An Aiden Update

Thank goodness Aiden’s acne is almost gone. My cutie patootie is almost back to normal. I know it can come back, and that will be ok if it does. But I’ll hope everyday that it doesn’t. Jason and I were talking today about how cute Aiden is (of course), and I made the comment of how amazing it is that the same sets of genes can create two quite different looking babies. I was looking at pics of Jake when he was born and those first few weeks and they look so different. At least to me they do. They look different, sound different, little things make them cranky differently, they sleep differently. I love it. It is a whole new and exciting adventure with this little man. I am so excited about it too. We are starting to get to know each other and even though he is only just over two weeks he seems to have a bit of a routine down. Aiden is still only getting up twice a night. I almost look forward to it. And I stress the almost – I do love my sleep. But Aiden is so sweet in the middle of the night. Once I get past the squeaking and squawking while I change his little butt, then comes the snuggle time. Aiden likes to hold my hand while I feed him. He puts his little hand on mine as I hold the bottle. Sometimes he coos as he drinks, but most of the time he just guzzles it. Then all I do is try to get him to go back to sleep. Which he usually has no trouble doing, just a quick re-swaddle and a little rocking and then back in his bed. But then we have the times when he decides he wants to stay awake and gaze into my eyes whilst squeaking and holding hands. Even though I am losing out on sleep during those times, I love it, just him and me and the “soft” snoring of Jason and the dog. The bonding time, that’s what I call it. He and I are becoming good friends. I have been doing my best to keep Jakob and his germs away from Aiden. So far, so good. Jakob has been getting better. His tuberculosis cough is almost gone and the antibiotics should be just about done taking care of his ear infection. I really wish that I could get him to be consistent in covering his mouth when he coughs. I am getting super tired of telling him to cover his mouth!