So, Eloísa is already over two weeks old. Time has gone fast and she has gained half a kilo, about a pound. She enjoys fits of screaming in between bouts of sleeping (mostly during the day), feeding and staring at the ceiling. I can lose hours just watching her multiple expressions, most of which she hides as soon as I point the camera at her.

She had her first checkup today and all is well except for an irritated throat which won her some evil medicine drops and a new pacifier. We don’t really plan to lend her the pacifier too often, but even the pediatrician agreed that in her case, or at least until her throat clears up, it’s a pretty good thing to have around. Ironically, I found out that the game of jumping frog, which she stops crying to take part in, is probably one of the things that irritates her throat if played too soon after feeding. All that milk comes part-way back up. Oops, I probably could have figured that out on my own if I’d thought about.

Claudia is healing up and is getting around without much problem, though she still has a way to go before claiming herself fully recovered.

Here are some photos of Eloísa. As always, click on the image to open the gallery…

Oh, by the way, in Spanish, “Eloísa” is spelled with an accent on the “i”. We don’t care if anyone else spells it that way, but I just thought I’d mention it in case it comes out as jibberish on anyone’s computer. You can let me know and I’ll just spell it the Amerkuhn way.