Downs

• Calvin has been sick for the last couple of days. Daycare called me Thursday afternoon to come take him home and since then, he has been alternating diarrhea with vomiting a couple times a day. The most spectacular incident occurred this morning when he threw up while in the carrier on my back. That was very messy. Fortunately, he seems in a pretty good mood most of the time and doesn’t appear to be getting dehydrated.

Ups

• Calvin was in a pretty good mood today. I didn’t take him to church just in case he’s infectious so we all hung out at home and relaxed. Well, we relaxed as much as one can with an infant.
• Took a quick trip to the library and picked up 8 new books. Part of the problem with working for the library is I see all sorts of interesting books come through. I put holds on them and then when they arrive, I’m not sure when I’m going to have time to read them. However, one of the holds was the Apple Turnover Murder audio book by Joanne Fluke. This is one of my favorite cozy mystery series to listen to. In my opinion, the mysteries are secondary to the fun characters and food descriptions. This is a great series to listen to because if I want to make any of the recipes listed at the end of each chapter, I’d have to take the time to first transcribe them.
• Ordered a potty chair for Calvin. One of the books I picked up was Diaper-Free Before 3 and I was excited to see that Lekovic, the author, recommended the potty chair I had already been considering for Calvin.

Calvin Moment

• Thursday I brought Calvin home from daycare and we went for a walk outside (even though he’s “sick” he’s still pretty energetic). He was holding on to my figures as we walked down the path behind our house. Every so often, he would stop, bounce on his legs, and then look at me expectantly. Obligingly, I would jump up and down which at which point he would break into delighted giggles. We continued this way for almost 20 minutes.

Simplification

• Cleaned up a lot of the stuff that has been accumulating on Calvin’s bookshelf. We moved all the picture books to another room (he finds them interesting but at this point tends to tear the pages) and distributed various other papers and booklets to either Calvin for destruction or the recycle bin.

Food Diary

• Breakfast – 2 pieces of French Toast with Peanut Butter and Maple Syprup
• Lunch – Pasta in a butter garlic sauce, Asparagus, and Rosemary bread with a tiny portion of chocolate pudding for dessert
• Snack – 3 pieces of dark chocolate
• Supper – Cornbread with butter and honey