Eating like a big boy

It was so great to pick Finn up yesterday morning and give him kisses. Jim walked into his room first and then I did. He looked at both of us like, "what is going on?" We talked to him while we sanitized and then I picked him up (Jim is still sick and trying to keep his distance). It was almost like he didn't really believe we were back. He kept looking at us. Then while I was changing him, I think it sunk in and he started smiling. I just wanted to hold him all day...but I refrained as best I could.

We had PT yesterday afternoon. Austin ended up not going with us because we didn't have his car seat and Jim had stayed home from work. So Austin stayed home to nap and we headed out. It was a good appointment...except Finn flipped his Torticollis AGAIN! Katie walked in, looked at Finn and looked at me. I just said, "I know." So we are supposed to work on lots of tummy time and sitting up in order to strengthen his neck muscles and also to keep an eye on which direction he is favoring to make sure the muscles on both sides stay loose. He is doing much better in his Bumbo chair and tolerates it for more than a few seconds now, so I think that will help, too. I was starting to think he was delayed with sitting unsupported and talked to Katie about it. She said she works with a girl who was full term and perfectly healthy other than having Torticollis and she didn't sit until 7 months (something about when you don't see the world straight, it is harder to balance and lift your head). She said to give Finn at least 6 more weeks before I start worrying, which was good to hear (for some reason, I was thinking he would be sitting by 9 months...don't know why, though!).

Major Milestone:
Finn ate baby food for the first time yesterday! And he did really well. And daddy even fed him some of it (if you know Jim, you know how hard it is for anything to be messy...typical first born)! Finn kind of sucked it off the spoon, but he ate almost half of what we made, so we were happy with that. I have video, but will have to take the time to get it off the camera and upload. Towards the end, I think he was getting mad because he was hungry and it wasn't filling him up. We are going to try once or twice a day to begin with. His doctor said after two weeks or so we can add baby food to it. Right now we made it with fortified breast milk, which is what he gets in his bottle.

Jim is still sick and did not go to the doctor yesterday (argh...men!). Instead he is going to the Gopher game today with Mike. Yeah, that is a good idea when it is cold and rainy! Oh, well. I just wish this illness would go away already. Gophers play their arch rivals, Wisconsin today, so hopefully it is a good game and Jim doesn't get in any trouble. On days like today, I'm so thankful they don't serve alcohol in the new stadium. Go Gophers!