Maximilian is taking some medication for some thrush in his mouth. This same medication makes his tummy very upset. This has made him do something he doesn't do very often; it has made him cry more than usual. This helped us realize two things. The first is that Max doesn't complain about much; we can sometimes go weeks before even seeing a frown show up on his face. The second thing we noticed is that his voice is stronger than it used to be. Because of all of the intubations and his prior infections, he's had a very tiny voice because of his vocal chords being irritated and slightly damaged. It was nice to hear that they're getting better with time. He still sounds a bit like a duck, but he's definitely got more volume and more of a "baby" quality to his little cries. And at 4380g (9lbs 10oz), he's sizing up to have quite a mighty bellow within the next few months.
The crying stopped when we bathed him today, though. He was all smiles and squirms while dad and mum soaped him up, tickled his skin and made him all clean. Afterwards, his mum and he had a great cuddle until it was time to place him in his bed, where he nodded off to Slumberland with such a lovely, peaceful look on his chubby, cheeky face.
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