Everyone who enters our house is almost immediately accused of "baby hogging" for trying to run off and cuddle our daughter Kate without properly sharing her cute cuddliness. The situation has gotten quite desperate, and we've been counting the days for her next little playmate to be born.

We're relieved to announce that our friends Rick and Stacey just had a lovely daughter, Leyna, and we're excited to squeeze in some time babyholding on their dime when we visit them in the hospital (hopefully tomorrow). Without a doubt they're going to be fabulous parents, urbane, funny, and committed. Rick just changed his first diaper (yay, meconium), Leyna was able to latch (fingers crossed). We're proud and happy.

Rick and I had a brief discussion about Kate's aversion to light for the first week of her life or so, barely peeking through slits until late in the night when she would emerge to look around.

Apparently Leyna doesn't have that problem. She's been scanning her lasers at anything that comes within her 8" range.

I'm frequently asked this question, so I thought I would post the meds my doctor said I could take when I was pregnant.

For Digestive Upsets

• Antacids for acid indigestion or heartburn (Tums, Rolaids, Mylanta, Maalox)
• Simethicone for gas pains (Gas-X, Mylicon, Phazyme)
• For patients on low salt diets, Riopan