Surprises and attitude

This morning John woke up wanting his diaper off and his ears in. He was very happy and lively as we got breakfast ready and got everything in order to go to school. He did surprisingly well with his ears through the morning, not trying to take them out or intentionally causing feedback by placing his head against something.

After taking care of breakfast, where John did not eat much at all, we got on the road to Moog and had a wonderful trip almost the entire way down. We stopped on the way for gas and we got him a donut to see if he would eat something and maybe help with the constipation issues. He ate just a few bites and then slept most of the way to school. When we were pulling off the interstate John started puking. He puked a pretty large volume but it was mostly the ceralyte that we were pumping into him at the time. We arrived at school with enough time to clean him up and change his clothes, but it is surprising how happy he was when we turned into the school parking area and he knew we had arrived. As mom and dad were getting him out and cleaning him up mom says that he said, 'oh God'.

When we had gotten settled in for speech therapy John was a little wiped out from the puking, but he was ready to go to work . At the same time though he was definitely showing his attitude doing things his own way and even though he knew exactly what he was supposed to do his teacher had to repeat herself far more often today than on previous school days. But of course he was so cute the whole time he was being stubborn, so it was hard not to laugh. Over all he did do what was expected of him and had a good day at school in spite of the puking and the attitude.

He did well on the trip home, but the respite from ear pulling was over. We weren't ten minutes from school and he was handing us his ears. He slept most of the way home and after we had gotten him some lunch, which he ate pretty well, went down for a good long nap. He woke up happy and wanting his ears immediately. We played for a few hours with toys and read books until it was bedtime. As we sang a hymn he played peek-a-boo with a piece of today's junk mail. While we said prayers he alternately folded his hands or tried to hold ours. He was ready for bed and went to sleep without a peep.

We have an early start tomorrow as we are going to St. Louis for a GI appointment. And since it's also John's mommies birthday we will be looking to do something special.