The past week and half have been busy! The last weekend in June, friends of ours, Ellen and Mike came down from London to visit with their daughter. Hailey is getting so big... walking and talking a mile a minute! It was their first time meeting Cole, he didn't have a very long awake period but it was a good visit all in all.Jeff was off work this past week due to shutdown. We decided to take Cole on his first big roadtrip. Off we went to Grand Rapids to visit his aunt, uncle and cousins. He did really well travelling... slept all the way there and back other than stopping for one feeding at a midway point. Caitlin and Mackenzie loved being near "baby", Cole looked a little unsure at first but Caitlin got a bit of a smile at one point! Uncle Matt got to meet his nephew and Jeff enjoyed getting out to play some golf with him. Cole's colic we discovered, although helped by the gripe water, is not gone:( He had a 3 hr crying spell while we were there. It's so frustating not knowing what really causes it and sooo hard to handle hearing his pain for that many hours on end.
In spite of Cole's "episode" at the Flannigans we ventured out again on Wednesday to head up to the farm. Grandma was so excited to see Cole again. We also enjoyed seeing other family while we were there. Once again though it seemed Cole got overstimulated and had another meltdown. Not as bad as the past ones though so maybe the new gripe water that we have now switched to is working better? I hope so...
Now back to routine with Jeff returning to work today. I don't know when we'll be brave enough to leave home with Cole again. Hopefully the colic subsides after 3 mths like most books say. Until then we're doing everything we can to lessen it... swaddling, sound machine, colic hold, vibrating bed, gripe water, keeping him on a schedule and trying to make sure he's not overstimulated. I think this last thing is his biggest issue... some of the books say that it is some babies' inability to block out excessive stimulus that causes colic... I think this is true for Cole. Hoping for a good week!
In spite of Cole's "episode" at the Flannigans we ventured out again on Wednesday to head up to the farm. Grandma was so excited to see Cole again. We also enjoyed seeing other family while we were there. Once again though it seemed Cole got overstimulated and had another meltdown. Not as bad as the past ones though so maybe the new gripe water that we have now switched to is working better? I hope so...
Now back to routine with Jeff returning to work today. I don't know when we'll be brave enough to leave home with Cole again. Hopefully the colic subsides after 3 mths like most books say. Until then we're doing everything we can to lessen it... swaddling, sound machine, colic hold, vibrating bed, gripe water, keeping him on a schedule and trying to make sure he's not overstimulated. I think this last thing is his biggest issue... some of the books say that it is some babies' inability to block out excessive stimulus that causes colic... I think this is true for Cole. Hoping for a good week!
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