A New Beginning...

We finally got some full-time help.  After some kicking and screaming to the helper agent over the phone, he agreed to find us a temporary before our permanent one shows up end of this month.  Annie, a 23-year-old Indonesian lady, has been a great help to us this week.  Cooking with someone who helps with preparation and cleaning is so much easier.  I can do a three-course meal in less than 30 minutes!

We are also starting to get Joaquin to NOT have to sleep with someone every night.  It's an ordeal with him every night and take at least 90 minutes before he would actually fall asleep. Tonight it took just as long but I was sitting outside the room rather than lying next to him.  He didn't protest much but every time I went to to check on him, he always wanted me to lie down.  The key is just don't go in and just be outside and be firm with him.  A big improvement for Joaquin.

Javier, on the other hand, fell asleep rather easily around 7pm.  We asked Annie to feed him and he fell asleep before finishing up the bottle.  Jaime had to feed him the rest.  But he woke up again at 1030pm and we gave him some more milk.  The principal here is to NOT feed him any more after midnight.  Annie is going to either pat him back to sleep or give him some water until he makes to 6 am.  Wish us luck and hope we gain some order back under this roof!

P.S. Javier has two front teeth coming out in the bottom and you can probably see them here!