Morning Take 2

Well, we had a decent evening and great night until 3 am. At that point Lucas decided to go on a sleep strike and just wanted to scream and scream. It would be easier to deal with if we weren't worried about Ethan getting enough sleep, but there's no way around that. We tried nursing him again, swaddling, shushing, the fan, everything in our trick book and still, he would not calm down. Finally, Brian, blessed Brian, took him for a jaunt in the car. This calmed him enough (though didn't put him to sleep) to take in a good feeding at 5:45 so that we could all go back to sleep. Brian, blessed Brian, got up with Ethan an hour later while Lucas and I slept until 7:30- time to feed again! I feel like I am constantly nursing! We have to get his weight up and according to the scale this morning, he didn't gain anything yesterday. I realize it's such a small weight that the scale isn't totally accurate, but you'd think you'd see a change after all that milk! If I don't see a change tomorrow I might go in and see the lactation specialist. They'll weigh him before and after the feeding and judge my technique- though the boy seems like a perfect nurser! I really don't want to cheat and give him formula unless we're sure he needs it, so I don't want to go the long weekend without feeling somewhat successful.
Ethan continues to be exhausted. I took him to McDonalds last night and he almost fell asleep in his french fries. Poor guy! He seemed in a great mood this morning, probably because the baby was asleep- he likes him that way! Luckily Lucas has been sleeping a lot in the evenings during our time with Ethan, so we've gotten to do a lot of playing. Now we just need to get the kiddo some energy! We'll get there, right? It does get better, right? I'll get back on later to add some photos- but for now I need to go and get the monster- he apparently has kicked off all of his blankets. Pray for a good day for us and for Lucas to be fattening up with every sip!