Second week updates

Things are quiet and fine in the Mason house.  Some milestones:

• Three nights in a row with greater than 2 hour sleep stretches.  Yay, Jack!
• We went to Park Day with some other moms.  It was nice to be out in the open and visit with other people. 
• Jack's cord fell off this morning!  Besides looking nicer without the grody dead cord, this has two outcomes
• Jack can take a submerged bath!  (no pictures, sorry ;-) He seemed confused, like "hey this is nice and soothing, but wait!  I'm naked and I hate being naked!  But I'm warm . . ."  I cleaned up all the dried bits of milk and dead skin flakes, then gave him a nice coating of lotion.  I guess Colorado is a bit too dry for him because he's had some cracked spots.  
• I can really try the cloth diapers now.  They are too big for his tiny bum and wrap up to the navel.  Before his cord fell off I could see that they were irritating him.  We'll probably always do a combination of cloth and disposable, but I can finally give cloth a real try-out. 

• Jack took his first bottle this morning.  Nothing difficult about it.  I just pumped, put the lid on, handed it to Ben, and stuck it in Jack's mouth.  He slurped it down happily and fell into a milk-drunk nap for the last two hours.  I wanted to try out bottle feeding together before asking Ben to do it solo as a favor in the future.  Also, if we want to leave him with eager grandparents I wanted to be sure he would eat ok.  

And what about me?

• I'm down to 400 mg ibuprofen 2x a day (from 600 mg 3-4x a day).  
• My chest is much less swollen.  Maybe there's hope I'll ever fit in my old tops again.
• Ben went to work yesterday and I did NOT freak out about being home alone with the baby all day.
• But then I made him take me to Freddy's for hamburgers and fries.  Yum!
• Yesterday I shaved my legs!  Hello to breezy summer skirts!
• Our ward has been bringing us food this week and it has been so nice.  Our fridge is full of healthy food as well as desserts. 
• I still think boredom and loneliness will be my biggest problems this summer.  I might have to join a mom's group so I have more socialization to look forward to. 

More baby pictures!! (click on them to enlarge)