I write this watching the boys sleep in their bouncers. We are trying sleeping this way because of the past few days their acid reflux has gotten pretty bad. It is really obvious how uncomfortable they are and it affects two of their three primary functions in life...sleeping and eating. You can guess what the third function is and they continue to do that very well :-) But we are trying to keep them more upright to try and use gravity to their advantage. We'll see how it goes. The pediatrician warned us about this, and we are likely to get them some medicine to at least get rid of the "Acid" part of the reflux. Other than that, only time and growing will help them.
The boys had a great couple of days saying goodbye to Granddaddy Greg and hello to Uncle Ryan, Grandma Ruthie, and Grandpa Steve (my parents). We were so blessed to have Greg here for our first week at home with the boys, and now we are fortunate to have two grandparents here for an extended stay. More importantly, this means the boys have been held by all their grandparents now!!
Uncle Ryan holding Caleb
Ryan came over on Sunday night, resuming our weekly get together. He got to hold all three of them in various stages. He even helped feed Gideon and Ezra. He has even stated that he'd be willing to work towards changing diapers... but we won't hold him to that until he asks to :-)
On Tuesday, Granddaddy Greg left, but because my parents arrived on Monday...he was able to "pass the Grandparent torch" to them. Needless to say, Grandma Ruthie and Grandpa Steve were excited to meet the little guys. On Tuesday morning, they jumped right into care time!!
Grandma Ruthie holding Caleb
Grandpa Steve holding Gideon or Ezra (I can't tell!)
It is worth mentioning (after the caption above) that it is pretty easy to tell them apart in person...but quite difficult to tell in pictures. Since I generally don't have the time to download pictures right away...I forget who we took pictures with. So...unless I can figure it out...my identifications are "best guesses". Maybe some day we'll figure it all out...or Autumn will go through and "fix" my identifications!
Speaking of Autumn...she continues to take to this Mommy thing very well. Even when she tries to get her dedicated sleep...she is often up here within an hour or two checking on the boys or just wanting to see them. She is most happy holding her little men and they are definitely most happy in her arms!!
Gideon whispering to Ezra: "We have such a pretty mommy!!"
That's about it. Hopefully they will sleep for another 30 minutes or so. Then it will be time to start our 1200 care time!!
Have a great day!
God Bless!
J
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They are getting so big! Both my kids had reflux! Good luck with that. The meds definately helped us. Some other things that helped were having them sleep in the infant car seat as it is more upright and using a wedge in the crib to keep them at a 30-45 deg angle. The wedge is at babies r us. If you need one I probably still have ours :) I would be happy to get it to you or go get a couple of them if you want to try that route :) Just let me know. I will even brave the weather if you want :) Reflux is no fun!!
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