That was a surprise

[mizarchivist]

I left work early because I just couldn't focus with this cold. There was a train arriving as I got to the platform, but it took most of 45 minutes or more to get to Alewife, but I can't be sure exactly because I kept falling asleep.
Then no sleep when I got home.

Dinner tonight: meat loaf and baked taters. Mac & cheese, too. Because Kid.
CrimeFighter ate everything on his plate and asked for meatloaf.
He wiped his hands when he was done.
He decided to use the potty and cleaned up after
He agreed to put things away after we said clean up
And brushed his own teeth without argument. And let there be Vicks applied to his chest... AND he said thank you.

This earned double stories and lots of praise.

Additionally, asciikitty (and I) got the food cooked, the dishes washed, the food put away, and the dishwasher running.

Despite being sick, I am feeling energized from all the collaborative good stuff.

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[drwex]

Good family is GOOD.

Super-awesome on the CF front. I wonder if the recent issues have been related to a growth/development spurt and maybe he's coming out the other side of that? Sometimes they do that and their bodies don't seem to change but their brains get bigger or something.

[mizarchivist]

Yeah-- between the refocus on using more positive reinforcement than correction, and just timing? I don't know.

So a coda to this is that I slept HORRIBLY last night and cast myself out of bed to sleep on the recliner in the hopes the coughing would abate (somehow... it did. Wacky)

When Dash woke up and found me on the chair and not in bed, he gave me his bear, a cup of water, a cough drop, and reminded me to cover my cough. <3
Doin' it right. What a wonderful child.
Who promptly lost his listening ears for the latter half of the morning. But still! <3

[drwex]

That is wholly adorable. Loves his mama he does!

The sleeping better in the chair is not wholly surprising - more vertical is better drainage. Sorry for the crappy night tho.

[mizarchivist]

He's really turning into a human! Snf!
Thanks... no fun. But you know-- half way or more through. Knock wood.