My baby is 19 days old but he already makes me laugh every day.
Take his waking up procedure, for example. Since this kid is jaundiced and sleeps a lot, I have to wake him up every 2-3 hours so he can eat. He returns from dreamland very slowly, lets out a massive yawn, wrinkles his forehead, arches his back and streeeetches his arms. Like waking up from a seven year slumber. And his face goes through a spectrum of emotions: concerned, thoughtful, confused, grumpy, annoyed and then, for the great finale, angry! Erik lets out a couple of coughs that lead to a loud cry, his face turns red, arms are waving and legs are kicking. Finally he’s ready for supper.
He is the loudest eater ever; he moans happily when sucking and swallows hard. Sometimes he will take a short break and let out a burp. Or let out a big fart or a massive poo. Not the kind of kid you would take to the Nobel Prize dinner party.
After eating he will usually drift off to sleep. And even here he makes me chuckle. He makes the strangest noises, snorts and grunts like an 80 year old.
If I can have this much fun with a baby this young, then I cannot wait for him to grow older.
2 Comments
Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 5:51
Hey Mia,
Just wondering how you and the baby are doing, since this blog has been quiet the past month. Hope you guys are doing fine. Post some pics if you have time.
Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 2:15
You are lucky. We tried for a boy three times…and got three girls! I wouldn’t change a thing, however. My four-month-old was very jaundiced at first and had to go ‘under the lights’. Good luck!