Hunger Strike

It's been a very busy couple of weeks, hard to believe the spring break was just 2 weeks ago.

Spring break is when I pack in all the appointments for everyone.  I get a break from teaching and meetings with students, but I still need to catch up on grading and finishing up miscellaneous things I didn't have time to do. 

For Bun Bun alone, we had a dentist and eye appointments.  She did very well for the dentist - no cavities; although, she didn't like to be held down and have metal probes in her mouth.  Who does? 

At the eye appointment, a young opthalmologist fellow managed to entertain while examine her eyes with his iPhone (playing some songs by a popsicle with a bag of frozen peas playing the drums, jamming about eating healthy...).  No tears there.  Sadly, he did find that Bun Bun needs glasses.  She is near-sighted.  Much of this could be genetics (from her daddy, of course!) but could be from her obsession with the iPad.

The girl loves watching Curious George and Signing Time on the iPad.  She also loves playing with some of the apps and looking through pictures of herself.  It has been one way to keep her entertained while she eats her meals.  It has also been a very bad babysitter. 

Bun Bun typically likes to lunge forward in front of the devices just like she stands right in front of the TV, maybe because she has been having trouble seeing all along with her near-sightedness and/or it's just something all kids do.  With the diagnosis, we've decided to deny her of TVs and iPads, cold turkey.

Hence, the hunger strike!

For about a week, it was very hard to coax to eat her meals without George or Signing Time.  She would demand a look through 婆婆's bag to double and triple check to be sure that 婆婆 really didn't bring her iPad.

It has gotten better.  She has been reading books and drawing a lot more.  Now that it's finally starting to get warm outside, we'll be letting her run around in the yard.  Hopefully, her eyesight won't get worse. 

Those glasses?  We'll wait until May to reassess.  I'm pretty sure she will need something when she officially starts pre-school in July.