crabby baby

i guess it was inevitable

JH is very mobile now - not quite walking - but by using a crawling-cruising combination he can get pretty much anywhere in the house he desires. This includes the place where we keep the cat food. I'm sure you all have come to the same conclusion...mmmm, Whiskas. We caught JH with a mouthfull of little fishy shapes, and I had to do the mommy fingersweep and clean the deck. I can almost say I was okay with him sharing the kibble, except this particular brand has little filled bits in it that I can only imagine the chemical and by-product magic needed to create them. Oh well. As long as they aren't his main source of nutrition...

baby 2.0 update

Max is doing well - he's a little gassy and constipated, as we decided that it was probably best for my mental health to formula feed. In order for me to be a fully functioning and somewhat rational member of society (and also a good Mommy) I need my sleep, a little more so than the average person. Max wasn't a "good" nurser - he would nurse off and on for an hour then want to start fifteen minutes after I put him down, pretty much ruining any chance for meaningful sleep. This might be okay if a)I didn't also have a 14 month old who is now going through an "I need my Mommy" phase, which kind of puts the kibosh on naps for me and b)I didn't have, uh, largish bosoms and I was very afraid that if I dozed while night-nursing I would wind up suffocating him. So, Max is a bottle baby.

Oh, and he has the stinkiest gas ever. Great Caesar's ghost is it smelly.

Other than gas and poopy problems, he's great! He's growing, opening his eyes and looking around, and he can already do little push-ups if he's on his tummy. The doctor said he has excellent muscle tone. That makes one of us...

introducing max!

He's here! Max was born last Thursday, February 24 at 10:20 AM. He was 9 pounds even at birth, and 20 1/2 inches long. He has an amazing head of hair! I'm doing ok, a little tired and sore, but everything looked good at the last check...I get my stitches out tomorrow. More later...I have an armful of baby and typing one handed is a little too much for my tired, shriveled brain. There's a couple of pictures in Max's own little album over to the left, if you'd like to see all the hair for yourself!