I say it right in his ear so I know he can hear me.
I wasn't mean and heartless btw, I sent CSWS a text!!
Has been a hell of a couple of days.
Dropped the little dude to Psycho about 8.45am yesterday morning, worked for the day, got back to her by about 4.15pm, picked up DD from afterschool club, did sorting office, then went back to mum's. Boy was on a training course, so we decided that since we were together all day etc anyway, we might as well all eat together.
We had half joked last week about me sleeping there Monday night as it would be closer to school etc, fewer trips back and forth. So, 6.30pm last night we decided that was a bright idea. Oh yes. Spur of the moment decision.
"DD's" bed was made up as a double rather than a single, without her duvet cover, and in a different part of the room. DS can vault out of a travel cot in 2 seconds flat we have discovered.
They did not want to sleep.
They finally went quiet about 8ish, so I ran home to get the bits we needed for the morning.
Got back, DS was sobbing at the gate, DD was with him (stairgate, not garden... mum isn't cruel!!), went to pick him up to put him back to bed, and he smelled bad, so took him downstairs to do a nappy change. It was on his trousers so mum went to hunt out some new ones, at that point I noticed his hand (you know, the one he was sucking the thumb of - not an envy face!) was dirty... and I had washed them well after dinner. Sniffed and flung him into a bath!
Finally he is all sorted, and bouncing. It is half nine. He is downstairs in an attempt to get them to sleep seperately. She is sobbing that it is all wrong, she doesn't want to sleep at Gran's, she's changed her mind.
About 10, we put them back to bed, and run away. More sobbing at the gate. That was when Gran did angry voice - DD was in bed in seconds and didn't get back out, DS only took a second telling But then, he woke at 4am and was in with me
Today, Psycho is having issues with ballet runs, so I am frantically trying to find more childcare for the afternoon, a TA at the school (who mum knows and trusts and has a son the same age) said she would have him, so he was dropped to me at school, I ran him to a strange woman's house (he had never met her), and he didn't bat an eyelid!!! I don't know whether to feel proud or snubbed.
Finally, end of the day, all home (including Boy), kids in bed, I have had a bath, and I have developed a streaming cold over the course of the day.
Saying all that though, I am thoroughly enjoying being a grown up!!!