Going to try to type fast as Nye has gone back to sleep for another morning nap - most unlike him! So no doubt my freedom will be short-lived.
S&S hope your assistant's op goes well today - must have been urgent if they only found it yesterday. Fingers crossed.
Elkie Nice that C got to meet his grandmother and was well behaved - I love it when that happens! Worst is when they are uncharacteristically awful, and you hear yourself trying to explain that 'they're not usually like this, honestly' and sounding completely unconvincing.
hkz also of nat history museum - really hope Nye likes that kind of thing when he gets older. Actually have decided to do his nursery with a butterfly theme - I know it's sort of girly, but this family is so full of boys and trains and tractors that I really want to give him some softer, gentler influences. So big colourful butterflies it is... at least until he is old enough to demand Thomas !
pat also of Zach's lovely long night - must be all the food. Forgot to say was amazed that he is eating onion!
dog sounds like you are getting you £'s worth out of your jumperoo with the older 2 in the box! Love it!
books excited for weaning - let us know how it goes. We will be starting weekend after. I went and bought the baby-led weaning book because I am a sucker for new books, and it's got some quite useful tips in it. Are you doing BLW? I fear it might have to be the sandpaper for your table. I just bought a lovely oil cloth cover for my pine table in anticipation of BLW.
tree I feel your anger at the cat. WHen I am at my Mums trying to put Nye down, sometimes her lovely dog Stanley barks at something, and I threaten to take him to the dogs home .
eppm sorry to hear of your bad night and hope the teething passes soon.
So - yesterday was a bit of a wipe-out. A very crap day in fact. We set off for the Royal Welsh show, sat in a traffic jam for an hour and a half, got there and then decided it was raining soooo hard that it wasn't worth going. So turned around and went to visit my Grandmother (who has Alzheimer's). She was lying in bed, facing the wall, looking terribly thin, like a skeleton. She wouldn't sit up or talk or even look at us, she just moaned a bit. With tears streaming down my face, I settled Nye into the space between her and the wall, and told her that her great-grandson had come to meet her. He gurgled and touched her face, and she slowly reached out a bird-like hand to him. I think there must be something about a baby's voice that touches something in all of us. Then I held her hand for a while and told her how much I loved her, and all about Nye, and then we left her in peace. We wanted to take a photo of Nye and her, but she looked so terrible that it just didn't seem right. I would rather show him photos of when she was still 'alive' and happy. There was nothing left of my dear grandmother in that body. I think that will be the last time I visit her, as I don't think she is long for this world, and although it was terribly upsetting, I am glad I got to tell her how much I loved her. .
Then came home, put N to bed, and cooked a delicious meal for OH and his friend, but unfortunately friend was drunk after too much hospitality at the show (he braved the rain), and just turned into a twat. I ended up having a bit of a row with him, which was a waste of my effort really since he was just pissed. He's normally a pretty nice guy but a bit of a misogynist to say the least.
Anyway, here's hoping today turns out better! Sorry for ridiculously long post.
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