Transitioning

I thought Luke was transitioning to Utah pretty well, but after yesterday I am not so sure anymore.

We drove down to Payson to visit my mom yesterday.

My niece (Luke’s cousin) was there and I thought he would want to see both of them.

I was wrong.

He wanted nothing to do with either of them.

He wouldn’t even give my mom a hug, which is so strange for him.

All he wanted to do was to sit on my lap.

Later that night I dropped him off at my sister-in-law’s house to play with his cousins while the adult siblings (on Jared’s side) went out to dinner.

{We had a wonderful time, by the way}

When I returned to get Luke, they told me he cried for over an hour after I left him.

Over an hour?!

He hasn’t ever done this, not even as a baby.

He will cry for maybe 5 minutes, but then get over it.

It’s not like he doesn’t know who his cousins are and hasn’t been over there to play numerous times.

It just seemed so strange to me.

We came home and he feel right to sleep only to wake up at 12:30am with a fever.

I don’t know if he had worked himself up while crying that long or if something else was causing the fever.

I gave him something for the fever and then was up with him until about 2am until he finally settled down and went to sleep.

In the morning he was his normal self again. A little grumpy and whiny, but no fever.

I was also a little grumpy, whiny and extremely tried (this kid doesn’t sleep in no matter what time he went to bed).

Luke became extremely clingy to me after Ruby was born/passed away.

I thought it was a phase, but it has never fully went away. Even after a year and a half.

Most aspects have gotten better over time, but in certain situations the momma’s boy shines though.

That is what has been happening since we got to Utah.

In Vegas I was able to take him to any of his friend’s houses and drop him off without a wave goodbye.

Just the day before we moved I dropped him off at a friend’s house he hadn’t been to before. He knew this friend but had never been to his house.

He walked right in, made himself at home and never batted an eye when I left.

In fact he didn’t want to leave when I came to pick him up.

The day I filled in at the pharmacy I left him home with Jared to play that day, but I still haven’t heard the end of it.

At least once a day he asks me why I left and went to work.

Yesterday he told me that I need to stay at home with him and not go to work.

This makes me really question if going back to work one day a week is really the best thing.

But then it also makes me think that maybe it is the best thing.

Get Luke out of his comfort zone and playing with someone besides me all day.

I don’t think he remembers the time that my mom tended him one day a week, but he loved it and still has a great relationship with my mom (besides yesterday).

What makes me sad too is that I only have a little over 2 years before he will be in school and won’t be with me all day long and that just totally boggles my mind.

So I will carry on contemplating what is best for my child,  as it is constantly on my mind.

I might have to put more time and patience  into the transitions here in Utah than I originally thought.

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This morning we had his cousin Roxy over to play at our house.

These two are BUSY together, but I think they had a lot of fun.

{Play-doh toys were all packed up so we had to improvise with play tools and kitchen items}

{Luke really wanted to make a “sad face” in the photo}

Happy Thursday everyone!

Any fun Super bowl plans this weekend?