Days 112-113: Back on the upswing

Sunday I took Mina Brigitta down to Golden Gate Park to ride the carousel. She was excited to go, she kept saying "Up and down!" and making circles with her finger. But I think it's a bit overwhelming for her, kind of big and noisy. She didn't want to sit on any of the animals, so she sat on my lap on a bench. Then when I asked her if she wanted to ride again, she said no. Which is fine, it was a bit more crowded than I would have preferred anyway. We watched it for a while, then went out and I bought her a hot dog. She sat on a park bench near the playground watching all the kids and ate about half of the hot dog, two-thirds of a PBJ, and drank most of a box of rice milk. A woman that was sitting nearby commented on what a good eater she was. I just had to chuckle to myself. She meant the comment well, but she couldn't have any idea about all that is wrapped up in that issue for us.

We headed home around 2:00, and she was so tired that she asked me to put the stroller back so she could sleep. She didn't wake up when I brought her upstairs. Then we had to go get Keri at 3:30, and she fell back asleep in the car and didn't wake up when Keri and Isaac got into the car, not even when Isaac was crying and whining on the way home. They had a great time up north. Isaac got lots of cousin time and Grandma time, and Keri and Teri and Melissa and Zeedie and Kristen all had fun at the reunion.

Keri took the kids to Berkeley today to meet Patty for a walk and get out of the fog. She said it was actually hot over there. What a concept. We didn't see the sun here all weekend. They had a nice time. Mina Brigitta was playing with Isaac's Friedrich Nietsche doll in the car on the way back and making it talk to Bubba. I haven't heard it, but Keri says Mina can say "Nietsche" pretty well. The other thing she was doing was feeding Bubba little bunny-shaped cheddar crackers, and she was making them hop on the way to his mouth, and saying "Hop! Hop! Hop!"

Medically, she seems to be doing pretty well. She didn't poop today, which I'm sure is the first time that's happened since at least May. We're going to try expanding her diet a bit now. Keri gave her some soy milk today, which doesn't seem to have caused any ill effect. Also, the rash on her legs hasn't gotten any worse. She's regaining some energy, but she's also starting to have more frequent tantrums and she's been waking up at least once at night screaming. Not sure what's going on there, but I'll be happy to take that over what we've *been* dealing with.