Wow, Thank you all so much for all the advice, ideas, suggestions and best wishes! While I have my best friend Julie who comes to visit me and takes a load off while I catch a nap, we don't really have a whole lot of help. My mom still works full time and we lost Gord's mom last year due to complications of kidney failure and she would have been the best to help with the boys as she had three boys herself. Anyway, the doctors appointment went well. Clay does have an umbilical hernia, they told me not to tape a coin to it under any circumstance (LOL), I have went against all medical advice and have him sleeping on his tummy. He loves it. My mom said I was a tummy sleeper as a baby and I survived fine by the looks of things. He is congested, his nasal passage is clear, you can't see any boogies in there but you can hear the mucous in his sinus. He clears them on his own in time but the doctor did try the saline and the saline drops in his nose make him vomit. Not spit up, he projectile pukes with one drop. Of course he would, that would just be too easy otherwise. So the doctor told me to keep on breast feeding him and keep him propped up as much as I can afterwards. I did cut out a lot of dairy in my diet and that seems to help. The other thing that worked wonders was Corbin's "fault", Clay was on the couch crying and I went to soothe him, Corbin stood up at the television and turned the channel. For those who are familiar with "analog" television like we have with the bunny ears, he turned it to a channel that was just static. The noise instantly calmed Clay down and he went to sleep. So now we have a radio in the bedroom and the static helps him sleep. We have gotten used to it as well. He still wanted me to hold him all night so I outsmarted him and put my pillow in his basket. It's a down feather pillow and again against all medical advice to keep pillows out of his sleeping environment, the pillow cradles him and he sleeps like a ... well like a baby should. Things are getting so much better. He is growing and is awake more and more throughout the day and not just because he is screaming. I was so glad to hear someone on my other post mention wanting to throw him out the window because when I told my husband that, he kind of was taken aback, but I was able to show him and say "see, perfectly normal to want to throw a screaming baby out the window!" lol, I know it sounds terrible but it is not meant to be literal. It's taken a few weeks, but we are all finding a groove in this life and making things work. Luckily Corbin is so patient. While I type he is in his high chair launching Cheerios like "tiddly-winks" Thanks again to everyone for their "two cents" It reminds me why I love this site so much even if I am on a sewing hiatus.
This is Clay's birth announcement, which will go out Tuesday!
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(I love that double chin!)
Just for fun, this is Corbin's birth announcement from when he was born.
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This is Clay's birth announcement, which will go out Tuesday!
2011_06190001.jpg
(I love that double chin!)
Just for fun, this is Corbin's birth announcement from when he was born.
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Kudos for going agaist the medical and advise books! You found a way to make it through without harming your baby. 
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