6 Months

This last week brought in the celebration of Aiden's half birthday- I can't believe he is 6 months old! It seems impossible that our little baby has been with us that long. Although, I can't imagine my life without him in it and cherish each and every day he has blessed our lives. This last month, Aiden got in two bottom teeth, tried rice cereal (which he still hates by the way), he still refuses to turn over onto his tummy from his back, but he stands holding on without our support (although I definitely hover and am there to catch him before he falls), he loves reaching for toys and is so observant! At his checkup, he was 28 inches tall and in the 90th percentile! He weighed in at 16lbs 13ou. Growing so big!

In celebration of 6 months, Aiden was graciously gifted RSV, I am suspecting from daycare. We tried hot steamy showers, cool humidifiers, extra fluids, but he still ended up at the doctor. Aiden was starting to have difficulty breathing. The doctor explained his RSV caused bronchiolitis and he also has an ear infection (that hadn't resolved from our previous visit). The poor kid brought home a shiny, yellow nebulizer and scripts for antibiotics. Despite all of this, he has remained the happiest little baby on the planet. Expect yesterday morning when he didn't want to take a nap, I did dub him Sir Cranky Pants. 

Several days later, Aiden is doing better. He still gets his nebulizer treatments, but his lungs sound so much better. He is also going a mile a minute. I have no idea how I will keep up with him once he starts crawling! But nothing is better than that big toothy grin.

A Week of Firsts...

Change has been the theme of the last week...well let's get serious, it pretty much has been the theme song of this year so far. But as this week comes to a close, there was definitely a lot of firsts. It was my first week in a new job. It was Aiden's first week at daycare. It was my first time leaving my baby in the care of strangers. Aiden first tried solids. When it comes down to it, if my family is not traumatized after this week, I think it is safe to say that we can handle anything coming our way. 

The job is good so far. The first week was filled with all the training, paperwork, and fun stuff that comes with it. There are still a lot of uncertainties, but hopefully I will get those cleared soon. It is strange getting used to different equipment, policies, and just different ways of doing things. Good Sam was pretty much where I trained during school and then went right to work there after graduation. I am already missing the overhead lifts in our ICU rooms, Alaris infusion pumps, and IV start kits. But I am sure there will be a lot of things I like better here also. It just will take some getting used to. 

Aiden did amazing at daycare! Aaron dropped him off at his first day (because I don't think I would have been able to do it) and I got to pick the little man up. Aside from having to sign a paper because Aiden got bonked on the head and that he didn't sleep much, they said he had a great time. And as the week progressed, he seemed to do a little better each day. He still doesn't sleep much there, but even I can barely get him to take a decent nap during the day. 

Among all the firsts, we also started Aiden on rice cereal. His first few bites went great and then he made the face. The face that says, "Mom! Have you tasted this stuff? It's gross!" He only takes a few bites and then he purses those lips together, pushes my hand away, and turns his head. I don't blame him, I took a little taste and Yuck! So what do I do? Move on to something else or keep at it? He seems to have the whole eating solids mechanism down, but I am not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions? 

To be honest, I'm glad to have this week behind us because of all the anxiety I had built up about getting a job, starting a job, sending Aiden to daycare, being away from my baby....it is all just another step in building our lives here.