Ben’s Musings

This is a really well made and funny video about how great Fatherhood is. I couldn’t agree more!

Special with Mary-Lou, Toby’s mornings, growing out of clothes, baby groups, Mary-Lou’s thoughts on Amy, time with Mary-Lou’s parents, injections, puking, raising boys, male mentoring

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Feeling tired, broken monitors, Toby reminds us of Amy, grief so far, smiles and baby noises, Nando’s and Raising Boys.

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Coming home, remembering Amy, visits from family and friends , bathtimes, real nappies, a routine, Toby’s weight, feeling safe, weekly baby activities.

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Toby’s here! The story, The West Wing, 7 hour wait, stressed and frustrated, a rush to the theatre, thinking of Amy, the operation, Toby arrives, “huge and chubby”, 8lbs 5oz, skin to skin, my parents arrive, leaving too soon, lovely time today, friends visit, haven’t yet cried, changing first nappy, new grief.

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Mary-Lou and I went into St. Mary’s yesterday afternoon thinking we were to have the c-section at 9am this morning. But after 7 hours waiting, we finally had our beautiful boy, Toby Jacob Gibbs at 4.38 pm this afternoon! He was 8lbs 5oz, chubby, hairy and cute!
Here is his Flickr Photo Set, and here are some pics to introduce him:

The day before the caesarean, surprised by optimism, praying with Mary-Lou, a Christian struggle, crying with grief, daydreams, Wall.E, stay tuned!

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Mary-Lou and I went for another scan yesterday and another meeting with the consultant where a cesearean was booked for the 1st April at 9am!

We’re both feeling excited and relieved that we now know the date and that it was the date we wanted.

In 10 days we’ll have Toby! We’ve already got the Nursery ready for him and Mary-Lou finished work yesterday so is now washing all the baby clothes we have bought and have been given. It’s becoming more real!

I think I’ll get nervous about the operation and whether Toby will survive over the weekend before he arrives. But at the moment I’m too busy with work to let those fears sink in.

36 weeks, Baby-proofing Your Marriage, A friends response to Amy’s stillbirth, Mary-Lou not sleeping well, day-dreams.

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Feeling stressed and angry, 6 weeks to go, visualising Toby, Junebug - a film which deals with stillbirth, being away for 2 nights, Toby licks the back of his hand.

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Budgeting, buying things, earning enough, latest scan, caesarean dissapointment.

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I’m getting alot of people looking at the The Daddy Diaries category of this blog. Tommy’s, the baby charity, have linked through to my blog and www.askamum.co.uk have begun adding my podcast to their audio resources.

My wife, Mary-Lou started a blog a few months ago to talk about life after Amy died. I’m pretty sure alot of people coming here would be interested in her thoughts too, so click here to see her blog.

Third trimester yet?, caesarean or vaginal delivery, hopes & dreams for Toby Jacob, dad books, Toby skateboarding and imagining Amy.

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Christmas Eve & Christmas feelings, Toby is “viable”, 30cm rulers, More kicking, Guess How much I Love You, Mary-Lou gains 1 stone.

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Toby Jacob Gibbs, raising a boy, masculinity, Star Wars, feeling Toby’s movements, excitement and fears.

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Brussels holiday, miscarriage fears, smut stories, first class rail travel, a historic voyage, 18 weeks pregnant, bad parents, boy or girl?

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A pregnancy scare, the first kicks, latest baby development, maternity shopping and a holiday.

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Past 12 weeks, nervousness & excitement, “Do we know what we’ve got ourselves into?!”

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Cravings, Morning Sickness in the night, babycentre.co.uk and our developing baby.

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Welcome to my new Podcast - The Daddy Diaries.

I wanted to record my thoughts and feelings about being a Dad and also about our new pregnancy. So I thought I’d podcast my musings since I’m doing several other podcasts at the moment too.

You can Subscribe to The Daddy Diaries in iTunes by clicking here, or you can subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking here.

I will also put new episodes here on my blog but they will appear in iTunes and in the podcast feed about 1 week earlier, so subscribe to keep up with the latest!

Here are the first two episodes to kick off The Daddy Diaries:

Download Episode 1: An introduction to The Daddy Diaries.

Download Episode 2: Our midwife booking-in appointment, my default feelings about this pregnancy and delighting in children.