After last week, with Leo’s school calling me not once, but twice, to come pick Mr. Sickly up, I was a little worried about the weekend. He seemed fine though, in spite of the fact that one of his ear tubes is AWOL (there’s another probable surgery looming there). I live in constant fear of ear infections with both kids since, according to the doctor; they have both inherited my freakishly narrow ear canals and therefore are even more predisposed to infection. And poor Leo with the DS and the small canal thing—geesh, the poor guy. I am watching Ellie like a hawk since last week she had fluid that the doctor said could turn infected. OK, enough with the ear fluid! OMG isn’t this riveting?
So, the zoo. It was great to see Leo just able to run around and do his thing. He bounded up the netted ladder like a teenager at boot camp. I was impressed. And each time he went down the slide he went faster and tried more daring poses. Belly First! Belly First with hands forward! It’s great to see him so fearless and independent and keeping up with even some of the big kids. As I mentioned in my earlier post, it was great to see the changes in him in just a few months. I have still not gotten the nerve up to take him to the zoo by myself (with Ellie), but I can see that it’s not far from being a possibility. He listens better, doesn’t wander so much. However transitions are still a struggle. He could have stayed at that playground All Day. And then he could have stayed at the petting zoo the Rest Of The Day. Sometimes distracting him can be an almost two person job. But we’ll get there. And when I get frustrated with him I try to also focus on the positive when I can.
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