A Better Day

Today it was a beautiful spring day and Donovan's mood fit the day better. Of course, it didn't hurt that Maris went back to the formula she mixes with breast milk (Nutramigen) instead of the Similac product that she thought was the same thing. The formula is very expensive, but often necessary for preemies, and my wonderful sister Amy, who works for a pediatrician, got her two cases--one of the Nutramigen (an Enfamil product) nd one of the Similac. They are basically the same, but apparently they are different enough that Donovan has trouble with it. At 6 weeks old, he hasn't been taught to only like one thing, and clearly yesterday he was in distress when he was trying to eat. He really does have trouble with his digestive system, poor little guy! But today, he was much happier. He ate and then we went out for a walk--65 degrees and sunny! Then after our walk, we just sat on the patio and enjoyed the sun. Steve came home to relieve me so I could go to my Tuesday afternoon meeting and Donovan was happy for a while, but he was really getting tired. So Steve held him until he went to sleep. The quilt in the pictures has a story itself. 36 years ago when we adopted Adam, I was teaching at Melrose High School in Massachusetts. One of my classes was a junior honors English class, which coincidentally had about 13 girls in it. They made me a small quilt and used fabric from clothes that they had worn themselves. It's nice now to be able to use it for Donovan.