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Well, I realized that it's been almost a month since I posted.  Things are finally starting to settle down with Nicolas and his eating issues.  After his tongue was clipped it took about a week before he got really good at eating on my right side.  My left was a different story.  He kept getting on and doing it well, then after about 2 or 3 days, the blisters would come back...pain once again.  This happened 3 times...the last time I bawled!  Anyway, after letting myself heal again and pumped in the process, I decided to try a different approach.  Instead of just straight nursing, I'd only put him on every other time and pump the other times.  Well, apparently that worked.  That was about a week or so ago that I started that.  He's been on exclusively (no pumping) since last Friday and NO BLISTERS yet.  I do have some soreness, but it's not bad and goes away almost as soon as he starts sucking.  I think he may finally have it.  Of course, now he's Mr. Spitup...and spits up every time he eats.  It's really annoying, especially  when I only have one pair of shorts and one pair of jeans that fit.  Keeps making a mess of them and I usually have to just wear them dirty.  Yuck!

Vallarie's been quite the "helper".  Last week in an attempt to give Nic a stuffed animal (a dog that was about the size she is!), she nearly smothered the poor boy.  He was bright red and gasping when I got to him about a second later.  Shortly after (within 5 min.)  She put a Cheerio in his mouth.  Oh dear...what am I going to do??!!  At least she's sleeping much better with the crib tent.  That has made my life much easier.  So that's pretty much life around here...do my best to keep Nicolas alive...safe from his sister and eating well.