Alex did fairly well sleeping last night. He fell right to sleep at bedtime. I did feed him when he woke at 11:30. At 2:00, I kept going in to check on him while he cried for 45 minutes, until I gave in and fed him for a few minutes. Then he didn't wake until 5:30 (fed him again). I'm going to try to wean him from the night feedings, but would feed him at 5:30. He woke a few times before I went to bed last night, and cried for 20 seconds and went right back to sleep. So, that's a good sign. Hopefully it'll get better each night.

Here's a picture of him laying on the floor. I would think that he'd lose blood in his feet keeping them in the air so long.

Sleep Training is on!

We had a tough night last night. Alex woke up 5 times. Ugg! So, we're back to sleep training again. He's definitely old enough. But it's so hard to hear him cry (especially when I'm trying to sleep). I've taken the paci away, because that's what worked for Glenn. He's in his crib right now screaming because he can't fall asleep without it. It's going to be a long day (and night). I had to go out shopping this morning just so I could buy some coffee because I was all out. Part of the problem is that he'll roll to his tummy some times and can't get back over because he's all worked up. He will roll back to his back when he's playing, but he's more focused then. Please pray for us that we make it through these next few days with our sanity intact, and hopefully Alex will start sucking his thumb or find some other way to sooth himself.

Glenn had a neurology appt yesterday. It's been almost 2 years since his last seizure. He's been on the same dose of meds since March of 2 years ago. So, we're going to have an EEG next week to see if he has any seizure activity going on in his brain. An EEG is where they put a bunch of electrodes on his scalp and look at the brain waves when he's awake and asleep. If there isn't any seizure activity, then we're going to try to wean him off the meds and see how he does. This makes me a little nervous since he's at school 5 days a week, and when he has a seizure, he just sits there and stares. So, it'll be hard for the teachers to notice. We might decide to wait until summer to wean him off and not have him go to summer school. But first we need to see the results of the EEG before we have to make that decision.

Last year in school, Glenn got kicked in the mouth while they were all being worms or something. The roots to his 2 front teeth have been slowly disintegrating since then. I noticed one was really loose this weekend and he was complaining that it hurt. So, I brought him to the dentist this morning. She pulled one tooth, and we're going to hold on to the other as long as we can. I have to talk to his speech therapist about when he loses the other tooth. The dentist recommends a partial to put in since his speech is still developing. Poor kid. He was so good about it and is happy it doesn't hurt anymore:


Here is a slide show of pictures from our trip to CT:

Alex Cut a Tooth

Alex cut his first tooth today. He's been working on his two bottom front teeth for a couple months. One finally broke through and I'm sure the other will happen in the next few days. We had a horrible night last night. He woke up 4 times after I went to bed, so I hardly felt like I slept last night. He hasn't been napping well the past few days, either. So, now we know why. Poor little guy!

Glenn had so much fun playing outside in the snow today. He played with his Uncle Brad this morning. After his nap, we went over to Uncle Brad's house and Glenn got to ride on Brad's 4-wheeler. We also went sledding. He has the best yard for sledding. He was completely worn out tonight.

We are enjoying our time with our family in CT. We left Christmas day to drive up and it was easy traveling that first day. However, we had difficulty finding a place to eat dinner with everything closed. We stayed overnight just north of Richmond, VA. The day after Christmas had a lot more traffic, but we expected it. It was warm when we got here, but the weather has turned. We drove in a snow storm yesterday to get from my parents' to Bob's parents' house. But we made it safely. Glenn kept saying, "Snowman" when he looked at it snowing outside. His cousins went playing in the snow with him yesterday while it was still snowing. He really enjoyed it, but wasn't able to make a snowman since it wasn't the right kind of snow. We woke to 15 degrees today with a wind chill below 0 this morning. Bob decided the best thing for him to do was to just go back to sleep. Glenn just wants to go outside and play in the snow. I think we'll have to wait until this afternoon when the temp reaches 26 (brrr). You'll have to wait for pictures. I didn't bring the cable to go between my camera and computer. We'll be going home early next week (weather permitting).