Re-cap

Now that Steve finally showed me how to make a new post I can tell you all the things that have been happening in the past five weeks! Yay :)

Barret still has not slept through the night but last night he went a whole four hours before waking up! I was so excited when I looked at the clock. However, that wonderfulness did not last the rest of the night. But, it's a start on the right track.



The past few weeks Barret has been fighting whenever I try to feed him, and he wouldn't even take a bottle. We struggled with him and got so frustrated hearing him cry constantly throughout the day. It was very tyring and extremely sad to see him so uncomfortable and not be able to do anything for him. We talked with the doctor about it a couple times and finallly came to the conclusion that it must not be gas but acid reflux. He is now on Zantac and it seems as though it is helping quite a bit. He still has trouble every once in a while,but it is not nearly as bad as it has been. He is my happy little baby once again :)

Three weeks ago Barret took his first trip to see family. I was nervous about the three hour car ride but he did wonderfully. He slept almost the whole way. I was so proud of him and excited to see everyone meet him. Barret meet aunts and uncles and cousins and for only being two weeks old, he did a super job! Barret also stayed in his first hotel room that night. I was scared we would be kicked out because of all the crying he does at night, but luckily we were in an end room and no one seemed to hear him (or they did, and just didn't complain). The next morning we got up to go see Grandma and Grandpa Gaffney and meet the dogs! He seemed to not mind the dogs at all. Addison licked his hand and he didn't even move it. Barret seemed to enjoy the trip for the most part, even though it was a rough weekend. This weekend was the first time we called the doctor about his crying. On saturday he cried literally all day and got very little sleep. Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa's was a little better but you could tell he was not feeling well. We got Little Tummy's gas relief drops to give him after he ate, which made him burb everytime but he was still in pain. When we got home on Monday morning it seemed as though everything was fine. I think he knows his home and just didn't like being away.

Barret has done so many wonderful and adorable things in the past few weeks including pick up his pacidier, fall in love with his swing, sleep for a four hour period during the night, smile a lot, and even go outside in the snow.

I can't wait to see what he is going to do next


Barret has had so many visitors. Both sets of grandparents have come down multiple times, Aunt Chelsey lives in town and stops by to see him, and lots of mommy and daddy's friends have come to visit.
Yesterday Uncle Jason came down to see Barret. He is staying for a couple of days and even stayed home with Barret for a half hour last night all by himself. They survived!! haha