Day 3, Visit 1

We have just returned from our first visit of the day. The caretaker brought Erlan to the room in a bright pink coat. (I know that my nephews would be completely jealous of the coat.) He did not want to take the coat off. He was sweating, but he was very resistant to taking the coat off. I finally got the coat off, but a small fit was thrown.

Erlan was all about Mommy for most of the visit. He clung to me for most of the visit. It took him an hour just to eat his cookie. He did gobble down the roll that we bought for him. We tried to give him apple juice today. He didn’t want any of it even after he ate his very, very dry cookie. He reached for the cup but then saw the juice and refused it. His caretaker tried to give him the juice at the end of the visit, but he still wasn’t having it.

Once he let go of me, he played with his stacking rings. He colored in his book. He tried to hold all of the crayons at once, so it was kind of hard to color. He did not want to share the crayons with Momma or Daddy. He gave us a few smiles, but we really had to work for them. Hopefully he’ll be happier to see us in the afternoon.

He was happy to see his caregiver. He smiled when he saw her, and he looked more relaxed around her than around us. She tried to get him to wave bye to us, but he wouldn’t do it (I’m not sure if he knows how to do it).

Yes, this is my sweet child sucking his thumb. I'm fighting my instinct to pull it out of his mouth since this is one of his ways to self-soothe. He does look pretty angelic in this picture.

We're off to walk around between visits! More later.