Tate's Day...

Last night was not great...well, it was pretty trying actually. The good news is that Tate didn't cry much when he was up in the night, he just was up A LOT! He did not want to sleep. BUT, today may have been the best day he has had on this earth! He literally was SO HAPPY and chatty and smiley every moment he was awake! He cried for about 3 minutes in the car when we were about a mile from home and he wanted out of his carseat, but otherwise, he didn't cry a single time today. I don't think he's ever gone an entire day without crying. I mean, he didn't even cry when we put him to sleep anytime today and not even tonight. He had NO fussy time at all! YIPPY! Something we're doing is working. We have a pretty solid routine of Zantac twice a day, Acidophilus in his bottle once a day and Gripe Water (a MIRACLE WORKER might I add!) in the morning and evening and as needed if he gets gassy and fussy. We didn't even give him any tonight and he didn't fuss at all! Okay, it appears as though we're drugging our baby with all of these things, but the Acidophilus is very good for him and it's not medicine (it helps his pooping), the Gripe Water is herbal and not medicine either (recommended by the doctor and completely safe) and then the Zantac. We may try to stop using the Zantac though and see if Tate does okay without it. The Gripe Water may be all he needs and we don't want to be feeding him medicine all the time if we don't have to. Plus, Tate HATES the taste of the Zantac, so when we give it to him, he spits it out (therefor, we don't know how much he's actually getting), and when we mix it with his bottle, it's so strong that he can taste it in his bottle and won't drink his bottle very well.

So today was WONDERFUL, but we'll see how tonight goes. He has been sleeping since 10:00 PM and it's now 11:30 and we can still hear him snoring. Hopefully the good day will make for a good night and we'll be on the path to a little more sleep than we've been getting. :) Tomorrow he goes to Nana and Papa P's for the afternoon and evening while we go to Sean's work Christmas party. It will be the longest we've been away from him. We're taking him there around 3:00 and won't be back until after he's asleep (hopefully he'll be asleep) around 11 pm. I know he'll have so much fun with them though! Then, on Sunday, we're off to celebrate our neice, Leah's first birthday! Pictures soon to come...