So having two kids get up in the night may just do us in! Just kidding. The only reason Nico was up at night was the diarrhea. It is pretty bad. We are now on the third set of bedding and pj's. And remember folks... this is all while he is wearing diapers. I went to Walgreens at 3AM to see if I could find some rubber pants to go over his diaper-- but no luck. I bought Huggies (we have been using Pampers) just to see if that works any better for us.
During Nico's 3AM blowout (after Josiah's 2AM feeding) I tried to give Nico some more Immodium and he was NOT happy about that. He had a MAJOR screaming fit and didn't want to calm down. I just tried holding him for a while but he was so mad that it wasn't easy. So after a few minutes I put him down and he just wandered around the house screaming. I was nearby the whole time, and after about 2-3 minutes he turned to me and put his arms up to be picked up. I picked him up and he settled down and fell back asleep. He's a good sleeper. In fact, he hasn't woken up for any of the nighttime "episodes" yet... they've happened in his sleep-- I have just heard it (and smelled it!) and had to wake him up to change everything out. Fortunately, he loves the bath.
He is definitely two! He's got a lot of energy and is all boy-- he loves to play and climb. I can't wait until he wakes up so we can go outside and play. I think he may perhaps be more adept at sporting type activities than Nia-- which I think is going to be lots of fun for Nick.
I posted a few more pics here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ng.mangine/NicoIsHOME02
This whole "two new kids" is going to mean that we have our hands full for a while, but I LOVE IT! We really expected Nico's initial transition (meaning the first day) to go much worse. (We're optimists, huh?) We know that we still have a climb ahead of us, but we are definitely surprised at how well it's gone so far. THANK YOU for all of your prayers-- keep them up... they are working.
Also please continue to pray for Nico's health-- namely the stomach problem. We've also noticed a few other health-related things that can wait until we see his pediatrician this week-- without getting into all that, please just pray that we can identify any problems and address them quickly.
