Some Days

2025-11-24

Today was a tough parenting day. Our youngest has hand foot and mouth disease and he was obviously cranky and upset all day. And he is 1 years old, he can’t talk or communicate really well. It is hard for us to know what he wants or why is he crying. Is he crying because of the sores? Is he uncomfortable? Is it something else? Is he bored? Is he tired? Does he want to be held?

And I guess that is kind of how life is. I had some high hopes for the weekend, we had some plans we had to cancel. But kids and health come first, so I canceled those and just hung out indoors. I took him on a walk and he cried, I was not sure why. I took him on a drive and he cried a bunch so I came home. I guess one thing about having a sick kid is it is important to hang out close to home.

And I think next week will be better, may even by later this week. But today was rough, tomorrow will be rough, and maybe Tuesday will be rough.

On the old hand, the older one is get a little easier. If we have two one year old, like twins or something, it would be real hard. So at 3.5, the older one is much more independent. He can talk, describe his discomfort, watch TV, put on his own shoes. He has his own set of problems, he doesn’t want to do certain things, he gets bored pretty easily, he wants to hang out with his friends and eat candy. But I do think there is a turning point around 2, for most kids, when they can talk and walk.

Kids change quick, there is a huge gap between a 1 year old and 2 year old. Hopefully tomorrow is better.

-Gary