Keep it Down Now... Voices Carry

Today, Shawn took Audrey to have her hearing aids fitted. She woke for the day screaming and crying which made us very concerned with how well she was going to do when the audiologist attempted to put her hearing aids in. Shawn said she fought them, then she fought him when he was learning how to put them in and then she finally gave up and let the audiologist put them in. She was pooped by the time Shawn got home and he took them out to lay her down for a nap.

Audrey spent the day with Aunt Staci today because I was worried she was coming down with something... turns out she just needed some Aunt Staci time. Last night, Audrey screamed and cried uncontrollably. She would arch her back and push her bottom off the floor and then slam herself down on the ground. It scared Shawn and I, so we went through the events of that evening. She came home from daycare and seemed hungry... so I fed her some Broccoli, Carrots and Cheese (Stage 3!!! She's getting better at taking solids!) Ah HA! Eureka that was it... Broccoli + Cheese = bunches and bunches of gas... Poor baby had a tummy ache. She barely slept all night long and we were up for a good hour and a half with her. And... then she slept until 6:45 when she awoke screaming and crying uncontrollably. So, the theory still remains that it was what she ate and we're to believe it's too early to introduce Broccoli.

When I got home from work today, I had my first go at putting her hearing aids in. We opted to leave them out with Aunt Staci and to make sure Audrey was feeling well. Well, I was successful in my first attempt (but I had Shawn distracting Audrey). She kept them in from 5:45pm until 7pm. She would try to grab at them but a gentle push of her hand and a little "no-no" would stop her. Tomorrow will be interesting to see how she handles them at daycare and how her teachers handle them.

Check them out!

Once they were in... it was pretty cool to see her look all around and try to locate the source of what she was hearing...

I was afraid her left would be the one harder to fit, but it sits flush against her head.

You can see in this photo that her right is kind of loose and when I put my ear close to her ear I thought I could hear some feedback... maybe I'm doing something wrong.