Thursday, July 16, 2009

Charley is one month old today!! I can't believe it. She doesn't go to the doctor until next week though. She is continuing to do well, and is now actually fitting in her 0-3 month clothes. I'm anxious to see how long she has gotten and how much weight she has gained. When I made her appointment on Monday I asked about her crying. I think I mentioned that she cries every night (early evening around 7ish) for at least an hour. She doesn't usually cry for longer than 2 hours, and can sometimes be consoled. We thought it might be her formula or air in her belly so we switched bottles. Well, the doctor said she most likely has colic, which is what I was assuming but kind of hoping it was something else since there's nothing you can do for colic. The good news is it's temporary and goes away by 3 months of age.

The boys are doing well. They are doing much better with sleeping in the same room. We usually just shut the door and let them play or do whatever it is they do to keep themselves up. Jon and I were getting so stressed out about them keeping each other up, so we finally decided to not worry about it. They are usually asleep by 9. We finally switched Justus into a twin size bed, and he seems to like it. He was constantly taking the mattress off the frame and moving it around the room. He was moving the whole bed around until we bought brackets to secure it to the wall. We decided that him being able to move the mattress around was one of the things he was using to keep himself awake and since he can't move the twin mattress we switched him into that. It seems to have helped. Matthias is doing well. Last weekend..during the garage sale...he decided to ride his brother's bike off the front porch and landed face down in the lava rock. He wasn't phased and got up and then not even 1 minute later got on his bike and did the same thing. He didn't care either time...but got a bloody nose the second time. It bled for a good minute. I think I was more freaked out than he was. He's such a little dare devil. He is going to be a rough boy.

Other than that things are going well. I think we are all starting to go a little stir-crazy. I'm looking forward to being able to go to the gym during the day just so that we can all get out of the house. Charley can't go into the children's center for 2 more weeks, so we will have to wait until then. I really need to post some pictures, so maybe I will try to do that later this afternoon.

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