Today Asher turned 2 weeks old! We celebrated with a Sweet and Salty cookie, mom had a water, and dad ordered an espresso con panna at Ristretto Roasters. I’m glad we had our iPhones because everyone in there was on an Apple device, mostly Mac Book Pros. We were out of place, toting around a new born among the coffee shop dweller hipsters, but we stuck around to represent aging, reproducing Portlanders.
We had just come from Asher’s two week checkup with the Pediatrician, Chrissy Ott. She measured and weighed Asher to check his growth, looked in his ears, eyes and nose. He’s grown to 8 lbs 12 oz which is 14 oz more than he was 10 days ago, so he’s growing faster than the typical 1 oz per day rate they hope for. He is now 21.5 inches long, so a 1/2 inch there and his head circumfence is now 14.25 inches, up 1/4 inch. The doctor was very pleased! She checked the growth charts and he’s at 75% in height, and 50% in weight.
At the end of the day Kathleen was greeted by a self-soothing Asher, who has figured out how to pacify himself with his own fingers!
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Asher’s response —
“Dad, I’m sucking on my fingers and they don’t give me any milk! Mom? Can you help a baby out here?”
Practice makes perfect.
That really brought back memories. Asher, your dad used to suck the heel of his thumb and pat the back of his neck at the same time.