Two month check-up

Today I woke up earlier than I have since the baby came-- 8 am! I forgot how nice mornings are, I feel like I've accomplished so much and it's only noon. This is usually the time I would be waking up. I'm sure in a few hours I'll be feeling the fact I woke up so early, but maybe today is the start of a new schedule. We'll see.

We woke up that early because Atticus had his two month well-baby check-up. I kind of think the idea of going to the doctor every month when you're not even sick is kind of pointless, but it's free and Medicaid sends us reminders in the mail that we need to go. I know he's healthy, and if I have questions it's pretty easy to google some answers. We did get a diagnosis of eczema and some samples for washing him instead of using Johnson's since it's super-frangrancey and that irritates eczema. And he got his first vaccine--the Hib. Meningitis freaks me out more than other things, so we decided this for the first one (my doctor also said this is the one where kids are actually exposed to it here in Utah pretty frequently; he gets about 30 cases a year). We're doing his vaccines one at a time, delaying some and forgoing others. We aren't doing the rotavirus or the varicella. We're delaying the Hepatitis, Polio, MMR, and DTAP vaccines until we decide to the leave the country. We're getting the PCV in a month's time. Since he's pretty much a stay-at-home baby, breastfeeding, and isn't in daycare or anything, I feel pretty confident at this point that he doesn't need all those shots. I'm trying to read up a lot and make informed decisions about all of this, and I think I'm doing an OK job. Hopefully we'll keep him healthy and avoid unnecessary medical interventions.

2-month stats:

Weight: 11.16 lbs (in the 28th percentile)
Height: 22 inches (10th percentile)

The comment I deleted

Here's the comment I deleted on my Nanowrimo post from a person called Publisher, enjoy it and then we'll analyze it.

Hello everyone,
Christmas is comming soon, I start usually in the summer, to be sure to get a good deals. I want to make happy my familly this year. I would like to buy a tiffany & Co key pendant for my mom Jewelry Box , the one with diamonds costs 10,000$, but I don't have the budget for it, so I will buy the silver one at 100$.For my dad, I want to buy him a watch, I am hesiting between a Rolex or Seiko watches, I choose this two models : Rolex Watches or Seiko Watches What do you think?My husband is giving me a hard time, he would like to have a sneakers but he hesitate between different models, I found this model at Air Jordan Shoes , it's a good sneakers for basketball.But, our gifts, will be Generic Drugs .I am not forgeting my self, I will
ask my husband to buy me the Roberto Cavalli Sunglasses Oakley Sunglasses, they are amazing.What do u think about this gifts ideas and I like this blog Fashion News Or this one Cars And Dell Computer Thank you a lot in advance.

1. So, appartently, her (I think, maybe his) mother's name is Jewelry Box. I think I'll try to convince Cait to name our first daughter that.
2. She was looking to buy either a Rolex or a Seiko and after much deliberation she found the perfect products from each company: the Rolex Watches and the Seiko Watches. At least she isn't limiting herself
3. Her husband really likes basketball, and she was going to buy him some Air Jordan's, but in the end decided to buy him some Generic Drugs instead. Classic.

I like these blogs General Motors and Brooms.

NaNoWriMo Update

Word Count: 20,478
On target goal: 17,393

I was hoping to give more frequent updates about my writing, but obviously that hasn't happened. All the time I have to write about my writing I use writing. It's quite the fix. But today I am feeling very good, so I'll drop in an update.

I must say, I've had a lot easier time this year than I have ever had before staying on track. Sometime the fact that I am writing so much and still having so much homework will catch up with me. But for now I am riding high. My story which started with nothing except the death of the mother of the main character to give it guidance has turned out even a little better than I thought it would. It's moving itself along quickly and certainly not backing itself into any corners that are hard to write out of like some of my old stories would.

My writing speed is really starting to pick up, which is nice because I am reaching my daily goals with a lot less time invested which leaves me more time for everything else. Hopefully this continues. I've left a lot of the "trying to guide the story along to have a meaningful plot" kind of stuff behind and now I am just writing whatever comes to my head. It's nice because the writing is just about as good either way, so it doesn't make me feel bad.

I might let some people read this thing when I am done, we'll see. But thanks for your support anyway.

So that's why I'm so smart....

Fascinating.

What? Why am I up at 7 a.m. you ask?

Oh, that's right. My baby sleeps through the night (this week, at least).

We went to bed at 10. Nursed to sleep, woke up at 6, nursed back to sleep.

That's EIGHT FULL HOURS OF SLEEP.

Before this miracle occurred, I was of the opinion that babies do not need to sleep through the night. I was perfectly content with our nightly feedings and loved my time cuddling up with the little guy and breastfeeding him in a half-awake stage. I didn't mind the rolling over and latching him on. We were pretty happy with the situation. I'm not complaining about this one either though...

Not to brag or anything but my baby is awesome.

Two months

At two months, Atticus likes:

* Breastfeeding/being well-fed.
* His pacifier.
* Being bounced on the ball.
* Being rocked in the rocking chair.
* Going for walks and just being outside.
* His swing.
* Bathtime.
* Arabic class and just being on campus.
* The Office.

Atticus dislikes:

* The evenings.
* Tummyaches.
* Being left alone.
* After bathtime.
* Lotion smothered on his face.






We like:

* His smile.
* His coos.
* His utter concentration.
* His melancholy face.
* His laidback demeanor.

He's still a pretty neat baby. He's fun to hang out with.

Watch Cait on the news!

Cait might be on KBYU at noon today, Utah time. She got interviewed talking about the closing of the Women's Research Institute. She fielded the questions very well. I love her.

Love cloth diaper giveaways....

Yeah, me too.

Pictures explosion

One very proud person

Can I just say that I am super impressed by Cait and her abilities as a mother? She is so devoted and so committed to making life as good as possible for our little boy. I imagine that some people might have been worried that her feminism and her life as a mother might contradict each other, but as I had always suspected, they only serve to compliment each other. She has actively decided that her belief in her ability to change the world is best expressed in working to raise up our son to be a good, kind, intelligent person.

I mean, she learned how to sew just so she could make him some super cool pants.

Of course, she hasn't given up being the awesome person that she always was, visiting with friends and taking our boy out on the town with her, always taking super good care of him.

I love how focused she has become and how fully she has thrown herself into the life of our son. This is probably overly theological, but it is not hard to imagine Cait as something eternally divine when she makes such heroic efforts to become the type of mother you could build a world with.