Over the weekend, he became very congested, started coughing, and became a lot more fussy than usual. He didn't have a fever and was still eating fine, so we waited it out a little longer, not knowing of the fun times we had ahead of us. Monday night and early Tuesday morning consisted of periods of random screaming that was difficult to relieve. It brought me back to a frustration level that I hadn't experienced since the first week or 2 with him! We knew that something had to be wrong with the poor guy. When we took him into the doctor, it turns out that he had an ear infection. It broke my heart to see him so miserable. He wouldn't eat much for a few days and was just so congested.
Not a happy guy.
On a more fun note, he not only is back to himself again, but he has entered a new stage of curiousity and alertness! I feel like he has really progressed and changed the most in just this last week compared to any other 1-2 week period of time so far. We are having so much fun with him!
Here's what's new in the world of Nico:
He LOVES to stand up! Most of the time if we try to hold him, he wiggles around, arches his back, and gets annoyed. He won't even sit in his chair much anymore. We hold him up some to play and talk to him, but you can only hold up 15 lbs for so long! The bouncer has definitely become the new "go to" thing. I've been amazed as I watch him actually intentionally "play" with the toys, rather than just hit stuff with his hand or grab things by accident due to the grasping reflex. He now will purposefully grab objects with both hands and also set them down, and he spins this little part of the bouncer that has little beads in it and makes noise. I feel so proud watching him accomplish such relatively little things. Last night, he was getting so distracted by all of the options of things to play with that he went from one to the next and ended up spinning himself around in a circle in a few times!
He loves to follow the dogs around the room, especially little Miley. He will get into a deep stare as he turns his head to keep up with them and then suddenly open his eyes really wide.
He cracks me up during games of Peek-a-Boo. His eyes get SO big initially and then he ends up laughing...
We still use the Bumbo seat a lot and he is able to entertain himself for short periods of time as long as there are toys up on the tray. He seems to enjoy knocking them off and rolling his truck back and forth.
I've come to the conclusion that he is going to be a trouble maker. Whenever I look at him from across the room and playfully ask "What are you doing, Nico" he gets this sh*tty little grin. He's also tickelish as ever, and I love it.
We are so in love with him (if you could not tell from this blog!). I can't help but post all of these pics and document all of these little moments, because I never want to forget. I'm the happiest I've ever been. Thank you, Nico, for being the best part of every day. (oh yeah, love you too David!)
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