Tonsilectomy

Well it is finally over! Bekah had her surgery two weeks ago today. As soon as the surgery was over and I saw how miserable my little girl was I started thinking Scott and I had made the wrong decision. Afterall, was Bekah's snoring really that bad? Maybe she was waking in the night crying because of bad dreams and not sleep apnea. Scott of course said it is too late and we cannot worry if it was the wrong decision. The dr told us it would take up to a month before we noticed a change in the snoring. However, after 2 days the girl stopped snoring and was sleeping through the night! On pain meds of course but still sleeping through the night. Bekah hadnt slept through the night in over 5 months!! So it was then I realized yes we did make the right decision even if she does suffer for a couple weeks from the pain. It was a very long first week! Bekah basically cried the first 3 days all day. On top of that Ryan developed a small cold and was jealous of all of the attention Bekah was receiving. I wanted to pull my hair out, comfort my child, scream, cry, and wanted it all to end. But we made it through and by the end of the first week we could see our Bekah coming back to herself. She is now sleeping very well and almost too well these days. She isnt wanting to take naps anymore. When she does take a nap she will not fall asleep until 10pm or 11pm!! We just dont know what to do! She is too young to give up naps and after a couple days is way too tired. Weve tried a lot of things so Im not sure what we will do about this. Very frustrating!! Maybe skip the nap and go to bed at 7pm instead of 8pm. We did that tonight wo we will see how that pans out. We may just have a very frustrating year ahead of us.

Ryan has been enjoying speech class. I didnt realize that we would basically be reteaching her vocabulary. For example, when she says back or bat they both sound like ba when she says them. Or Moo and Moon both come out Moo. Basically she leaves the last letter sound off of every word which is hard to understand when so many words have the same beginning sound. She is doing great and loves working on her words. In a couple months Im sure we will see a huge improvement!

Caleb is 5 Months old!!! Such a big boy! Not sure his measurements but I can hold him and know he is growing. He is so much easier to hold and entertain. He still sleeps almost 18 hours out of the 24 because he is a sleepy head! I feel like Im constantly putting him to bed. Hopefully he will get rid of his late nap soon. He loves his cereal in the evenings. I plan to start some fruits and veggies in a week or two. I havent added any more cereal during the day because he is having trouble enough pooping it all out! He is so close to sitting up on his own and rolling over with all those rolls on his legs! His favorite activity is naked time at 7pm! haha! He also enjoys Ryan in his face. By in his face I mean litterally. She just doesnt understand personal space yet! He giggles anytime Ryan comes near him. He had a few nights where he slept all night until 6:30am or 7am. To be honest I hated it bc I couldnt go back to sleep which made for a longer day. However when he wakes between 4 or 5am I can easily go right back to sleep and sleep until 8am when the girls get up. I prefer it and actually hope it stays this way. Im usually not sleeping well by 4am anyway so I might as well nurse. After nursing I sleep amazingly well and he is finished within 10-15 min!

We are hoping to have a great week getting back into our routine and enjoying the warmer weather!!!! Yeah!!