Andrea’s Weblog

10.5 pounds, 23.5 inches

Elizabeth had her two month check-up last Thursday and she’s doing
great. I was a bit worried about her weight, because I know two other
babies her age who have reportedly plumped up. Elizabeth is long and
skinny. She’s too tall for most of the 0-3 month size clothes, but she
doesn’t really fill out the next size up. All the leg holes are about
twice as big as her little legs.

She’s really learned a lot in the past few weeks. I really hadn’t
realized how helpless babies are when they’re born, but they really
can’t do anything but lie there and fling their little arms and legs
around. They can’t see very well, can’t control their limbs, don’t know
which direction sounds come from, can’t move where they want to go…
Elizabeth is now smiling, trying to talk, and grasping toys and putting
them in her mouth. I’ve learned that her smile only indicates what mood
she’s in at that exact moment. In a blink it can change to a frown as
she suddenly realizes she’s hungry.

I’m wondering when she’ll learn to blow her own nose. She has a little
case of the sniffles, so our morning routine involves using the mini
turkey baster bulb to suction out her nose. I now wonder if all those
people who say they’ve been abducted by aliens who inserted things into
their brains through their noses aren’t just having flash-backs from
infancy.