I will start with the best news. I am so proud of my Big Boy Riley this weekend. Riley learned to use the potty yesterday. He was successfully making trips to the potty without having to be reminded within less than six hours after we started potty training on Saturday. We used “Toilet Training in Less Than A Day”
You may think we are crazy for trying to potty train this week, but we felt like this long weekend was our best chance at getting it done. The week building up to this was not the easiest. Riley is currently cutting three molars simultaneously. This is why he has been such a handful for Sherry this week. Sherry has not been at 100% due to a sinus cold that she is getting. I worked from home on Friday to stay close to give her a little relief. I was really glad I stayed home Friday after seeing how rough of a day Caden had with his reflux.
Caden set a single day record of 10 reflux episodes on Friday. Otherwise he has been as happy as a pig in the mud. He smiles and makes more of those little baby sounds every day. You can actually hear some of his babbling if you are able to listen to MP3 files with something like a desktop media player or a portable MP3 Player
Sherry and I are becoming increasingly more frustrated and exhausted as the days go on without nursing coverage at night. We have only had a nurse for two nights this week. We do not have any family in town this weekend and we have no nurses scheduled for the coming week at this point. We are constantly reminded how important it is to monitor Caden very closely at all times. Sherry came to get me up at our normal 3am changing of the guard a few nights ago. She had no sooner got me to sit up in the bed when we heard Caden cough a few times and then gag. I was in the process of getting dressed and got my foot caught in my pants. By the time Sherry reached Caden his face was covered with reflux and he was waiting for someone to suction him so he could get a breath. We had a similar occurrence yesterday while I was monitoring Riley’s potty activities and Sherry was cooking.
The good news is that folks seem to be coming out of the woodwork lately offering help during the day. We are encouraged by this and look forward to utilizing some of their offers for help. I have been asked several times lately if you need to be a nurse to care for Caden. No you do not have to be a nurse. Any of our friends who are willing and capable of learning how to suction Caden could potentially help Sherry during the day. You do not have to have a medical background. Neither Sherry or I have a medical background. If we can learn it then so can you. Feel free to call Sherry if you would like to help. Giving her a few hours of your time in the afternoon so she can take a nap would do wonders. Riley is usually napping between about 1:30 and 4:00 so you would not even need to worry about watching him. Sherry would be a few footsteps away if you got into an uncomforatble situation. Please contact us if you are interested in helping. You can call us at 843-824-9424 or email us at osbornefamily@hoei.com.
Thanks a bunch for your continued prayer and support.