With two weeks of parenting under our belts, these are the topics we now have a multitude of experience with. Let's hit the highlights:
1. Poop: This kid loves his milk, and for the first week we just kept giving it to him. Then we wondered why his poop was becoming a pile of ROCKS. Poor baby was crying every time he had to go and he would grunt and push for 30 mins! The comic relief of this sad situation was when we put him in the bath and he immediately squatted and finally got that poop out~! John and I were just happy that he pooped so we started cheering... and Elijah looked so proud and started clapping for himself!
Now we are trying to limit the number of bottles for this "milkaholic" and are giving him water and apple juice instead. We put him on the "constipation diet" of all fruit, veggies, and whole grains. We even tricked him into drinking some prune juice. Things are now looking better in the poop department.
2. Pee: We have also gotten to learn a great deal about baby pee. After waking up several mornings to what we affectionately dubbed "pee-splosions" (ie soaking the diaper so much that it breaks down, thereby saturating the child and bedding in urine) we finally got the word from the mamas at the park... Overnight diapers. Wow. Who knew? Since then, our mornings have been much happier, and laundry is no longer a daily necessity.
Our other pee highlight was Elijah taking advantage of a rare 30 second naked stint just after his bath, where he decided to show us just what he thinks of his room... he ran right in and started joyfully peeing all over the carpet. Where is the camera when you need it? His face was PRICELESS.
3. Pink eye: It only took two trips to daycare for us to become a daycare stereotype. After day one of daycare, Elijah came back with a runny nose. I considered us lucky. After day two, he came back with a fever, runny nose, cough, and double pink eye. I considered it defeat.
The fun twist to this story was that the next day, I came home from work to find John looking like a puffy-eyed goobery monster. Pink eye conquered him as well! Knock on wood, so far I am the only one left standing (and waking up with the ability to open my eyes in the morning!)
And here are some of the millions of pictures we have taken so far:
