Conjunctivitis made its first visit to the Kuhlman's this weekend! Lincoln had lots of yucky goop in his eyes on Saturday, but I thought it was just the precursor to a snotty weekend. I regularly cleaned his eyes . . . much to his loud protests. It seemed that the goop was increasing by Sunday afternoon, so we made a visit to the After Hours Pediatrics clinic to find out what was going on. (By the way, the clinic at Forest and Preston is awesome! Not like the generic emergency clinic, it was so professional and the doctor and nurses were great.) Linc was diagnosed with Bacterial Conjunctivitis, which is technically Pink Eye but not the "pink" kind. He had lots of congestion that was coming out of his eyes instead of his nose. We got a prescription to clear up the infection, and it started working immediately! This is the least gross picture I have of his poor eyes.
We stayed home from school on Monday to continue the healing and prevent spreading it to his friends, and Lincoln was playing up a storm. The infection didn't hamper the fun at all! He's doing a new thing that is so cute . . . when he gets really tickled or excited he scrunches his eyes and squeals and even shudders. It's like there's so much happiness in there he can't get it out! This is the best picture I have of it, though he did it tons of times today. 
One more first to report on - Ritz crackers. Kevin broke a cracker into small pieces on his tray for him to try. He also laid a whole cracker on the tray and came to help me finish dinner. We looked over and Lincoln had picked up the whole cracker and was taking bites. What?!?! It was the most grown up thing I'd ever seen! I think we'll be having many more Ritz crackers because Lincoln really liked it. 
He also loves Goldfish, but he has to fight his Daddy for them. I don't think there was a mix up at the hospital . . . he loves Dove Bars, Goldfish, pancakes, bananas and cheese. Yep - he's our kid!
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