Just catching up on Friday and the weekend's posts as haven't been able to log on.
DS also hates the wind - he will shout "GO WAY WIND" at it. Then shouts at me for laughing at him. He never uses a buggy now - except for briefly if we are going for full days out into town etc. - what I do is put the baby in the mclaren and hang the ergo over the handle then when DS is a bit tired after lunch I'll put him in the buggy and her in the carrier for an hour and that's all he needs.
NK So glad your DDs are enjoying nursery, I'm sure there will always be issues between siblings but it sounds like they have a really lovely relationship. Good news on the hearing.
Survival Kids just do that thing - the blurting, it doesn't mean they are bad or didn't listen to you, just that their impulses get the better of them. I think you did the right thing doing what you could to prepare them for what they might see. That poor lad. Hopefully they can improve the way he looks a lot - plastic surgery for scars and burns is amazing these days.
When I was at primary school there was a girl in my class with very bad facial disfigurement - we were all a bit 'uhhh' and I remember asking her a stupid question when we started but very soon no one ever commented and I don't think anyone really thought about her face. I'm sure that boy's friends will be the same. She travelled the world and is now married with a lovely little boy so obv it didn't hold her back. They improved how she looked a lot as well.
Mous Glad to hear about the talking. I'm sure it is connected to the number of languages she's exposed to.
IC Lovely to hear that DD is enjoying nursery. Thanks for reminder about the written record. I have been meaning to have a read of DS's (you have to request it in writing though so I've always been a bit nervous to ask in case they think I think they are doing something wrong). Will ask manager when I collect him today. They call it their 'learning journey' and it's full of photos etc. I had a quick look back when they did parents' evening.
DS is dry at night (had one accident last week though) - we said if he woke up dry for a week we'd try without, he did, so we did and he wet the bed so he went back into nappies for a week, we took them off he did exactly the same thing but the third time he stayed dry without nappies and has been for about a month or two with only about 3 accidents.
We use a bit of Aveeno on his face if it seems wind-burnt. Don't moisturise him other than that. Would recommend Aveeno for your DD, NK
Had inlaws this weekend. Yesterday waiting for them to arrive (they stay at cousins' nearby as we don't have a spare room) they didn't come until after 11! We were sat in all morning for them. Had been up since before 7 of course. Other than that, nice visit. We went to Downe House (Darwin's old home in Kent - just half an hour's drive) and DS told me Darwin has a beard like Santa Claus.
DS, just in the past two weeks has really started taking an interest in letters. Can name about half of them and knows what some of the noises mean. Knows that double 'O' makes an oooo sound. He pointed to the swimming pool sign and asked if 'pool' said 'zoo' - because he reads Dear Zoo a lot, I guess, and knows what the word looks like. He is starting to attempt to count from 1 - 20 but he gets his teens all mixed up.
His favourite programme at the moment (apart from How It's Made which is always his number 1) is Nina and the Neurons go engineering.
I think, if he carries on with the same sort of interests he has now he will be some sort of scientist or engineer.