Angels

The past few weeks have been anything but easy. First Luca got conjunctavitis (eye duct infection), and then he came down with a nasty case of Croup (chest infection with a bad, bad cough). All the meds caused an inbalance in his body which led to a yeast infection in his mouth. It's been one thing after the other - I guess it's his little body building up his immune system while he's young! We have visited the pharmacy so many times behind our house, that they now know us by name.

Luca's never had a set sleep/eating schedule which has led to many wakeful nights. The sleepless nights intensified with him being sick, and for several days I was a walking zombie during the day. Then came Saturday...

Our friends recently lost their 1 month old baby girl, Madi, and the funeral was Saturday. I can't even imagine the pain that they are going through right now. I've never seen a coffin that small before...and I don't think I've ever cried as much at a funeral before. A death is never easy, but especially when it is a child, so young, with so many unfulfilled hopes and dreams.

It really put things into perspective for me. My crankiness and complaining of lack of sleep seemed incredibly petty after Saturday. We just never know how long these gifts have been given to us.




Luca's feeling much better now. His cough is minimized and he's only on the thrush medication now. We've also buckled down and started a sleep training program. It's based on the Ferber method, and after I read his book it made complete sense. At 6 months Luca is able to learn better sleep associations and is able to sleep through the night - once probably taught of course. Not only is Luca learning how to self settle himself at night, but he's also beginning to take regular naps. A huge achievement. I've been going it alone with Luca - James is away for 7 days. James is more of a softie than I am when it comes to Luca crying, so it's actually good that I'm starting the Ferber method while he's away.

6 months - 17.5 pounds, and yes everyday is a gift.