week 25: dr. rosenberg, you should let your mommy sleep

The trusty baby guides say that Dr. Rosenberg is somewhere in the neighborhood of 13.5 inches, and pushing a pound and a half. This means he is bulking up a bit, putting on the baby fat that will make his mother squeeze his chubby little thighs one day and exclaim, "Polkies!" His hair is coming in as well, but will probably be that fun tuft of "original" hair, that eventually falls out and is replaced with his "permanent" 'do.

The good doctor's latest trick, however, is that he's taken to waking Overboard up around 3:30am each morning. I'm not sure how or why he's on this new schedule, but I don't think his mommy is terribly thrilled with the new arrangement. Hopefully, like most things during pregnancy, this is just a phase. For instance, whereas Overboard's olfactory was previously on overdrive, it has lately returned to normal. For Valentine's Day she even made a special dinner with garlic in it!

Of course, this could just be the good doctor's way of preparing Overboard for the odd sleep patterns of parenthood. I have to say, in a selfish way, I'm glad I get to keep sleeping and learn the new patterns the hard way. Does that make me a bad husband? Or just a well rested one?