Sleep????

Spencer turned three weeks old this past week. Time is flying by. Especially when you are so incredibly tired that all the days seem to blend together. What has been going on? Pretty much one thing. Out of the two weeks we have had him home, this little bundle has slept at night exactly ONE night. When I say that he didn't sleep, I literally mean he hasn't slept. Somehow, we have managed to produce two beautiful boys with horrendous reflux problems. Spencer is one step away from being diagnosed with colic. We are really, really hoping this is not the case and the magic of Prilosec will be our cure. Our goal, at this point, is to try to keep both little men happy at the same time.

This is what we see in the middle of the night...and some afternoons:

This is what we see during the day or whenever people visit so they don't believe our wild stories of the screaming baby:

Good thing he is a cute and very sweet little boy. When his reflux is not bothering him, he is totally and completely laid back. Pretty much, that is the only thing that bothers him. Here are a few of the hospital pics of Baby Spencer. Seriously, can you believe these are his hospital photos?

There are a few moments of brotherly love.

And then there are just moments of investigation on Alden's part on exactly what he can and cannot do with Spencer. We told him to "pat" the baby and not "squeeze" him, but this generally sort of turns into beating his head or pulling on his feet. All presents that come to the house are for Alden in his mind and this includes the baby swing that he tries to sneak into for all the time. When Spencer was put in the swing, Alden totally tried to get him out and threw a major fit when Mommy told him he could not do that. He has discovered that Baby Spencer is here to stay and is not sure how he feels about that. At our newborn photo shoot, he made it very clear that he was not going to get anywhere near that baby for Mrs. Jennifer to take their photo together. Even bribes of cookies and books would not work...and yet, randomly, on a given day, he will be happy to give him a hug and check on him. Alden is suffering from conflicting emotions.

You can't really blame the poor big brother. He spends a lot of time waiting on Spencer to just eat during the day, and he hears a lot of screaming out of him. We have discovered that YouTube nursery rhymes are a big hit to help him pass this time that Mom and Spencer are pretty much planted on the couch. He is now a nursery rhyme singing fool. He knows them all. You can't stump him. See if you can figure out this one... before Alden looses interest and cuts it short! (Sorry it is sideways, it was right side up on the camera)

We also occupy our time with dance parties...and apparently taking sideways videos (you get the point)!

So, what is Spencer doing during all of this? Pretty much just hanging out and taking it like a good little brother. Spencer divides his time from being elevated in his car seat;

to being elevated in his Boppy;

hanging out on the changing table for I think about a hundred diapers a day (I forgot about this part of newborn days);

to being carried around, yes elevated, by Mom. For those of you who remember the infamous wedge from Alden's baby days, yes, we did try it. No, it hasn't worked. But, eventually, everyone does sleep...just not at the same time!