Baby Noah vs. The Elephant - an interview with Thomas, proud father and blogger @ Nihonhacks

On November 23, 2007 in Interviews, bloggers

Over the next couple of days I will be helping you get acquainted with a very special website and project called NihonHacks. There is no doubt in my mind that this site will make things easier for foreigners in Japan. But more on that later. Today we are hearing from the proud father of a bouncing baby boy.

Daily J: First of all, congrats on the little tike! When are we going to see pictures of little Noah? That has to be very exciting!

Thomas: Thanks! It’s very exciting. I remember holding him for the very first time and he had this big question mark look on his face like “where the hell am I?”. It must be a crazy experience to get pulled out of the dark, cozy womb and into the lights and faces of the world. That first gasp of real air. I think it’s too bad we don’t get to remember that. Noah is about 7 weeks-old right now and he’s a real brawler. All day long his arms and legs are flailing around. My mom sent him a toy stuffed elephant from home and he has a new favorite game “Throw The Elephant”. We place the elephant’s head on wherever his hand happens to be and he launches it with all his power. It’s hilarious. He’s also good at “Punch The Lion In The Face”.

Having a baby in Japan is an interesting experience. The doctor had special software for choosing an auspicious due date. We went to a Shinto shrine to get the belly wrap blessed for an easy birth. You also pick up a lot of interesting words like 胎盤 (たいばん - placenta), 点滴 (てんてき - IV drip), 帝王切開 (ていおうせっかい - “emperor cut” = Caesarian section) and 羊水 (ようすい - amniotic fluid). How “sheep water” equals amniotic fluid I have no idea.

I never thought to post baby pictures up on the blog. It didn’t occur to me that readers would be interesting in seeing them. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to throw some up in a post though. I’ll see what I can do.

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures! We want pictures!

Hopefully Thomas won’t hold out on us.

I won’t hold out on you (bar some freak occurrence). So be here tomorrow for more Nihonhacks!

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