Fluidity

Derek has gone back to work, somehow envying my position of home-bound mommy milk machine. I can't say I blame him, but it is no easy job for me either. I figured I spend 6-7 hours feeding and burping Theo in a 24 hour period. Then I try to get in some chores, a shower, graze on snacks, take a walk with the stroller, and maybe take a nap with the baby on our new leather recliner/rocker loveseat in the afternoon. Atleast I'm not sleep deprived! Theo's been good to us, sleeping all night with one break at about 3 am for a milk refill. He's only fussy when he's got gas, which can be remedied by allowing him push up and down with his legs either at an incline on his stomach or standing. His muscles are surprisingly strong. He has held his head up from birth, but now he looks all around and needs no support except for when he gets really tired. He's also been able to push himself up with his arms for awhile and use his legs to stand with some aid in lift. Theo tracks sound and people like a feline. Derek and I have discovered that he is a fan of ambient electronica, especially Brian Eno (Music for Airports). I know babies are not supposed to smile on purpose for another month, but he smiles so much and usually in correlation to the proximity of another's smile or attention...I'll let the critics make their own judgment on that one. All in all, we have been enjoying our calm, happy, and now chubby babe. Really, he's getting chubby people...gaining about a pound a week and closing in on 12 pounds so far. I have recently been able to enjoy a beer every so often. Optimater, how I missed you! Of course I pump ahead of time so the baby is not affected, so no gasps of consternation from the peanut gallery please. For my birthday I went to the Rathskellar and enjoyed a Weihenstephaner Dunkel Weiss and Spaten Optimator and finished off the night with a sacher torte. I was not quite sturzbesoffen but I was a little angeheitert. Below are some more recent pictures of our growing little milk monster and expert shartmaster.