First Crush

Ayden's nurses have all been amazing in 6C, and we are so grateful to them all for the loving care they have given Ayden and for their willingness to put up with our incessant questions (and my more recent frustration and tears).

Recently, Ayden seems to have developed a love interest in his day nurse, Anna. I believe they have each other wrapped around each other's pinkies. (Perhaps Anna is more wrapped around his than vice versa, as are most of the nurses in the building. He is quite the ladies' man!) It was Anna who convinced me to try to give Ayden a bottle before putting a feeding tube back into his nose, and even though the feeding tube eventually went back in after less than 24 hours of trying with the bottle, I believe Ayden (and I) thrived from her encouragement. Now look at him! He's tube free!

If Ayden is crying, all Anna has to do is get close to his face, and he's hushed and fascinated. It's love.