Sleep

Well it's nice to know that people are reading the blog. After my last entry, I got three phone calls, all to make sure that I was doing OK and that I hadn't gone off the deep end. Thanks everyone! Your support and encouragement is really invaluable. Just to let you know, I am doing better. The latching is going well and nursing seems to be working out.

The challenge at the moment... sleep. And not sleep for Marty and I (that we have already said good-bye to, somewhat voluntarily). Sleep for Max. He doesn't sleep at night. His night is from about 9pm-2am and then it's bright eyed and bushy tailed. Correction, all bright eyed and gassy. Max is up and uncomfortably squirming and cranking with gas pains from 2am to about 10am. We tried gripe water. Didn't do a thing. We tried Infacol, worked great for a few days, now it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Oval is the same as Infacol, so no need to try that. What's next? No seriously, what's next? People, if there was a time to call or email with advice, now if the time!! And any ideas on how to get Max to sleep a little more during the actual night time, send those ideas our way as well. Supposedly he is supposed to be getting 16-18 hours of sleep a day. Not happening. And the spitting up... he's like a pump. Instead of burping, he spits up. And it's not little dribbles, it's receiving blanket filling spews. I know it's supposed to only be a laundry problem as long as it's not projectile, but it's still very unnerving and worrisome. Advice on this issue would be welcome as well.

So there's the latest update. We see the midwife tomorrow, so hopefully we can get some advice from her on the sleeping and spitting. And our worries on his weight gain will be appeased once again. It's still something that gnaws at the back of our minds, especially since he spews so much. We'll let you know how he's doing, and maybe add a few new pictures. He'll be a month old tomorrow, you know!