I think Moriarty needs therapy. He's incredibly co-dependent and terrible at identifying his emotions and articulating them. If he starts therapy now, he'll be the most well adjusted person ever!

The biggest highlight of the week was that his stump fell off. When we last saw the pediatrician it was coming off at one side, but it took another 4 days to fall off on its own. We saved it and put it in a mounted cabinet full of rocks, dried flowers, artificial fulgurites, a 3D printed aorta (our friend Ratha's, specifically), and now a dried umbilical stump. Over the course of that evening the skin moved and reshaped in cool (or gross) ways. Pics in the gallery.

The pediatrician encouraged us to have more 'tummy time'. Moriarty mostly hates it. He'll be fine for 1-5 minutes then start to scream. He can lift his head and move it from one side to the other, but he doesn't enjoy it at all. The doc said it's important to motivate him to use his body on purpose, and avoid flat spots on his head. When I hold him vertically he is fine at moving his head around and controlling where he wants to look. He also spends a lot (read: possibly a ridiculous amount) of time in my arms either asleep with his head on my shoulder or in a frog position on my chest. I'm not worried about flat head syndrome. Maybe co-dependent-mother-syndrome is more likely.

One challenge with holding the baby so much is that he gets ridiculously hot. I thought he was peeing through his clothes a lot, but it was really just sweat. They say you should dress a baby in one more layer than the adults are wearing, but he is better if he's wearing one less. Around the house Pip and I wear hoodies, long pants, and socks. Moriarty is optimal in short sleeve onesies without his legs or feet covered (based on the temp of his hands and the back of his neck).

Overall the baby acne is getting better but now his whole forehead is dry and peeling. It looks terrible, but it doesn't seem to be hurting him.