Update on Baby Luis

Things have been much better in our household within the last week.  Baby is still uncomfortable at times, however we are no longer hearing that desperate, intense cry.  I have given him Tylenol at bedtime on a few occasions, and that has worked well.  Thank goodness! He does continue with the profuse drooling, and recently discovered his hands- he has them in his mouth constantly- so I've been pretty diligent about keeping them clean.

Here he is gnawing on those little hands!

Daddy and I have established a nightly routine and baby Luis has acclimated well.   Around 8pm we turn the lights down and talk in quiet voices to the baby so he knows it is time to wind down.  Then we give him a bath, massage him and dress him for bed.  Finally, I feed and change him, then rock him for 5 to 10 minutes.  If baby is not asleep by then, Daddy takes over and I 'disappear' so he does not continue to smell mommy's milk.  Then we swaddle him and put him down in his playard.  This whole process takes an hour. He sleeps for about 7 hours, which is great!  We have noticed that on many nights he gets fussy around 7/7:30, so tonight we started our bedtime routine earlier and baby was sound asleep by 8:15.

Tomorrow baby will visit with Grandma and Grandpa while Luis and I enjoy a date night.  Yay!