Quick update...

Sam is doing well getting used to his helmet!

In other news, I have spent probably 6 hours of my life talking to Apria about ONE PART that they kept misordering.  Apria is who has been supplying Sammy's oxygen.  We are switching companies...I am SO DONE.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Helmet acquired!

Sam has worn his helmet for about two hours total so far.  He seems to be fine with it.  He can still lift his head up, but for shorter periods of time.  I bet within a few days, it will be like nothing is different.  He always surprises me with how strong and resilient he is!

The picture to the side is when he first starting wearing the helmet.  They adjusted it a bit around his eyes after the first few minutes.  I need to get some stickers.  Any ideas of what to decorate it with?

My mom will be in town for a week starting Tuesday.  She told me I can take as many naps as I want.

Just another weekend...

Sam's helmet is ready!  We will pick it up on Monday.

Aside from that, Sam is doing very well with his oxygen.  I have re-started using the ideas from the No Cry Sleep Solution to try to get Sam to sleep a bit longer at night.  Last night, he went to sleep in his crib without having to be rocked to sleep.  I had to sing and pat his back a bit, but he was still asleep when I left for work around 1030 PM.  The goal is to be able to put him in his crib and have him go to sleep and to also have him sleep as long at night as his body will allow.  I am okay with getting up once or twice a night if he needs it...but I think a lot of his night wakings are just because he doesn't know how to get himself back to sleep.

Jack has a nasty cough.  Hopefully he gets better in the next day or two.  Poor bub!

Not much to update...

Things have been relatively quiet for once the past few days.  I have been working evening shifts, so I haven't seen Matt much.  Sam slept from 1100PM until 300AM and then from 400AM until 730AM.  It was nice to sleep until 730 instead of 500 like usual!  Jack was pretty riled up when we got to his room.  He has plastic dinosaurs that he likes to play with and he had lined them up along the window pane and was playing some type of game with them.  He always amazes me...the things he comes up with at 2 years old!

I had my eyes checked today and I am safely 20/20 still.  I may have small, asthmatic lungs, but I have killer eyes!

Redesign

I tried to redesign my blog a bit.  Let me know if you don't like it.  I know it's a bit busy, but I wanted to add a little above and beyond the basic template.

Helmet in process...

Sam had his "laser fitting" for his helmet earlier this week.  He'll have his helmet either late this next week or the week after.  He is also going to physical therapy every other week now instead of every week.

He is really doing better with his oxygen.  He seems to be okay with the cannula now.  Plus, I figured out how to get everything on him so that he wouldn't get the cannula off through his proven method of rolling on his face and moving his face up and down until it came out.

Once we get over the helmet bump, we should be done with new things for awhile.  Matt and I will be able to breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.  We've had a very difficult two months or so, between Sam rolling over and having to wean the swaddle, then the oxygen, then he gave up his pacifier, and now the helmet.  Jack contributed as well with his jumping out of his crib and attendant toddler bed transition.  I haven't had a weekend off in six weeks.  I have my first one off mid-February then have a stretch of weekends off for 4 or 6 weeks.  Thank goodness.  Matt and I both need time where we aren't the only parent home.