Hanging on...

How are things here you ask? Well, not good. Not good at all. Hailey has William and I just exhausted. Last Friday we went out to dinner and Katie kept the girls. Hailey was already asleep when she got here and Katie put Chey to bed for us. Around 9:45, Hailey woke and Katie had a hard time getting her back to sleep. She finally did. When we got home, as we were climbing in bed, around 11, Hailey woke again. This is how the story goes. Every hour at least she was awake. Thought it was just a fluke and didn't think much of it. Thought she was just having an off night. Well Saturday, Sunday and Monday night, more of the same, except it got harder and harder to get her back to sleep and was pretty much up for the day at 5am. I took her to the doctor yesterday to rule out any kind of illness (ears, throat, etc). Doc said she is just fine. She has lots of swelling and red on her gums so she is obviously cutting teeth. I have given her tylenol to help with the pain, but doesn't seem to do a bit of good. I would never have though that cutting teeth would have given her this much touble and not let her sleep. The doc suggested that she was cutting several teeth at once. So this is what we're going with. I started using baby orajel last night and it seemed to help a little. She actually slept 3 straight hours. (Keep in mind she was doing 11-12!) Big change for us. Well, today she has decided she's not going to nap either. She's super cranky and constantly crying. I'm trying to comfort her, nurse her more often but nothing seems to help. All I can do is pray for this to be over! I'm trying not to get frustrated but William and I are so tired and irritable. I have papers and Finals this week and haven't even gotten to start on them because I spend all my time trying to console Hailey.

On a positive note, Cheyenne is doing GREAT with potty training. Yesterday she had only 1 accident, and that was in the car on the way to take Hailey to the doctor. (She had a pull up on) She is so cute. She runs to the potty, does her business then say s"mommy I pee pee! Jelly bean!" We've been giving her a jelly bean when she pees on the potty and 2 for #2. Here's a funny story. Monday night I was getting Hailey ready for bed while William was downstairs with Chey. She had a pull up on and is learning to pull it down herself. William had walked outside to put chemicals in the hot tub and when he came back in Chey had her pull up half down and had "tried" to poop in her little potty. It was EVERYWHERE!!! William got so upset but I had to remind her that she didn't mean to make a mess and that she tried. She's learning. He felt bad after that becaues he knew I was right. :) So things are progressing and she's getting better everyday. So that's what's going on in the Hollifield household. Just hanging on by a thread...