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Bringing Our Premature Baby Home: The First Day Alone as New Parents
ByAndy P December 31, 2025December 31, 2025

There are days in life that feel heavier, brighter, more real than anything else. For us, one of those days was the day we brought Mike home from the hospital. The first day when:✔️ it was just us three,✔️ no doctors,✔️ no nurses,✔️ no hospital machines,✔️ no “someone else will help if we do something…

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The First 3 Months with a Newborn: What We Thought vs. What Really Happened (From a Dad’s Perspective)
ByAndy P December 30, 2025December 31, 2025

Hi, I’m Andy – and this is the story of how I walked confidently into new parenthood… and then life kindly sat me down and said:“Sit, my friend. You have a lot to learn.” 😄 Before Mike was born, we honestly believed we were going to handle everything calmly, logically and “like responsible adults who…

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