Eve on a horse!

Before we left Georgia, we went to a party with friends and there was a horse. I thought, no way is Eve going to want to get near that thing. No way. She'll have a freak out. Ha. She cried when she had to get off.

Who knew?

Anyhow, today we met Eve's new pediatrician. I love her. She is so nice and she was great with Eve. Eve did great in the office. She only cried when Dr. Art examined her tube site and when she used the tongue depressor to examine her throat. I was very proud. We took Eve because she's been out of sorts this past week and her stoma is really goopy and there is a spot of granulation tissue. The plan of attack is for Dr. Art to call a visiting nurse who does wound care, and if the Rx cream doesn't seem to improve the granulation tissue over the weekend, we'll get a VN to come look at it. In the meantime, Dr. Art is going to try to get us in to see a GI doc in Springfield to see if the new button might actually be too short. Tonight, Jim and I will take about 1 cc out of the balloon that holds the button in place to see if that alleviates some of the pressure. Dr. Art and I agree that since Eve doesn't have a fever, her out of sorts-ness could be due to her trip to NJ (we made a 24 hour trip for a funeral) or starting her new daycare.

Speaking of daycare. Oh boy. Eve has had a rough time of it this week. Apparently, yesterday was the worst. Nonstop screaming at the top of her lungs and refusing to eat anything. So, Eve and I had lots of talks last night and this morning about appropriate behavior. We talked about how it is okay to be scared, to miss mommy, and to want to be home. But it is not okay to scream so loud and so much. She was scaring the other kids with her noise. So, I told the daycare provider that she can give Eve a time out if Eve keeps screaming, and if Eve wasn't good (some crying is fine, but not constant) that she wouldn't get dessert tonight. So, when I picked Eve up for her Dr. appt, it turns out that Eve only needed one time out and that her crying was much better. She even let Erica do her hair. So, Erica made the call that Eve was good enough to get dessert tonight. So, I feel as though the day was successful and I am so proud of my big girl. So proud.