The First Week

During the lead up to hearing aids I kept reminding myself that it would be a completely new experience for O. He would be experiencing things that - to him - never existed before.

It was easy to accept that. But it wasn't easy to live that. 

The first week with his hearing aids was HARD. 

My sweet happy baby would have, what we call in our house, a nuclear meltdown two to three times each day. He would scream and cry and fuss in ways he never had before. I know that it was a result of the over-stimulation from a very new and unique experience, but it was so very challenging to watch and handle. 

By around 5pm every day we would have to take the hearing aids out. I know the goal is for him to wear them every waking hour, but sometimes it's just not feasible. So out they would come. And then he would cuddle for about 20 minutes, then nap, and once he woke up we could put them back in to finish the day. 

That face. Those tears. Heartbreaking.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.