...and babies make 4: November 2014

We have a new accessory in our house for hopefully a short time...

Owen has had a terrible cough for about 2 weeks so he saw the doctor on Thursday and we were sent home with a nebulizer and a rx for a steroid. Can I just say that a 2 1/2 year old on steroids is CRAZY! The kid doesn't stop moving or talking. Just a couple more days of it thankfully.

Owen also become afraid of shadows in his room this week so that has made bedtime last a little longer. We did shadow puppets one night and have tried to explain what is causing the shadows. He seems a little better about it now and has moved to just talking about them a lot. I also tell him to look at the light instead of the shadows which is a good reminder to myself!

Micah seems to be working on some teeth that are refusing to come through. We had a couple of nights where I gave him tylenol because he wasn't going to sleep and I was convinced it was teeth. He still has none though and is just a little bit fussier and clingier than usual.

We've had a couple of 5-6 hour stretches of sleep after the tylenol which was great but they were preceded by hours of crying which was not so great. There was one night this week where I took Micah upstairs for bad at 6:00 and it was at least 9:00 before he fell asleep. That was rough. I think it was because he'd had a little bit later nap that day which I thought would help us avoid the typical cranky hour or so that we usually have. Turns out he needs that time I guess.

I'm trying to ease him out of sleeping in the rock 'n' play but it's not going so well. He was out of it around 4 months but then when he got sick last month I put him back in it so he he could be more upright. Not sure it was a good idea or not. He's napped in the pack 'n' play for the last couple of days and I've had mixed results. I go back and forth over forcing him out of it. It's going to be no matter when I do so I'm thinking I might as well wait until I have to do and then deal with it. In the meantime I'll enjoy a little more sleep. Although I'm not sure it makes much difference. Last night he was up 3 times so I don't know that that qualifies as good sleep.

I've stopped feeding Micah before I go to bed and just nurse him when he wakes up. I've had mixed results there as well. There have been nights where he doesn't wake up until 2 and sometimes he wakes up at midnight. He's just really unpredictable.

We've tried a few solids with less than stellar results. I worked on it for a little over a week with about 2 days of him seeming to like it and the other nights just spitting it all out. I decided to just wait a couple more weeks and let him start feeding himself. He seems to be doing fine with just nursing and is clearly growing steadily.

Micah is almost sitting completely unassisted. I still put pillows around him because every time I haven't he's fallen over. It's crazy to me that it's taken this long just because he seems like he was so close 2 months ago. Ah well. He has no interest in crawling or scooting which I'm okay with. I'll happily enjoy his immobility a while longer knowing that once it's gone my life will get much more difficult.