The past few weeks have been insane. We've had some very serious issues with my stepchildren crop up, and it's hard to deal with them from 800 miles away.

It looks like we'll be receiving temporary emergency custody of my 14 year old stepdaughter, and we're petitioning for custody of the other three minor children (the eldest will be 18 in four months, so we're not trying for her). It looks like we've got to move (we just got unpacked as we moved here in November) but luckily we found…

I was so worried that the little ones were going to be crazy last night because they've been shifting to a 2-3 hour schedule instead of the normal 3-4 one.

But last night was fantastic! They slept four and a half hours from feeding to feeding, giving me a much needed six and a half hours of sleep last night.

How great is that? They ate like little oinkers before bedtime (5 and a half ounces each) and again ate as much when they got up for their early morning feeding. Maybe this…