Tucker's "Firsts"

Tucker has been having a lot of "firsts" lately. He had his first smile the other day b/c of a reaction. He always smiles, but it's not necessarily when he's happy. He loves looking at his vent-it's like he's watching TV. It has bright lights and it makes noises, so that must be why he likes it. Anyways, the other day, he was laying there looking at it, and the RT turned the screen so she could write down his stats. Tucker made his "sad" face-pitiful! Then she moved it back, and he made a big grin. He is such a mess! Now that he's older, he has "TV time." His first movie was Lady and the Tramp. His nurse said he fell asleep during it, but when she turned it off, he got upset. So he must have been listening to it. He likes to know that someone is there, so he must have thought the movie was some one giving him attention. A big first is the other night I gave him his first bath in a tub! It was so cute. He fussed b/c he was naked, then we put him in the water, and he totally relaxed. He loved it. He sat there for a few minutes, and then we started scrubbing. Of course he did not like that. He is very slippery in the tub! That was Friday night, then Saturday night Chris went with me and we bathed him together. It is really a two person job b/c someone has to hold his head or his whole body while the other person scrubs various parts. I cleaned Tucker's left, and Chris cleaned the right. Well, after that, we were so tired, but Tucker was wide awake-and it was feeding time. So the nurse said it was time to nipple him-he gets one bottle feeding a day-and he has not been doing too well with it. She said I could feed him, so it was the first time Mommy ever fed Tucker. He did a good job-took half of his bottle, which is about the same as when his nurses do it. So he did well! Plus, he looked at me the whole time-feeding time seems to be the only time he'll "let" us hold him laying down like a baby. The rest of the time he likes to be held sitting up. It was Mommy/Tucker love time. Except after awhile I was so tired! I said, "we're supposed to do this every 3 hours?" LOL Chris said, "maybe when we have our next baby, we'll ask the doctor to put a g-button on him, too." LOL just kidding! We want Tucker to eat by mouth, no matter how much sleep we lose. Also, Chris is SO tricked by Tucker's fake cries. We were getting his bath ready, so we had him laying down in his bed-he started crying and making his "i'm so pitiful" face. Chris said, "shouldn't we do something-does he need something" His nurse and I laughed at him. He'll learn. Chris did a very good job cleaning Tucker's trach and his g-button! Yay for Chris-it is so easy to do this stuff b/c you're just taking care of your baby. It's the same as bathing him or changing his diaper. You have to do it to keep him clean, and after awhile, it just becomes another part of your baby routine.