It is getting very quiet on here.
Life today is getting back to usual, A is at nursery and DS back at school, I have the flat for myself and silence, quietness.... Joy !
Rosie, hope you get your packing done, 3 weeks, this is a long time but the good thing is where you go cloth dries within the hour so Rosebud doesn't need to stay naked, although A loves patting her own tummy when in the bathroom getting ready for her bath !
Eagle, it is difficult for your sis and nephew, i hope she can get some help. My eldest niece is autistic, deeply, she is not independent at all and does not speak, she communicates but one must be very close to her to understand. Nothing was detected until she started school at the age of 3. My sister and her husband have kept their daughter with them until she was 23, taking her to special need school everyday... And last year they were offered a place in a medical, special need boarding school, it was difficult to take the decision, my sister is 58 and she feels she can physically still look after her child but she is not getting any younger neither her husband and the place offer won't stay open forever, so they accepted it, it is not too far from where they live so they see her twice a week, on Wed when my sister spends the afternoon at the school and on Friday she goes home until Sunday evenning. She is their first born and has 2 younger lovely siblings. It is heartbreaking enough to leave your child for a day, I can't imagine how it feels to let go a child with special needs, what does the child feel ? It was a bit taboo in my family but it is now better with time, I guess, and empathy. Yes, we are all very lucky to have healthy kids, even if I moan about them being lively, talkative...
Somewhere, I agree, in many cultures cosleeping is not seen as a pb, I love to sleep with baby curled against me. DS still wants to sleep with one of us. Think he does not understand why A gets to sleep in our our even if she is in her cot and he has to sleep on his own. So I most of the time sleep with him (so glad we had a double bed for DS, at least I can sleep properly) and DH with A who would settles back on her own during the night if I am not around otherwise she wants the boob to fall asleep ! I am doing everything wrong, aren't I ? according to some gourous.... Extended bF, cosleeping.... Whatever, what is bad in that ? Am I spoiling my kids ? Will they become a-social ?
Oh, we have water leaks. One from the roof in DS' bedroom, going down the wall. And there is a stain on the ceiling in the living room. Hope it stops raining. Called the insurance this morning, this pb needs adressing now... Fx it is just gutters blocked by leaves or roof tile pushed away by wind.
Off to keep on tidying up the study. I have only 1 shelf to deal with but it is full hieght and full of crap, papers.... I don't like that.
Oh yes, DS loved the 3D Walking with dinosaurs, he tried to catch the birds and was sometimes a bit scared but enjoyed the whole experience in the end. I am lucky to share all these firsts with him.
Xxxx