My Struggle (again, as told to Steve)

Hello all (or perhaps no one),

It's been a couple of weeks since the last post. I'm now 7.5 weeks old (52 days). That's a long time in baby weeks and even longer in dog years (I think).

Check out my new "group" at Snapfish. All my photos are at: http://scootermuench.snapfish.com/snapfish

Dad says you can go there and view all my pictures, post comments, upload pictures of your own, and waste more time than you mean to. You need this password to get in: "scooter".

Of significant note, I met my grandparents on Dad's side last week. Grandpa Bill and Grandma Jane flew out from Hawaii to see me over Memorial Day weekend. I gave them the full repetoire; some fussing, some smiles, some pee/poop and some sleep. I seem to be losing my touch because while they were here they got the back and front patios weeded, a bunch of new plants planted and the planter strip on the curb weeded. Normally, I pride myself on preventing folks from getting stuff done. I am anti-productivity in general. Anyway, I love my grandparents and I hear they live in Hawaii. They also told me about my cousins in Las Vegas - I've got to get me down there and roll some bones with the extended family crew. Hey, Haze is 1 year old today! Shout out to Haze and keep on truckin'.

An inventory of my life to date follows. New skills:

• Drooling (not sure it's a skill but I can do it now)
• Hand sucking (ditto the above comment)

Other items of note:

• Smiling: frequency is up - I smile more now - just not for the camera that often.


• Bodily functions: consistent, although Dad gave up tracking them on Trixie Tracker.


• Sleep: about the same. I still don't like my crib or even the co-sleeper next to Mom and Dad's bed. At this point, they should really start calling it the Muench family bed...because that's what it's become.


• Height: taller now. Something like 24 inches - the 2-ft milestone!


• Weight: Issues here. I'm still only a feather over 10 lbs. Should be more, like 11 or 12 lbs. Mom and Dad are trying some things in concert with Molly (my ND) to bulk me up. People think I'm either (1) a newborn - which I resent...hey, I'm 7+ weeks old, don't lump me together with those rookies, or (2) a premie - hey, I wasn't born early; I was born late. Stay tuned on this one. Gotta gain some weight some how. Perhaps M+D will need to supplement for a while, perhaps not. We'll see.


• Fussiness: consistent, about 3 units/day. Perhaps a bit down. I think M+D found out some of that fussiness was related to the weight gain (or non-gain) issue. Hey, I've got to sumo up here.


• Baths: more frequent now. I like the bath or shower part. Really dislike the getting out and drying off part.


• Baby wipe warmer: Good gracious, I never thought M+D would buy one but they did. It's a bit nicer on my bum during a change but hasn't really changed my attitude about changes like they'd hoped.

I'm sure there's more but I've got to eat.

TTFN,

Haddy