Babies Born May 2006 #25

[~Kim~]

Evening All!

Nat while you're at it can you shoot one to me too? Enjoy your break hon, don't 'do' too much.

Thanks Shazz. I will start I think.

Well I have one sick little chixk here. She never is unwell so doesn't cope with it all that great. I think it's just allergies, cos her snot's clear, but her eyes are so swollen they're almost shut lol. Not a great look when you rub slime all over your face. I had less than 2hrs sleep last night. My eyes are hanging out. Tonight's not looking too hot either, but it doesn't seem so bad cos I know she's unwell.

I wasn't going to buy any choccie for Darcy this weekend, but I felt bad when I was buying some for Cam, and so I caved. Unfortunatley for us Cam's on 6am-6.30pm and I'm on 6.30pm - 7am, so one of us will miss out.
Cam is refusing to ring his parents this weekend and so I know that'll go down a treat - not!

Just musing here....the other day I went to my friend's house. She has a baby 4 months younger than Darc. He had so many toys, so many that there are some in the spare room that she hasn't brought out yet cos there's not enough room. Heaps of big toys, big brand toys, a bookshelf full of books. I felt kinda like a bad mum. Darcy has toys, not heaps though. We didn't go stupid at Christmas cos she was too little. Lots of her toys are my nephew's old toys, and they're simple little toys. She has an old purse with old cards of mine that she spends ages with, empty boxes, kitchen stuff, my cosmetics trolley that she empties and refill over and over, but not lots of thos big learning toys and books. I try to read to her, but she's worse than a botfly and won't sit still. Yet she's active and confident and says HEAPS. She likes to collect the leaves outside and touch the bird aviary. She liek to play with an old mirror and simple stuff like climbing etc, yet my friend's little boy doesn't do any of those things that Darcy did at his age. I don't want her to not have those learning things, but we can't really afford lots of stuff either. Mum says I'm being silly, but I've been scouring for books and things for her birthday.

ETA We don't smack here. I don't know whatwe are going to do, but I'll deal with that when she understands. It's not cos I want to 'gently parent' but becasue Cam was hit in anger as a child and with stuff. I don't want to leave any room for accidents, you know what kind of a unit my Dh is Leanne. And I don't want in any uncertain terms his family to think they can discipline my child their way.

ETA again. And you all know my line of work.....