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I have a few minutes because both of my guys are in the bed. After recovering from the stomach flu, Noah had a great week last week. This morning, though, he woke up and was very congested. He's coughing, has a runny nose, fever, ears are draining...the works. Jacob was really sick with a horrible cold on Thursday and Friday. He seemed to be feeling better yesterday, but he's back down tonight.

So I realized this week that people in our area seem to have forgotten about a significant holiday between Halloween and Christmas. Thanksgiving and Independence Day have always been my favorite holidays. It breaks my heart to see so many people forgetting about Thanksgiving and moving straight to Christmas. Our family tradition has always been to decorate for Christmas the day after Turkey Day. That way the true meaning of T-giving isn't lost in the lights and decorations.

I've been trying for a while now to establish a good daily routine for Noah. I read in several books and was told by our pediatrician that 9-month-old should get around 12 hours of sleep at night and take 2 1.5-2 hour naps during the day. Noah had been sleeping through the night, but he was only sleeping 8-9 hours. He hasn't slept through the night in 2 weeks. He's up around 2 AM just crying and then is up again around 5 AM. This is throwing our daily routine off... Any suggestions?