Routine?

The last couple of weeks have really flown by as we have been trying to figure out Brady's routines. We have had some problems with Brady crying for no real apparent reason, along with what appears to be some strong stomach pain. Because of this we have been trying...... I say we, but I mean Shawnna.... to cut out all foods that could potentially cause gas, including dairy. Evidently, it is a relatively common occurance for babies to show some intolerance to milk proteins at least at an early age.

This has severly limited our dinner options since our typical diets include quite a bit of onion, garlic, dairy and spicy foods. So our typical evening goes... what do you want for dinner.... I don't know, what do you want for dinner... we could have ____, oh, no we can't. Also, it is amazing how often those ingredients show up in pre-made things. We found out the hard way that just because jarred spaghetti sauce says Tomato & Basil, does not mean that it doesn't have onion and garlic.

One of the "great" routines that we have is that Brady enjoys being up from about 9PM to midnight. We have thought a couple of times that we had gotten him down to sleep around 9, just to have him wake up as we get ready to go to bed. But the good news is that after finally getting him down, he usually eats at 4AM and then doesn't get up until 8 or 9AM. While this works for Shawnna pretty well, it makes getting up at 5AM for work a little tiring.