Night Time Crying

Declan's latest game is to wake up in the middle of the night screaming. But he calms down the second we pick him up. It's a fun game and he's got us well trained.

Drool.

Little babies drool. A lot. On their clothes. And on you. Especially when you're holding them up above you. We end up changing their clothes a lot. And wiping up ours.

This is way before even solid food. We're in for a lot of fun. And laundry.

Baby Baldness

When Declan was born, he surprised us with a full head of DARK hair. Tiff and I were both tow-headed blondes as kids. Since then, he's gradually been losing his hair. He even left a pile in his crib that we first thought was cat hair. Until we realized it was all located at one end, right under where his head lies. Now the poor kid has some bald patches in the back where he head rubs against the mattress (sometimes he twitches and turns his head back and forth).

It also looks like he's got blond roots coming in. So he may end up blond after all.

Meanwhile his eyes look to be turning brown. They were blue at birth and change colors now (from blue to green to light brown) depending on the day and the light on them. It can take up to a year to stabilize. Mine are brown, as it most of my family. Tiff and her family are mostly blue.

Stuff to post later

turning over
winter
sleep
sisters
new views on MY parents
travel

Declan LOVES TV

Declan already has shown an interest in TV. What the heck! He's only 3 months old! But it just entranches him. When he's fussy, we point him at the TV and he quiets right down. If he's lying on the bed or in a crib and hears the TV, he works to turn toward it.

We let him watch the Red Sox and good stuff like Seinfeld. But we're wary of all the crap he could be exposed to. Yikes!