Second doctor visit

Ian had his second visit to the doctor today!  His weight was 7lbs 5 oz! That's an ounce a day and right on target.

I also learned a few things at the doctor's office.

1. Pediatrician office's keep you waiting FOREVER.  Most likely because of the crapload of sick kids running around the waiting room.  Luckily, Gales Ferry Pediatrics has waiting room just for newborns, which happens to be where I learned...
   
   
2. Home-schooled kids are socially awkward.  Don't get me wrong, I think home-schooling is a wonderful alternative, takes a tremendous amount of dedication and can produce brilliant children.  But 12-year old "Ruth", who was waiting for her newest little sister to come out from her checkup, has a mom that has unfortunately reinforced the stereotype way too much.  "Ruth" felt it necessary to offer her unrequested knowledge the second we sat down:
   
   Dressed in a floor length organic cotton dress with her hair in a bun, "Ruth" told us all she knew about: midwifery; where to buy organic foods in CT; the science behind why organic food is better for us; why fat free diets are really not bad for us, but rather high sugar diets are; her older sister's new period and the home remedies her family uses to help relieve such "growth sprees"; why she was not allowed to watch the TV in the waiting room (mother said so); and lastly, how she and her 4 sisters know that her mother will be pregnant again because God had promised their mother a son (wow).  After the wait (see item 1), we finally got into the room, where I learned...
   
   
3. My son has incredibly hairy ears.

How did I not notice these!?!?