CLAY AIKEN - AIKEN FEARED FOR NEWBORN SON

AIKEN FEARED FOR NEWBORN SON

Singer CLAY AIKEN realised the difficulties of fatherhood when his son became sick just weeks after his birth.
The American Idol star and the baby's mother - Aiken's friend and record producer Jaymes Foster - feared for their son Parker's health when he was diagnosed with pyloric stenosis, a condition that affects the gastrointestinal tract, in August (08).
And Aiken - who conceived Parker via in vitro fertilisation - quickly realised he had to start acting like a father.
He tells People.com, "He had been gassy for weeks and then he started throwing up.
"Jaymes and I were trying to be calm, rational parents, so we didn't call the doctors too much, but it just got to a point where he was vomiting everything. He was starting to get dehydrated.
"I was a little worried, like 'I don't think they're going to let me in the hospital at two or three in the morning'. Then I thought, 'Wait a second, I'm the father! Of course they'll let me in'.
"It was the first moment when I thought, 'I'm actually this child's father!'
"I was like, wait a second, this is my responsibility, I need to take care of this child, and he can't ask questions for himself. It was a reality check, like this is the real deal."
Aiken says Parker is now on the road to recovery, adding, "He's fine, healthy and doing well!"