Randomness

Not much going on, so a quick bulleted drive-by-blogging ...

~ Karl is doing fantastic. He is quite the mild mannered baby. Definitely the "best" of my three. Ella cried and went on and on all the time. Allison had a shrill, ear piercing scream as her regular cry, which was hellish. Karl cries, but just not that much. Nor is he really loud. The best part of his little cry is it comes out in little bursts starting with "Ma!" I know he's not actually saying "ma", of course, but listening to the word in every cry makes it a little easier on the ears. I think it's cute. He also has this little studder cry which I actually adore.

~ His eyes are still a stunning blue.

~ Breastfeeding is going along swimmingly. I have moments where it's still hard, like when I don't have supply ~ready~ for some reason (it's like I'm just on empty) and poor little man gets pissed cause he's hungry. But it always resolves itself within an hour or so. It makes me wonder how many women give up because of this. If I didn't know how my body worked, I would simply think I was having supply problems. I probably wouldn't know my body would resolve the issue by making more the next time. I'd probably be afraid my baby was starving and opt for a bottle of formula. But instead, I hold off and deal with a hungry and cranky baby for a little bit until my milk comes in. The easiest thing to do is allow him to just allow him to suck on an empty breast for as long as it takes - although when really hungry, this pisses him off. But I find that when I let him just suck, my milk comes in faster.

~ Smiles! He's been smiling for awhile now, but nothing else. No "talking" except for a few random coos, no laughing. I'm bummed he's taking his time on those - I love them so much! He's doing awesome on the physical side though - holding his head totally upright while on his tummy. I can even use the bumbo seat, as he has complete head control.

~ The girls are also doing very well. Ella is almost 5 years old. I'm freaking out. Kindergarten registration is next Friday (but I already turned in all the paperwork, I'm not sure why I have to go again. I have to call.) Allison has turned into a little girl in front of my eyes. She is no longer my baby at ALL. She's such a big girl. My goodness, it happened so fast.


I just love the smiles! ...




This one was taken this very moment. It's where he usually hangs out (on the boppy, on my lap) while I blog ...




And here is Allison, playing little chef (ella was supposed to be in the picture, but apparently Allie got too close to her and she was reduced to tears. Love the drama.) ...