The Scream

The last couple of days have certainly been challenging. Yesterday, Sofian was full-on collicky during much of the day (though he was pretty sweet and mellow during a visit from former Seattleites/current Long Islanders Adam and Jessica). No matter what we did, the little guy just couldn't stop crying at the top of his lungs for very long stretches. He was also feeding with gusto (damn, you bet!) throughout the day, much more than usual, which was probably adding to his gastric distress. And it didn't help that the previous night's sleep was not a very good one for either of us three.

It seems that bouncing on our yoga ball is about the best way to calm this kid (when applied to a few of the other 5 S's from Harvey Karp's Happiest Baby on the Block arsenal -- see video intro below), and Sofian and I continued bouncing for awhile last night while Parie headed to bed about 8:30. My legs couldn't keep up for too long, and we eventually headed into the Blue Room Media Center (also known as my office and our guestroom -- we have a multi-tasking house) and watched a little telly (House of Cards via Netflix) to give Mama some time to catch up on her sleep.

Today, Sofian seems much more quiet, as he's probably exhausted from his vocalizations from yesterday. And we slept decently last night, though I might try for a nap later today.