A few fun vignettes from Austin’s first 10 days

Austin is a very good, calm baby. I don’t mean to sugarcoat things and it has been a challenging 10 days. The lack of sleep and my lack of mobility because of the surgery have made things tough on Hayden and me. However, the positives far outweigh the negatives. Here’s a few examples:

The Austin and Sophie video. Perhaps it’s Daddy’s narration, but it seems to me that Austin understands and appreciates Sophie. I am astounded by how engaged and interactive he is with this toy!

Meeting Jeter.  Jeter has been good. He knows Austin is here and has made a few exploratory sniffs. It seems, especially since Austin is pretty limited in his interaction, this type of slow development between the two will be just right. That said, I am impressed with Jeter thus far. We will continue to watch closely of course.

Pulling over on the way home from the hospital. This, of course, was not funny at the time. But with age, this tale is turning more humorous. Hayden was driving home from the hospital. I had to sit in the front because my mobility was so limited. The mirror we installed to peek at Austin fell off and Mommy was quite worried that she may have over bundled Austin. Hayden couldn’t see him and we started freaking out and pulled over a block from the Mall frantic to make sure he was ok. He was perfectly fine; sleeping serenely.

Blowing the peepee teepee sky high. Uncle Scott sent us these gems and it turns out we need them. We had heard little baby boys are notorious geysers and our boy is living up to that notoriety. When we don’t cover, a perfect arch of pee clears the changing table and lands on the rug below. When we do and we don’t hold on, his geyser is so forceful it blows the teepee off and chaos ensues.

Pull-ups with Daddy. Although a little young, at 4 days old, Daddy practiced calisthenics with Austin. His grip was so strong when daddy pulled him up he hung on there. Mommy was horrified. Everyone survived.

Click for Feedings. A not so great movie I saw years ago, called Mimic was about cockroaches that take over the world. They made this clicking noise that got under your skin throughout the movie. Austin makes this when he is hungry. I’m convinced I’m just a boob to him, but I suppose that’s to be expected at this stage.

Razor burn? Hayden comes in with the baby after changing him and is concerned because it appears the baby has scratches on his chin and lower cheek."Did you scratch the baby?" He asks me. "What? Where? What is that?!" I reply with increasing hysteria. Thinking the worse, bubonic plague, etc. I finally figure out that Hayden was kissing the baby and hadn't yet shaved. A little soothing balm on the baby and a lecture to Hayden about being careful with his kisses.

Uncanny poop timing. This kid has a comedic timing that I used to think was exaggerated in movies. We’re still quite novice in the diaper changing department and it takes us time to deal with clothing, cleaning and diapering. The process is frantic and made more challenging by a squirmy baby who sometimes is upset. When it is finished, we are relieved and exhausted. We bring him back to our bed, recline and “ferrf” he poos again. We want to cry, but instead we laugh and laugh.