Question

Why are babies digestive systems so immature? I mean I know they aren't full sized yet but does it make sense to have a stomach so tiny that if you aren't burped after eating, you automatically throw up? Or you throw up because you get a little upset? The worst is the hiccups. I swear, the most important thing these days is making sure folks burp after they eat. This drives me crazy. But the babies are so much more fun now than they were just a few weeks ago when they couldn't see very well. Aw shit, Aaron just spit up...no joke. I told you!!!

Anyway, now I can prop each babe up on a boppy and talk to them. So far, Stella is the only one who really tries to have a conversation with me but Aaron's not far behind. He mostly tries to mimic whatever your lips are doing. It's hilarious. Stella though will coo back at you if you coo at her. Her dad insists on talking to her as if she understands English when all she wants is for him to make the same noises she makes. Someday he shall learn. But Stella totally flirts with her dad. He'll ask her if she's smiling at him and she'll turn her head and bat her eyes at him. 9 weeks old and already a master manipulator. That's my girl.

It is nice that they recognize me either by my face or voice. It's awesome that they turn towards me whenever they hear my voice. It is not, however, cool when I pick them up in the middle of the night and they don't recognize me in my glasses. It freaks them out something fierce. I actually have to take the glasses off my face to feed Aaron or he just stares at me with this disturbed look on his tiny face. I take them off and then he smiles. To me it's like the whole Clark Kent/Superman thing - this is like the worse disguise ever but it gets them every time. Silly babies.