Snuggles

Mom and Xmas Baby

The Boys Playing after Xmas Eve Dinner

Happy Present Opening!

Jackson showing Great Grandpa the new Cement Truck

I have been doing an awful lot of snuggling with the boys. Jack has sometimes needed a bit more emotion support lately and a little chat and snuggle always do the trick!

Dylan has been sick and as we are unable to put him down unless he's sleeping, we do a great deal of holding and snuggling with him as well! The poor little guy is still rather congested, so we will continue to get him to sleep by cuddles for a while. Fortunately not much has changed during the night. No extra holding other than the ten minute feeding every two hours ..... sometimes three. Yes that's right, still quite often in the night for a nine month old, but that's just how it goes. We are not ready to do any sleep training at this point.

We have some friends who are sleep training. They decided to cut out holding and the soother all in one foul swoop. It seems to be going quite well, with major improvements in just a few days. We never had such improvements with the boys ....... for some reason or another! Anyways sleep training does work for some people, so maybe when we are ready, Cory and I will try again. For now though we are fine with our interrupted sleep.

The long holiday with Cory is coming to a close soon. In two days, he'll be back at the office and I'll be at home with the boys and our injured dog. It is a bit concerning, but once the initial shock of Daddy departing is over, the days should go smoothly. Okay I have to stop typing, my hand is really hurting for some reason!