The Reid Report

Reid is feeling much better, but still not completely dried up after going on two weeks of the snots. He still wakes up a lot coughing in the night and I'm still on clean-up duty after every sneeze. We've both gotten a little better with the nasal aspirator, but it still doesn't seem to be very effective. Perhaps it's providing some relief as Reid sort of tolerates it now. Or maybe he just figured out that it's a whole lot easier to stay relatively still and deal with it going up his nostril than struggling against the inevitable and getting it jabbed all over his face as he writhes around.

Other goings on in the world of Reid include increasing baby babbles. Sounds from the Hamilton household: AAAAAAAAGH! Aaaaiiieeeeee! Mmmma. Mamamamama. Gah! Dadadadada. Bababababababa. Aaaaah! Aaaaaa! AAAAAAHHHH! WAAAAAAAH! Blah. Blah. Blalablaba. Ted is certain that he's heard him say Mbah a Moute (the name of a former UCLA basketball player) a few times. Could be...

Despite the temptation to believe that mamamamama and dadadadada actually holds meaning for him, I think it is completely random at this point. But very, very cute.

His two teeth continue coming in strong. I've been trying to capture them on film, but given that he's usually so mesmerized by the appearance of the camera that he just stares at it in awe rather than smiling in delight, it's been a little challenging. He's also growing some hair, but very slowly. Which is fine with me as I like my babies a little on the bald side.

With all the aspirating and wipeddowns, I haven't done much picture-snapping lately but hope to be back soon with pics of a snot-free baby boy. And a much-loved schnauzer as well!