Babies born~September 2007 #56

[AnyDream]

Arte that's great that W had a "playover" - perhaps you could organise a regular swap...it's amazing how busy and entertained they can be when there's another little person there - and our 'bubs' are really at the age now when they are learning to play WITH one another (and not just alongside, kwim). It's so sweet when they start getting their own little friends!

Ginger - Pffft - there is no way she could make that observation based on the tiny fraction of time you are at gymbaroo each week! Missy E was totally out of control when we started at kindergym - omg the carry on I had - she wouldn't participate in the group activities at all and she had a couple of tantrums too. Turns out she was just a little too young for it - even tho she looked as big or bigger than most of the other kids in the session - a year later and she's cruising with it (athough most of the session they are just running free on the equipment, only a brief group activity at start and end). I found it exhausting then and I would've pulled her out even if I wasn't having chemo. Free range playgroup is good - esp if you have a nice kindy close by (that you're thinking of sending him too) as it helps get social with the other parents who are also thinking of sending their kids there. Once they turn 3 there are a lot of other activities you could think about - anything from little tackers soccer/football, little aths, kindermusic, swimming...Dont' keep going if you're not enjoying it - you're better off heading down to the playground for a bit.

Trill - I'm so sorry to hear your stepfather has hit his last line of treatment - very scary, although they do keep the hard-hitting stuff for last, so he could still do quite well with this chemo...BUT it's really important for him to get his ship in order now. If his treatment works it means he can enjoy the time he has without worrying about what is needed to be done. Does he have contact with a Pal Care team yet? I'm told they are very good with general support & assistance with end-of-life issues, so that is something your Mum should look into early on if she can.

ETA re my tramp - Ginger it's basically a way to get aerobic activity without too much strain on your joints (there's not so much impact-stress) AND it helps your lymphatic drainage/ie removing toxins from your body because the up-down movement kind of 'massages' the cells & gets all the lymph fluid moving.