Oh What A Night!
Yesterday was a great day, even with it beginning to snow later at night. Grandma came down and a couple of long time friends came up from Monroe to meet Jacob. We were able to hang out, visit, play some cards and eat dinner without any problems. Jacob was very happy and easy going. After dinner though, he started getting fussy, but it didn't seem like a big deal. It started snowing and everyone decided to get a jump on getting home before it got too bad.
Right after the company left, Jacob decided he no longer needed to be polite as he began to scream bloody murder!! He wasn't really acting hungry, but was working on chewing his fists some. It was about time for him to eat, so we tried even though we knew the scream was something different and that he was not feeling well. We did give him some gas drops thinking that that might be it. They didn't really seem to help, but if this was gas, it was the worst he has had it since he was about four or five days old. He did seem to settle down a bit, but we think it was just because he was TOTALLY exhausted. So, we decided to finally sit down and watch "Hairspray" that we borrowed from Amy's mom...
We started watching "Hairspray" and were about 10 minutes into it when another episode of uncontrollable crying began. This time it was just as bad or worse. We again tried bouncing Jacob and even used the inverted arm hold (not sure what it is called, but I am doing it in the picture). This went on for quite some time and we started pulling books out and going online. We also notice that he has been drooling a little more. Also, when we tried feeding him, he would gag and not want the bottle at all... And don't even think about a pacifier... That flew across the room before we could even get it near him. After about 45 minutes of bouncing him around and me singing Christmas Carols to him (no comment... and yes, the neighborhood dogs were just a howling pleading with me to stop ;)!) Jacob finally settled down again. He started settling down just after Amy said let's take him to urgent care. Although Jacob has never been there, it was what he needed to hear.
Right after the company left, Jacob decided he no longer needed to be polite as he began to scream bloody murder!! He wasn't really acting hungry, but was working on chewing his fists some. It was about time for him to eat, so we tried even though we knew the scream was something different and that he was not feeling well. We did give him some gas drops thinking that that might be it. They didn't really seem to help, but if this was gas, it was the worst he has had it since he was about four or five days old. He did seem to settle down a bit, but we think it was just because he was TOTALLY exhausted. So, we decided to finally sit down and watch "Hairspray" that we borrowed from Amy's mom...
We started watching "Hairspray" and were about 10 minutes into it when another episode of uncontrollable crying began. This time it was just as bad or worse. We again tried bouncing Jacob and even used the inverted arm hold (not sure what it is called, but I am doing it in the picture). This went on for quite some time and we started pulling books out and going online. We also notice that he has been drooling a little more. Also, when we tried feeding him, he would gag and not want the bottle at all... And don't even think about a pacifier... That flew across the room before we could even get it near him. After about 45 minutes of bouncing him around and me singing Christmas Carols to him (no comment... and yes, the neighborhood dogs were just a howling pleading with me to stop ;)!) Jacob finally settled down again. He started settling down just after Amy said let's take him to urgent care. Although Jacob has never been there, it was what he needed to hear.
After taking over 4 hours to watch a 2 hour movie, it was a little after midnight and the questions arose about what to do for the night. Amy, of course, was holding him and didn't want to put him down because she was afraid that he would wake up. We have been working to get him to sleep in his crib for longer periods and although he was sick, I thought we should at least try to put him in it because he was so tired and so was Amy. After some discussion, I forced Amy to put Jacob in the pac 'n play in the living room. We decided that we would keep him on his stomach because that had been the only way we could appease him. Mom didn't really like the idea, but she has recently told me to be a little more firm on things, so I did... I think she knew I was right, but still wanted to be an overly cautious mother.
Amy was paranoid about Jacob sleeping on his belly overnight. So, she was on the couch watching him all night to make sure that he was still breathing. Her fear has been instilled in us by doctors, nurses, books, etc. that this is one of the reasons SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) occurs. Jacob was layed down a little after midnight and then woke up at 6:50 am because he was hungry. So, Jacob slept the night through for the first time while Amy didn't get a wink (well, okay she dozed off twice for about a half hour and woke up freaked out wondering what she would see...).
I'm sure we will be discussing what to do for tonight, but I am thinking Jacob will be sleeping somewhere on his stomach while mom is anxiously watching over him to make sure he is breathing. With giving Jacob many gas drops and finally getting relieved, we think it was just a really bad bout of gas. We are going to give him gas drops as a precaution and will go from there...
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