Feeding Team Report

Yesterday, four months after the referral was made, Ian finally saw the feeding team, which was comprised of a speech therapist, occupational therapist, and nutritionist. I had weighed Ian yesterday morning at home because I had a feeling he was losing weight due to how much he's been throwing up lately. Sure enough he had lost about 1 lb in the past 3 weeks. He weighed almost exactly the same as what he did three months ago. Three months ago he was at the 70th percentile IF you compared his weight to his length, but he's fallen down a lot since then because his length has increased, but his weight has not. He had peaked around  the 40th percentile for weight at 10 months old and has been falling down ever since then. His weight is now at less than 10 percentile for his age. Boo hoo! In light of this weight loss, I called the Pediatrician and asked for a prescription to be called in for his reflux. I figured that it was better late than never to start him on that. The Pediatrician was concerned when he heard what his weight was at the hospital. We won't have any insurance coverage for prescription drugs when we return from the cruise. That was another reason I wanted to get it before we left. We didn't have to pay a penny for it, but if we didn't have insurance it would have cost us $60 (which in the grand scheme of things is cheap when it comes to medications). I'm hoping that this acid reducer might help him not throw up as much, but at the very minimum it should make it less painful for him when he does up-chuck.

The feeding team gave a variety of recommendations. I am to encourage him to put more toys in his mouth, have him put foods in his mouth that he can't eat (such as Twizzlers), etc. They gave me a special brush that I'm to use in his mouth many, many, many times a day. They said it's going to take a long time to get him over his defensiveness related to his texture sensitivities. They tried to get him to eat a cookie. Needless to say he didn't have any. They also said that kids who have these issues usually turn into very picky eaters. Sigh. They told me to give up completely on the Gerber Puffs. I am now letting Nadia eat them so they don't go to waste. The happy news is that he ate 4 ounces of yogurt on Thursday. I didn't think he'd eat any of the cruise ship's food, but I guess he will eat some of their yogurt. YAY! I am really hoping that through Early Intervention we'll get more assistance with his feeding issues. The feeding team also wanted him to see a Pediatric Gastroenterolgist (sp?). PSU's insurance doesn't work with this hospital so our Pediatrician got Ian an appointment in Hershey for next month. Ian will have been to three different hospitals in the first two months of 2011. They think that the reflux is also causing a lot of his feeding problems. It makes sense that if eating makes you throw up that you wouldn't want to eat.

The nutritionist said that since he's not eating much baby food yet, I should switch back to formula (you were right, Regina). We stopped at Walmart on the way to my parent's home last night and bought some formula. She also said that if his vomiting doesn't decrease that we need to increase the calories of his bottles by putting in an extra scoop of formula in each bottle. Once we return I'm going to start tracking his weight more closely. After we return I'm also going to call the GI doctor and ask to be put on their cancellation list in case that might enable him to be seen sooner.

What a mess!

I absolutely cannot wait until Ian outgrows the reflux. Please tell me it will be soon!!! There are times when it has seemed to be improving, but lately it's been awful again. I lost track of how many times he threw up today - two different times in his crib (had to launder the sheet and crib mattress and give him a bath more than once today as it was in his hair, eyelashes, etc.), once in the car while we were at a gas station, and a whole bunch of times in the family room, highchair, and kitchen. Now that he's eating more solid foods and drinking whole milk, it smells a million times worse than when he was drinking formula. I kept a food log the past two days. Yesterday he was only 1 ounce over what the doctor said was the limit for milk intake in a day. I started keeping a food log today, but then I just gave up since it seemed he was up-chucking more than he was intaking. The positives were #1 that he didn't puke at Nadia's gymnastics class or at the State Farm agency (Paul and I enrolled in a 20 year life insurance policy today  - wow that isn't cheap!) and #2 I tried giving him one or two small bites of yogurt today, and he liked it. This constitutes the first time he's eaten something that counts as table food. I was elated! There are more types of baby food that he can eat now, but there are still many (baby cereal, Gerber puffs, Gerber macaroni and cheese, etc.) that immediately cause him to vomit. As soon as he outgrows this reflux, we definitely need our carpets and couches to be cleaned by professionals.

His poor little face also continues to be quite a mess. His rash comes and goes and pops up on random parts of his face. His chin is where it usually starts. My mom proposed the theory that maybe he was allergic to metal spoons as one of my sister's son's had that allergy. Well he hasn't come in contact with a metal spoon for over a week now, so I don't think that's the culprit. Any ideas?? I would love to figure this mystery out so we can keep this rash at bay.

He's also fallen apart with his sleeping habits. I could not get him to sleep in his crib today (or chucking ensued). I finally let him take one nap in my arms. He did sleep a little in the car on the way to and from gymnastics. He also was up many times during the night last night. I think the trip to Philadelphia just goofed him up. He always seems out of whack after we travel. I am fearful he's going to be waking up during the night when we cruise, and if that happens I can't let him cry or he'll wake Nadia up as the four of us will be in the same room. I'd appreciate prayers about that because it's not going to be a very enjoyable trip for me if I'm only getting say 4 hours of sleep a night. I really wish all four of us could get rid of our bugs by Saturday. That seems dubious. I think the congestion is why Ian is having so much trouble with his reflux.

The recap from yesterday would be that Dr. Canning wants to see Ian again in April and will likely do the surgery in June. I was hoping he'd only be seen once prior to the surgery, but it turns out we'll be making at least 3 trips out there prior to the surgery. I will say Dr. Canning was VERY thorough and patient, which made me feel better about the 6 hours we spent in the car getting to/ from the appointment. He's the chair of the department, and this pediatric urology department is rated #2 in the USA. Many people come from around the world to see him, so in comparison our trip was very brief. He might have participated in a surgery of my brother back in the mid 80's as he was at Children's Hospital in DC at that time.  I had the same thing happen to me when I saw an ENT in Pottsville in the late 90's. When he saw my list of previous surgeries, he said that he had participated in a surgery I had in Philadelphia in the early 80s. Small world!

We were gone for about 12 hours yesterday. I was in the shower at 3:55am, and we were out the door by 4:45. The kids cried for about 15 minutes and then slept until almost 7am as we were entering Philadelphia. We got there about 20 minutes early. We spent one hour in the urology department and then went downstairs and had breakfast at McD's inside the hospital. Then we drove to the zoo and spent 2 hours walking around the zoo. Of course there were some animals we couldn't see since it was too cold. Nadia's highlight was feeding the ducks in the children's petting zoo portion of the zoo. In general she didn't seem to be too thrilled with seeing the animals. It was her first time at a zoo, and I thought she'd really like seeing bears, tigers, lions, monkeys, etc. I didn't expect it to be such a thrill for Ian, but he LOVED it. We never had to point out where the animals were. He would find them and be looking in the right place and would be squealing with delight. He laughed many times throughout the day. In the bird part (boy that was a contrast to go from being in the cold temperatures outside to the rainforest type climate in that building), it sounded like he was having a conversation with the birds. Other adults in the room started laughing as he was jabbering away at the birds. I'm sure it won't be our last trip to a zoo this year since I bought a membership on Monday night.

Textless Tuesday

5 Random Updates

1. Nadia did sleep through the night last night. YAY! She woke up and started coughing around 5:30am, but she didn't call for us or cry and went back to sleep. I had put her to bed much earlier than usual (6:50), but she actually got up later than usual. She was in bed for 13 hours! I hope that sleep will help her get rid of this cold she's been fighting for 2 weeks.

2. Last Tuesday someone from Early Intervention came over to start the process with Ian. The evaluation is the next step. They'd do that next week except we'll be away. It's been scheduled for Jan 18th. She said even if he doesn't technically qualify (which I don't think he will as I don't think he's at least 25% delayed), they can still get him help for medical reasons (eating). He's also going to be seen by the feeding team at the hospital this Friday morning.

3. Today was Paul's 41st birthday. We went on a date to Red Lobster (his favorite) to celebrate. He hasn't felt well today; it won't go down as his favorite birthday that is for sure.
4. Tomorrow we're leaving at 4:30am to drive to Philadelphia. I had schedule Ian's appointment for the afternoon, but last week they called to reschedule it to 8:00am. Hopefully the kids will sleep most of the way there. I figured it wouldn't be good for the kids to get right back in the car after the appointment is over (since it's a 3 hour drive one way); so we're planning to be at the zoo from 9:30-12:00 and then head back home. I purchased a family membership since if you go even twice in a year it's cheaper to have the membership; plus it includes a lot of reciprocal agreements such as the Baltimore zoo and the zoo in DC, which we could definitely visit while we're at my parent's house. Prayers that we have a safe trip tomorrow and that Ian doesn't cry or sleep too much would be appreciated! I assume Nadia will be fine as long as we bring 321 Penguin and VeggieTale dvd's.

5. I have to keep a food log this week in preparation for our feeding team appointment on Friday, and Ian only had 24 ounces of whole milk today so he's not as far off the mark as I thought. The pediatrician had said 15-20 ounces a day, and the days I've kept track he's had 24-30 ounces. I'm not going to keep the log tomorrow in light of our trip, but I'll keep it again on Wednesday and Thursday. They asked me to keep a log for 2-3 days.

Taking Turns

Wearing a dress she got for Christmas!

For almost all of 2010 Ian was the one causing me not to be able to sleep through the night. Now that he's sleeping 11-12 hours straight (his record thus far was a little more than 12 hours straight), Nadia has decided to keep us up during the night. For the past two weeks she has been waking up in the night and asking for a tissue or milk or coughing to the point that she thinks she needs to throw up. I am about ready to cave and buy her some cough medicine as I know they can have some after age 2. We have been giving her Tylenol or Motrin before she goes to bed. Last night I went to bed at 8:30pm to try to get a decent night's sleep, and I plan to do the same tonight. I really hope she goes back to sleeping through the night in the very near future! I've had a sore throat and fever all day long, and I think it's from exhaustion. Paul now has a cough. I'm hoping we all feel better by Friday as we're heading to MD that night to spend a night at my parent's before flying from BWI to New Orleans on Saturday. I started packing for our cruise yesterday. Nadia was far more willing to try on summer clothing than Ian was. It was a necessary task though because most of the 3T clothing fit Nadia and most of the 18 month clothing fit Ian, but in some cases those sizes just fell right off of them.

Ian's also wearing an outfit he got for Christmas. So cute!

We picked Norwegian because you never have to wear ties or tuxes or formal wear. However you still can't wear shorts to dinner; so I am packing more clothes than usual. Ian will be wearing shorts to dinner, but he's allowed to do so, lol. I packed some skirts, a dress, and pants for myself for the evenings and lots of pretty dresses for Nadia (most of which I paid at the most $2 for). I don't normally start packing this soon, but since we're wearing winter clothes right now, I could start packing our swimsuits, shorts, etc.

New Year, New Schedule

The best way to summarize my goals for 2011 would be that I want to work on getting into new routines given that I will be without a laptop computer, cleaning service, or job for at least the first 6 months of the year. Here's the rough idea I have in my mind of what that might look like:

6:00 - I get up and exercise, shower and get dressed. This will only happen if the kids have slept through the night - if I am up during the night then I won't be getting up until they do. When the weather permits us to walk to the park, I won't excercise at home.

7:00 - Earliest the kids get up, have breakfast, get the kids dressed, calendar time, music time

9:00ish - Ian's morning nap. While Ian sleeps, I'd like Nadia to play in her room for 30 minutes while I have time for Bible study and prayer. Then if Ian sleeps longer than 30 minutes I'll have some one-on-one time with Nadia.

12:00 - lunch with the kids and then reading time

1:00 - nap time for the kids - I'll have one-on-one time with Ian after he wakes up since his naps are shorter than Nadia's. During the time they're both napping I will have 30 minutes on the computer (editing photos, reading blogs, Facebook, email, shopping, and writing posts for this blog). If Ian takes a long nap then I'll be able to get some housework done as well.

Sometime in between naptime and dinner I will let Nadia watch a DVD (such as VeggieTales). During this time I'll prepare dinner, set the table, and/or do dishes. For the last several months we've allowed her to watch a DVD after dinner if she has eaten what we've asked her to eat. She's also been watching one 30 minute tv show in the morning (such as Curious George) while I've nursed or fed Ian a bottle. In 2011 I only want her to watch at the most 30 minutes a day on average. Exceptions will be made such as when she's sick. Ian watches a little and plays a little and watches a little when she's watching a DVD. I imagine over the course of the year he'll watch more of it.

5:45 - a healthy dinner for all 4 of us - I want Nadia to start learning to eat whatever is served (including vegetables). Hopefully sometime in 2011 Ian will also start eating table foods. After dinner the four of us can have family time together. I plan to start making pizza from scratch for the first time to save us money.

7:15 - bedtime for Ian - Paul can have one-on-one time with Nadia for 30 minutes, and I'll have 30 minutes on the computer.

7:45 - I'll do Bible story and prayer time with Nadia and put her to bed at 8:00.

8:00-10:00 - I'll spend time with Paul, read (what a concept!), scrapbook, etc. Not having a laptop the past couple of weeks has meant that I've made 4 scrapbooks in the past 2 weeks (something I hadn't worked on at all in 2010). Yesterday I purchased the first book I want to read in 2011, Treasuring God in our Traditions by Noel Piper. I plan to resume checking books out at the library when we go for preschool story time on Fridays. I didn't check out any books in 2010. I think all of these "resolutions" are very achievable. Time will tell!

10:00 (or earlier) - I go to bed. Although I used to always prefer 9 hours of sleep, it seems 8 is enough.

During the times not listed when the kids are wake I'll be playing with them, reading to them, doing puzzles with them, playing games, coloring, playing with Playdoh, going to the playground, etc. Sounds like fun!

The "housework" tasks which need to be completed each week might be accomplished in this fashion. I'm not including tasks which are done every day such as making the bed, doing the dishes, putting away the toys, and sweeping the kitchen floor.

Sunday: church and planning out the learning activities for the week to do with the kids
Monday: 1 load of laundry and clean the 3 bathrooms
Tuesday: ladies Bible study at 9am and vacuuming
Wednesday: 1 load of laundry, gymnastics at 10:45am, and choir rehearsal at 7pm (and AWANA for Nadia starting in September)
Thursday: dusting and grocery shopping
Friday: 1 load of laundry, library at 11am, and mopping
Saturday: shop at CVS after dinner every other week, do some freezer cooking once a month

Of course this schedule isn't set in stone. It will need tweaking and will change over the course of the year such as when Ian goes from two naps to one nap a day. My goal is that whatever schedule I settle into involves us having a clean house, all of us eating a healthy dinner together, and me getting enough sleep, exercise, and time with the Lord each day. Happy New Year, everyone!

Thankful Thursday

Ian chasing Fergie on Christmas morning

At the mall on 12/27

1. I am grateful for the life and ministry of a dear woman, Kathy Brown, who passed away on Tuesday night. I had Mrs. Brown as one of my middle school teachers when I was in 6th-8th grade (1983-1986), and then she was the administrator (at the same school) during my first two years as a teacher (1992-1994). I also sang alto in the church choir with her from 1986-1990 and 1992-1994. If I had to pick my three favorite teachers from Kindergarten through high school, she would definitely be one of them. She was also an outstanding boss. My heart is aching for her husband, children, and grandchildren. I am guessing she was in her 60's when she passed away. Knowing the physical suffering she has gone through the last two years makes it easier to handle her death. I know for certain she is feeling MUCH better in Heaven today than she has the past few years as she's dealt with Amyloidosis and other illnesses.

I put Susie's hair in curlers on 12/22.

2. I'm thankful that Ian is now sleeping 11-11.75 hours at night. What an improvement! Last night he went to bed at 7:15pm, and he got up at 7:00am this morning. I have to give the boy credit because in her 2.5 years Nadia has never had a regular wake-up time as late as Ian, who now usually gets up between 7-7:30am. We usually put him down on his back these days. One day this week I put him down on his belly, and he got up into a sitting position and fell asleep sitting up. There have been times I've fallen asleep sitting in a chair or in the car, but I don't ever recall falling asleep sitting up in the middle of my bed, lol. I am hoping next month to get Nadia on a schedule of going to bed at 8pm and not getting up any sooner than 7am.

3. I love the funny things that Nadia says which make me laugh or smile every day. One morning this week I was talking about football with her. I told her that Mommy cheers for the Steelers, and Daddy cheers for the Giants. I then asked her which team she likes, and she said "The cat in the hat." LOL!

Rachel (19 months) making Christmas cookies!

4. I'm very thankful that Paul has not been to PSU since 12/16, and he won't be heading back there until 1/17. That will be his longest break of making that commute since he started his PhD there in August 2008. We're saving a lot of money on gasoline for one thing. It's also great to have him home albeit he's in his office working on the computer many, many hours a day (which is good because we want him to graduate asap!).

5. On Monday when we made a much needed trip to the grocery store, I perused the Christmas items that were marked down 80% or more. I bought a stuffed snowman for $1.99 (originally $9.99). He looks so cute sitting on the top of our toilet in the half-bathroom which also has a snowman rug during the winter months. He's not Christmasy so I plan to leave him out a few more months (he has a light blue scarf which matches the bathroom perfectly). Every time I look at him, I smile - a well spent $2.11 (when you add in sales tax).

Nadia making her very first Christmas cookie!

6. It was great to spend time with many of our relatives last week.

7. I am thankful for all the new gifts we received. I've already used my new crockpot, the kids have worn some of their new clothing, they've had fun playing with new toys, etc. The Wii is partially set up. I'm looking forward to using that in the near future.

8. I love the new pictures of Nadia that Wendy took. I can't wait to order some and put them in frames around our house, on our refrigerator, in my wallet, etc. Thanks, Wendy! I also am grateful that she showed me some tricks for using the photo editing software that I purchased in May but have yet to start using.

9. I'm thankful that normally Ian is in a pleasant mood. I say that because the past two days he has cried for a large portion of the day. I have lost track of how many times the poor guy has thrown up this week. It's been almost nonstop. Both kids have been sick.



Wendy, Susie, and I wore matching clothes on 12/23!



Ian with his cousin, Brandi (16)

Christmas caroling in my parent's neighborhood on 12/23

We asked Nadia to hug Ian, lol!



Aunt Wendy reading to Ian at our parents house on 12/23

P.S. Yesterday I updated the text of Nadia's 2.5 year old post in case you're interested. :-)

5 Days of Christmas

There have been other Christmas celebrations this month such as the Christmas banquet at church and the Christmas cantata last Sunday, but December 22-26 were all about spending time with family and celebrating Christ's birth. On Wednesday morning after eating breakfast we did our family gift exchange. It was the first time Nadia really grasped the concept. I had been asking her what she wanted for Christmas for a few weeks, and a few days before Christmas she finally gave her first request - Sweetpea Beauty (stuffed animal). Thank goodness I had already bought and wrapped that item for her! She thoroughly enjoyed unwrapping ALL the presents under our tree. Of course Paul, Ian, and I didn't mind that she opened our gifts. Next year Ian will probably want to participate in the experience of unwrapping gifts. Ian loved the one gift I got for him - a set of musical instruments. I got Nadia an assortment of things, but hands down her favorite was Sweetpea (a VeggieTale character).  Paul got me two Christmas turtlenecks, and I got him two Duke t-shirts and a video card for his computer.

We started the trip to my parents home at about 11:45am and arrived at their home about 4.5 hours later. The trip takes longer with kids as we need to make stops to change diapers and such. Nadia had taken a morning nap at home; I hadn't tried to have that happen, but she fell asleep playing in her room. In light of that we didn't insist that she sleep in the car. She either listened to Christmas cd's or watched dvd's the whole time. Ian watched her dvd a little, played some, and slept some. He cried for part of the trip, but all things considered it went smoothly. We spent the next 50 hours at my parents house. My brother lives with my parents, and my sister from Chicago along with her hubby and three kids were also there. We enjoyed spending time together doing things like making Christmas cookies, caroling at the neighbors houses, and such on Thursday. On Christmas Eve we had our gift exchange in the morning, and my mom cooked a delicious turkey dinner for the noon meal. That night after they headed to their Christmas eve service at church, we drove to Paul's parents home. Ian slept the whole way there. Nadia watched dvd's for most of the trip and slept for the last part. Thankfully the trip took a few minutes less than 3 hours. We had no trouble getting Nadia back to sleep. Both kids were asleep when we pulled in their driveway, but they both woke up while taking them out of their carseats. Ian kept alternating between sleeping and crying for the next 5 hours. Thankfully he finally fell asleep for good at 2am.

On Christmas morning Nadia woke up at 6:15 (which was great as she had awakened at 5am on Christmas Eve) and Ian woke up at 7:15. After everyone had gotten dressed and eaten breakfast, we exchanged gifts with Paul's parents. While Nadia was napping, Paul's grandmother and his brother's family arrived. We ate a delicious ham and roast beef dinner while Nadia slept. She didn't wake up until about 3:30pm. Almost all of the presents (except for hers) had been opened while she slept. This was her least enthusiastic experience in terms of unwrapping presents. She was still waking up, and she was hungry. This translated to an emotionally fragile child. She perked up after I fed her. The only table food I gave Ian was the cream cheese from inside of a pumpkin roll. He loved it!

Ian has done a LOT of crawling the last few days. His speed has increased dramatically. The two biggest motivations to get him crawling at top speed are #1 the sight of Christmas lights (such as on a tree) and #2 Paul's parents dog. Fergie is 17 years old so she's not as keen on young children as she used to be, but Ian squealed with delight whenever he got near her.

Tomorrow we are going to church with Paul's family and then heading to Harrisburg to spend the afternoon at Paul's Aunt's home (his mom's sister). Paul's cousins and their spouses and children will be there as well. That will be the last day of our Christmas celebration for 2010. On Monday life will return back to normal, which will be good for my waistline as all these celebrations have involved lots of yummy food! I was planning to start exercising at home next week so I can lose a little more weight before our cruise, and since my parents gave us a Wii fit for Christmas I think I'll give that a whirl starting on Monday. It was great to see almost all our family over the past few days. We didn't get to see my sister, Yvonne, or her family in person, but at least we were able to chat with them via Skype on Friday. Although we've had a wonderful time the last few days, I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tomorrow night.

2.5 Years Old!

Her first experience making Christmas cookies!

 I can't believe that tomorrow (Christmas Day) my girl will be closer to age 3 than age 2. She's growing up WAY too fast. It scares me to think how quickly the next 15.5 years will likely fly by. At times it seems as if she's older than 2 1/2. I think having a younger brother makes her seem more advanced than she is. At least when asked her age she now answers "two" rather than "four." I'm glad she isn't already four! Actually today she did tell someone she was 2 1/2. She sounds like a big girl when she says that!

A few of Nadia's favorite questions to ask these days are:

1. "What's your name?" She asks this of every cashier we encounter, etc. Even if they answer her, she keeps asking them over and over again. Thankfully most people are gracious and keep answering her question. If they ask her what her name is, she now says "Na- T- ia." For many months she's pronounced her name "naia" (no consonant in the middle). Just within the last week she's started pronouncing the "d" in her name as a "t."



Two cousins and their dolls wearing matching dresses!



2. "May I (fill in the blank) please, Mom?" Although she never remembers to say the word "please" when asking for things like milk, she always remembers when it's something she wants to do. She really emphasizes the word please. It cracks me up! She does a great job at saying thank you (pronounced bank you). She rarely needs prompting on that one.

3. "Who made that?" Then once she's told who made it, she says "bank you, xyz" whether that person is present or not.

4. "Who bought that?" She asks this question a million times a day. And again says "bank you, Mom" (or Grandma or whomever) whether that person is present or not. I have no idea why she's so fixated on this, but all throughout the day she asks me who bought a certain food item, toy, Christmas tree, article of clothing, etc.

5. "What time is it?" She's not wanting a numerical answer. She's wondering what we're doing now or what we'll be doing next. She is fixated on the schedule of the day. She also often asks "what are we doing first" and "what are we doing next." She rehearses the events of the day all throughout the day, and before she goes to bed at night she starts asking about the next day. She wants very specific answers not something generic like "it's time to play."

A few recent additions to her list of favorite books would include:

1. A book of nursery rhymes

2. Olivia and the Missing Toy

3. The Three Little Pigs (I have to add that Ian adores this book because of the different voices that I use when I read it).

4. Llama, Llama Misses Mama

She's starting to grasp the concept of letters. She's picked out the letter "D" and said that says Daddy, and she's picked out the letter "N" and said that says Nadia.

She had one accident in Maryland last week because no one responded to her repeated requests in time. That was the first accident in more than 2 months.

She's been a rather picky eater lately. We need to work on that over the next few months. I also want to keep working on getting her to drink more water. She loves drinking water at Grandma's house, but at our house she just wants milk all day long.

Way to go, Ian!

Going to sleep is still traumatic for Ian because I have to put him down on his back. Thankfully it hasn't occured to him to roll over, lol. His naps are still pathetic, BUT he's doing great at sleeping at night! The last five mornings he's gotten up at 6:30 once, 7:30 twice, and 7:00 once. He went to bed between 7-8pm each night so he's sleeping between 11.25-11.75 hours!!!! Two of those nights he did wake up once and cry for awhile some time during the night. Unfortunately Nadia who used to get up around 6:30 has been getting up prior to 6am (usually around 5am). Today she got up at 5:45, which was the latest she's gotten up in several days. I'm hoping the trend continues toward later wake up times. It's so ironic that Nadia has slept through the night almost all the time for about 2 years and now that Ian is doing well she's waking up several times during the night and getting up earlier than usual. Last night was the first night in seven nights that both children were quiet between the hours of 8pm and 5:45am. I've gotten up at 2 and 3 am so many times lately that my body is now programmed to wake up at those hours. I haven't slept much past those hours even when the kids have slept. Hopefully my body will readjust to the concept of sleeping from 10pm-6am in the near future!