Heart Failure

Last night Preston gave both of us heart failure. It started at dinner when I put Preston's usual array of cut up fruit on his highchair tray. Now this boy loves his food! He grabs it by the handful and crams what he can into his mouth all at once. Just as Rob put his first bite in his mouth we heard a gagging sound. We looked over and Preston had a mouthful of blueberries and nectarine pieces. He coughed it up right away (a lovely sight mind you) so we continued eating. Less than a minute later the scene replayed itself but this time Rob grabbed him and got the food out. The third time's a charm so when we heard the gagging sounds I jumped up, scooped the food out of his mouth and took it off his tray, much to Preston's horror. I replaced the fruit with Cheerios and we were able to finish our family meal with no more problems.
After dinner I gave Preston his bath, something he loves. He usually sits there, playing with his ball and trucks, splashing a little. Not last night! He kept trying to stand up in the tub. When he wasn't succeeding with that stunt he started crawling. The bath mat came up so the tub was slippery. He face planted several times, getting a face full of water in the process. I usually let him play quite awhile before washing him but I couldn't handle all the "fun" so he got washed pretty fast and taken to safety. Our lil guy gave us enough heart failure last night to last awhile!