News

Good: Ian is now sleeping until 6am. Our neighbor who had a baby in early June stopped by on Friday to give us some cucumbers from her garden (yum - I love cucumbers!). I asked her how her daughter was doing with sleeping, and when she told me that she sleeps from 9:30pm to 6:30am without waking up, I decided enough was enough with Ian. That night when he woke up at 4:30am, I let him cry. He eventually fell back asleep and woke up again a little before 6am. I got him then. The last two nights he's slept from about 8pm to 6am. I should have done this a long time ago! If by some miracle we do have a third child, please remind me of this if I am tempted to keep getting up in the night to feed a 7 month old. I should be able to get 9 hours of sleep on a regular basis again if I go to bed at 9pm. PTL!!!

Bad: My right eardrum broke last night. Saturday morning I woke up with a fever, sore throat, and slight earache. I figured I had an ear infection, but I thought I could wait until Monday to see a doctor for an antibiotic. In the middle of the night on Saturday night the pain got much worse. I contemplated going to the ER yesterday, but I ended up deciding to wait. Wrong choice! Paul gave me several treatments of salt water down my nose (which is something I hate having done to me!!!), but this wasn't enough to prevent my eardrum from rupturing during the night last night. I am seeing an ENT this afternoon. I am in a lot of pain (so I still haven't gotten 9 hours of sleep), and I can't hear very well At All. Both of my eardrums are made of skin grafts. Those surgeries were done about 25 years ago as my eardrums didn't heal after they had ruptured. I am praying they will heal this time, and I'm hoping the doctor can do something or give me something to ease the pain.

Good: Sarah wasn't available, but the neighbor was available to watch the kids today. Paul has a paper due today. The kids are taking their naps in their own beds, and I'm nursing Ian, but otherwise they're staying with the neighbors for most of the day.

Good: Nadia has broken her previous record in terms of how long she's gone without an accident! Her record had been a little shy of 4 full days. She's now gone more than 5 days as her last accident was at 6am on Wednesday morning. YAHOOO!

Good: Paul is home!! Nadia keeps saying "Daddy is here!" It is so good to have him home. I haven't looked at his pictures yet, but I do plan to post some from his time in Poland. I'm glad he won't be traveling without us again until September 2011 when he'll be at a conference in Italy. Maybe we can join him for that trip? That would be nice! :-)