Chins that smell like milk

One thing that I never noticed before about babies is how they smell like sour milk. I've gotten the nice baby smell, how they smell like the lovely scented Johnson and Johnson's baby lotion. How their hair smells so fresh like the sweet Johnson and Johnson No Tears shampoo. And their skin is so soft. Really soft.

But I guess the more time spent around the newborn, the 'lovely' smell wears off and the true aroma comes through. Milk. Now it might just be my child. But there is the overwhelming aroma of sour milk. And this is with a daily bath (and pediatricians only recommend bathing infants 2-3 times a week, imagine!). But she's got some chins. The number depends on how you look at her, but we love them chins. And these chins, well, they are a welcome mat for excess milk. And this milk, if not cleaned up (or even if cleaned up) is somehow just there. It doesn't turn into crusties, just some weird skin coated with milk. It's like if you rounded the skin up, into a little ball, and added the aroma of milk that had been left out for 24 hours. That's why you get. And with the chins, well, it just seems as if its a drain for this milk. And in essence, the milk smell.

But we had a good day today. She's been playing up on her overhead jungle gym. She's been hitting two of the hanging toys - a purple octopus and a green crocodile. She's also grabbing at her peace pipe, tonight she took it out of Mark's hand and held onto it for a bit. Of course when we tried to get her to do it again, it failed for the video camera. And we are only on our second outfit of the day. Explosive diaper. It's amazing how so much can come out of something so small. And we went for two walks today - one to the hardware store but they were closed, so we went to Langenstein's for toothpaste, turkey, diet cokes, and bread. And then tonight we went to the Creole Creamery - while she didn't get ice cream, she did enjoy and sleep on the walk there. She woke up with three blocks left on the way home. Hope everyone had a good Labor Day.