Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Report to Baby Central: 4-week follow-up


MEMO

TO: Baby Central
FROM: Gwendolyn Sarah Ronaghan (fka Baby #11122007)
RE: 4-week update report

Parental Units (hereafter referred to as "Mom" and "Dad") adapting well to my arrival and overall requirements. Dad is excellent at detecting requirement to change wet diapers and Mom responding well to hunger cues (note: food is delicious).

Challenges presented to Parental Units per Baby Central requirements:
  • "blow-out" poopy diaper necessitating full wardrobe change;
  • regular resistance to diaper/clothing changes (e.g. legs gathered up or stiffened, flailing arms etc.), particularly for night-time diaper changes;
  • "fussy" evening/night (numerous) to test Mom and Dad's patience/sleep requirement;
  • addition of tears feature to crying episodes to enhance emotional efficacy of same;
  • limited differentiation in crying styles forcing Mom and Dad to hone crying analysis skills.

Grade (pass/fail): PASS

COMMENTS:
Overall, Mom and Dad coping in a satisfactory fashion. Have accelerated schedule for non-gas-caused smiling as reward. These smiles (and hints thereof) extremely well-received (Mom cried on more than one occasion).

CONCLUSION:
Final report. I conclude my choice of Parental Units is highly satisfactory.

2 comments:

Lisa said...

Yup, she chose well. And you were lucky with your allotment.

The Okanagan Ronaghans said...

We sure were! Every day is a bigger and bigger blessing with Gwendolyn in our lives.