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Today’s seven-week semi-official weigh-in: 12 lbs, 10 oz. This day saw Kai go through nearly every phase of his being, from pure joy to amazing calm to mind-blowing fuss. The photo above was in between pure joy and amazing calm. The hair-pulling fussiness came later, as we sat down for dinner. Last night we commented that Kai was like Santa, he knows when mommy and daddy are laying down to go to sleep, when we’re trying to be bad or good, etc.

Erin went to sleep fairly early tonight, so I stayed up waiting for Kai’s reveille. I decided to try something different tonight. So far, we have only fed Kai baby formula twice in the previous seven weeks, and each time was just a couple ounces. For tonight’s feeding, Kai put away four ounces of Enfamil’s finest vintage, and promptly fell asleep. Given formula’s relatively slow digestion rate compared to breast milk, I’m hoping to give Erin a solid block of 4-6 hours of sleep. I’ll let you know how it goes.

To be clear, we are absolutely committed to Kai nursing at least for at least six months, but we feel the occasional bottle is acceptable. He doesn’t seem to mind, and there haven’t been any adverse effects.

The wine test went well. While I won’t get the actual results until Friday, I think I scored 100 percent. As far as Stephanie’s question about leaving my family for a trip to Napa Valley... I figure I would go. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it’s not like I couldn’t take Erin and Kai back there when Kai is a bit older. It won’t be easy being away from them, but sometimes a little “me” time is quite nice, too.

A thought crossed my mind earlier today. It’s inspired by the courses and books I’ve been reading lately. If it’s original, please quote me on it and pass it on. If you cannot be happy with nothing, nothing will ever make you happy. Discuss fully.