Turning a corner

I think we're turning a corner at our house...two corners actually.

Yesterday was the first day I have taken L out of the house while he was awake and he was not crying (or on the verge of crying). Yay!!!! For the past nine weeks L has cried almost every time I sat him in his car seat. That means every time I took N to school and every time I picked N up from school we had a special little chorus of "crying baby music" coming from the back seat..I felt like I had to rush N to school and rush home to get L out of car seat. I didn't even think of running any additional errands while we were out. I wondered if something in/on/around the car seat bothered him. I had a friend suggest it might be his acid reflux. She thought maybe the position in which he sits in his car seat was forcing his food out of his tummy and into his throat. This could very well have been because he almost always threw up when he was in his car seat. I padded the seat and that helped a little. I wondered if there was something in the fabric of the seat/seat cover bothering him so I took it apart and washed it. I thought the seat belt was too tight, so I adjust it numerous times. I thought maybe the air from the heater in my car was blowing on him causing him discomfort. I tried many, many things, but all in all I think he was crying from his food sensitivities. He was uncomfortable and crying to begin with , so belting him into a car seat made him more uncomfortable and angry. Now that we have him on soy formula I think (knock on wood) he is a happier baby and doesn't mind riding along in the car. Not only did L and I take N to school peacefully yesterday, but we also ran three errands peacefully... Thank goodness! I wasn't sure how we were going to get Christmas shopping and errands done, but I think we can get them done more easily now. First corner turned.

The next corner? N peed on the potty at school! When I picked him up from school I asked him how his day was and he said "I peed on the potty." I told him good job, but I wasn't sure if I should believe him (he's a really good story teller these days) so I asked his teacher about it. She said yes, he did. Yay! Good job, buddy!