Hello, Fatherhoody audience. I’m Liam’s Dad, Willy. Liam is a 6-month old baby. He’s perfect. Ever since we brought him home, he has slept through the night (save a single nighttime feeding that has since been phased out), has been a fantastic eater (like his old man), and is just generally the happiest baby I have ever met. This is a post on 5 observations on my boy.
Liam and his Dad.1) Animatronic Eyes. When babies are first born, they can open their eyes, but they don’t see much. You know how you can tell when someone is zoned out just by looking at their eyes? It was so weird to see Liam's eyes at first because they looked animatronic – they looked like Jabba the Hut’s eyes.
A face only a father could love.
2) Huge Head. When Liam was first born, I noticed that his hands would only reach to the top of his head. If he clasped his hands at the top, that would be as far as he could reach. That’s a huge head. Do you know how weird that would look on grown person?
The Red Queen never grew into her head
3) No Neck. Everyone knows that babies’ necks are useless. Liam's was no exception. But that's assuming he has one. Liam's Mom and I have yet to see his neck. Sure, he has this crease between his chest and his chin where milk drips go to never be seen again, but we're not sure there is a neck in there. For as wobbly as his neck was the first couple months, it was impossible to get him to lean back his head far enough to get a wash cloth under there.
Neckily Challenged
4) Nighttime Smiles. Before Liam smiled because of happiness, sometimes he would smile just because of involuntary face movements. This happened all the time at night. As he was falling asleep, he would smile. Repeatedly. I used to love rocking him to sleep and watching him “smile.”
A one-day-old baby should not be able to smile this well.
5) Learning Curve. I cannot believe how fast this kid learns. One day we took him to the doctor for a checkup and he rolled over on the checkup table. At first he would rock back and fourth on his back trying to get over -- often being thwarted by his own outstretched arm. By 3 days later, if you put him on his back on the floor he was flipped to his stomach by the time you stood up. The same with eating -- the first time we tried solid food he tried to suck on the spoon like a bottle and acted disgusted by the texture and taste. Now he looks like a baby bird looking for a mouthful of ... you get the point.
Cute... or gross?
2 comments:
Liam's Dad is awesome.
March 2, 2010 at 2:11 PM-Stunning
You look smarter in scrubs... perhaps you should have been a doctor.
March 2, 2010 at 7:30 PMPost a Comment