C Student

Today we went to the pediatrician where Emmett weighed in at a whopping 8lb3oz, passing his birth weight by a full 6 oz. He is gaining 1 oz/day, which is right on schedule for a newborn. Oh, he also is up to 21" and his noggin is now a full 36cm (I love the mixed measuring units between cm and inches in the same doctor's office---when will we learn?).

The doctor plotted Emmett's weight on a curve that has the distribution of weight and height as a function of age. For a two-week-old baby Emmett is sitting right at the 50 percentile mark in both measurements, so we learned that he is a very average baby---a regular ol' C student.

Tonight I completed my first ever Emmett sewing project (and second lifetime, as well): a diaper pail cover. We had a Diaper Champ that we had bought second hand to hold diapers and we hated it (it had gotten undeserved rave reviews for use with cloth diapers), so we purchased a new all-metal can (couldn't find one used) with a simple metal lid and I made a elastic-topped liner that could be tossed in the machine with the diapers on each washing. Sure, it is a simple project, but I kept thinking of it as a training run for making Emmett's halloween costumes and then costumes for him for his future roles in plays directed by Laura and set-designed by Carlos, when they return to the city from their respective advanced-degree studies on the East Coast. Next in the training program will be diaper covers.