Weekly Update -- 8 - 14 December 2008

Yay, I'm 101 weeks old today!

Masinja had his 6th ECI session this week. It was a pretty eventful session too. We met his teacher at the Early Childhood Center and Masinja absolutely loved it. They have two rooms: a gross motor room which is kind of like an indoor playgound, and a reading room where children get to participate in story and music time, as well as play with a variety of toys. We spent most of our time in the gross motor room, because they have a ball pit and a slide, as well as all sorts of ride-on toys. Masinja's teacher warned me that when it was time to go he would probably get very upset. She assured me that is was a normal reaction and that all children throw fits when it's time to leave. Well, she was right because Masinja sat down on the floor and proceeded to throw a temper tantrum when it was time to go home!

Masinja got his first official cold this week also. His nose started running on Friday afternoon and he has been all stuffed up and running a low-grade fever ever since. I have been using saline spray and the bulb syringe to suction his nose several times a day, because it's the only way he gets any relief. We are planning on taking him to the doctor tomorrow just to make sure he doesn't have an ear or sinus infection and to see if there is anything else we can do for him. He also has a check-up with the neurologist on Tuesday, so we'll keep you posted on how that goes as well.

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.