Okay, since I’ve been talking about physics so much, here’s a completely Eli-centric post for all you baby junkies.  He had his four-month well-baby checkup this week with a new pediatrician — “Dr. Tony”.  I always liked the idea of having a family doctor that all of us can go to, but I eventually realized that our family doctor wasn’t doing anything other than referring us to specialists.   So now Eli is going to a pediatrician.  Anywho, he is in excellent health and is developing in all the right ways.  One of his latest new skills is screaming (not as in crying but as in hey look, I have vocal cords!).  Fun for mommy and daddy!

Last weekend, my friend and coworker Leah came over and took some more pictures of Eli, including the one above.  There are more at http://leahc.smugmug.com/Children/Eli/ .  We also got to meet Leah’s husband Jason and their really adorable daughter Lucy.  Lucy is 15 months so it was like getting a preview of what Eli will be like once he is walking and talking.  Lucy also knows a bit of sign language.  When I was pregnant, I thought the concept of teaching babies sign language was a little nutty, but I can now see that it would be quite useful for Eli to be able to tell me if he’s full or hungry or what have you.

Let’s see … other Eli news of late?  The nice ladies at the daycare are convinced that his skin problems are because he’s allergic to milk.  I’m dubious, but they are very nice ladies, and I’m willing to try anything that might make Eli less itchy, so we are doing a soy formula this week.  We also have the go ahead from the doctor to try solid foods, but I’m going to wait until after the soy experiment to start that.  Any advice on first baby foods?  I think I’m going to start with the standard rice cereal, but then try some strained fruits.

That is pretty much all my physics-addled (or really, meeting-addled) brain can come up with this Friday evening.  Did I mention that he is about as cute as it’s possible to be?  I dunno how Howard and I ended up with such a cute and sweet kid, but we did!

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