I’m quite sure this post will have future iterations as the baby will only get bigger, but today he made the biggest poopy of his life and I must describe it here for future reference.
It was actually a huge load split into three: The first was the standard mound of dijonlike goodness in his mammypoko diaper; the second was caught on the plastic sheet we use expressly for the purpose of catching stray shots when doing a nappy change; the third was a yellow cordlike mass shaped as a figure eight on his blanket that escaped when mommy thought the bombardment was over and moved him off the sheet to look for a fresh diaper.
I didn’t take a photo because I have more class than that (or maybe because it was too early in the morning, you choose).
furo da
The other day, Miwa-san came over and gave Max a bath. Miwa-san is a Japanese nurse studying at Mahasarakham University (Dept. of Medicine since the Dept. of Nursing isn’t running a post grad program quite yet) who has been helping us with great advice, but is going back to Japan this month or next since her coursework is complete. I’ll write more about her later on.
Max was a lot calmer compared to when we were giving him baths, so we watched carefully to see what she did differently. I eventually came to the conclusion it had less to do with a soft touch than an experienced touch.
Here is Max enjoying himself:
Already holding his own?
OK, I admit he can only do it for a matter of seconds and that this photo was taken during one of those brief periods, but this is still impressive by any measure. One of these days, my child will probably onz joo (he onz me already).
A Week Without Updates
In the past week, Max has:
- Lost his umbilical stub (healing nicely)
- Reached 2900 grams (born at 2500)
- Spit the dummy several times
- Started smiling in fleeting spurts, almost like a nervous tic
- Started drinking formula to augment mommy’s milk
- Been dropping heavier loads in his diapers as a result of drinking formula
- Had his finger and toenails trimmed several times
aaaand…we’re back!
So apparently our telephone lines got waterlogged from one of the storms spawned by the cyclone last week…. Never heard that one before, but it was apparently enough to add resistance or noise that interfered with the synchronization of the DSL connection.
Strange.
Line down
Just a quick note: Our DSL at home is down after some big gusts from the big typhoon in Burma last week. Not sure what the problem is, but Friday was off so the telecom guys are enjoying a 3 day weekend.
Updates will resume when out internet service does.
Oh I almost forgot: My supervisor from school came over to see Max a couple days ago and he farted in her arms so loudly she almost dropped him. It was AWESOME WIND!!
The Five Steps of Monkey (props to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
DENIAL:
ANGER:
BARGAINING:
DEPRESSION:
ACCEPTANCE:
Let’s Have Our Piece of Third World Cake! (and eat it, too!)
Third World Cake(TM) Checklist:
- Pseudo-trademarked jelly/frosting entities (Mykkie and Myni) – check!
- Indestructible sugar frosting – checkcheck!
- Red jelly blobs in place of actual fake cherries – checkcheckcheck!
It was kind of a celebration for Max’s 2nd week of life outside of mommy – and the underlying chocolate spongecake was actually pretty good, and not overly sweet like 99% of sweets here.