Whew

Last night was much easier on all of us than Saturday. Instead of three, 1 hour inconsolable crying sessions, each feeding was followed by between 5 and 15 minutes of crying. I took duty in the bedroom while Kristen rested on the couch. We believe that gas is causing him a lot of pain, so we're trying a few different things. Kristen has eliminated milk and acidic foods from her diet and she is trying to nurse longer one one side. It seemed to help yesterday; while he still had gas, it was reasonable.

This morning we gave Davis his second sponge bath then did some baby art in the bedroom.

Besides the (now) usual feeding/entertaining/putting to sleep of our little guy, with Kristen's parents we did a lot around the house. We looked at installing ceiling fans in both bedrooms and the living room. We're having an electrician come some time this week to look at the wiring, but we believe there are active electrical connections in the ceiling. Russ and I spent a little bit of time trying to close off the office with some doors that were in the basement, but it will require wood working skills well beyond our current abilities and tool set. Fortunately, I have a friend that is really into wood working / carpentry as a hobby, so I might be able to bribe him with a couple of home brews to help me install the doors. Peg and Russ also fished a screw out of our dishwasher pump so no more dishes by hand (yay!).

I managed to get a bike ride in today. I just rode out to near my work and back. It was crisp and windy but it felt great to be back on the bike after two months off. Exercise is supposed to help mitigate some of the side affects of radiation, so I'm going to try and ride to work a couple of days this week if the weather permits.