She's Got Personality

Cameron is starting to show us who she is a little more these days. We get tons of smiles from her. In fact, I have decided to forgive her for suddenly deciding to ditch 2 hour naps in favor of 30-minute catnaps, because every time I go in her room she is grinning at me.

We are mostly past the fussy stage now and as long as she is isn't tired she is usually happy. Well, let me amend that to add that she is much happier if she is being held. She wants to go where we go and see what we see. So I wind up 'wearing' her a lot in a Moby wrap or Hotsling. We had a nail in our tire yesterday and when waiting to get it repaired turned into a 3-hour diversion, even Shane wound up wearing her in the Moby for a while. Doubly amusing as we were in a tire store full of greasy, testosterone-y mechanic types.

We did find out she has a mild case of eczema, probably due to a dairy allergy. I have stepped up efforts to purge all milk products from my diet, which is much harder than you might imagine. But she is growing very well (12 lbs 6 oz as of Wednesday) and sleeping relatively well, so her dr is not too concerned. Just keep in mind that if I look sad or preoccupied when you see me, it is probably because I am daydreaming about cheese.

Siblings

Lots of people have asked me if Cameron and Spencer look alike. I sure think so, but see for yourself. They are about the same age in these photos. I was struck by how chubby he seems next to her. But I think it's mainly because she is long. She measured in the 90th percentile for height at her 2 month checkup last week, which means she is longer than 90% of her peers. In his first year Spencer was always average length but a little above average weight, so she is much more stretched out than he was.

I did not pose them, by the way. That position is due to a reflex common to young babies. It's called the 'Fencer's Reflex" cuz they kinda look like they are about to say 'En guarde!" Like several other weird baby behaviors, it goes away in a few months.

I don't have a clue why my babies have punk rock hair. I can only tell you that it has a will of its own and refuses to be tamed. I find it endearing at this stage, but can only hope that Cameron's eventually calms down. Spencer's hair is pretty normal now so I'm not too worried.