Don't get too cocky

Well, after my last post a couple weeks ago, things went downhill for a while. We were at the pediatrician's office three time in two weeks. They were on such a great schedule, and then they both decided they didn't want to sleep. They'd go the whole day without a good nap, even though I could tell they were exhausted. I finally took Kylie in and got her some zantac, too. She was starting to show all the signs of GERD a week after Olivia was diagnosed. So I have two little girls with GERD. Yikes. And Olivia was doing great for a while, then got fussy again. I tried her on a soy formula, which I think she had an allergic reaction to. She got a rash, was super gassy, and on top of it all, they both got a nasty cold with lots of snot and coughing that made it hard for them to breathe. Needless to say, there were a couple of episodes involving me, in the closet, with the door shut, crying just as hard as the babies in the next room. It wasn't pretty. But things are better this week. The colds are gone, the new, non-soy formula for "fussiness and gas" seems to be helping Olivia, and Kylie is sleeping at least 7 hours straight at night, sometimes longer. Olivia still gets up every 3 to 4 hours. But it's getting manageable. They usually go right back to sleep after eating.

And they've started to smile! That makes all those sleepless nights and burp rags full of spit-up seem worth it. Kylie especially will just smile and smile and make those cute little baby gurgles at you. It melts my heart. Olivia is a little more reserved with her smiles, but her whole face lights up when she cracks one. It makes me feel better to know that she's happy at least some of the time. :)

Evi has gotten really good at entertaining herself during the day while I'm baby-wrangling. She's really into horses lately, and thanks to a grandma who loves to sew, has a cowgirl outfit that she's been wearing a lot recently. She wanted me to take her picture the other day.