COBRA

Biajee's company doesn't offer any health insurance so we had to seek other options for health insurance after I was laid off. We decided only the kids and I would be on COBRA and Biajee bought his own health insurance. This is the most cost effective way for us at the moment.

President Obama signed a bill yesterday saying that the employers should pay 65% of the COBRA premium for 9 months for the laid-off employees. I immediately called my COBRA company to check whether I could enjoy the benefits.

"We don't know yet." They replied over the phone. "It just came out this week. You should continue to pay your current premium until you get information in the mail."

I'd better write a check for our March health insurance since Arthur's kidney needs to be monitored for maybe over a year.

We found that swaddling the baby may not be helpful for letting him sleep through the night. Arthur used to be able to sleep for 5 hours before he was swaddled at night. He woke up at 1:15 am and 5:15 am today. We should try the no-swaddle thing tonight. There is nothing to lose at this point since we cannot get any sleep at all.