Eva's House

Mikey has been attending Eva's house since September. On Tuesday morning I wanted to take a picture of him with his friends and then re-write what Eva had written in his journal---who he played with, what they did, how long he napped, etc. Who knew Tuesday would turn out so different?!?!

As you can see I got the picture, however there was no journal entry for Tuesday, October 26. Julianna brought Mikey out to the car at 6:00pm and said Mikey had an "okay" day. She said Eva didn't get a chance to write in the journal because it had been a busy day but that she was going to call me later. No other information was given.

Eva called as I was pulling into the garage. She said she didn't want to bother me since she knew I was with Mikey, but she wanted to tell me that he didn't eat much at all during the day and he didn't sleep long either. She said he should be hungry and tired. Then she asked that I call her once he was asleep.

Later that night I called Eva and she proceeded to tell me the following:

1) Usually Mikey is very friendly and plays along side the other children. Today in the field, he walked in the opposite direction of the other children and played with no one. He was also reported to be very clingy to Eva and Julianna;

2) Mikey didn't eat lunch (aside from a few pieces of pasta), snack or dinner----even turning down cheese, crackers and bread with butter(!!);

3) Recently Mikey has been crying as Eva puts him down for a nap and when he wakes up. On this day Mikey had a full blown "tantrum" (I don't think we've ever witnessed a tantrum yet). He even climbed out of the playpen!!! Eva put him in a crib and he took a "short" nap.

Prior to this day all of the feedback we were getting was so positive---"It's like he has always been here", "he's so sweet and calm", "he likes to walk all over the field". It's so sad to hear that your child had a bad day. He acted fine last night as well as all day today. othing is different in his routine. No new teeth are poking through (he just got four molars at the same time). I wish I knew WHY he had such a rough time and I'm praying that next week things go back to way they used to be.

If not......we're going to have a situation on our hands......