gg says dada for daddy, ds1 and me. not heard mama from him. took him about 40 minutes to pick up nana though this week when she came to stay, lovely for her but my word i want to hear that mama now! he can also manage a good 'nooooo' for nose, while touching mine. don't think he realises he has one yet. and hasn't made mine bleed, ouch.
also obsessed with loos, we have locks, but ds1 needs free access so its a bit of a chore managing it all. luckily, has learnt the meaning of no, so i use it sparingly and he obeys. also 'sit'. so very much feeling the boys are like dogs thing at present.
i went back to work 3/5 days with ds1 with a nanny to do childcare. was ok, though i never felt i was doing either work or home properly. i didn't like the split of energy/attention. i actually resigned over something called agenda for change, when the nhs was regraded. i got a good grade, but going upwards looked like a daft prospect as it was only possible with more managerial work, which is very hard i find part time, both managing all the staff i already had and being in place to push the politics towards getting stuff done. AfC made it harder to go up grades easily for innovation and scientific competencies. but what really broke this camel's back was when i found out that the PR twinkies with 1 degree and 10 years less experience than me were graded higher! no disrespect to PR per se, but it made me furious, especially as muggins here was usually first port of call for them to take their line from! escape was easy for me, as dh's company does fascinating work and i consulted for them.
currently am pretty bleak about when/if i can really work again, even consulting, as the fatigue of the RA, patchy periods of proper pain and drug side effects have really knocked my confidence about stepping back into work commitments. i did a term of an OU course before xmas, and had to stop as it was exhausting.
RA treatment has just changed, so its more waiting and seeing. fingers NOT crossed, as that hurts