A Rough Couple of Days

Luke has some type of viral infection with a fever. We went to the doctor today and we just have to wait it out. He's been very grumpy, whiny, clingy and waking up in the night crying. Poor baby!

I took Lexie to the doctor last week, because she has a red bumpy skin rash. It turns out she has a type of dermatitis and we have to bathe her with a medicated shampoo to help clear up her itching. It's similar to cradle cap, but without the scales. It's mostly on her head, face and eyes. You should see her rubbing her eyes until they're red! The shampoo seems to be helping, but she has her miserable moments.

Thank you, Sara & Joy, for your recommendation on the Evenflo bottles for Lexie. Sure enough, she took to the narrow nipple immediately. She now will drink both breast milk and soy formula out of the bottle easily, thank God! I needed some way to quickly feed her when we are out and about.

Last night she cried for awhile and didn't get to sleep until midnight... then she was up at 4:30 and 6:30. I'm really tired. But a couple of nights ago she slept straight through from 11 to 7. That was awesome, so I'm praying she'll do it again!

The crazy thing is that Lexie already weighs over half of what Luke weighs. She's 12 1/2 lbs and Luke is exactly 24 pounds! I'm guessing we'll reach a point where they'll weigh almost the same. I guess we're destined to have a little boy and a big girl!