My very ambitious daughter keeps waking up dry! The only problem is, she is still peeing in her pull-ups shortly after waking up even though we have her sit on the potty right away. I tell her that the pee-pee makes the hearts and flowers disappear, and she looks at me with a look of deep understanding and says, "Oh, sure." I think that she is starting to be able to hold it when she's sleeping, which is a very promising sign. She just doesn't understand that she has to tell me BEFORE she goes. I'm sure she'll catch on soon.
Jule, sweet Jule, our ever-fussy baby. He is still having major problems with fussiness, screaming, and spitting up. He'll be 14 weeks tomorrow, and this all started at 4 weeks. I must admit that I am beyond exhaustion. I never dreamed it would continue past the 12 weeks mark because that's when Noly's colic ended...but this isn't colic. We have not heard from the doctor and do not have a Specialist appointment until December 2 at this point. Noly has her 3-year check-up on Wednesday, so I'm going to talk to the doctor then if I don't hear from him before that. We're very willing to drive to Savannah if it means they can give Jule (and us) some relief.
We spend our evenings taking turns holding him. It's not that he always stops crying when we hold him...it just makes him a tiny bit happier, and if he gets too worked up, he ends up spitting up and refluxing more. It's a vicious cycle. He slept 12.5 hours Saturday night, and it was so nice to get up Sunday morning before he woke up and do some very quick housework. I wish we could take away his pain. I wish we could help him keep his bottles down, but nothing we try seems to make a HUGE difference except for keeping him from lying on his back. Someone told me how to double-sheet his crib, and that has helped immensely. It only takes seconds to get him a fresh sheet when he is having a particularly rough evening...sweet Baby.
We had Noly's 3rd Birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday. The Pulaskis, Bradburns and Williams came. It was a load of fun for Noly, but she became overwhelmed when we gathered around her to sing Happy Birthday. She is more outgoing than she used to be but still does not like that much attention. I love how she is not a bit afraid of Chuck E. or anybody dressed up as a character for that matter. She just wants to kiss and hug them until they have to pull her off : ) She got some really cool presents and loved them all! She got some little playsets with little pieces, so I helped her organize the different sets in different bags so she wouldn't lose the tiny pieces. Kevin commented that our Type A child did not need any further organization skills (what can I say, she's her mother's child).
In all, it was a nice weekend. I pray that this week brings us word of a GI Specialist appointment.
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