Sleeping Again!

After 6 weeks of Caleb not sleeping or eating well I was becoming quite frustrated. By not sleeping well I mean he was up almost every hour screaming! Around the 4 week I could no longer blame teething, eating new foods, or a never ending snotty nose. I finally thought of reflux. So I immediately took him to the Dr to see if we could increase his zantac that he has been on since 4 weeks old. Because he hadnt been eating well he hadnt had enough weight gain to increase his dose. Instead however, the Dr decided to try a different medicine. After a few days we noticed he was seemed to pull, tug, and bite less while nursing and seemed to sleep a little bit better. Then another cold creeped into our house thus adding to his congestion. So after only a few days of sleep Caleb starting waking often again. Then this last week I had to take Caleb in for his 2 week check to see how the reflux med was working and to see if he was gaining any weight. He was back to waking every hour but was still eating much better than before the new medicine. Well come to find out he had his first ear infection. I have taken him in so many times thinking he had an ear infection in the past but I was always wrong. This time I go in for a reflux check and he had an ear infection. Good thing I had to go in anyway otherwise I wouldve never taken him in to have his ears checked. I had decided that maybe these just werent going to be a part of his life like Ryan and Bekah. So after 2 days on Amoxicilin Caleb is back to sleeping until 5am when he nurses!! We are all sleeping again! My frustrations with nursing him last Month are over too thanks to his new reflux medicine! Praise the Lord!

Accomplishments!

Bekah can finally eat anything she wants!! She has been back on a normal diet since November except for oats. She would still get diarrhea if she had oats in anything she ate. Unfortunately some of her favorite foods (like nutrigain bars) have oats. But 2 weeks ago she seemed healthy and asking for a lot of foods with oats so we decided to try oats again in her diet. Amazingly she has been fine!! Every couple months we have tried and she failed but this time as she said herself, "I all better now Mommy! I can eat granola now?!" Ive never seen a girl so excited after Sunday school simply because she was allowed to eat a cup of cheerios with all her little friends. Praise the Lord for healing her body over the last year! It is so hard to believe that less than a year ago she was hardly able to eat anything that tasted good! It is likely that Bekah's system just needed some time to heal after so many infections (mostly a long long case of giardia). Im so happy my Bekah Bek's can be so excited about something so simple!

Caleb is finally sitting up on his own!! I really was starting to wonder if he would ever do it since both sisters did at 5 1/2 months old. The boy could get himself out of his bumbo without getting hurt but couldnt master sitting up on his own. I told him the books say 4-7 months is when they should sit up on their own and if he didnt do it by his 7 mo birthday I would be very worried and tell his dr. Well the week before his 7 month birthday he did it! It is so nice because now he can sit next to his basket of "safe" toys and play. We are able to get a few more minutes with him content on his own again. Next he will be crawling but at his rate we will be pleased if it is before Oct 1 2010!!

Ryan has finished her first year of homeschooling or should I say survived! Just kidding she loved it! We only had school once a week for one hour learing every letter sound and writing them by fun worksheets, crafts, and games. After that we had one day a week focused on a number 0-10. Throughout we also worked on shapes, colors, rhymes, same or different and so on. The girl has loved most every minute of school. She asks if we are having school almost every day. Some of her biggest achievements so far are that she can write her own name, count to 30, recongnize 0-20, can name every letter and their sound, cut straight lines, and follow directions well. Im proud of her and have enjoyed teaching her so much! We also spent the year visiting the childrens museum and attended some preschool classes offered, story time at the library, ballet, and many other fun outings! We have ordered curriculum for this next year as she is getting bored and ready to slowly learn new exciting things. We are going to try to have school 2 times a week starting after her 4th birthday in July. We are going to start phonics, math, and bible. Should be a fun year!!