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Eli is eight days old. After having him with us, I can’t help but wonder…why didn’t we do this sooner?! Seriously, this is great. Eli sleeps through the night (mostly, he might wake up twice), cries softly and is adorable too! It is wonderful to see Aaron interacting with him. Oh! Eli takes a pacifier! Do you know/understand [...]

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Meri, Eli and I are back from the hospital. Eli was born on 3/12 at 11:36am. He is 9 lbs 5 oz and 21.5 inches tall. Eli slept very good last night. Meri was pushed for about 15 minutes and Eli was born. Meri made the delivery look easy (compared to Aaron’s delivery). Below [...]

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It’s 11:05pm right now. We are leaving here in about 10 minutes to head up to the hospital. Aaron is upstairs, sleeping in his bed. We explained to him that we won’t be here in the morning (unless Eli pops out REALLY fast!) and that if he needed anything, his aunt is downstairs. He seemed [...]

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Some Background
My son has had three allergies:

milk protein called casein
egg whites
mold

Most people thought that since he was allergic to milk, that meant he was just lactose intolerant. That assumption annoyed the hell out of Meri and bothered me a bit as well since it really seemed like people (in general) were downplaying one of Aaron’s [...]

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Meri started contracting last Thursday. It’s been almost a week and still, Eli is not here. We are still scheduled to be induced Tuesday (March 11) night around 6pm. Last Friday, I worked from home because I wasn’t comfortable being an hour away in case Meri did go into labor. I worked from home Monday [...]

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