Life still has a lot of ᴍɪʀᴀᴄʟᴇ, that happen when you don’t prepare. Like this man. Bringing a child into the world is the greatest joy in the history of a couple, and although it is most common to have a child between our second and fourth decade, there are occasions when the ᴍɪʀᴀᴄʟᴇ of life can surprise us in old age.
That was the case with Argentinean doctor Alberto Cormillot, who married a woman 48 years younger than him, they get married in 2019 and became a father at the age of 83. Many people don’t believe that is true.
Born on August 31, 1938, in Buenos Aires, he is Argentina’s most famous nutritionist. Throughout his long career, he has helped thousands of people with eating ᴅɪsᴏʀᴅᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇs ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʜɪs ᴏʙᴇsɪᴛʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴs, ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs.
And in 2021, they welcomed their first child. Finally, the couple’s dream came true on September 17, 2021, when the long-awaited baby, Emilio, was born in perfect condition. 2 days later, they went home together to begin their new adventure. Many people have questions about how long he can be able to live in his son’s life. The couple remained strong in the face of ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄɪsᴍ. As for his kid’s ᴅɪᴇᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴡɪFᴇ ᴀɢʀᴇᴇᴅ that their child wouldn’t eat any salt or sugar for the first 2 years
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Cormillot already knew what it was like to be a dad for more than 50 years, after the birth of his daughter, Reneé, and later his son Adrián. But the ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏF ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ ᴏF ʜɪs ʟᴀsᴛ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴏɴᴇ, ʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴFᴇssᴇᴅ, makes him feel like a first-time father, as he is discovering modern things about babies now.
His children have accepted their father’s decision about his new life and their new baby brother despite the years that separate them: “My son said that he will have someone to play catch with, and having a brother is something he will like. And Reneé, as a female child, is ambivalent. On the one hand, she’s happy and on the other hand, it’s hard for her,” he said
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Despite the challenges he faces with his age, he said he wants to live to be 105 to see his young son graduate. “I won’t be able to be like a young man of 30 can be, that’s for sure, but I’ll do what I can do,” he said regarding his reality, and added that he left a very special gift for when Emilio is older: “I got him a phone with a line and I send him WhatsApp messages and record stories, send him photos and tell him what I’m doing.”
What do you think the benefits and drawbacks are of having children at an advanced age?
