Mini-post extravaganza

I have a few small posts swimming around in my head so I thought I would launch this week off with a mini-post extravaganza rather than post each separately. So, please sit back, relax, and enjoy these small morsels of thought...

• Smile and the world smiles too-Kenley now smiles while awake. So, no it's not the sleepy reflex practice smile. It's a real one with wide bright eyes. However she is rather stingy with them so she doesn't do it often and REFUSES to do it when we have the camera ready but we love them. They just brighten your day instantly!! I will keep trying to catch one on camera so stay tuned.
  
• NO WEIGH!!- (pun intended of course) We are pretty sure Kenley hit another growth spurt last week. We had days of constant eating followed by days of constant sleeping or fussiness. For fun we sometimes step on the scale at home and then hold her to compare the two weights so we can estimate her weight. We did that this weekend and it was a 12.5 lbs difference. WHAT! No WAY!!! Now I'm sure our scale rounds to the nearest half pound but seriously 12.5 lbs. She was 10 lb 10 oz on the 3rd but it's only the 15th. That would be really packing it on. However, we don't go back to the doctor until our 2 month check up at the end of the month (beginning of March) so I guess we will have to wait and see.
  
• What's more efficient?- I have to wonder lately if the breast pump or Kenley is more efficient. She doesn't ever eat more than 10 minutes total and it's usually just on one side. I think that doesn't seem like a lot but she is the one that determines when she is done and if I try to offer her more she will just lay there doing nothing. However, if I can pump more than 2 oz in about 6 or 7 minutes then I wonder if she can do the same. So if she does about 6 or 7 mins I would assume she gets about 2 oz but if she does 10 minutes then it's closer to 3oz maybe... I just wish I knew. Clay keeps reassuring me that she is growing and having the appropriate number of wet and dirty diapers (which seems to be the "GOLDEN RULE" in child rearing when trying to determine if all is well in the world) so I should just keep doing what I am doing and the world will keep turning.
  
• Hand-me down hormones- My poor daughter seems to have already inherited some of my crazy hormone traits. The baby acne is accredited to hormones. Well now we have cradle cap pretty bad and that too seems to be linked to hormones. Cradle cap looks like extreme dandruff and dry scalp. Hers is even toward her face although it's called something else on the face. It makes flaky brown things near her eyebrows and her scalp looks so agitated and flaky. Poor thing! I swear if she keeps my hormones, her first word will be dermatologist. My skin problems started in 5th grade and still continue to this day. Hormones on my side are still haywire too. I'll spare you all the details but I can say for sure my body and hormones are anything but normal. HA!