Hey all, just a quick one from me saying good night for the night. I am working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week cause I have to fly to Warnambool on Thursday for a council meeting. Not looking forward to a twin engine cessna flight!! Just trying to work out what drugs I can take right now!!
Rory - those planes are in the air all the time, you'll be fine! They use them to deploy firefighter to more remote firegrounds all summer long, so they're good odds
Bath - how scatterbrained am I after a day of being at uni? Happy 11 months Niall - one more to go and he'll be a whole year old...where has that time gone??
Mel - way to go, Chelsea! It's nice to have a fishy, isn't it? Oscar was commended last Saturday by the teacher, and he did extremely well during a play swim on the Friday, so I was pleased with our efforts. He has his fins now, so I can't wait for the next play swim so we can use them. We're up to piggy backing and taking them under water with us - reminds me of Loch Ness Monster! I was toying with Gymbaroo, but swimming really does get his little body working hard and I can tell he's really pleased with himself, too. Not only that, between play swims, Booby Club, study, CFA, my horse and trying to have a social life, where do I fit in anything else?
I'd LOVE to do some sort of music thing with him, but currently the only local music program for kids is for families from 'battler' backgrounds - referred by social workers or something.
Julie - that's what I meant to say before - good one for Oscar using the potty! I got a leaflet from swimming that talks about Sleep Talk that can be used for loads of situations. Potty training is the example they use. You go in when they are in deep sleep and softly, but audibly, say something affirming like "you can use the potty for wee and poo" and repeat it at intervals until the child starts to stir - when they've stirred, it's gotten through and you can stop. You do that every night until they perform the action and when they do, you praise them immediately and say the affirmation out loud, to confirm what's been taken in subconsciously. When it becomes consistent, you stop and work on the next positive thing (I'm thinking along the lines of "you can make mummy breakfast", but not sure that's ethical...!). Anyway, that's just something you may like to try, or ignore, whichever! It has been shown to work, so I'll be giving it a go.
Amanda - how are you going?
Donna - the human plough! That's Oscar! But he can't move our chairs very well cos they're heavy antique numbers. I want to go to Geppetto's (toy shop up the hill) tomorrow to choose a birthday present for our niece (she'll be one on Saturday) and for Oscar, and I'm thinking of something that Oscar can ride on and push around, cos he just loves pushing stuff around. I'm guessing that it's part of the age he's at. But he was trying to get onto his rocking roo (too high) and managed to straddle some other thing that was on the floor (can't remember what it was now!), so a ride-on wooden toy isn't out of the question. Something he can use outside but bring inside as well. Geppetto's will have something, cos I saw their ride-on toys the other week but left them uninspected so that I could go back with DP and be given permission to get one!
Assignment - got one done, and was toying with the idea of double checking my answers, but just want to submit it and take my chances. I can understand why they are being anal about me getting it in before everyone gets their work back. They have a policy about late work and work being handed back. Now, whilst work hasn't been techincally handed back, they were nervous about the policy because of the new feedback requirements being imposed by the uni. Feedback online suggests answers to questions, which would be sort of like looking at returned work for answers before handing in your own work (with the edits based on returned work, i.e. cheating!). Feedback has only just started but work not returned, so the coordinator made an executive decision (being that the policy, with the feedback procedure being so new, is a grey area now and needs updating) to let me hand it in by Wednesday, but sooner if possible. He was really nervous about it, and he seemed a bit brusque, but I could understand the position he was in, so didn't take it personally. He softened up when I mentioned that Oscar had been sick - he's got kids (I saw the pics in his office, and I'm not stupid - I played on it!). Long story short - I have something to submit, now I can continue with my other essay, knock it over, work on a mini-assignment, then the two other assignments, then exam study! Phew, I'm gonna be a nervous wreck at Oscar's birthday!
Better put the boy down (sound asleep), so that I can come back and get my work ready to send. I'm rambling. Its too late for this sort of thing!
My little munchkin went to the Dr today and she has a low grade ear infection, nothing too serious. Her ears had a bit of fluid in them and a slight temp so she is on antibiotics for 7 days. Chelsea has gone for over 4 years without ever needing antibiotics or really being sick. Shows how different two kids can be. She looked at her gums but thinks the bruising is more from a fall or knock to her mouth, how did I miss that one! They aren't far from breaking she said, but I've been thinking that for ages. She can't go swimming tomorrow but should be right next week. She has been sleeping much better so she should be back to her happy self after the antibiotics kick in.
Bath - glad to hear someone else's baby has soaked tops!! I just leave a bib on Marley all day. The knife tip worked! Ripper, I think Amanda actually suggested the same thing too. I just have to make the slice now and test it out too.
Julie - how was the slice?
Rory - what a busy week you have. You'll be right, just think about something else to keep you mind off it.
IK - LOL about loch ness monster!!!! Both my girls love the water which is nice, cause so do DH and I. I did Gymbaroo with Chelsea when she was just over 6mths old and she loved it. The 2 teachers we so nice too and I stayed with it for a year. Started getting expensive though with gymbaroo and swimming so dropped the gymbaroo. Your life sounds pretty busy at the moment and uni will probably keep getting busy. Well done on getting your assignment done - thats another one out of the way! Good luck with the next one, you'll be fine.
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