Grape flavoring

Last weekend Asher made his first trip to the doctor for something other than a wellness visit. It took 19 weeks but Asher got his first ear infection. He was quite a trooper about it though! We picked the poor little guy up for daycare on Wednesday and it actually sounded like he'd lost his voice. After just learning how to squeal the weekend before we really just thought he'd been talking too much. But his lost voice turned in to congestion which turned in to an ear infection - which eventually turned in to his first taste of something other than milk - grape flavored medicine! He actually doesn't seem to mind the taste too much. It's the getting him to swallow it that's been a bit of a challenge! And by Monday he was back to his noisy self!

Asher is now finally beginning to enjoy his baths. So we've started introducing some bath toys. It turns out Asher's favorite animal just might be an octopus? "Oliver" the Octopus has been his best friend since he was only a week or two old and he was was mesmerized looking up at him on his play mat. Now they play together all the time as Asher reaches for him and shakes him. During bath time Asher has a bag full of ocean animals to play with and we thought he might go for his cousin's favorite "crabby" and "snappy" but looks like Oliver the Octopus bath toy wins out again!