Life right now..

Teague is 8 weeks old, and such a little sweety.  From the day he was born, he has been very quiet and laid back.  He very rarely cries, unless he wants to eat or be held, or if he's tired and wants to be put down.  He does well in the baby swing and likes the Bjorn.  I haven't worked on putting him on a schedule other than to try to bring his bedtime down to 7:30 (like the rest of the kids), but he seems to be naturally falling into somewhat of one.  Right now, I feed him for the last time before bed around 7:15 or 7:30 (after putting the other kids to bed), and he will sleep until midnight or 1:30.  He is generally up every 3 hours after that.  Some mornings he is ready to be up around 6:45 or 7, but there are others where he will sleep in till around 8am.  He will stay awake for a while, then go back to sleep.  So far, he will sleep anywhere.  In the swing, his carseat or his crib.  I haven't had to do any sleep training (like I did the other kids) to get him to nap putting him down while he is still awake.

Teague slept for almost the first 4 weeks straight.  I would have to work so hard every evening to keep him awake or tire him out.  Almost every evening I would give him a bath.  Evenings were the hardest because as soon as I would put him down to sleep, he would wake up. Both Mark and I would go up to his room multiple times every night to put the binky back in his mouth before he would stay asleep for his "long stretch" of around 4 hours.  This was the time of day where I was most tired and so ready for a little break before going to bed myself.

At 4 weeks, Teague started to wake up a little more, and I noticed that he started having some of the same reflux symptoms as Willow did.  I could hear the milk come up his throat and he would gasp and choke on it, often waking him up or keeping him from going to sleep.  I started him on the same meds as Willow, and that helped a lot.  As of now, I've had him weaned off the medication for the past 2 weeks.  He doesn't have the severe symptoms that Willow did, and as long as I stay away from most dairy, he does ok.  He is very congested, and I'm wondering if the dairy I do still eat has anything to do with that.

Journey is absolutely in love with Teague.  She loves to "hold him like a mommy" and is very protective of him around other people.  Right now, Aspen and Journey fight over who gets to have him lay with them in bed while Mark and I get everyone down for the night.  He will talk and smile at them.  It's such a sweet time of the day.  I love seeing them talk to him and love on him.