Nights of hell

LC rolled over 2 days ago! And I had just left the room not 5 seconds before it happened. He hasn't repeated his performance, despite our efforts, but I'm sure they will happen with increased frequency. He even rolled over from his back to his front, which is harder to do. Such a strong kid.

Perhaps this new developmental stage can explain the horrible nights LC has given us over the past several weeks. Fortunately they have improved dramatically this past week, but there was one week recently that was even worse than when he was a newborn. For about 3 nights in a row I was awake from about 2-5 every morning, and J had it almost as bad. LC kept waking up, wouldn't go back to sleep easily, waking up early and thinking it was time to get up, you name it we had it. So I'm not sure if it was due to the upcoming rolling over breakthrough, or the vaccinations he got, or a possible allergy to cow's milk, or to him just being a pain in the a**. I took him to the doctor last week to find out if there was anything medically wrong with him, like an ear infection, etc. The doctor took a stool and urine sample as well and discovered that he doesn't process fat well. I have long suspected that he doesn't tolerate dairy well, so I have limited my diet of cheese, milk, ice cream, etc. since he was just a couple weeks old. We have been giving him one bottle of formula for some time now, and didn't notice anything dramatically different when we started (except for some constipation issues if you want to know the details...). We've now switched him to soy milk formula but aren't sure if the improvements in sleeping are due to this change or to getting over the effects from the vaccinations or because our many threats to send him out with the trash finally sunk in. In any case, god willing his sleep will continue to improve and we will be a happier household.


On a side note, we found a wonderful doctor. And she's close! I was taking the kids to a pediatrician who was relatively nearby. However, after twice having to wait over 1 hour for our scheduled appointment I switched over to a family doctor in a new clinic just down the road. And she is wonderful! I can call the day of, get a scheduled appointment, and am seeing her at the appointed time. I love having a family doctor who knows the whole family, etc. She is very thorough and takes her time. And she calls within 1 week of the visit to check on the patient! Can you believe it?

Some photos from today and this past Saturday. C's school put on a charity bazaar/open house event that was actually really nice. They had all sorts of little games, face painting, and Santa Clause. So, for the first time in C's life he was willing to sit on Santa's lap. Right here in Muslim Indonesia!