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Should I be depressed?

Apparently, as the father of a nine-month-old baby, I am twice as likely as other guys my age to be depressed. Who knew?

The article gives no indication of what I’m supposed to be depressed about; I guess I’ll have to come up with something.

I suppose it takes lots of dads a while for the reality to sink in that their lives have changed forever. But I tend to think that most of the changes (having this completely wonderful creature in my life, for example) are for the good, and the rest are easily surmountable - so what if I can’t stay out very late if I get to see this cutie sleeping beside us at night?

I’m sure it helped, too, that I acquired three great step-children before the one great child.

Newbaby Hickman

7 pounds, 12 ounces. That’s how much newbaby Hickman weighed when he was born last night. C has a new cousin, just four and a half months apart. Four and a half months and a six hour drive. I hope I’ll be seeing a picture here soon.

Just three years ago there were no babies in our family; now there are four.

Three years ago, I was pretty much the youngest person in our family; now I’m surrounded by a gaggle of younguns.