Sunday:We went to the Tucson Mall in the morning before the stores opened. Henry played in their play center. He clung to Jeff at first, but then had a good time watching the kids run around. He then spent some time with Grandma and Grandpa during the day.
Monday:
Grammy came in the afternoon. In the evening, we decided to take him to the mall around 7:30PM. We figured it wouldn't be too crowded. The mall overall wasn't crowded, but the play area was, so we got some dinner. Henry wasn't hungry and got mad when we wouldn't let him play on the floor of the food court (go figure). It wasn't terribly crowded at the play area after dinner and a short walk around the mall. There were a couple kids who were simply to large (about a foot over the 42" height limit) to be in the play area (and of course their lazy parents did nothing about them and their rowdy behavior). Jeff found a safety pin (yikes) and trash (yuck) on the floor. Note to parents: Only take your kids there first thing in the morning when the area has been cleaned. On the upside, Henry found a playmate. He
played with a 16 month old boy with red hair named Preston. Preston was walking around and jumping off of some of the structures. Although Preston's skills were more advanced than Henry's, he was really taken with him. The feeling was mutual, and the two crawled around the floor together.
Henry didn't go to bed until quite late. Around 11:45PM, I gave Henry a choice: to bed with me or into the crib. Jeff had to work. I needed to get to bed b/c I had a breakfast and presentation the next morning at 6:30AM, meaning that I had to get up at 5AM. Henry was so fussy. We went back and forth between bed and crib. With much struggle, he finally settled down with me in bed.
Tuesday:I left at 6AM. Apparently, Henry didn't get up until 8:30AM. Selah (OT) and Elsa (developmental coordinator) visited in the afternoon. Selah says that Henry is doing well. It's just a matter of looking to the next steps on things. She was working on hiding puffs under objects and having Henry find them. Puffs are a good motivator for him. Around 4:15PM, we dropped Henry off at my parents' house and went to the movies (The Dark Knight lives up to its reviews). Henry went swimming and took a nap at my parents' house. While in the pool, he got tired of his floating seat. When my mom took him out of it and just held him in the later, he started kicking his legs about.
Wednesday:
Can't say much happened today. Henry didn't want me to go into work this morning and clung to my leg. It's sweet but heart-wrenching when I have to leave him. He did take a nap this afternoon. We began to fix dinner around 6PM or so. I made some streamed carrots. Jeff made Henry and himself a chicken burger. Henry never got a chance to try it. He'd been showing signs of fighting sleep for over an hour. Sleep finally hit him while he was in his seat at the dinner table. See the video below. I got him out of his chair and let him fall completely asleep on me while sitting in the rocking chair. Then, we transitioned to the bed. Jeff and I traded place around 9PM. Henry didn't eat much today, so I wouldn't be surprised if he wakes up for a bottle.
Dr. Bianchi had called us last week to discuss our MMR options. We finally got a chance to call back this week, but he's on vacation. His nurses said that they'd have him call us next week. He was going to contact some other pediatricians to see if they had other parents who were interested in the splitting of the MMR into three separate shots so that we wouldn't have to pay the entire amount out of pocket, which would be nice but we are prepared to do what we have to do. I had called Merck in June and inquired about getting the separate shots. The problem is that they only sell them in packs of ten. The doses keep for quite a while (over a year), so Henry could potentially use 2 out of the 10. Then, the other 8 would be thrown out, I guess. Doing the separate shots is more expensive ($165 for the measles, $185 for rubella, and $215 for mumps), but Jeff and I feel strongly that it is the way to go. No need to overload our child's immune system with too many unique viruses at once. We'd probably start with the measles shot, given that that's what tourists seem to be bringing into the country. There are no outbreaks in our community at the moment. The local paper today reported that NW Hospital has been fined for its failure to quarantine the first two measles patients in a timely fashion (they kept the measles patients in a high traffic area for 12 hours), which facilitated the recent spring outbreak in our community. The fine was a whopping $1,000 (oooh, I'm sure that really hurt the hospital).
In other news, my mom mentioned that one of her neighbors is sending his four year old to the International School of Tucson. I looked it up, and the curriculum looks really neat. They take children starting at 3. It is a European-based curriculum, which involves language immersion. Before Henry was born, I told Jeff that I wanted our baby to learn Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin). Believe it or not, this school plans to start offering Mandarin immersion. Why Mandarin? More people speak it than any other language, and I just want Henry to have a whole set of options available to him as he grows. At the very least, I hope that he'll learn Spanish. Both Jeff and I took it in high school (and I took it in college), but we don't speak it well. I'm excited about this International School. It is close to the University and is something that we will definitely consider.
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