Alex has been playing a game of Jekyll and Hyde for the last two and a half weeks where he is a very happy agreeable baby who naps well during the day and then cries inconsolably for 4-6 hours at night.  At this point we’ve tried it all: swing (borrowed from a friend), bouncer, holding, swinging, swaddling, 3 different noise machines, lavender baths, infant massage, nudity (his not ours), gas relieving poses, medication (for pain, gas, congestion -you name it we gave it), fresh air, driving him around in the car, and double feeding.  Today we took him again to see Dr. Mink as this started a bit before his 4 month birthday to see if there was anything else we could do.  We’ve got a couple more tricks up our sleeves now and hopefully those will work for us so we can all get some much needed sleep soon.

[All pictures of daytime happy Alex]