Pillow and a Vending Machine

That's about all I feel like these days- a human pillow and a place to get some food. I am afraid Rex has gotten into a bad habit where he only wants to nap if someone is holding him. He does okay at night now in the bassinet- thank goodness. He just doesn't seem to like his bouncy seat too much anymore. At first I thought he couldn't possibly understand that if he cries when he's in the seat, someone will pick him up. He's only 2 weeks old and I just didn't think he could figure all that out. Oh, but he has. When the house is empty again and it's just the two of us, we'll fix that. He has to be okay in the seat because I can't hold him all day like I do now once my helpers are back in California. And I don't want to take him to day care when he's two months old and tell his caregiver, "You have to hold him all day or he'll cry." It just won't work and we'll have to fix that.

He had his 2-week check with the pediatrician on Thursday and he aced it. He is back up to 9 pounds after dropping to 8 lbs, 3 oz the week before. He lost his cord stump the night before the appointment so the doctor checked that out and said it looked just fine. Everything else checked out well and it felt good to know we had successfully got through the first two weeks without damaging our child.

In other news, his sleeping pattern- well, it has no pattern. Some nights go really well and some nights he is wide awake and wants to eat every hour or so. In pooping news, we did have a pretty funny incident the other day. I had just finished feeding him and was changing his diaper when in the midst of the change, he had to poop. It didn't just dribble out though- it shot out in a big arc and got all over the place. I yelled for Rob to come back to his room and the two of us were just laughing and laughing. It was totally gross, but it was so funny too. Rob said, "I don't even know where to start" and I said "Get the camera!" We got it cleaned up eventually but here's one of the photos. I'll put up some other Rex photos from the last week too after that.

His changing table in the foreground with the chair we nurse in- it was all on the floor in between too.


Tummy time with dad


Having some success trying to figure out how to suck his thumb


Napping with Dad and Gramps during a race (back last Sunday when it was still okay to be in the bouncy seat)