The Saga Continues

Lucky me got to go to the Registry of Motor Vehicles to exchange my Texas drivers license for a Massachusetts one.  A whopping $90!!  later I walked out of there and had to head straight to Mia's school at 10:30 because the nurse called me and said Mia was in her office with a fever or 101.8.  She said she wasn't complaining of anything, but that her teachers thought she wasn't acting like herself so they brought her down and sure enough she had a fever.  At home she wouldn't eat anything I offered her, and I mean I was reaching for anything.  Jello, juice, toast with butter and jelly, popsicles...I mean anything I could think of that she could get something into her to give her some strength.  She just felt miserable.  She was just laying around on the couch and crying off and on.  Finally she perked up when I mentioned lemon sorbet, so we went to the store and got her some and rented Enchanted.  I got her some flowers too and that seemed to really cheer her up.  At home she watched the movie ate some sorbet and suddenly felt great.  Later in the afternoon we all three took a nap and after the nap she was back to not feeling so great.  The only other thing she ate all day was a couple pieces of toast before bed.  Her temperature remained around 100 or 101 so she'll be staying home tomorrow also.  

Some good news about school though.  I talked to her teacher Ms. Yau and her teachers assistant Mrs. Ruane and they said that Mia is definitely one of the brightest kids in class, she is the best at sharing, one of the best at math, always  listens, easy to discipline,  and that she is usually the first one done with every assignment and is always willing to go the extra mile on everything.  Mia had told us that when she needed help it wasn't available, but her teachers said that she never asks for help.  So that could be the problem.  They said that she didn't really need help, that her work was always great, but that they would start paying special attention to that issue and maybe ask her if she needs any help sometimes.  They did express concern over her tumultuous relationship with her best classmate, Angelina.  Recently they have kind of separated and started playing with other kids and it seems to really be affecting Mia, but not so much Angelina.  They said that is probably why she is having anxiety about school.  They told me that Mia is very emotional.  Really??  Mia??  Yeah, I guess I knew that.  She comes by it pretty honestly.  They said she is quick to get her feelings hurt and when she's in a funk there is nothing anyone can do to help her out of it.  So...we definitely have some things to work on with her, but at least she isn't suffering in school.  The fact that it is social is good and bad I guess.  It's not as easy to fix, but at least the kids in her class will continue to change year after year, whereas school is school.  I guess we'll see what happens...

Lennon is suddenly super picky about what he eats.  I don't know what's going on.  He went from eating everything under the sun, to getting that nasty stomach virus, to eating nothing for two weeks except breast milk, and no he will eat, but basically he will only eat applesauce, blueberries and sometimes I can sneak in some avocado or sweet potato.  He refuses anything green and even carrots which are plenty sweet and super delicious.  I don't know what to do.  On the one hand I think right now I just need to nurture his love of eating so that he will continue to eat and not keep backsliding, but on the other hand I think maybe if I only offer him veggies every day that eventually he will eat right?  Well, maybe not.  He is pretty stubborn.  Argh!  What to do, what to do.  Any suggestion are welcome!