Gumby Log
Blog URL http://gumbylog.blogspot.com/
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags fatherhood, pregnancy, father, dad, parent, baby, child, pregnant
I aim to share the experiences of my wifes pregnancy through my eyes and provide what I hope to be a useful point of view for the blokes out there.
Latest Blog Posts
- The big shopping list on Oct 24, 2009
Crikey! It never ends. I know I've been talking about what baby things to get for a few posts now, and I reckon I know why I've been focusing on it. The trouble and strife is 22 weeks now, and 'touch wood' everything is progressing pretty well. She a...
- Dummy Recall on Oct 22, 2009
I thought I should share this article from the ABC. It is a recall for 14 different brands of dummy by the NSW govt. Even though the recall is in one state, the brands are likely the same everywhere, so please check if you have a little one with a d...
- "There can only be one!" on Oct 18, 2009
Yup, cheesy quote from a cheesy movie, but most people remember Highlander. If you cast your mind back, you may remember that when one immortal kills another (by chopping off their head) the immortal doing the killing absorbs the life force and power...
- Now you know roughly what you need, how do you decide on what to get? on Oct 15, 2009
This is hard - really hard. I've found shopping for a car easier than shopping for a pram. Then there are things like breast pumps. How does one select a vacuum cleaner for their partners fun bags? How do you look out for bargains, and where are the...
- Some very good news on Oct 15, 2009
My sister called yesterday. She's been trying unsuccessfully for some time to conceive via IVF. She's not been doing IVF just recently and noticed her tum growing. Given binge eating wasn't the likely cause, her husband prompted her to do a pregnancy...
- 19th week ultrasound and results. on Oct 13, 2009
Today we went to see the obstetrician after our 19 week scan. He listened to the foetal heart rate, measured Gumby's mum's tum, and took her blood pressure, he reviewed the results with us and the good news is - everything is good, everything is no...
- Children are expen$ive - even before they're born! on Oct 12, 2009
Once we'd passed the danger period, we decided that getting as much baby stuff as is sensible would be a good idea before the big event. Even if we didn't have everything, having an idea of what we needed and where to get it seems to be the way to go...
