Amazing

Paxton couldn't get through his 6:00am feeding without gagging. Susanne sat up with him because she was still doing all of Paxton's care. After today, she was going to recruit Scott back to the team. Scott's sickness had definitely taken a toll on her over the last few days.

Paxton had trouble going back down for his morning nap. Susanne took this opportunity to play with him and work on some of his motor skills. He seemed very sensitive to a lot of movement so she had to take it easy.

Later in the day, Susanne decided to offer him different pacifiers. He was more receptive to them than he had been in a long time. He would allow Susanne to place one completely in his mouth, but he would immediately push it out with his tongue. He liked to explore the tip of the pacifier with his tongue, but he would not suckle around it. It was almost as if his tongue resisted laying flat. If it ever did, it was sure to cause a gag response.

Since he did so well with the pacifiers, Susanne tried to offer Paxton some food by mouth. She started with blueberries today, which was different than how they usually began. She was only two spoonfuls in before he started dry heaving. He got to a point of no return. All of his stomach contents came up and sprayed everywhere. He proceeded to empty his stomach until nothing came out. He really struggled with the oral feedings today.

Paxton was such a poop machine all day. He pooped at least once with every feeding, but sometimes twice. This was more common when he was on straight breast milk, but not so much recently. Susanne was starting to think he was doing it on purpose so that he could be naked. He loved being on the changing table free as a bird. It was a sure fire way to get him to smile and laugh. It didn't matter if he was wailing the moment before, once his diaper was off he was one happy dude.

Paxton laughed a lot this afternoon. He played with his moose for a while and entertained himself by batting at him. Susanne loved how easily she could make him smile these days. Just the sound of her voice or her laugh got him going. He was also making different sounds with his mouth. His favorite one at this time was the "m" sound. Susanne swore that it sounded like he was saying "mama" at times.

For dinner, Susanne decided to try to get creative and make chilaquiles. This was one of Scott and Susanne's favorite dishes from one of their vacations to Mexico, but Susanne had never been brave enough to try making it. It was fun to make, especially the roasted salsa verde. Thankfully, it turned out well. It was a big hit with the fam.

Once everyone was home and settled, they sat down to watch the weekly episode of "The Bachelor". Susanne and Gigi had fun making a drinking game out of the show. Anytime someone said the word "amazing" they had to take a drink. Tonight the word was said at an all time high. Susanne and Gigi were feeling pretty "AMAZING" by the end of the show.