Oh, What a Night!

Sleep? Who needs sleep? We're sort of used to it anyway from the time Colin was born. But sleep was definitely at a premium last night while rooming in with Colin. Colin was sweet, but the poor bugger started back up with his acid reflux. He'd make it through the bottles, but it wasn't without a lot of effort. Then afterward, it would take time for him to settle down because he was so uncomfortable. One trick I used on him which seemed to work well was to feed him on his side, called "side-line". Gravity causes the milk to go down the side of the esophagus instead of the back, and it gave him some relief as he was able to eat in a more regular manner. It's sad though, watching him deal with that, because you can clearly tell he's hungry, and yet he's conflicted because it hurts him. You can just see the dilemma on his face. I don't know what they'll do about it this time? Maybe add a second dose or a different med? Something has got to be done, that's for sure. Not fun man!
All-in-all, we had a great time though! We cuddled and snuggled. Colin and I got in a heated match of ping-pong. I won. Reach advantage. We played some Monopoly too. Colin had an interesting strategy of being a "slum lord", gathering up Baltic Avenue and others. Darned if the strategy didn't pay off! He took both of us down ;-) But mostly it was just looking at our precious boy and being thankful that we are blessed with such a wonderful, amazing gift. We'll gladly pay the price of too little sleep. He's worth it :-)