Alice is sounding much more human and less cat like than she has in the past. I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this, but newborns are really not very cute and in many ways not particularly human looking. I’ve found it fascinating to watch those lumps of ruddy flesh with mishapen heads turn in to little people. It’s astounding how different Alice looks now than she did when she was born. Her skeletally thin fingers have now filled out. She’s got cheeks and her legs are much less chicken like. If you want to see just how differently proportioned a baby is, try this experiment. Take your arm and place it over your head, so that your forearm is resting on the top of your head. Note how that looks and feels. Now try doing it to a baby. For Alice, her hand barely reaches the top of her head. Charles can almost get his elbow to the top of his head.
Alice is still improving in the alertness area. She kept Mom up for a couple of hours last night. She wasn’t fussy, but she was wide awake and wanting to interact with the environment. She’s already an attention hog. No matter how asleep she seems to be when I’m holding her, I can only rarely set her down in her crib or rocking chair. The way I look at it, it’s helping me build up my bicep and forearm. Holding 8 or 9 pounds for a couple of hours is good exercise.