Category: General

As of today, I am old enough to run for President. So if you don’t like any of the available options this fall, feel free to put my name down as a write in candidate.

I can remember as a young’un watching reruns of Bob Ross on PBS during lazy summer days at my grandparent’s house in the back TV room.  I was always amazed at how he took this big expanse of nothing and produced an intricate little world, and how the simplest little moves spun out the most articulate details.  Fan brush trees, trowel edged roof lines, and always, always, beating the brush against the easel leg.

via Bob Ross Remixed | Happy Little Clouds | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube.

Week 1 of parenthood was filled with an unexpected amount of time at the hospital, replete with the scares and concerns and adjustments. All of which were extensively detailed in Amanda’s last post.

Week 2 has presented new challenges. There were some truly fussy nights, and he still becomes very vocal any time we set him down for longer than three minutes. He isn’t gaining weight as much as everyone would like, so we’ve been changing up the pumping routine and giving him more of the results via bottle. Fortunately, just in time for me to go back to work, Amanda and Jaegermonster came to some new conclusions in the feeding process, and the stress and pain levels were mitigated. Amanda was completely in tears a few times.

He currently nurses for about 45 minutes every two hours, and then there’s either pumping or bottle feeding along with that, plus washing things out and changing diapers more or less each time as well. So Amanda is definitely feeling a bit like a cow, and has to spend almost all her time and attention on him. Thanks to all the support and help we’re getting, and to everyone who emails or calls her to remind her that she is an adult human, and not (just) a baby feeding machine.

Also, also, we’re not big picture takers, but we have been remembering to take a picture or two at every week marker, and I’ve been adding those to the gallery. The latest pictures include a couple from his first real bath, as opposed to the sponge baths he’s gotten so far.

So, hot on the heels of the last post, our little jägermonster (the nickname is an online handle, and those of you who know his actual name can probably see the alliterative connection) entered the world Tuesday morning around 7am.  Baby and parents are doing fine, and family has started coming to meet the new one. Longer posts to follow, but the first round of pictures are available at http://gallery.lebor.net/index.php/Jagermonster , look for more pictures there in the days and weeks ahead.