Well, looks like I found this nifty Captcha! plugin too late. I just visited the site, and noticed that the plugin author has decided to stop updating the plugin. His reasons are sound, I’m not complaining. I’m just posting this to notify anyone reading that there may be hiccups as I look for and try out new SPAM management plugins.
So the last couple of weeks have been very, very interesting. Benjamin really slept well initially, only waking us up one or two times a night. It was that way for about the first 10 days we were home from the hospital. The last little while, though, he’s had some rough nights. I was starting to get a little worried that maybe he was sick, or something, but last night he had a really good night, so I’m not going to worry about it.
He hates having his diaper changed. I think it’s how cold he gets that is the problem. If that’s the case, it also explains how much he hates baths. He’s getting better in that area too. He doesn’t really cry all that much now when we change him, and sometimes he doesn’t cry at all. I’m hoping this trend will continue, because even though I know he doesn’t know what else to do, I don’t love hearing him cry. What parent would like that?
It’s fun to see him get stronger, and begin to learn to control this new body. I’m sure it’s difficult to make it all work the way he wants it too, especially because he’s still just not strong enough to do some of the things he wants to do, like hold his head up all the time and be able to turn over from his stomach. It’s really fun to watch him try though. He’s getting more attentive all the time, too. Things will catch his attention longer and longer. It’s fun to see him watching things, just watching. It makes me wonder what’s going on in his head. He’s started smiling more and more, and sometimes it seems like he actually knows he’s smiling. I don’t know if that’s really the case, but it certainly seems that way.
I go back to work tomorrow. It’s been really nice to be able to spend some time at home with Messy and Benjamin. Messy’s been pushing herself a lot, and is recovering very quickly, so I’m not terribly worried about leaving her home with the baby, she’s well enough off that she can carry the carseat and what-not now, so that’ll be enough. She seems to enjoy each day a little more, too, of which I’m very glad.
All in all, we’re a little more tired, and constantly reminded of how much we don’t really know, but the changes are positive, and we’re never sorry we’ve got our son. I just thought I’d post a little update for those who might actually be reading this for that information.
I’ve recently started getting a lot of SPAM comments, so I’ve looked and looked for a way to put a CAPTCHA image, and finally found one that looked satisfactory: Captcha! Plugin by Boriel. I had problems with 2.3 not displaying the image itself, but rolling back to version 2.2 of the plugin seems to have gotten the image displaying. Anyone trying to leave a comment and finding the code hard to read, or seeing fewer than five digits in the image should just click the “New ID” button, and it will generate another one for you. I haven’t figured out why some of the time fewer than 5 digits show up, but I’m working on that.
Askimet is great, but I’d rather not have to sort through tons of SPAM comments every day to make sure a valid comment was accidentally caught and marked as SPAM by Askimet. This helps reduce the overall pile-o-commets I have to sort through.
This post has one purpose, and only one: To wish a happy Mother’s Day to the wonderful woman who married me. Happy Mother’s Day honey, this one especially, as you’re a brand new mother. I know you will be just as good at being Benjamin’s mother as you are at being my wife.
This post exists for the sole purpose of wishing Happy Birthday to the best wife ever. Happy Birthday honey, I hope I managed to make it a good day for you.
