Jay is sitting up so good! It's adorable and he loves his new skill. (I still prop pillows or the boppy behind him in case he gets over zealous and flies back :)
Also we started him on acid reflux meds this week, and he is very happy! He's always been super happy during the day, but as soon as you would lay him down he would cry and at night he was getting up every hour with a pain scream. (Yes the most I have slept in 5 1/2 months is 4 hours) I've always just thought it was gas and didn't even think of acid reflux because he NEVER spits up...but then I was reading about silent reflux and the light bulb went off. He had every symptom and he has always had very wet burps, but instead of spitting up he just swallows it and it irritates his stomach. He was getting to the point where he would cry every time I nursed him and stopped napping too. We did try everything: keeping him upright for an hour after feeds, elevated crib, to homeopathic meds, probiotics, me eliminating citrus, dairy, caffeine, (including chocolate) from my diet, and everything else but nothing was working. Finally I listened to that nagging mom feeling to take him to the doctor. So I'm very happy he's back to himself during the day, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will solve his belly issues. We still need to work on the nights, but I will get up 2-3 times over 10 times any day!
Jay loves books more than anything. If he is super fussy, just open up a book and he's a smiles. How convenient that Scott has found a huge love for reading lately :)
Kevin has been working a lot of hours lately. Ari is so cute because I would wake up all last week around 6:45 to her saying, "Dad! Where are you? MR. DAD? Mr. Dad, where are you???" But it was in a sweet singing voice. He was leaving really early and she was missing her morning hugs. So then one night he got home late but she wanted to wait for him to read to her, but she didn't quite make it. It was really sad she passed out holding her book with her little legs propped up on her pillow. Sweetest girl.
Before Christmas Hailey took up a love of hand-sewing, so I bought her a few little starter kits and told her once she got the hang of it I would help her with the big kit which was this cute little doll. She loved it. I think she named the doll "Sunshine Heart" and she even had a little teady that goes in her pocket Hailey named "Pinkey". Pretty cute :)
This is how my laundry room looks at least half the days of the week. I cannot keep up with the craziness, but at least I have somewhere to stash it! And don't think for one second that Scott and Hailey were helping me fold....they told me they would and I was shocked, but they just threw what was theirs in their baskets and got bored after 2 minutes and ran off to play. There went the small glimpse of hope. One thing that has kept me half way sane is that each of them have their own baskets (love Ikea!) so I fold the clothes for them and slide their baskets into the shelves and they come up and get their basket, put all their clothes away in their rooms and return the basket in the laundry room for the next time. They have this down like a military drill and it does help out quite a bit. :)
