Hello again!
I've made it to my second entry which is pretty impressive , I don't think a daily entry is going to happen all the time!
Chocolate consumption has reached all time high,directly related to tiredness. I think it's peaked at the ''I am starting to be sick of it,'' which is one way of giving it up successfully!
We have a whole tin of Roses to finish first though-- bought by Martin for trick or treaters but there weren't THAT many!!! Only other solution that worked for me was when I visited the Cadbury factory in Birmingham. So much chocolate actually put me off for years- until I got pregnant!
Why I'm eating so many Cornish Wafer crackers is a puzzling one. The milk addiction is fading now I'm not pregnant any more. I'm the queen of bad snacking....
The day started at 6.10am which wasn't bad, it's slowly working it's way back to 6 30am ( Luke is the early riser here, even Amelie likes to lie in till 7!) He even came and lay in our bed quietly without starting a long complicated conversation about cars/trains or trying to get us up!
Not sign of the monster of the night before but i do wonder if he gets enough sleep!! I am dreaming of days when both children are at school and I have to wake them up not vice versa!!
In the morning Martin was a star and took Luke out while he got a haircut and apparently Luke sat quietly 'reading' an Argos catalogue ( probably mentally noting his Christmas list..currently including more Thomas trains and a lego train set.. how much train stuff can one boy have!!)
They then went to the library. I, in the meantime, wasted time on the computer ( arrghh! it's dragging me in! This and Facebook is filling up my time waaaay too much!) and sorted out more of the mountain of Amelie's clothes. She's grown out of newborn!
People have been soo kind and she's the best dressed girl, I adore chosing her outfits..deciding her style...not too much pink yet but it's hard to avoid! She has a gorgeous red coat and that's convinced me the colour suits her. I wonder if her hair will change colour, it seems lighter already and her eyes are definitely blue!
I digress... ( aah! but what is a blog for, eh?!)
We then decided to visit the magnet that is Tescos -in Abingdon- for lunch and a shop. I'm so crap at filling up the fridge at the moment and thinking of meals beyond erm, pasta and fishfingers with chips, never mind Luke's addiction to cheese sandwiches. Amelie spend the entire trip asleep, in the car seat and then of course I had to try out the sling. It was interesting eating with her still in it, trying not to drop food on her head ;-) Had one of those really nice conversations with another mum in the queue, she was telling me about sibling rivallry, she has four and half years between hers, saying how her eldest ended up drawing pictures with a house and arrows fired at the baby.. I can't complain then! We just have rebellion against us but Luke couldn't be more sweet with Amelie. He gave her a kiss on the head while going past me and her on the sofa today and later asked to carry her! ( I quote 'Give her to me to carry' The cute little man! I handed her to him but he looked aghast when she blasted a cry in his ear!!!
We have a game of 'RUN TO THE HILLS!!!'and a run round the ground floor of the house when she's crying non stop in my arms and we need to let loose some frustration. We stop when she stops and then we end up with Luke standing there saying 'Amelie.. CRY!'so he can run again!
He was a lot better today, tried it on again at dinnertime and wouldn't eat his pizza ( was it the microwave mixed veg I sprinkled on top to make it more nutirious! Lazy cooking indeed- I mean I DID wonder--- carrots on a pizza? But it wasn't at all bad!) Anyway after cadjoling and then ignoring Luke, he came to the table after some babying ( picking up, cuddling, etc) and I had some kind of brainwave that I would make an EXCITING NEW bedtime drink for him ( Ovaltine!) that he could have in a FANTASTIC cup. It worked or he had given up ( the line 'it's for little boys only and not grown ups appealed to him the most ) and I topped it off with a sticker for eating his dinner. He had his bath painlessly and even a story so we just about avoided the tantrum. And he liked the Ovaltine though he still wanted to drink it through a straw!
Obviously he thought refusing would get more attention and the ignoring worked, but it got a hair's breadth away from bedtime with no dinner and an emergency bowl of porridge in bed when he thought all was lost and had calmed down. ( Martin and I spent most of his 'refusing to eat time' having covert 'meetings'' about how we would handle another blow up! ha! and our plan wasn't even put into action!!!) Amelie had her usual scream before bed but it's nothing. She sleeps from 7pm till about 12 or 1am before her next feed, and then until 5am. It's amazing!!!!!!!! We have an evening to ourselves ! ( well, me and this blog, Martin has resorted to a book, poor bloke!)
Nursery was brilliant, the woman who owns it is slightly mad ( I should be retired you know!!! grabs you and hugs you uexpectedly) but very passionate and knowledgable about children and really tuned in. The educational basis is stunning, all related to the children's own world and experiences ( they had them telling us words beginning with 'm' which all had an importance to them individually) and it's somewhere I'd love to work myself! It's immaculate, relaxed, all the staff are involved and interacting with the children on a really familiar basis, the family atmosphere is amazing. So the decision's made for Luke to go there, he loves it too and didnt want to leave! The hours will be a lot longer but only twice a week. As it's childcare more than pre school it's more expensive but with vouchers we can afford it.Definitely a super find.
Ha! but they want Luke potty trained!!They seemed to accept where we are at ( oo ...she got a black mark when she jokingly tutted that he wasn't trained already! I forgave her on account of her age-it's a generational thing ;-) but it's something to bribe luke with! He wanted big boy pants today but then when it came to pooing he was squatting to poo in them and we moved him to the toilet with another small tantrum ensuing ( i forgot about that...he scratched his own face!!! We were about to leave for tescos, ended up putting him back in pull ups and giving up-- but the weeing was fine till then) he then will keep it in and not poo for ages...we haven't let it go more than two days- he says his tummy hurts and i get worried- but damnit he's stubborn on the' not pooing' on the toilet thing!!!!!! We have to bite the bullet very soon.. he likes the lightning mcqueen pants but just isn't bothered about taking himself off to the loo. He needs to see his classmates doing it too maybe?!
Anyway, all in bed by seven and I'm off to bed myself... maybe I will take a night off blogging tomorrow, it's v.time consuming!!! So much detail eh?!
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