26 October 2008

Long awaited update

So we had an appointment with the pediatrician on Friday. Eli was scheduled for 1:ooPM and Noah for 1:20 PM. We were in the actual doctor's office (not waiting) until close to 4:00PM. It took so long partly because we see a pediatrician inside the University of Kentucky Clinic's internal medicine department. We saw a med student, the resident and the attending. All the news was pretty good though. Both Eli and Noah are growing fine for now and there were no other big issues. We will know more about Eli's esophogus when we do the dye study with pediatric surgery later next month and we should know more about Eli's kidney condition after the Renal appointment this week. In other news Amanda and I have decided that we need to wean Eli and Noah off of being held all the time. It is just too much for us to handle having to hold them all of the time. We decided to devote this up coming week to the task, but it has been a rocky start. Earlier tonight we fed both of them, bathed them, changed their diapers and swaddled them. They of course promptly fell asleep in our arms. We decided to put them in the crip after they had been asleep for about fifteen minutes. Sadly, Eli woke up one minute after putting him in the crip and Noah woke up two minutes after putting him in the crib. They have been crying ever since. I am listening to crying right now. Luckily I am getting better at tuning it out (is that a horrible thing to say?). My mom says I was a pretty fussy baby. Karma. Here's a video of them both right after we tried to put them to sleep tonight. Here are some pictures of Eli.
(Eli's standard cross-eyed look) (Eli not so happy) (Eli smiling)

5 comments:

Tina said...

You two are simply AMAZING! We received you announcement...such miracles. Love to you. The Whitesides

Anonymous said...

The smiles say it all and are worth all the hard times, and they do grow out of each stage. But you've never grew out of patience and love !! And you both are a great Mom and Dad and have had great teachings !! Aunt Dar

KevDebKlan said...

The whole sleep thing is tricky. Fortunatly my twins were pretty good sleepers but I found that laying them right next to eachother(as close as possible) really helped. Just something else to try during this week of insanity. keep up the good work.
Debbie

Jenna and Drew said...

We're so glad to hear they are both growing well. And good luck with the not holding them thing. That's a tough one, cause they are just so cute and it's so sad when they cry! You two are amazing though, so no worries! :)

E said...

They are so cute!!!