Last Friday, Simon had a urine culture taken as part of his four-month check up. They found bacteria and white blood cells, meaning we either had a contaminated sample or Simon has a UTI. So yesterday we repeated the operation. Unfortunately, we got the same results. Some bacteria. Some white blood cells. Can we come […]
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Mom and I went to see Venus yesterday afternoon, a rather crass movie in which an old stage actor Maurice (Peter O’Toole) has a discussion about beauty with the young object of his lust, Jessie. In trying to justify or at least soften his leachery, Maurice explains to Jessie that the site of the unclothed […]
Simon was four months old yesterday. We celebrated by going to the pediatrician, where we confirmed that he is 14 pounds, 10 ounces of rotten. And 25 inches long of rotten. And rotten with a head circumference of 17 1/8 inches. That puts him in the 50th percentile for weight, same as his two month […]
Tonight Matt and I dressed Simon in his “Be Mine” shirt and “My first Valentine” pants and loaded him up to the Whitworth’s for dinner. Here’s how I envisioned the evening: I was going to arrive at the house at around 5:00 or so, feed Simon, watch him melt down as by then he would […]
Simon is four months this Friday and we’ve hit a few milestones. Specifically: 1. On February 4, Simon briefly held a rattle in both hands. He’s spent the last few weeks perfecting his grabbing skills by raking his sharp little nails across my chest while he nurses. Fun! Two weeks ago I could put a […]
When Simon was about six weeks old, he went to the Whitworths for Thanksgiving. Friends of theirs, upon seeing Simon for the first time, looked at me and declared, “He’s all boy, you know.” I smiled in agreement, even though my baby was only six weeks old and had a wardrobe that was mostly gender […]
Last night I had a dream that was so disturbing that after I had it, I went back to sleep and dreamed about talking it over with others to find out what it meant. Very meta. The dream came sometime after Simon’s 4:30 a.m. feeding. (I think he’s having a small growth spurt and so […]
About four weeks ago, Simon had two fussy days. He cried a fair bit and wanted to nurse all the time. It was textbook growth spurt behavior, and it didn’t shake me. I figured at the time it would last a day or two, and then I’d get my sunnier guy back for a week […]
Our little guy is clearly a Tarheel. For any of you who have been to North Carolina, you know that the greeting of choice is the three-syllable “hey”. It comes out something like “hay-e-ay”. Live there for a while and you’ll find yourself saying it no matter how much you promise you won’t. Well, Simon […]
Two weeks ago, I purchased a Bebe au Lait nursing cover-up. I like to call it the nursing burkha, and I can’t believe it’s come to this. If you have been pregnant or know anyone who has been pregnant in the past decade or so, I’m sure you are aware that right now breastfeeding is […]