The Zog Blog

I need to get used to writing snippets about our life, quick posts that only take a few minutes. Daniel’s infancy is zooming by, and I want to be able to have some documentation to remember it.

Daniel may still look eerily like his brother, but they couldn’t be more different. While Jacob enjoys other people, he is clearly far down the introvert scale. As a baby and now as a boy, he prefers to have large stretches of non-interactive time when he can throw himself into a task.

Daniel is as much an extrovert as Jacob is an introvert. He’s constantly trying to catch our eyes, our attention, our smiles. He doesn’t like being in the Bjorn or carried much, because then he can’t see our faces. New people make him light up like an incredibly pudgy firefly. Any toy with a face is instantly a favorite. He gurgles when he gets his diaper changed, because look! A face! Right above mine! HELLLOOOOOO, big person, gurglegurglegurgle.

Putting him to sleep is usually a matter of waiting until he’s tired and then leaving him alone in a dark room. Our presence jazzes him up and keeps him awake. Nursing was a disaster–a terrible combination of me letting down too fast, him not wanting to engage in an activity where our faces were so far apart, painful intestinal gas. Now that I’m pumping and feeding him by bottle, he’s as happy a baby as I’ve known.

Jacob continues to be a never-ending spring of fun. School is wonderful for him, particularly socially–after a very rough summer, he’s turning into quite a friendly and affable kid and often asks to have playdates with other children. He’s getting closer and closer to reading, sounding out words and asking what everything, everything says. He makes jokes, he’s a huge help in the kitchen, we play around on the monkey bars and chase at the playground.

(Also, if you ever need butter smeared on your lens cap, he’s totally your guy.)

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