Just in case throwing him into daycare wasn’t hard enough on him, we thought we’d schedule his 15-month appointment this week too. Ha.

Poor kid.

Fortunately, both Ankur and I were allowed to go in with him this time. Since he was born – until now – only one of us was allowed to accompany him to his appointments.

It’s been fine and we’ve managed it. But my GOSH it’s so much easier to have both of us there. One person to comfort and engage Ishu. And the other person to answer the doctor’s questions.

Hopefully this can continue. Though, who knows with this virus?

I can’t believe that this is the THIRD school year that has been affected by the pandemic. Gah.

Anyway, I thought we’d do all sorts of fun things yesterday – before and after the appointment. We started the day off at the playground.

Every time we go there, he finds something new to do. Yesterday, he took interest in the rocks on the side of the slide, climbing up up up. This kid is definitely a daredevil like his Nanu. Completely fearless.

When we got home, we had breakfast and then walked the LONG, lengthy 7 minutes to the doctor’s office (#citylife). I loved his pediatrician back in Moreno Valley, but I LOVED how much more stuff there was in here to engage the little ones. Both in the waiting room and in the patient rooms.

At the beginning, when they were weighing and measuring him, he started crying. But was easily distracted with the alphabet on the wall. And then was relatively fine again until the doctor did a quick little physical on him. He liked when she shined the light in his eyes. But did NOT like it once that same light made its way into his ears.

That’s when the tears started again. And, in the midst of the tears, he signed “all done” and said, “Bas” (enough). That’s his newest thing. When we’re doing something he doesn’t like, he signs “all done.”

Mama washing dishes and not playing with Ishu? “All done!”

Mama cooking dinner and not playing with Ishu? “All done!”

He cried once again when the nurse came in to give him a shot. And then was fine when we got back out into the waiting room.

He fell asleep in his stroller almost immediately. So, Ankur and I decided to quickly grab some lunch before he had to head into work.

And then Ishu and I went to the playground. Where he proudly showed off his “boo-boo” to anyone who would look.

It was kind of warm out, so we decided to pack up and go to the Navy Pier fountain. Ishu is happiest in water.

I wanted to do ALL the fun things so he would have some positive associations with this hard week. But my mom said something to me that made a lot of sense. “He doesn’t hold on to what happened yesterday. He doesn’t worry about what’s to come. He’s just being in the now.”

And that’s so unbelievably true. It’s not to say that we don’t have to prep our little ones the best we can. But, also, they move on. They learn and grow and are such resilient little humans.

We could seriously learn SO MUCH from these little people we bring into the world.

He was completely tuckered out from his long day. Especially with all the splashing in the fountain. So he was fast asleep by 6:15 and Ankur and I got to enjoy a nice, baby-free Hello Fresh meal.

Today is Daycare Day 2. Wish us luck. But, yes, I’ll remind myself that he will get through this. Because he’s a strong, resilient kid.