Hump Day

You know what's a bad idea?  Playing Cards Against Humanity with little ones who are in middle school.  I (mistakenly) assumed that kids grow up super fast these days, but I guess it depends on which kids because when the question read, "My guilty pleasure is ______" and someone threw in "Penis breath.", that got a giggle followed by, "Ew, penises smell?"

Nevermind the obvious question of how, exactly, one gets penis breath.  That came up two hours later.  Nobody wanted to address that question, so I said, "You see how Ethan wants to put EVERYTHING in his mouth?"   Poor little bugger is teething.  "YOU also have that same option, you just choose not to."

I'm going to be a great parent one day.  You know, when there are stickier situations than a poopy diaper to navigate.

We are one week into the helmet usage and Ethan still doesn't care, but he sometimes does because on the back of his head where the flat spot is the worst, he has little red bumps.  I thought it might be eczema.  He swipes at it when he is frustrated.  As soon as I take off the helmet on the changing table, he goes straight for that spot.  Swipe swipe swipe.  Scratch scratch scratch.  When I redirect his hand, he gets frustrated and wants to scratch that spot MORE.   Go figure.

His follow up appointment was yesterday.  Grant took him and said the occupational therapist eyeballed the helmet fit, took it to the back, made some changes and sent them on their way.  Asked if we were able to see any changes.  Um, aside from my son looking like he is ready at any moment to play sports?  NO.  It has been only one week.  Give me a break, people!

That's it?  No scans?  No measurements?  Nope, not this week.  Next week they're supposed to have a 3-D model.  We wondered if these helmets are custom made...

The thing with the helmet is that it does not fit snugly.  The skull is supposed to grow into it, so due to gaps between it and the scalp, it will shift a little.  The helmet is still a perfect little sphere and we wonder if that was the main contributor for Ethan sleeping on his stomach now.  Did the helmet help with the roll?  Probably.  Was he not rolling before the helmet because he was getting stuck on the flat spot of his head?  Probably.  (Not!)  I think daycare has him doing a lot more tummy time so he's just stronger in general.

And, in case you're wondering, the helmet still smells.  ;(  The decals for the helmet came in two days ago.  I was excited about decorating it before we had it, but now that we do, the thought of having that stank thing anywhere near me for a prolonged period of time is just...awful!  I still would like to do it this weekend.

Ethan is definitely teething.  He is drooling all over everything.  Daycare sometimes changes his clothes because he saturates himself so I put a bunch of plain onesies in his drawer there.  He definitely can show excitement now.  For example, when I entice him with something he wants, like dangling a toy in front of him, he goes "hoo hoo hoo" while flapping his arms and legs.  Reminds me of jellyfish propulsion for some reason, but either way, it's very cute.  Then, he reaches clumsily, grabs the artifact and indiscriminately shoves it in his mouth.  He still loves his soothie pacifier since it is gummy all the way around so he can chew on it.  He loves his moose too.

The sky is beginning to brighten.  Crazy how my days now begin at 4:30am.  I haven't been feeling that great lately; runny nose and sore throat.  Not sure what that's about, but I AM sure that there are three days until the weekend.  Hooray hump day!