LOL, IK, with hobbies you never properly take up! I am like that but conveniently so is DH. I have the book for you - it's called "Refuse to Choose - what do I do when I want to do everything?" by Barbara Sher. She basically says there is nothing wrong with being a "scanner" - someone who is interetsed in a million things, go off on tangents, are afraid if committing to one thing/job/hoby/etc in case they miss out on something better. She just says - go with it, some of the best minds in history have been just like that.
Neeny, re: Steve Irwin, I feel awful for their kids too - I was 9 when my dad died and Bindi is only 8 while her brother is 4. Poor little lambs. Friends of friends had a similar family tragedy - dad was driving car, mum in front seat, 8 y.o girl in back. There was a horse in the middle of the road at night as they rounded a bend - straight thru the windscreen. Poor Leigh (the mum, aged 33) died, little girl seriously injured, dad unhurt (physically, but you can imagine emotionally how he felt). Luckily their other 4y.o girl wasn't in the car, but both little ones still lost their mum.
I just put bubby to bed, and I have a question for you all - Flynn loves his dummy - we give it to him when in the car trying to stave of a feed til we get home, at the doctors when crying would suck, etc, and half the time uses it to go to sleep (the other half I put him to bed when sleeply and he falls asleep without it). As you guys know he isn't (yet) prone to uncontrollable crying fits. I had always thought I would use the dummy when one of those comes up, though. Sort of like the ultimate WMD you use when everything else (bath, massage, singing, brick on head - just kidding!!) doesn't work. But now it has become part of his daily routine, though when just hanging around with me he doesn't use it. Should I try and "break" his habit now, so my WMD plan works when the crying fit appears? Am I being silly, and should I subscribe to the "what keeps baby happy keeps us all happy" mantra my FIL and mum seem to push. I (obviously) don't have any great moral objection to dummies on principle, but I think I am worried about the whole "sleep association", dummies are bad habits and cause problems later school of thought. What do you girls think? I am totally cool if some of you say they are the worst thing in the world - I really want to hear your views so I can make up my own mind. Like I said, dummies seem to be "in" or "out" depending on your theory, but I would like to know what you have all heard/thought/experienced.....
He just woke now, obviously lost his dummy........
Back again - he stoped once I popped it back in, gave a little "eeow eeow eeow" noise while I patted his head (he makes that noise when he sucks his dummy when tired and/or angry) and calmed down. See what I mean - is this going to be a problem? Probably, I know. This week DH is away so if I am going to break his habit this is the time to do it.
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