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Try to watch this music video and not smile.

This song of course is from the incomparable Leslie Feist (known simply as "Feist") and it the hit single from her 2007 album "The Reminder."

This particular melody weaseled its way into my head yesterday morning when my 4 year old son worked his way into our bed at 4 in the morning.  An argument ensued (yes, I argue with a 4 year old, he's stubborn!) and I told him he needed to get back in his bed.  He wouldn't go, of course, so I had to count.  "Jude, get back in bed right now.  One...... two...... three!"

He didn't go.  But the one, two, three, made me think of this great song by Feist and so here it is for all to enjoy.

My son has been giving us a lot of trouble lately.  He wakes up a lot in the night, has mood fits and even punched me on the lip yesterday.  He made me bleed.  I was equally angry and proud at the same time.

We've been concerned for some time and decided on a whim to test his blood sugar this morning.  My family has a history of diabetes and I myself am I hypoglycemic.  Sure enough, when he awoke this morning his blood sugar was 32.  80 is normal!

Luckily we knew how to check his blood sugar and we ran a series of tests (Have you ever poked a 4 year old's finger to make him bleed.  FYI he doesn't like it!!) and it turns out the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  Looks like I'm the proud father of a hypoglycemic!

This may not be over, but for now I'm relieved that we've figured out that his grouchy moods likely have to do with low blood sugar.  We'll be feeding him every two hours to see if this is a fix to this grumpy and hyper kid.