Atul is sick. His teacher called me up at work to say that he has had diarrhea three times in two hours. We'll know the story at his doctor's appointment tomorrow.

Atul gave subtle clues on his impending sickness over the last couple of days. Although I had a suspicion that something was off with the little one, I brushed it aside thinking that the changes were behaviorial and that he was merely testing his boundaries.

Raising a child definitely gets complicated as he grows up. Before, if Atu didn't eat well it was either because he was not hungry or he was sick. But now, there are other dimensions to it: I offered him peas when he was expecting squash, playing seems to be more fun than eating, sitting in high chair is not something that he is interested in etc. etc. Atul has probably learnt that he can make choices in life!