Sage

With a newborn, you think about poop a lot. In their first days, it comes out like tar or chocolate pudding. It doesn't stink either, though by looking at it you'd think that it would. There are charts to help you document how frequently your newborn poops, and there are goals for each day.

Today, Lyla's third day of life, she beat her poop goal by one. Daddy's little girl is an overachiever.

Let's back up. Lyla was born at 8:11 AM on 11/20/08. She weighed in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces and spanned 22.5 inches.

Here she is:


As my sister Lori puts it, in this picture Lyla looks like she knows stuff that we have all forgotten. How can you argue? You can think of a newborn like a clean slate, all the possibility in the world, yours to shape. Or you can think of a newborn as absolute purity, with an otherworldly wisdom that older humans cannot possibly comprehend.

No wonder her shit doesn't stink.