Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone

Doomed, I tell you. Doomed.

D is for Dad

Over the summer, the Atlantic asked its readers to explain this: What is it about your job that other people just don't understand?

From A to Z, we went through your responses to find the best vocational essays for each letter. These essays are as short as a short sentence and as long as an full article

Now, here, by the Atlantic's criteria, is the best response they received for the letter D:

D is for Dad
"Being a stay-at-home Dad is like unemployment."

That's it. That's the one that's "as short as a short sentence."

That sounds like a life sentence to me. Luckily, I don't feel bound by the Atlantic's hidebound ideas of manliness.

Sitting Here in Limbo

Man, it's a crazy time.

We're about as ready for the boy to arrive as we can be, I think. The bedroom is set up, the cosleeper is ready, we have bins full of diapers. His baby clothes have been laundered, his sleepers, his swaddlers, his wee towels. We've set aside cash for a cab in case Jen goes into labor before her parents arrive.

Jen's now showing some possible signs of early labor. She's seeing the OB again on Wednesday and we'll know more about whether this is actually very early labor or just a false alarm. Either way, it's time to get my head together.

What's frustrating is, we can be ready, as ready as possible. But we still have to wait.