Week 12

This week Theo comes to the realization that he would prefer to have his own room. Instead of breaking the news to his parents, he decides that he will wake up about every hour and a half feigning some variant of hunger, boredom, rage, pain etc. In this way, he tricks his sleep-deprived parents into thinking that moving him into his own room is actually their idea. At first content with his success, he soon realizes a lack of foresight in his plan as he failed to consider how acquiring additional shares in the family’s available apartment space results in a decrease in time spent in his parents’ presence, which he values greatly. Luckily, this dilemma is easily remedied by simply continuing with the initial scheme, i.e., calling for his parents throughout the night to soothe him. “Brilliant!”

Theo's victory dance

Round One

Shortly after arriving home in Columbus came the hour of the little boy’s first round of vaccination shots. Quick at the draw, the nurse shoots him twice: once each in of his chubby little thighs. He gets out a good cry, but only for a minute, recovering quickly and to his mother’s relief. “That wasn’t so bad,” they tell one another. That night, however, he fights through a low fever and a case of extreme fussiness.

Other points of interest:
Tummy time ain’t so bad with Juniper the Giraffe
Theo playing punching bag with his toys.