The Drool Monster

In the past couple of weeks I have discovered a second universal truth in parenting. And that truth is, despite the small size of a baby's nose, he can still produce grown-up sized boogies. Don't ask me how this could possibly be true, but it is. It is amazing that Austin can breathe through his nose at times, because we have removed some BOULDER boogies from his nose! Just amazing...

Sleepy Boy

I have also learned that bibs are not just for spilled food. Yes, call me naive, but prior to Austin, I believed bibs to be used exclusively for keeping baby food off of the cute baby clothes. Much to my surprise, my little two-month old is secretly a drool monster. This monster rears its wet head periodically even though my son is too young for teeth. When the monster appears, you have two choices, dribbles on the clothes (which very quickly SOAK whatever he is wearing) or dribbles on the bib. So we go with dribbles on the bib. It keeps him dry and is much easier to change than changing his clothes!! A secret weapon against the drool monster is to put the bib on at the beginning of the day. It doesn't keep the drool monster at bay, but it seems to reduce the amount of drool. Go figure.

But enough about the bodily functions. Austin has achieved a milestone - he now sleeps an average of 7 hours in one stretch when we put him to bed at night!! Yay!! We have not gotten the full advantage of the 7 hours sleep ourselves since he goes to bed usually between 8 and 9, but nevertheless, we are very excited by this new development. We are also super fortunate that he is pretty good at going to sleep on his own. We put him down when he is drowsy and he lays there quietly until he falls asleep. I count my blessings every day, believe me.

And now, some pictures at 2 1/2 months....

Tummy Time!!


Just Chillin'

"Are you done taking pictures yet??"



"I see you!!"