Oscar is just over six months old now and he is growing and developing at a record pace. I can only imagine what is going on in his little brain when he learns to splash in the bathtub, tastes cinnamon for the first time (shhh, I didn't listen to the doctor about holding off on spices until the 8th month), holds himself up while sitting, puts a new squishy ball in his hand and then his mouth (thank you Grandma Connie), smells rosemary, or sees a new color that he has never seen. New experiences happen by the second and by the minute for Oscar - everything is new! When trying to put myself in his little shoes of rapid discovery, I picture traveling to a foreign country and discovering new smells and cultural norms and learning to walk where the streets are a bit more uneven. All of Oscar’s days are probably like uneven streets.
Something new for Oscar this past month was catching a summer cold. He had his first stuffed nose, first fever, and first cough. While most of his new experiences are a delight, this was not. My heart ached for him. He probably had no idea why he couldn’t breathe as well, why his throat hurt or why he was so overcome by exhaustion. I wanted to fix it, hold him, and tell him that everything was going to be okay. I did my best to make him comfortable, sucking snot out of his nose with a snot sucker, letting him sleep on me and just cuddling my little bug. All the things that mom used to do for me when I wasn’t feeling well, sans the state of the art snot sucker. (Evan and I have named this thing, the chupacabra. BTW - it is awesome!) I know that there will be many illnesses to come. I can only hope that I can make him feel just a little bit better. While I don’t like Oscar to be sick, I do like to have lots of snuggle time. He is extra snuggly when he isn’t feeling well, evidenced by these pictures.
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