Lev... glad to hear everything is working out a bit better for you.

I, too, have had to deal with "colicky" babies, all of which had silent reflux, as you described it... what a nightmare that is.

Music-wise... your band is one you should hold onto. It's not very often a bunch of guys (and gals) will actually work to accommodate one band member.

Something I found that worked out well, is to play for the kids... even just banging out chord progressions to the songs on an acoustic to get yourself more familiar with how the song maps out so you can improv over it later at rehearsal or whatnot.

If they are involved, they will develop this amazing love for music... my partner's grand-daughter has been raised around my music, either me just woodshedding or doing my solo acoustic thing... and she is *adamant* about "Jon song! Jon song!" lol The other day while I was playing, she grabbed one of our old POS acoustics and was trying to work the strings on the fret board... she will be two years old in May.

to ya!