to Nick Lowe, who apparently became a father sometime this year to a little boy named Royston. Congratulations, Nick! Peta Waddington is the baby's mother and Elvis sent young Royston a silver mouth organ from Tiffany. I assume that's a harmonica, but if it's Tiffany you call it something with, uh..., more style.
details are incredibly sketchy.
elvis sends baby gift
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I think there is a point where advanced paternal age is associated with a greater risk of Down's syndrome, just as there is on the maternal side, but I think it is much later in men (DrJ might know - it isn't something I'm particularly concerned with anymore 
). But older dads are so cool - I guess they go ahead and do their Grandpa thing simultaneously with the Dad thing. I know I was a much more relaxed parent at 35 than I was at 22. Nick adopted Carlene's daughter Tiffany, but I don't think he has any other kids of his own. Anyway, I'm very selfishly thinking of the songs that might come out of this.
). But older dads are so cool - I guess they go ahead and do their Grandpa thing simultaneously with the Dad thing. I know I was a much more relaxed parent at 35 than I was at 22. Nick adopted Carlene's daughter Tiffany, but I don't think he has any other kids of his own. Anyway, I'm very selfishly thinking of the songs that might come out of this.Like me, the "g" is silent.
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Tony Randall sired a child at around the age of 78 or so...then subsequently died shortly thereafter (relatively speaking, from the kids point of view). There comes a time when having the kid is much more about validating the males ability to procreate , and far less about the life, happiness, and wellbeing of the kid. At 56, Nick certainly doesn't need to apologize for wanting a child for all the right reasons...in my opinion he is still of age where he is fully capable of raising and positively influencing the child and transitioning him/her/them into adulthood, remaining a vital influence and without too many restrictions induced by age.
Funny thing is that often these 'geezers' make 100 times better Dad's because of the wisdom gained by experience. Something tells me that David Letterman is likely a very hip Dad, totally invested in his kid, and would give his life for the kid. Dave's not spring chicken, as I recall...50-something?
And from some old research I did years ago in graduate school on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS, Crib Death, Cot Death) the maternal haploid group of chromosomes are more fragile with age. Twenty years ago if you look at huge populations of delivering women there was a clear and significant upward deflection in the trend line after the age of 35 years old. In other words, the incidence of birth defects/anomalies remained relatively flat (correcting for prenatal care factors) until the age of 35, then started to rise with increasing age. Modern technology, and the increase in better prenatal care, earlier, has caused a subtle shift in that deflection to the right...to a higher age, but the shift is less than 10% (about 38-39 years. Only means that a 42 year old expectant mother is at higher risk than a 34 year old. Similar data on men scatter much more, and correlations are really tough to establish.
From a propogation of the species model, and trying to make sense out of it from an animal kingdom analogy, there are interesting arguments that can be made. I think the President of Harvard was planning a lecture on it next month, but he was recently fired for some reason or another....................
Funny thing is that often these 'geezers' make 100 times better Dad's because of the wisdom gained by experience. Something tells me that David Letterman is likely a very hip Dad, totally invested in his kid, and would give his life for the kid. Dave's not spring chicken, as I recall...50-something?
And from some old research I did years ago in graduate school on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS, Crib Death, Cot Death) the maternal haploid group of chromosomes are more fragile with age. Twenty years ago if you look at huge populations of delivering women there was a clear and significant upward deflection in the trend line after the age of 35 years old. In other words, the incidence of birth defects/anomalies remained relatively flat (correcting for prenatal care factors) until the age of 35, then started to rise with increasing age. Modern technology, and the increase in better prenatal care, earlier, has caused a subtle shift in that deflection to the right...to a higher age, but the shift is less than 10% (about 38-39 years. Only means that a 42 year old expectant mother is at higher risk than a 34 year old. Similar data on men scatter much more, and correlations are really tough to establish.
From a propogation of the species model, and trying to make sense out of it from an animal kingdom analogy, there are interesting arguments that can be made. I think the President of Harvard was planning a lecture on it next month, but he was recently fired for some reason or another....................
"The smarter mysteries are hidden in the light" - Jean Giono (1895-1970)