Huge news! Asa has slept in his CRIB for the past 4 nights! On Monday, we put him down in his crib and listened to him wail for what seemed like FOREVER. In reality, it was probably between 20 and 30 minutes. Tony and I sat on the couch and looked at each other and talked about whether this was normal, how a little baby could have such stamina, and wondered who he was going to 'break' first. It was Tony. I don't know if I'm proud or ashamed of that fact. Regardless, Asa ended up in the swing and we ended up having a peaceful night's sleep. On Tuesday, we decided to give it another go. We put Asa down in his crib and, yet again, listened to him scream for about 10 minutes. Then...silence. He didn't go from screaming to whimpering to silence. He went from SCREAMING to silence. Tony and I looked at each other with wide eyes and wondered if Asa had actually fallen asleep! I went down to Asa's room to make sure I saw his chest rise and fall. I did and it was clear that he had apparently just worn himself out. He slept all night and then we did it again on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. He's, thankfully, cried less and less each night. On Friday there was approximately 20 seconds of crying before he passed out. So, I am happy to report that I will NOT have a teenage son that sleeps in a swing. Whew! That would have been awkward.
In other Asa news, we've been messing with his diet to determine the source of his incessant constipation as well as his semi frequent vomiting. About 2-3 times a week he will vomit an entire bottle. It doesn't upset him (he usually smiles and acts like it's funny when he's done), but it upsets daycare and at times, it upsets his Mom and Dad. Daycare has a policy where vomit=go home sick. They've been really flexible with us though because they know that Asa is not sick and doesn't need to go home. However, they worry that another parent will witness said vomiting and wonder why they're allowing puke boy to play with their precious, healthy baby and potentially spread the germs. I understand their concern so we're working on it...
He's currently on Nutramigen (some pre-digested, milk-allergy, ridiculously expensive formula) and we've cut out all solids for the time being. He started off on Similac Sensitive, then went to Soy formula, and now here we are. At some point during all the transitions and the introduction of various solids, he's been ridiculously constipated (like little baby butthole bleeding constipated- TMI??) and has had hives, and of course the vomiting. The constipation is the only thing that seems to bother him so he's also on Miralax. Every time we try to take him off the Miralax, the constipation returns. Ugh.
I don't want Asa to have to deal with various allergies. I hope this is something that he quickly outgrows or we quickly determine the one thing that's causing these problems and simply eliminate that.
He has his 6 month appointment on Wednesday morning and hopefully we'll come up with a game plan.
Yesterday, on his 6 month birthday, we took some pictures in the morning with his sticker, though getting him to stay on his back to capture the sticker in the photos was tricky. Then, after 'school,' we took more pics in the front yard which turned out pretty cute! However, his right cheek is super rosy- he's probably allergic to grass...
