'He's a very interesting baby'

As the doctor gently poked and prodded, she was getting content but inquisitive reactions from Colin.
"He's a very interesting baby," she said.
We took it as a compliment, despite the fact that "interesting" in Minnesota means something entirely different than "interesting" anywhere else.
That episode came last week, when we took Colin for his 2-month check-up.
I had forgotten the significance of the 2-month mark. Essentially, when you've reached 2 months without any major health issues -- and we're talking major internal stuff -- you're considered 99.999999 percent in the clear for big-time problems. (Apparently, some cultures wait until the 2-month point to name a child for that reason.)
Thankfully, our guy seems as healthy as can be. He weighs about 13 pounds 4 ounces. Remember all those charts they give us at the check-ups -- the age-to-height, age-to-weight, etc? Colin is falling right in the middle of the growth curves. I guess that means Elise already has one-upped him: She's always been at the top of most of the growth curves.
Whatever. They're both healthy and, well, that's about all that matters.
At 2 months, Colin is starting to interact. The new pastime around here involves getting him to smile and talk. He's a much easier one to get giggling than Elise was. She made you work for a smile. Colin gives them away, and they're often accompanied by giggling and cooing. He'll do it day and night, which certainly makes a middle-of-the-night bottle feeding a little less difficult.