burps, farts and repetitive stress injuries

it is really amazing how loud babies are when they burp and fart. sometimes when i hear thomas from the next room, i can't tell if it is william or thomas who farted. i mean, you would think that since their bodies are so small, that their expulsions would be small. but no, they are loud and adult volume. no masking it in public. i guess the advantage is if you do fart in public and you are holding a baby, you can just smile and say, "he is a loud little guy isn't he?" and no one will know better :) unless they are standing right next to you.

ok, for any of you who don't have babies yet - make sure you keep your arms, shoulders and back in good shape. stretch those muscles and keep up the strength training. william and i both have developed repetitive stress injuries from holding thomas. my wrists, elbows, shoulders and neck are all pretty sore now. and of course, the best treatment for these types of injuries is rest. HA. rest, ha ha ha. so work on those areas now while you can. i used to scoff at ergonomic injuries and people who complained about work-related injuries from bad ergonomics. i thought it was just an excuse, a reason to not work hard. while i still think that people could be better about making sure they are sitting correctly, i take ergonomics very seriously now. i had no idea it extended to baby! my wrists ache in certain positions now. my elbows and forearm muscles ache when i fully extend them and my neck - i can't look down or to the right without feeling the pinch in my spine. terrible! and the worst part is, this is not exercise. don't be fooled. that burn in your bicep is not a work out. it is lactic acid building up in the muscle fibers and that acid has no where to go, because the muscle is not allowed to do reps and rest b/w reps. it is just locked/contracted for long stretches of time with no break in between. and now that it is injured, i have to be careful with regular workouts, i.e. free weights, because overdoing it, will only do more damage. be good to your bodies... we're only getting older, not younger. of course we are still young at heart. at least that we have some control over :)