Tomorrow we have to be at TCH at 7:30 am.....YUCK! That means that we have to leave our house at 6am to fight traffic. Mom will be coming over to get Jacob on the bus....thank you Mom. He has an ultrasound scheduled for 8am and and upper GI xray at 9:45. He is not allowed to eat after 4am. So, you can imagine that I am already stressed about crying, hungry baby. I am planning to get up at 3:30 am to feed him just enough to tide him over until the testing is done. That, of course, leads to another problem.
We have been sleep training Bryce for the last 5 nights. Jacob took one night of sleep training at 8 weeks old and then he slept through the night. Bryce is quite a bit more challenging. Shane and I take shifts each night. Luckily, only the first 2 nights were real tough. The last 2 nights he has started to put himself to sleep and then back to sleep during the night. He just has to be swaddled so I am going upstairs, reswaddling him, laying him back down and then he goes right back to sleep....Yeah! The dilemma is feeling him tonight might just set us back but I feel that is what we should do. I also ordered what is called a Miracle Blanket which is a swaddler that they supposedly can not get out of...wish us luck with that. I believe he would be sleeping through the night already if he couldn't get out of his swaddle. We have tried not swaddling him but he just won't have it.
Please keep us in your prayers tomorrow as we go in town and during the tests. I am looking forward to being able to feed him asap after the tests are done. We don't see the doctor until Sept. 11th. As for the time in between the tests and the doctor visit, he seems to be doing better on his new meds. But some days are still better than others.
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In other news, Jacob started 3rd grade today. I just can't believe he is in the 3rd grade. Our neighbors have all told us this is the year for lots of homework. When he got off of the bus today, his first words were that he had to go home and prepare a power point presentation. Who ever thought 8 year olds would have that for homework? Shane spent some time with him preparing the presentation. It would have taken me lots longer to do it as I am rusty. He seems very happy so I think he had a great day at school.
God bless,
Laura
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We are praying for God's strength, patience and for His unmistakable Hand tomorrow.
And, yea for Jacob's first day of 3rd grade! So fun!!
P.S. We used the Miracle Blanket with Nate for almost 5 months...it worked beautifully! I will be praying it does the trick for you all as well.
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