Fridays Fixes the Blues

Craig has been suffering from a cold for several weeks now. It has not been a good time for him or his Mum. To make things worse, Craig's Dad has been extremely busy with work over the past few weeks. He had a special translation job that kept him busy even when he was at home.

Last Thursday was no different to many other days before except that Craig's Dad had finally handed in the big translation job the day before. That meant he could spend some time with Craig and Craig's Mum could have a tiny bit of rest.

When Craig woke up he was a bit lifeless because he hadn't slept well.


And, later on, when he was going out to dinner he still wasn't cheerful. Perhaps he knew that he was going to be taken to the doctor before dinner...... He doesn't like the doctor.


When they arrived at TGI Fridays for dinner, Craig's Mum tried to feed Craig some baby food but when he didn't just look at it with contempt, he spat it out! No-one was happy about that.


So, Craig's Mum just distracted Craig by playing music on her phone. Craig listened and looked at the view out the window.


Then, Craig's Mum started to feed him food from her plate. Chicken, spaghetti, egg. He began to eat it all quite happily.


Eating adult food changed Craig's mood completely. When his Mum picked up a customer satisfaction survey card and gave it to Craig he spent a few seconds thinking about what to do with it.


Not long later, Craig and his Mum were playing Craig's favorite game. He threw the survey card on the floor and Mum picked it up. Craig kept doing this for almost 20 minutes, giggling all the way.


After seeing Craig be unhappy all day, it was really good to see the change that Craig went through while he was playing with his Mum.


His Mum was still happy about the improvement in Craig's mood, even after Craig had calmed down from the game and gone back to playing with his Mum's phone.


So, two days later, Craig had been in a bad mood again during the afternoon when his parents decided to use the same trick again.

At first, Craig simply enjoyed the view.


He had a good time throwing a little packet of crayons on the floor for his Dad to pick up.


Dad played the game with Craig beacuse it was Dad's turn to sit next to him. When this photo was taken, more or less the same process had already been repeated. Craig had spat out baby food and then eaten loads of adult food. The only minor difference was that he chewed the hell out of a couple of chicken-wing bones while he was eating!


Craig also played with the piece of paper that had drawings for him to color-in with the crayons.


On the way out Craig made a new friend. He seems to like getting close to other babies when he's a few meters away but after he gets up close he's isn't always so keen to get to know them.

And, for some reason, the mother of the other baby thought Craig looked like a girl. Craig's parents disagree. We think he looks, and certainly acts, like a boy.