Update on the Big Boy

Robert and I are enjoying our one on one time now that Clara's in school. We've started going to storytime at the library. Last week the librarian read two stories about monkeys and then passed out these monkey masks at the end.

He's gotten over his illness and has been off of the pulmicort since last Monday with no other symptoms. It took about a week and a half of breathing treatments and he never had to have an antibiotic or steroid! His behavior went back to normal a day after stopping the medication again, so now we'll just wait and see how long before he gets sick again and hopefully the breathing treatments will work next time.

He's getting used to being locked out of everything in the house and it's been much more pleasant now that I'm not telling him "no" all day long. There have been several times he's screamed bloody murder in the next room and I've run to him only to find that he's discovered another inaccessible area of the house. He's doing much better with it now though.

I don't remember if I ever updated on Robert's bedtime progress. He now goes down without a problem almost every night. We ask him if he's ready for bed and he actually says "yes" (well, technically he says "dah"). We never thought we'd see the day that he would willingly stay in his bed. Occasionally he cries for a few minutes before falling asleep but he stays down and sleeps through the night every night. He's also adjusting well to his new earlier naptime due to Clara's school schedule.

All in all, things around here are much more tolerable now that were finally starting to get that boy figured out. He really is a sweetie and I'm so excited to see his real personality finally shining through.