Paranoia, Pants and Pediatricians

Okay, I really shouldn't be looking at baby websites anymore. "Why?" You may ask? Because I have this self-destructive tendency to look at the articles about the many ways my baby can die. When I read these articles my imagination goes into overdrive and I get paranoid (I'm a big enough woman to admit it). Today I was reading about SIDS. According to the research I read, babies ages 2 - 4 months are at the biggest risk for SIDS?! I thought of my daughter as an invincible bundle of cuteness! There goes that illusion! Sure, I knew she could get sick, but DIE unexpectedly, at any time, and I really have no control of stopping it?! So now I am all freaked out that Aslynn is going to die. It’s driving Luke nuts. He doesn’t really believe most of the things that I get freaked out about are even true and/or worth getting all worked up about. Doesn’t matter. I’m a new mother; I’m entitled to a little freaking out time.

Yesterday was Aslynn’s 2 month birthday. As a birthday present we took her to the doctor and let nurses hold her down and stick her three times. I was not in the room, of course. I made Luke stay with Z. She’s such a trooper; she cried for only a few minutes after and then she was done. She’s braver than her mother that’s for sure.

The pediatrician was impressed; he said she’s growing just like she should - 12 lb. and 23 in. long. I think that Aslynn has a crush on her doctor because when he was inspecting her she smiled and flirted with him the whole time. Hussy.

*This is what she looks like in the morning when we're ready to get up and she's not. Side note: this will not be happening very often anymore thanks to my previously-referred-to freak out.*

She’s been stuffed up lately. She’s “snarky” as Luke likes to call it. We have to suction out her nose at least four times a day. The funny thing is that she likes to have her nose suctioned. She smiles the whole time – unless the suctioning interrupts a meal; then she’s mad.

*Proof of the spit up thing I was talking about in my last blog.*

Last night I sang Aslynn to sleep (for an hour…but still. And they were Church songs...jeeze, what kind of mother do you think I am?!). It started out as me just singing to her and then it turned into her going to sleep. She slept BY HERSELF for six straight hours. Hallelujah! We will try it again tonight and see what happens. I’m not holding my breath though.
*Even when she sleeps she's the princess. "Kiss the hand!"*

Today is was a balmy 60ish degrees in Rexburg, Idaho. You would not believe all the people lounging around on the grass. I swear I haven’t seen that many people in MONTHS. Where have they all been hiding?

Anyhoo, we went on a walk. See photo evidence below. It was wonderful. Aslynn likes to go on walks so I hope we live in a place with nice weather so we can get outside a lot. We’ll work on her tan and her vitamin D intake (The sun stimulates your body to create its own Vitamin D; which is where most of your Vitamin D comes from. Just your random fact of information for the day).
*That's Luke's "Honey smile for the picture" face.*

Something I rediscovered this week was that our daughter has no pants. She has one pair of jeans and that’s it. I need to get her some pants so that people won’t look down on me as a mother. (Example: Look at that! That child has no pants on; just a onesie! What kind of Mormon mother takes her daughter out in public like that?!)

P.S. Luke and I picked up our cap and gown yesterday. Graduation is just around the corner! Woot woot! It seems almost real now.