks good. Size-wise, Toren has grown enough to become a perfectly average baby (hooray!). Length – 22.5 inches (somewhere between 50th…
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What we’ve learned having a child – v1
Debi and I have a background that provided us with a lot of information about pregnancy and childbirth, so we thought we were at least somewhat knowledgeable about having children (yeah, not really). I teach a class on the Sociology of Human Sexuality (using this text: Understanding Human Sexuality), so I knew the basic outlines…
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Exterminate! Exterminate!
Occasionally we put Toren in the Baby Bjorn between feeding and sleeping: He’s small enough at this point that his arms are forced straight forward out of the Bjorn when he’s in it. After a few times of him riding around inside the Bjorn facing forward, I started to feel like he was the one…
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Poser!
After filling his belly with milk one day, Debi set Toren up next to the armrest of the couch. We try to keep him upright for about 30 minutes to help with his baby reflux. As he settled in, he assumed this pose:
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big bed, little baby and a coo
I put Toren on the spare bed the other day while I grabbed something in that room then realized just how tiny he looked on that bed wrapped up: I also tried to record him cooing the other day, but didn’t have much luck. This short clip is all I got.