Baby book?

I was talking to my mom before getting back home this evening, and she mentioned that in Benjamin's baby book, I should definitely put that Emily kept (keeps) asking if people want to "pet" Benjamin.

"Do you want to pet him?" She asks as people get near Ben for the first time.

This comment by my mom brought up an interesting conversation about the baby book. I laughed at her and told her we don't have a baby book for Benjamin, that's what the blog is for. She looked at me as if I had lost my mind, but I mean, that's the whole purpose for this, right? This IS the new baby book, right? I'm curious to hear what you think about this medium as scrap booking, baby booking, etc... Am I off my rocker?

Speaking of going crazy, while I'm still convinced that Benjamin is deaf, at least allow me to voice my argument. Now, I realize that at times he seems to respond to sounds, and most of the time he's just content and asleep (which I brought up to the nurse today at our well-baby visit.. I kept this question to myself until she asked if we had any questions, and I piped up [before telling her I thought he was deaf.. that was an amusing response by her as well] saying, "well, I know Leslie would have killed me earlier for even thinking this.. but.. I know that with Emily we were up all the time, so maybe I've just gotten used to it, but this kid sure does seem to sleep a lot..." You can imagine her [and Leslie's] response.. "Buddy, I'd be countin' your blessings, and you might want to keep your voice down around here"), so maybe he's just a calm baby. Now, those of you that know me (all of you)... does that make sense to you either? NO SENSE to me. I mean, what part of my gene pool has ANYTHING to do with calm? See my logic here? There's no way he can hear, because there's no such thing as calm in a Liesenfeld. NO SUCH THING.

Anyway, called the doctor's office and explained to them my neurotic behavior, they just told me at the two week checkup to have his hearing re-checked. I should probably have my brain re-checked while we're at it.

Some other tidbits I've failed to mention... Ben's circumcision seemed to go well, although we all found it odd that they gave him a watermelon sucker to suck on while they did it. I guess no pain meds, for a 1 day old baby, sugar like that is better than any anesthetic :)

Also, we're trying to still get used to the magic pee, but from what we gather from everybody, we just need to cinch down the diaper a little better. My dad brought over sixteen different scientifically engineered diapers to see if they work better, but I have a feeling it's the "strapper," not the straps.