Jason's Blog - 07/2010

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Back to work

Posted by Jason on July 28, 2010 - 12:07pm in Jason's Blog.

Well, my honeymoon with Penelope had to end at some point. Now, it's time for me to go back to work, while Katie and her mom look after Penelope. Unfortunately for me, Penelope has just started to get more interesting. She has moved past just sleeping, eating, and diapering to being more alert and awake. She's starting to do a better job of looking at things, and her facial expressions have become more interesting. She even smiled at me, although I'm pretty sure this was not intentional. There are some downsides to a more active Penelope.

Old man Penelope

Posted by Jason on July 24, 2010 - 12:46am in Jason's Blog.

You know what they say about old age being a lot like infancy? Well, no one warned me that the reverse is true. Penelope has recently entered the grunting phase. Sometimes, you would think we were running a nursing home. The sounds are hard to describe, but I never knew a baby could make them. Sometimes they sound like animal noises, but a lot of the time they sound like cranky old men who are upset at the world. They seem to be a new part of her sleeping routine, and frequently they are accompanied by intense stretching sessions.

Stumpy

Posted by Jason on July 21, 2010 - 8:32pm in Jason's Blog.

It's OFF! Yesterday, Penelope's umbilical cord stump fell off. It was, of course, anti-climactic. Katie found it floating in her onesie. There are still a few bits of it stuck in her belly button, but the big chunk is gone. It kind of looks like jerky. Surprisingly, there was no odor, despite the doctor's warning that it would stink before it fell off. Now comes the debate about saving it or not. I'm for saving, mostly to see what happens to it, but Katie is not a huge fan of keeping a rotten piece of flesh around.