An update...

Things here have continued to be busy and chaotic. Alexis seems to have settled down a bit, but she is still very demanding. She always wants to be held and won't sleep at night unless she is snuggled up to Mommy. Fortunately, I have learned to adapt to having a tiny person in bed with me and I am getting a much better sleep while still being aware that she is there.

Alexis is still also very gassy. You have never met a child that stinks like she does, I tell you. And she's strictly on breastmilk so I don't really understand why. But it does seem to be improving. I only have to turn to my friend Mr. Ovol Drops about 1-2 times a day now, rather than at every feeding. She is still only giving me about 3-4 hours of sleep at a time, although last night I was treated to 5 straight hours of glorious, glorious sleep.

Addy is continuing on with her sleep issues. Some nights she sleeps right though, but most nights she doesn't. She is back to being parented to sleep (by Auntie Martina, though) which frustrates me. I know she is old enough to be able to put herself to sleep, but I also have to accept that her world has been turned upside down basically since Christmas when I was put into the hospital. She also is rarely sleeping the night now and I know she can do that as well, so once we have a better routine with Lexi and she becomes a little less demanding and is sleeping better, it will be back to the Empathic Sleep Teaching with Addy.

I am both very proud and a little sad to announce that my baby Addy is now walking. She looks so funny because she is so little, but she just cruises around and it seems that the trouble that would find her before is finding her alot more quickly now. How can one little "innocent" baby find so much mischief to get into? No, the dog food is not to eat. No, don't put the dog food into their water and make them soup. No, please don't rip everything out of your dresser. No, please don't pull everything out of the kitchen drawers. Please get out of the fridge. Don't tear up the newspaper. Where in the world did you find that? No, don't shake drops of your drink out of your sippy cup and onto the floor and then lick it up. Please get out of the toilet. Why do you try to climb into your playpen, then scream bloody murder when I put you into it? Stay out of the garbage. Please don't climb into the dryer. Please don't swing the baby so high in her swing it threatens to tip over. *sigh* I am going to get old before my time, I think.

Anyways, despite her sleep issues and her mischievious ways, Addy really is a joy to have around. She loves to love her sister and give her hugs and kisses. When she isn't pulling the dogs' or the cat's tails or whacking them with her toys, she loves to love them too. Every morning and after her naps when I pick her up out of her crib she gives me a lovely snuggle and she makes me laugh every day. Her vocabulary is increasing by the minute and you have to be incredibly careful about what you say in front of her because she picks things up so quickly.

And I have been doing well too. I don't know what I would do without Martina staying here with me. I think I would have lost my mind by now!