And the crying has stopped

2 years of crying that wouldn't stop.  The first 6 months or so, he cried 6-8 hours a day.  For the next 12 months, he cried 2-3 hours a day.  For the last 6 months, it was 1 hour a day.  It was less than a month ago I posted this about Ben's crying.  Over the last week or so, something happened.  The crying stopped.  I don't mean that Ben doesn't cry any longer.  He is two years old, so he cries when he gets scared, he wants something, or he is frustrated.  But the extended crying for seemingly no reason hasn't happened in over a week.  We have had reprieves before, which made the return of the reflux cry even harder for me to manage, but I wonder if we haven't come through to the other side finally.

I did the math figuring the low end of those crying estimates.  In the last 2 years, I have survived 1990 HOURS of Ben crying.  Of those 2 years, Dave was gone 9 months, so I managed it alone.  That number doesn't count Liam's meltdowns or crying.

Ben is still refluxing; he spit up a tablespoon or so Saturday morning.  I just hope this change in crying means we are through the worst of it.  I hope I get to see his rare smiles more often.