Reece is STD free..in case you were wondering.

I love having a little man around!! He really is the sweetest little guy. I forgot just how tired you get getting up every 2-3 hours at night time. I forgot just how busy little newborns keep you even though all they do is eat, sleep, and poo. And I also forgot how many hours you "waste" just watching them dream. And how good they smell, or how cute their little grunts and squeaks are.

About a week after Reece was born, I started to notice all of this gunk leaking out of his eyes. I thought at first that it was a clogged tear duct, but then the gunky stuff was making his eyes all crusty and it was a yellowish color. So then I thought that he must have gotten some kind of infection from either Lauren or Evan since they just love to maul him with kissed every chance they get. So I made a Dr's appointment for him and took him in. Our family doc was out of town, so I just made an appointment with some random doctor in the office.

He took all of Reece's measurements and his weight, checked all his vital signs, and did all of the well baby check up things that they do. Then he turned to me and said, "This is where the conversation gets awkward." I, smiled and just inquired about what he could mean. Then he goes into this monologue about how usually when they see an eye infection with a baby this young, it is from an STD. Gonorrhea or Chlamydia. And the only way a baby can get that is through the mother. "Dude," says I, "I would be totally surprised if that was the reason. He couldn't have gotten an infection from my 6 year old or my 3 year old?" Very unlikely, he informed me. Yeah, just as unlikely as me having an STD that I pasted on to my baby. Chad has been my one and only. He then asks me a series of questions that go along the lines of this "Does your husband travel on business? Is he often in meetings late? ect.." I stopped him and said "Chad would see a girl, think she is hot, but then think about the work involved in an affair and skip it. He is to lazy to cheat. (love you Chad)" After about a half hour of trying to convince him that his diagnosis is totally off base, I finally agreed to let him test Reece for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia. He then wanted me to give Reece a series of aggressive shots to treat the STDs, which I would not stand for at all. No way. If it turned out that he did, by some crazy coincidence, have an STD, then yes, poke my child. But until then, I am not putting toxic chemicals into my one week old for no reason at all. I know that the doctor was thinking that I was some poor naive desperate housewife who had a lying cheating husband and I was to blinded by trust to see it. But I know my Chad. So I went home, thinking about what a waste of a perfectly good hour that was. Orange County Choppers was having a marathon on TV. That would have helped Reece and his leaking eye a whole lot better then that visit to the doctors office.

A week later, I still hadn't heard back from the doctors office and I had an appointment to get Reece circumcised, with our wonderful, normal, family doctor. When I told him about Reece's leaking eye, he asked me if the doctor had given Reece eye drops. "Nope, he tested him for STDs." When I said that our doctor rolled his eyes, (which I love!!) checked Reece's chart, assured me the tests came back negative (surprise!), and then checked his eyes for me. Turns out, he did just have clogged tear duct, it was just super clogged. As of today, there is no more gunk crusting up is eye, and no more talk of STDs for my little kiddos.