My Little Bear
Saturday, July 29, 2006 4:36 PM
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"loree baird"
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Oliver is now 14 lbs and 25 inches. he's in the 95th percentile for heighth and 75th or 80th for weight! and he is a talker!r baby is constipated though...when the nurses weighed him, when i went into the clinic for this today, they got the scale wrong and thought he weighed 19 lbs. so they were horrified, thinking he had five pounds of crap in him, or that i was torturing him by forcefeeding or something. they wrote into the computer, "gained 5 lbs in 2 weeks". then they reweighed him and he was 14 lbs. i guess he just had gas.
so, Oliver's feet now hang over his infant carseat. i think it may be time to get the next one up. he grew 2 inches 1/2 in two weeks. his dad was/is about 6 feet tall or taller, so maybe Oliver will be tall too. i dunno. and Oliver's dad was/is Mexican. i thought i'd hide this detail but so many people ask, it must be somewhat obvious. i figured he could be like a chameleon and look like any ethnic background but a Mexican woman told me today that latin/hispanic features develop and look more characteristic as babies get older. Oliver's eyes are dark chocolate brown. i still think he looks more like Dan Gatti than anyone else, me or the father or anyone. when my baby gets a sly smile on his face, i am reminded of Dan's mugshot on his business flyer from the 70's. if you haven't seen it, you must go down to the Oregon State Bar and take a look at his disciplinary file to have a see. he's wearing this funny jacket and, well, let's just say he looks like he was, at that time, trying to be a ladies man, but maybe not having too much success yet. anyway, for some reason, i see that same look on my baby's face.
well, Oliver had not rolled over again since he did at such an early age. but he talks a lot, is very social, loves music, holds his own binky/bottle, supports ALL his own weight on his feet by just holding my finger with his hands and standing, and he is very smart. the last few times i've tried to have serious discussions with professional men, Oliver has stood up or done something to get my attention, and then makes these huge smiley faces and grins with a big open mouth, tryign to get the attention back on HIM instead of the other men. Like, "look at me!!! mama!!! i'm way cuter!!!"
Oliver also supports his own back and sits, but slides to the right or left if unsupported.
i wanted to breastfeed for two years, at least, but i don't think that's going to happen. it's EXHAUSTING to do it, and to pump everyday, as I do. totally exhausting. maybe when i have my second baby (i'm going to have lots of babies while i'm on welfare, just to be able to keep my $440/mo. income--or $6,000 annual income!!! like all welfare mothers exciting plan to do, rubbing their hands together with conspiratorial glee for a "Free Ride"), i'll be off to a better start nursing without complications and infections, and will be able to do without as much energy and pain, and without pumping. i want to stop now, but i had to give Oliver formula for one day after a CT scan a week ago (because of iodine contrast) and though it was so easy, so much easier than pumping for hours and then feeding for hours, i smelled it, and it stank, and then i tasted it, and it tastes like a dogfood vitamin. not that i know, but it tastes like it smells. so out of courtesy for culinary taste, i can't bring myself to abandon yet, not until he gets to have some solids. of course i'm making my own babyfood. that's why i bought a blender. it's not for margaritas. not all the time at least.
my nicknames for oliver are: honey, honeybun, bunny, bunnyhun, honeybear, cutiepie, sweetiepie, boo, beebee, bebe, bambino, little bear, my bear, little brown bear, puppy, goose.
i use "bear" the most. he's like a little brown bear, big and soft and sweet. of course i'm glad i had a boy. i told my cousin today, when she asked, that after they laid him on my chest and i saw his eyes, they said, "Oh!!! it's a BOY?!!!!" and i didn't care. they could have said he was unisexual or multisexual, or made any kind of announcement and i still would have loved him/her/he-she/it.
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