Halloween
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Halloween
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This Halloween was a fun one as Asher is getting older. He is really getting into the holiday spirits. He and Dad carved a pumpkin but he was not to keen on touching the inside of the pumpkin. He really enjoyed watching a Halloween movie and eating popcorn and pumpkin seeds afterwards. He and Dad also decorated a Halloween cake. Once finished we named it a "Monster Cake"! We plan on making Monster Cakes every year!
Chapel had a lot of cute Halloween outfits but her costume was a sweet little princess. Thanks to Tricia Asher was the cutest dragon I have ever seen! Tricia handed down a costume from her boys. I added some wings and flames and we had a dragon! The two were quite the pair as Asher would run around all month saying, "I'm going to get that little princess!"
Asher was allowed to wear his costume to school one day and as we were walking in he said, "I bet it is going to be scary in there. I'm going to get all those little children! ROAR! I'm going to eat all those little children and put them in my belly! ROAR! It is going to be really scary."
Halloween night we went to the Church carnival and trick or treated to our neighbors houses. We had a lot of fun and I'm already planning next years costumes...
Chapel had a lot of cute Halloween outfits but her costume was a sweet little princess. Thanks to Tricia Asher was the cutest dragon I have ever seen! Tricia handed down a costume from her boys. I added some wings and flames and we had a dragon! The two were quite the pair as Asher would run around all month saying, "I'm going to get that little princess!"
Asher was allowed to wear his costume to school one day and as we were walking in he said, "I bet it is going to be scary in there. I'm going to get all those little children! ROAR! I'm going to eat all those little children and put them in my belly! ROAR! It is going to be really scary."
Halloween night we went to the Church carnival and trick or treated to our neighbors houses. We had a lot of fun and I'm already planning next years costumes...
Sleeping Chapel
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When Chapel was born I noticed she slept soundly...too soundly. I even cried our first night home from the hospital because I was so worried about her while she slept. Jeramie offered to move her closer to the bed but she was already a foot away. My friend Shelby had a "motion monitor" for her babes so I asked her her opinion of it. She said, if nothing else, it gave her peace of mind. That was all I needed to hear; we got one immediately. The motion monitors are rather pricey but when went there was one (only one) on sale so I felt we were meant to have it.
The monitor works by detecting motion from the baby such as breathing. If there is no motion in the bed for 20 seconds a warning beep sounds and then an alarm after 30 seconds. The monitor is meant to prevent SIDS.
When Chapel was 2 weeks old, early one morning her alarm went off. I ran to her bassinet and grabbed her up. She gasped for air and my heart skipped a beat. This happened several more times over about a month. Once I even picked up a motionless baby which is extremely scary for a mom. She was never blue as the alarm would never allow that to happen but something was terribly wrong. I strongly felt this monitor had saved my baby's life on at least 4 definate occasions.
The doctor sent me to a sleep specialist and a pulmonologist who assured her doctor that the monitors are accurate and soemthing was not right. After chest x rays, barium swallow test, an upper GI, and an over night sleep study it was determined Chapel has sleep apnea.
The part of Chapel's brain that tells her to continue to breath while she sleeps is not fully developed. Apparently common and the pulmonologist assured me she has seen worse cases but Chapel's case was significant. Chapel stops breathing at least 10 times every hour for at least 10 seconds at a time.
Her condition was supposed to peak at 4 months and pass by 6 months. I am not sure about the "peak" as I notice if her monitor goes off it will happen all night long maybe even for several nights but not over a designated span of time. She is 6 months now and we are still waiting for a silent monitor...
Thank you Shelby for recommending the monitor to me as I feel it has saved my new little girls life.
The monitor works by detecting motion from the baby such as breathing. If there is no motion in the bed for 20 seconds a warning beep sounds and then an alarm after 30 seconds. The monitor is meant to prevent SIDS.
When Chapel was 2 weeks old, early one morning her alarm went off. I ran to her bassinet and grabbed her up. She gasped for air and my heart skipped a beat. This happened several more times over about a month. Once I even picked up a motionless baby which is extremely scary for a mom. She was never blue as the alarm would never allow that to happen but something was terribly wrong. I strongly felt this monitor had saved my baby's life on at least 4 definate occasions.
The doctor sent me to a sleep specialist and a pulmonologist who assured her doctor that the monitors are accurate and soemthing was not right. After chest x rays, barium swallow test, an upper GI, and an over night sleep study it was determined Chapel has sleep apnea.
The part of Chapel's brain that tells her to continue to breath while she sleeps is not fully developed. Apparently common and the pulmonologist assured me she has seen worse cases but Chapel's case was significant. Chapel stops breathing at least 10 times every hour for at least 10 seconds at a time.
Her condition was supposed to peak at 4 months and pass by 6 months. I am not sure about the "peak" as I notice if her monitor goes off it will happen all night long maybe even for several nights but not over a designated span of time. She is 6 months now and we are still waiting for a silent monitor...
Thank you Shelby for recommending the monitor to me as I feel it has saved my new little girls life.
Big Boy Bed
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In October Asher got his BIG BOY BED! I was finally ready. I thought it would be easier with the baby. I thought he could get out of bed in the mornings on his own and I could continue to take care of Chapel. I was right, it made mornings great.
Jeramie got the crib disassembled before I could get a last picture of Asher in it, of course I cried. The one time he was so efficent. Seeing Asher so excited about his new bed made things better. He was only nervous right before we turned out the lights for bed when he said in a very doubtful voice, "I won't fall out." We set a timer on his lamp to go off at the right time in the morning. He was not allowed out of bed until the light came on. This worked great, he would come downstairs saying, "My light came on!".
Now mornings are my favorite time of day with the kids. I get Chapel out of bed and bring her to our bed where I feed her, Asher gets out of bed and comes into our bed too. We turn on Disney, Asher eats his breakfast (yes, Jeramie has a lot of lucky charms in his bed), and all three of us play until the last minute when our day must begin. I wish our mornings would never end.
Jeramie got the crib disassembled before I could get a last picture of Asher in it, of course I cried. The one time he was so efficent. Seeing Asher so excited about his new bed made things better. He was only nervous right before we turned out the lights for bed when he said in a very doubtful voice, "I won't fall out." We set a timer on his lamp to go off at the right time in the morning. He was not allowed out of bed until the light came on. This worked great, he would come downstairs saying, "My light came on!".
Now mornings are my favorite time of day with the kids. I get Chapel out of bed and bring her to our bed where I feed her, Asher gets out of bed and comes into our bed too. We turn on Disney, Asher eats his breakfast (yes, Jeramie has a lot of lucky charms in his bed), and all three of us play until the last minute when our day must begin. I wish our mornings would never end.
