Taking a stand

There are very few things about which Morgan has formed strong opinions in his 12 days of life, but he is not without convictions. For example, Morgan is VERY pro-milk. He unequivocally supports milk in all the forms that he thus far has encountered it and pushes hard for a very milk based agenda. On the other side of the coin Morgan is strongly anti-bath, as is evidenced by these pictures that followed from his first bath at home:




Even at 12 days old he has a nice strong glare. ;)

In other news, our worries regarding him having trouble gaining weight were clearly unfounded. We were concerned because he lost a bunch (more than normal) at first then wasn't gaining it back as well as we would have hoped. We were clearly concerned for no good reason, because he weighed in at 8lbs 1oz on 8/16 and 9lbs today. For those of you playing the home game that's 15 oz in 5 days. Now we're worried that we feed him too much. There's just no winning at this. His doctor said not to worry, so we're not going to worry about it but we are going to keep an eye on it.

Morwyn has taken a keen interest in Morgan's well being. During his bath Morgan was screaming and raising a ruckus, for the whole time Morwyn stood at the door with her ears back and the most concerned look on her face whining and crying. Everytime we come home she checks on him first, giving him a quick sniff and, if we aren't fast enough to warn her away, a tiny lick. Her interest has gotten her into a bit of trouble, this morning we caught her half in his bassinet licking and sniffing him all over. Morgan didn't seem to care but given the fact that his immune system isn't up to snuff yet we're being careful to keep the licks away for the first little bit. Still, our lil mama dog's concern for the new addition to our family is super cute.