Signing fever

Well, we made it through last night. Malcolm felt miserable all night with a high fever so did not sleep much but the fever is gone now so am expecting a much better night tonight. I think it was a reaction to this flu shot which he got yesterday. His arm is really red where the shot went in as well so likely his arm is sore. Jan has been away all weekend but of course now that he's back Malcolm will saw logs all night.

Malcolm did really well with his signing today - we are still trying to get him to pair more signs instead of just doing single signs. Today he used "want" quite a bit as in "want cracker", "want milk" etc. At lunch he was making these really elaborate signs with a lot of energy and purpose. He seemed to be saying that he wanted to go in the "car" "outside" to see a "cow". I have no idea what brought this on. When I said "Malcolm, do you want to go for a drive in the car to see a cow" he nodded his head vigorously and pointed "down" (meaning he wanted out of his high chair). Unfortunately I had to disappoint him and tell him it was time for his nap but he seemed pretty ok with that...

Mary Ellen