Eidan Update

Eidan is three months old now, and he’s on the verge of outgrowing his 3-6 month outfits. We’re also seeing his personality starting to emerge. Most of the time when he’s being held, he wants to be upright and facing away from you - he wants to see what’s going on around him. And he loves to be outside - sometimes we can park him in his stroller under a tree in the yard and he’ll be happy to just look at the trees, listen to the birds, etc. for as long as half an hour. He’s very different from Kai in this respect - when Kai was a baby he’d observe for a few minutes, but then he’d want to move on to an activity.

Over the past week Eidan has become quite a talker. All babies make cooing noises, as Kai did, but this is different - he will often engage in a discourse for several minutes, waving his right arm forcefully to emphasize key points. His favorite time of day is dinner - as we’re all sitting around the table talking, he will jump right into the conversation. Of course we have no idea what he’s saying, but judging by his demeanor, he’s obviously sharing some very poignant and humorous insights.

Aside from his animated conversation, overall he has a more mellow personality than Kai, which makes Maria and I very lucky. Most days we barely have time to get through our daily routines (work, dinner, clean the kids, wash the dishes, etc.), so the fact that we can stick Eidan in his neglect-o-matic swing for 20 minutes or so when we’re in pinch makes a big difference.