Take that, $80 Tucker Sling. A few cut up blankets, some recycled velcro, and 30 minutes of sewing machine fumbling later and we are good to go. No waiting for shipment either. Brendan was pretty unhappy when I put him in here, but within a few minutes, he was sound asleep. It has not prevented his bad surges of reflux, but it helps him keep it down out of his sinuses to have gravity on his side. We are able to elevate the mattress to about 20 degrees angle and now he won’t slide or roll down the hill.
I did a very crappy sewing job just to get this done asap. If it works well for him, I will remake it nicer with room to grow.

A terrible morning was followed by a pretty awesome afternoon. I bought a new brand of bottle and nipple for Brendan to try and he took to it very well. Even though he was eager to eat, his little tummy seemed to just do rolls when he tried to swallow. Next thing I know, this poor kid lets out the loudest hard belch ever. It looked painful. But then for the next few hours, it seems like he was a different kid, and he didn’t have a reflux episode for a long time.
He had a nice long comfortable time and I was able to give him about 10ml from the new bottle. We will try a little more again later tonight. I have picked him up and patted him and tried to burp him as much as possible before, it is really sad that he had all that air built up and couldn’t get rid of it.

Trevor has been really cute today too, he is learning how to smile at people. He doesn’t do it very often yet, but he definitely does it to connect with someone.

I am going to get out some material and try to sew Brendan a sling to sleep in, so this post will just be short. Always pictures though, here they are!

Brendan finally feeling good for the evening

He even was cool with being held for quite a long time

Trevor working on his new smile

My Mr.Chunk is going to have to move to a size 2 diaper now. He is just growing like a weed! (If weeds get leg rolls that is)