Despite my best intentions of blogging more regularly, I haven't. Part of the reason has been that we have all been sick. Mister Bear and Chickabid got off fairly lightly, but unless I am much mistaken Ladybug and I have both had whooping cough. Ladybug has been especially sick and we've had a run of disturbed nights - much coughing, struggling to breathe and vomiting going on. Both kids are fully immunised and up to date on their immunisations, but apparently it is not 100% effective. Ladybug had a throat swab done last week to confirm the disgnosis and is on antibiotics to hopefully curtail the disease, but there is no real treatment. The poor baby is *very* unwell :(
This has been the summer that wasn't, and we have had so much rain that getting the washing done has been a real battle. I usually love this time of year as my washing is almost always up to date, but this summer has been a real problem. Part of dealing with my "illness" is to know the trigger points and to deal with them to prevent triggering an episode. Obviously some things are way out of my control and there is nothing I can do about that, but there are other things - like the washing - that I can do something about. The untidier the laundry, the closer to the edge I am wavering. It's an odd thing, I know, but that is the way it is. As the laundry goes, so does my life. It is not for nothing that the blog is called Chickafinty - A Life in the Laundry lol.
Chickabid has grown up so much lately. He is absolutely my little right hand man when it comes to getting things done. His need for his ducks to be in a row drives me insane sometimes, but it doesn help me to stay on track. He has made great strides with reading and comprehension and I am so proud of his work habits. He puts his head down and gets on with it, taking a huge amaount of pleasure in filling in his daily diary and ticking things off his list. He loves to catch me out by starting his maths before the official start of school (and finishing it) so that when I tell him to do his maths he can annouce that it is already done. We are facing the world of fractions and decimals together. So far we are both winning :) The real winner though is Ladybug - by the time she hits Year 5/6 maths, her mother will be well versed in it. (I will have to be!)
Recent Comments