Week in Review ~ 5/19

Here is a quick list of the highlights of our week.

Sam was baptized in my hometown church on Sunday, and it was a wonderful Mother's Day.

After being so good all day Sunday, Sam seemed to fall apart, basically the rest of the week.  Between Sunday and Friday, his naps were never over 30 minutes unless someone was holding him, and even those naps are pretty fitful.  Sometimes I can get him back to sleep and sometimes I can't.  If I get him up, he's happy for a short while then falls apart when he's tired again.  The Prevacid has yet to make any improvements that I can see, other than he doesn't eat so fast anymore.  He cries after some of his bottles and is still very congested.  It's kind of tough right now, especially as sleep is the issue that drives me right over the edge as a parent.  We dealt with this with Avery, and she improved around 11 weeks, so I'm hoping the same will happen for Sam.  Whether it's reflux, poor napping habits, or a combination of both, Sam and I both need him to nap.  I'm praying that this will be resolved or better before we're all home this summer so that Avery isn't playing by herself all day long.  If not, Sam is going to be signing up for some sleep training.

It's a good thing he's cute!

I have been having crazy ankle issues since we moved.  It started with pain and swelling in my right ankle the weekend we moved.  I attributed it to doing lots of walking in flip flops that hadn't been worn for an extended time since the summer.  It eventually got better but then returned in my left ankle a few weeks ago.  This one is taking a little longer to go away, and I'm walking around with a limp.  I'm wondering if it's from being off my feet for two months and now being on the go again in flip flops.  I need to go to the doctor but just don't feel like hearing a diagnosis right now.

Avery started with another runny nose and cough this week.  I feel it's ENT time again as she was done with all this by this time last year.  Other than maybe a quick stomach bug in the fall, she's been healthy all fall/winter/spring except for her ears.  We missed a play date Saturday morning so we wouldn't share germs with anyone, so she and I headed off to Walmart to run a few other errands instead.  We picked up some "cakes" that she was happy to sample.



My mom picked Avery up Friday afternoon and brought her home.  Ned rushed in the door after work as she was leaving, and I rushed out as well.  I went to a baby shower for our friend Brittany.  For most of the day I was unsure if I would be able to get a shower and go, but I've just accepted that that's life right now.  It was good to get out for a bit and even better to stop by Sonic on the way home.

I can't wait to see these two interact more and be able to play together.  If giggles from one is fantastic, giggles from two will be spectacular.

We wanted to go out to eat Saturday night, and the deciding process turned out to be lengthy.  I wanted to go but didn't want to deal with all that goes into taking a baby out to eat.  We went out every weekend with Avery because restaurants were one of the few places she would sleep in the early weeks.  Sam usually doesn't want to miss anything.  We went back and forth for awhile, making me very grumpy, until we decided to just get Mexican in town.  We get served there very quickly, which is greatly appreciated, and Sam just checked everything out from his seat.  Avery had been asking all day to ride in her wagon, so Ned pulled her when we got home and I pushed Sam in the stroller.  Avery is excited that Sam will soon be able to sit in the Bumbo and ride with her.  Sam fell asleep, so we hung out in the backyard, trying to decide where Avery's birthday play set will go and also a future patio.

Saturday night was the night Sam was going back in the crib for good.  After a report on the Today Show, I made Ned take the bumper out of his crib.  Avery used one, and still does, but they are really pushing for stores to stop selling them now.  He moves a lot and really likes to bury his face in my arm when rocking, so I didn't want to take any chances.  We'll do a breathable bumper when we stop swaddling and may put the bumper back in once he's much older.  He surprised us both by sleeping from 9 p.m. until almost 6 a.m.  The crib elevation gave him some trouble though, and even a small blanket under his bottom could not keep him in place.  The blanket came out as he started to go perpendicular in the crib, and by morning his head was at the other end.  We've since lowered the crib a bit so he's not rolling all around.

Those are the main happenings from our week.  My last week of maternity leave is somewhat busy, and we're looking forward to Memorial Day weekend at home.