growing pains

We think Eddie is going through a growth spurt. The medical literature says that the first growth spurt is around 2 weeks. On Thursday, which marked day 10 of life for Eddie, he had his worst day yet. He hardly slept and spent the whole day fussing at my nipple. He showed all signs of hunger and yet when presented with the nipple, he would suck for only a few seconds and then detach and then clamor for more, like a twisted game that seemed never ending between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Finally around 2:30 he feel asleep. I was literally at my wits end having not slept well the night before and having not eaten anything, thinking that maybe my milk was drying up. Then on Friday Eddie was an angel and slept from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. I read that growth spurts are categorized by excessive hunger/desire to feed, fussiness and hibernation-like sleep...well, there you have it, he is growing! Everyone that has come to visit proclaims that he has huge hands and feet and I swear that his big toe has just grown even more over the past day. His legs seem longer too. I won't be surprised if at the doctor's visit on Tuesday they have him weighing over 8 lbs. and measuring over 24 inches. Also his umby cord fell out today! Daddy Eddie noticed it while changing a diaper and I frantically made him search for the dried stump...we found it in little Eddie's sleep sack. Oh, time to go, growing boy waking from him slumber.