Zeeke's problems at school continued into this week. We noticed that Zeeke was missing from most of the
pictures posted of his class' activities and that when he did appear,
it was off in the background sitting at table with a teacher. We
were worried so Karen called his teacher. She said he'd told them
that he didn't want to do circle time then spit in his hand. They
prefer not to force a child to do something they don't want to, so he
ended up sitting with the other teacher while she prepped for a
craft. They assured us that this phase he's going
through is pretty normal and they still enjoy having him there. They also had a good talk about night terrors.
Fortunately, by the middle of the week he was sleeping better and getting glowing reports from his teachers. On Thursday he even said that school was fun. So with any luck we'll have a great week next week.
At home, Zeeke has been a little sour, a little sweet. He's experimenting with ways of touching other people, including hitting and poking and pinching. Fortunately over the weekend he had wanted to pet Jen & Kim's cat and he & Steve had discussed how you have to touch it very gently. So now when he touches us a little too aggressively, we remind him, “Gentle, like with the kitty” and he tries that instead. He really is a sweet boy. One night before bed, he held up each of his stuffed animals one by one, hugged it and asked, “Is it sooooo cute?”
For the past couple weeks, going to the playground has largely been mostly about drawing with chalk. He's getting so good at drawing good shapes. It's really fun to watch him create.
Saturday was our first music class since Spring. Zeeke was very nervous at first, but was opening up by the end. After that we met up with a local parents group at a new playground. Zeeke even tried the swings, which he hasn't been into all year.
Sunday, we started the morning with breakfast at Chyya and Zeeke behaved very well except that he ate all the bacon and we had to order more.