Aidan Update

Aidan is starting to babble. Lots of ba-ba-ba and ubbah-ubbah. Everything around the house is now referred to as ubbah-ubbah [something]. Thus, for example, if you were to ask Aidan if you should change his diaper, you would ask: "Ubbah-ubbah diaper?" Or, if you were to explain what you were doing, you would say: "Ubbah-ubbah dishes."

You are also allowed to combine the two different babbles in as many different combinations as you can think of. For example, "ubbah-ubbah ba-ba-ba" is completely acceptable.

Aidan Update

Tooth number two appears.

Aidan Update

A few days ago, Aidan developed a mysterious rash. It showed up within his first hour in a new room at day care and would get better when ever he was outside of the building for a good amount of time. By the time he would wake up in the morning, his rash would be gone, but would reappear after he was at school.

Renee mentioned the rash to her dad, and he remembered that Renee had a similar reaction after a hay ride when she was younger. Renee took this information back to the teachers and they did find some hay (saved as a sensory experience in a sealed container) and some dried flowers. They removed the hay and flowers, and thus removed Aidan's mysterious rash....

Aidan Update

... And today, we saw the tooth!

Aidan Update

Aidan has been showing a lot of symptoms of teething lately, including putting his hands in his mouth all of the time, sticking his tougue out, and moaning for no particular reason (well, no reason that seemed obvious at the time). Today, as Aidan grabbed his dad's finger to put it into his mouth, Matthew felt a hard, sharp "something" in the lower front of Aidan's mouth....

Aidan Update

Aidan was recently diagnosed with an ear infection. His medicine for his ear infection has caused him to have very runny stools and has caused him to vomit on more than one occasion. Because of this, Aidan's doctor recommended that we try to give Aidan some yogurt (which contains acidopholus and can help calm upset stomachs). However, since Aidan is still exclusively breastfed, he didn't take to it. Instead, he used his yogurt as finger paint. There are more pictures of Aidan's yogurt experience in his September 2002 gallery.

Aidan Update

Aidan figured out where mommy's voice was coming from while in the car. This morning he craned his little neck around and looked over his car seat finding mommy. He will now also follow us with his eyes as we work in the kitchen and he plays in the living room.

Aidan Update

This morning, Aidan woke up looking at his feet. They would wiggle around a little bit and then he'd try and grab them. Once, he had them in his hand, but he didn't know what to do with them. Yet, his wiggling little toes definitely got his attention! It probably won't be too long until he starts putting his dainties into his mouth....

Aidan Update

Aidan is able to indicate when he wants to be held by holding out his arms and letting out a little moan.

Aidan Update

Aidan is five months old.