And, Finally, An Update

Wow -- three months since my last post. All I can say is that the gap is reflective of how incredibly GRUMPY I got during my last trimester and how little time I spent on the computer the first couple of weeks since Heath was born.

Heath will be four weeks old on Wednesday. He is still a scrawny little thing -- I put a 0-3 month shirt and shorts outfit on him today and he was just swimming in it. He may actually be a full three months old before it fits him properly. It bears mentioning that the outfit in question is a hand-me-down from Drew -- who was always a bit of a tubby baby -- it is possible Drew's barrel chest and chunky thighs stretched it out!

So far, from a temperament standpoint, Heath is a perfect angel. He only really cries in two situations -- when he is hungry and when he is separated from his mommy. This means that I have an excellent track record in getting him settled down -- but, it also means that no one else has been able to settle him down sufficiently yet.

We are introducing a bottle later this week -- in spite of the recent hysteria about chemicals leaching from plastic bottles (more on this later), we will once again use Doc Brown's bottles. Brooke and I both hope that once Heath has accepted the bottle, Brooke will be able to bond better with the little guy and help me out in getting Heath settled down.

As for the leaching chemicals thing -- I used to do some work for the American Plastics Council and one thing that they told me is that the chemicals leaching from plastic food containers issue is cyclical. In the bad old seventies, there actually were some problems with this, but, technology in creating plastics improved and things have been better. I suspect that the recent hysteria results from technology for testing the leaching of chemicals that has improved and can now demonstrate that trace amounts do actually leach out under certain circumstances. So, I am highly skeptical of all of these reports.

The baby wants to be nursed, so, this will be it for now!