Week of October 13th - review

Well this week was our last week with BG (Deb Solow). She was a great help during the first critical weeks with Oz and left us with a freezer full of great meals. Oz already misses his morning time with her and the dogs are spoiled from having someone to sleep with and give them table scraps.

Oz's cord stump fell off so he is officially done with all of his post-partum healing. No more sponge baths.

We went to the Pediatrician on Wednesday for our first checkup and visit. Dr. Nunn is very nice and helpful. The practice is very close and convenient for us and they have two entrances, one for Sick and one for Well, so there is less risk of taking something extra home with us for checkups.

Oz is doing great. He is back up to 8 lbs 3 oz. And has grown a full inch (21 1/2").

We are working on getting him scheduled throughout the day (and night) for regular feedings and sleep. He is starting to get the hang of it, sleeping longer and making the most out of his feedings.

Speaking of feedings, he loses all control of his muscles during mealtime prompting the nickname (at least for this week) "Noodle" as in wet noodle. He is really pliable and would let you put him in just about any pose without so much as a peep.

Oz had his first storytime with Mom. They read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. He loved it so much his eyes crossed trying to look at the pictures. Lauren is a great story reader.

We all went out to Crescent Moon, one of our favorite eateries, for lunch this week. The staff there had been anticipating Lauren's delivery for months since each time we came in for lunch or dinner she was obviously more pregnant.

We were visited by Uncle Melvin for dinner that night and gorged ourselves on sushi and Thai foods. Yummy.

Papa Dick and Meme Jan arrive tonight for a week in Atlanta. We've told Oz all about them and he is SO excited to see them for the first time.