yesterday

Derek had a blast at the beach yesterday, he loves playing in the sand and taking long jaunts (with mom in tow) down the beach. I need to find some new sunscreen for him, the stuff I have makes him break out when I put it on him.

I went with a friend who has a 6 year old son and 1.5 year old daughter. Yet again I had someone say to me something regarding Derek's personality. This time my friend mentioned that her son also would play alone and ignore other kids until he hit kindergarten. When he was around 3-4 my friend had mentioned that a doctor said he was ADD and put him on ritalin. I remember at the time Mothering Magazine had put out an article on ADD/ADHD kids and the Feingold diet, I copied it for her and mailed it to her, she poo-pooed it saying it wouldn't work and she didn't have time to implement such a diet. She also mentioned how hard her child was to handle until they met this doctor and all is well now. I'll make sure to take note of that name, and not be seeing him.

Comparing her 1.5 year old and Derek was such a stark contrast. I know I shouldn't compare but to get and idea of where he should be makes me shake my head. I have two older kids but I've long forgotten their milestones and when they reached them. She was much more sure of her mobility, and just seemed more "sturdy". However, her at dinner compared to Derek made me very glad. Derek is happy to sit and color through a dinner most times as long as the ambient noise is low. Her daughter wouldn't sit still, kept climbing in and out of her booster and onto the table, throwing things down to be picked up again, and just all around acting like a perfect toddler :-)
I will admit its nice having a low keyed child in that situation.

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Derek had his haircut today and it was not fun. He's had thick curly hair from birth and we really only get it cut when its getting very out of control. I had him on my lap and he cried most of the time, I feel so bad, because I'm sure he doesn't understand why this is being done. After it was done, he was fine and got a sucker out of it, so all was good. He always looks so different with a cut, so cute too!

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He slept very well last night, after only about a half hour nap yesterday, he did wake once for a bottle but right back to sleep. Last time we had a busy day like that he was up and down all night.


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Wed. Night
2.5cc of super nu liquid
forgot to use the mag sulfate cream
5mg melatonin