Back to the pediatrician today to be weighed. At two weeks old (tomorrow), he needed to have re-achieved his birth weight. He is spot on: 8 lbs. 9.5 oz. Way to go mommy! The Dr. insisted that he be weighed with no diaper on, I suppose to make sure we hadn't hidden anything in his shorts to increase the weight (like a boxer trying to cheat to move up to another weight class). Unfortunately, this gave Spud a great opportunity to pee into the air, which he took. The Dr. narrowly escaped.
Today we noticed that he seems to be LOOKING at things a lot more. Before, when he had his eyes open he might temporarily focus on your eyes or the window, but mostly he just looked around randomly. Today, he is clearly seeing people and things and staring at them, eyes wide open. There's somebody in there today.
He will be checking the world out more every day, but the BIG day will be when he looks at you and SMILES. This is nature's way of ensuring the survival of babies, despite poopy diapers, barf, etc. We can hardly wait to see him again!
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