Nicholas was a really good, really easy baby right from the start. He was alert, happy and was remarkably able to hold his head up. He slept well, he loved looking at us. Only thing he didn’t like so much was bathtime. At 2 1/2 weeks, we needed to change his formula from Similac to Isomil as his tummy was no longer having an easy time of digesting the similac. Switching to soy worked well for a few days, but by the following week, we were advised to add rice cereal to his bottle (1tablespoon per 2 ounces of formula) He was also prescribed Zantac for reflux. The pediatrician also wanted us to start poly-vi-sol vitamins, but he barely got any since he would spit them everywhere and I eventually gave up. After this point, Nicholas spent his first year sleeping in either his bouncy seat, swing (not rocking) or his car seat due to his reflux. Lying flat in his crib only resulted in him screaming constantly. The ped told us to go with what worked to get him to sleep. He began sleeping through the night at 6 weeks old. He smiled at mommy at 7 weeks old. He started blowing bubbles and raspberries just after the two month mark. He flirted relentlessly with girls working in a department store at 11 weeks old. He received his first round of vaccines on 11/29/2004, prevnar and HiB. A short while after we got home, he screamed and screamed and screamed literally around the clock. Mom and Dad took turns consoling him as did Grandma and Grandpa. The only thing that took his mind off screaming for a little while was watching Daddy’s train go aroudn the Christmas tree. Reaction reported to pediatriican the next day to which I was given the infamous words, “no reaction” – he eventually did stop crying, but I have always felt this was a major blow.