And when is it going to fall?
Well, I am a week into parenting, and I have the following question:
1) How does someone who eats nothing but breast milk create such an array of colors of spit up?
I must say, as every new parent does, but is TRUE for me:
I have the best child.
I know that all newborns look like Winston Churchill, all wrinkly and androgynous, but mine is pretty handsome. Everyone says so. Which means that either:
a) Everyone is scared that I might have postpartum depression (I don’t) and so are telling me what they think I want to hear so as not to set me off on a hormonal rant ( haven’t had one yet)
or
b) He is actually a handsome newborn.
I am choosing to go with option B.
At least he doesn’t have a conehead!
For your reading pleasure, a list of my son’s amazing week one accomplishments.
1) Eyebrow raising: I know that he doesn’t actually HAVE eyebrows yet, but once they darken up, let me tell you: he is going to be a master at raising them skeptically.
2) Screaming as I clean the junk off his junk. He is not so interested in being wiped like a baby. Independent already, just like his mama
3) Stuffing BOTH fists into his mouth: AT THE SAME TIME!!! I challenge you to do it…guarantee that he is better at it than you!
4) Fist making: yeah he’s a Future boxer. He practices everytime he wakes up (ie “Right hook left jab uppercut!”)
5) Cleanly spit-up: At five days old, he had already mastered the fine art of spitting up all over: Me, my bed, my pillows, his blanket, my sheets, my shirt, my pants, and possibly a bit on Ollie’s ear, without getting more that a small spot of spit up on his own clothing. I hope this doesn’t mean that he is going to be OCD about cleanliness.
6) Dog Whisperer: I know that some people were worried about how Ollie would react to the baby. I brought Ollie home from Sudden Valley on Tuesday. The GREAT DRAMATIC INTRODUCTION? Ollie sniffed his ear twice, licked his head, and went to eat his dog food.
As I didn’t want him either overly interested or seeing the baby as a threat, this was the best reaction I could have hoped for.
Thus far, motherhood has not been as trying as I had anticipated. He is not a “screamy” baby–meaning, he has yet to cry when there wasn’t something specific that he needed (changing, feeding, entertainment, etc.). In addition, he only wakes up once or twice a night (well, I wake him up once). He is a bit of a night owl, because after I feed him around three, he usually (can you have a “usually” after six nights of life?) stays awake and alert for an hour or two. But not crying–just looking around, playing with his mouth, and in general making me adore him.
