Author name: Mason Shoma

Just doing some shoulder marching outside to put me in a better mood. I needed some fresh air and to move around.

After trying Daddy’s cucumber ume sushi, Mommy and Daddy thought that I might like to try some more at home. So they gave me some. Turns out I only liked it at the sushi restaurant as sushi and because Daddy seemed to be enjoying it. On its own, not so much.

As you know, I love vehicles. I always point them out on our walks and love playing with those kinds of toys and like to read books with vehicles in them too. So it is no surprise that I really enjoyed the YouTube videos of just trains. I was mesmerized by train after train going

There is a park near our house. We walked by it many times before but we have never played there because it is not the cleanest or newest of parks. The grass is almost always over grown and sometimes it doesn’t look very kid-friendly. But today it looked okay so we stopped by to play.

I wanted to go for a walk this afternoon because I was tired of being sick at home. So we went for a short walk around the block. Daddy started to touch all kinds of different surfaces so I started to copy him. I usually see and hear a lot of things on my walks

I had fun at the sushi restaurant today. Sure the food was good, but there was also a train in the restaurant. It delivered some of the special order sushi. I had fun watching it zoom around the restaurant even when it wasn’t delivering anything to us. I tried a lot of new food today.

There aren’t many doctor’s clinics that are open on the weekend, so the ones that are, especially pediatrics, are very busy. Our wait before my doctor’s appointment was more than two hours long. Luckily the clinic is located in a shopping complex so there were things to do to keep me busy. There was even

Once of the unpleasant things about being sick is all the thermometers. People are constantly taking my temperature. It is not so bad when it is the contactless ones that you point at your forehead get an instant reading. But the ones under your armpit take a while and I don’t like at all. I

Daddy was trying to think of ways to entertain me when he remembered that he had given Mommy an echoing alpaca as a gift. It cracked her up and she was very entertained by it. So Daddy thought maybe I would like it too. He was right.

Mommy and Daddy are in trouble. I can finally climb up onto the dining table chair. That means that now I have access to everything on the dining table. That surface is the highest surface in the house where Mommy and Daddy used to put things to keep out of my reach. Now everything has

My medicine started working and my fever went down enough for us to go out. When I’m sick, I feel much better out and about than I do cooped up at home. There is fresh air and nice distractions outside. We went to the park again and I had fun on the slide, rockers, and

I woke up early in the morning crying fiercely. It surprised Mommy and Daddy because I had slept very soundly through the night so far. Daddy picked me up to calm me down and he instantly knew that I wouldn’t be making it to school today. I was burning up and he knew that I

Well, I made it to nursery school today! No fever and feeling fine, so I was in the clear. But then I wasn’t. I was still not 100% and had a few tantrums at school. Then I had a pretty high fever so the school called Daddy and then Mommy came to pick me up.

No fever today. Feeling better and my nose is not running as much. I still have a cough sometimes but not too bad. Maybe I’ll be able to go to school today. I’m not quite my old jolly self, but possible good enough. At least I’m not in a bad mood and throwing tantrums.

We had a bit of a hand off today. Since I was unexpectedly sent home from school, Daddy had to take the morning off from work. But since he already missed a day of work yesterday Mommy came home to watch me in the afternoon. This is how I reacted when Mommy came home vs.

Although I’m sick and my fever and moodiness has Mommy and Daddy worried, they are relieved that I still have a good appetite. But I’m a little bit more picky with what I want to eat. Sure, I want to eat a lot, but since I have a runny nose, cough and fever, not all

Since I’ve been sick, I’ve been a lot more moody. I’ve been disagreeable and throwing tantrums a lot. I think not feeling my best coupled with turning 18 months which is the more common start of terrible twos is making it harder for me to manage my emotions. I overreact a lot when something doesn’t

When you are sick you need a lot of fluids. So I’ve been getting a lot more than my usual barley tea and milk. I’ve been getting some apple juice and electrolyte drinks to keep me hydrated. Being sick is not so bad when you get tasty drinks like this. Yum!