Us Montgomerys have run the gamut of common illnesses over the last 31 days - and all four of us at that. Common colds, stomach aches, fever, sniffles, stuffed sinuses, coughs, even engorgement (look it up on Wikipedia if you so dare) etc...For the most part we are all doing fine. I suppose it is simply a rythym that we are striving after. The tough part has been having these little illnesses pop up every couple days. Christopher makes the big strides when he is healthy. The awareness in his face, his strength in his neck, the general calmness, come when he hasn't been battling the two head colds that have lead to stuffed-up breathing and short sleeps and long nights for his parents. Eventually they too succumbed to illnesses (see above list). Let's put it this way, we've bought our fair share of tissue paper!
All that said, we are such a content little foursome. Sophia continues to be a helpful big sister. She has learned the word for spit-up (in Swedish "Kraks") and points it out with great glee. Her parents on the other hand try to catch it with one of our many handtowels before it goes all over him, on clothing, furniture or the floor. The downside (aside from the laundry and stained clothes) is that it seems like all our photography is taken with a puke-towel as background. The poor kid is going to have baby pictures constantly framed by 5kr ($0.99) Ikea towels (see above). Thank goodness for modern photo-edit programs - a bit of Photoshop can jazz them up a bit.
Even if there does seem to be a lot of "feedback" after each mealtime, he
is certainly gaining weight. On Saturday, he and I stood on the scale and if my math is correct (subtract my weight, squared, cancel the x, square root, carry the one, etc.), then his one month weight has brought him up to the 5.0kg level (11.0lbs). More significantly is perhaps that we've graduated two diaper sizes in one month! He is growing up so fast. Not that graduating two diaper sizes isn't enough, the kid on the new version of diapers doesn't even look babyish! (oh, the anguish of a young parent!)Perhaps even more exciting is that Sophia is quickly leaving her diaper days behind her, or rather better put, she is putting cloth, instead of diapers, on her behind. We are proud of her new talents, but at the same time constantly a bit nervous for a so-called "accident". Thankfully, available at a moments notice, there is always our abundant supply of spit-up towels!
Hugs from Uppsala... The Montgomery four.
