5 months (almost)

Doctor's appointment today: X is 15 pounds, 11 ounces. He's up three pounds and three inches from his 3-month appointment. The redness on his face is eczema, not just a drool rash like we thought, which explains why he claws at his face whenever he gets the chance. (Poor X inherited that from me. In hot weather, it takes all my self-control not to scrape the skin off my arms.)

The boys have been getting along very well. X's favorite person in the world is his big brother. When K is around, the baby just watches him and smiles and laughs. K enjoys playing with him and chanting, "What a cuuuuute baaaaby." K has also appropriated most of the baby toys and has endowed them with various superpowers. Unfortunately, K's favorite person is still me, so I can't fully exploit him to entertain the baby while I get chores done. I would love it if the baby's worship of his brother were mutual, Lag Liv style.

Last week I became a trial member of a local gym that has childcare. I've been going almost every day. I like the idea of being a gym-goer, and this place has a pretty serious clientele. Watching others at the gym, for the first time I'm beginning to understand what people mean when they say they "work out" (as opposed to running on the treadmill for a while and doing some stretching and situps). But I'm not sure if I'll manage to keep up this habit after my maternity leave ends, and the gym is pretty expensive. I probably won't continue after the one-month trial.

I also became a member of the MFA, and spent a rainy morning there wandering around with X. I hope we'll go back at least once more before my leave ends. We left a lot of the museum unexplored.

We spent the weekend at the in-laws' house. K splashed in the lake the entire weekend. This is the same boy who cried because his face got wet at his swimming lesson. I'm glad he got over that quickly.

Best news of this week: X can start daycare at the beginning of September! So we don't have to cobble something together (yay!) and I can start work on time (ambivalent).