Sickies

I decided to make a little sand box in a section of the rock garden in front of our house. We went out to the desert and found some nice sand to put in it. Grandpa Steve, Grandma Shell, and Savanah went with us, and they got some dirt as well.
Sadly, there was a wind storm and all of our sand blew away. Guess we'll go get more and make some sort of cover this time.
Saturday we went to Grandma and Grandpa's and Tyler and Savanah had a great time making mud and playing in their sand.
Drew had been fussy even before this last dilation, but it got even worse for a few days after. I was getting really frustrated trying to figure out what was bothering him when I got a sore throat! Within a few days Tyler had a gooby nose and we've all been a little congested, except for Ryan. Hopefully he'll make it by without getting sick. Drew has been feeling a little better.
He also started spitting up EVERY time I feed him after dilation. Then he got really gaggy again. Wondering what to do, I stopped feeding him into his belly. That helped him for a few days. Then he got gaggy again, so I started feedings just 3x a day. Now we're back up to every 3-4 hours.
My theory is that he just need something to move the gastric juices through. I'm not sure why it made him worse those few days, but I'm mostly just relieved that he doesn't have to be heaving all the time. It's so hard on him.
I can see little dimples in Drew's lower gums, so he'll be getting teeth soon I think.
I have started giving Drew little drips of formula by mouth. The other night I had him suck on my finger while I dripped it. He caught on to the fact that when the plastic touched his lips he'd get formula pretty quick and started whining a little when I'd try, but he did swallow it very well. Today I thought I'd try something different. So I got a dab of yogurt and dipped my finger in and put it on Drew's lips. He was pretty interested and let me give him several tastes before he let me know he was through. I am so excited that it went so well!! We've also been working on sitting and standing (standing in my lap with my hands under his arms). I still have to give him almost complete support, but he really enjoys it and will get better over time I'm sure.
I have been so busy with everything else that I hadn't taken much time to just play with the boys. I had a few days last week that I took the time to entertain them for a bit. I had a great time and so did the boys. My new plan is to make sure that I take the time every day to give them some one-on-one or one-on-two playtime. I had forgotten how important that is, and am grateful for the little reminders. Childhood goes very quickly.