Daddy's Turn

Poppy arrived shortly after 1:00am. He was greeted with open arms. It was so nice to have him up for a visit. Paxton couldn't wait to show him all of his new tricks.

After the rough night that Susanne had with Paxton the evening before, she hoped that Paxton would sleep the whole night through. Unfortunately, no such luck. Around 2:30am Paxton started to gag and dry heave again out of nowhere. Susanne was so tired after being up late with him the previous night that Scott decided to take this shift. Susanne really needed to get her rest so that she'd be able to function throughout the day at work.

Scott found that Paxton's discomfort was relieved only by being held by his daddy. Changing his diaper, repositioning him in his bed, even stroking his hair or patting his back proved ineffective. Unless he was wrapped up in his daddy's arms, the little bug would continue to cry and gag. Scott could think of a million worse places to be than sitting in a rocking chair holding his son. The sound of Paxton's breathing slowing down and the feeling of his tiny hands clinging to his shirt was enough incentive to stay with him as long as it took for him to be able to fall back asleep. That point finally came around 4:45am. Scott was then able to place Paxton down in his crib, cover him up, and kiss his fuzzy little head goodnight. Scott quickly realized that this was only an hour and 15 minutes before he would need to get back up to feed him again. He had offered to take over this shift as well so Susanne could get every last drop of sleep that she could before work. Luckily, Poppy would be there throughout the day to help Scott with playtime and therapy for Paxton.

Scott started of the morning by making his special breakfast burritos for Poppy. They decided to take it easy and watch movies all day. They had a lot of male bonding time over beer and ice cream cake. Paxton tried to hang with the big dogs as long as he could, but quickly got tuckered out.

Scott was definitely starting to understand how tired Susanne must have been when she had to do everything by herself while he was away. Scott thought that she had absolutely earned the title of "soldier" because of how amazing she was in managing Paxton's care and life thus far. Scott was in awe.