percy treated us to a funny episode a couple of nites ago. in keeping with her insistence on only having showers we were preparing for our shower that evening; collect towel, nappy, jamies, undress, adjust water temperature, etc.
at one point percy slipped into the ensuite without us and slid the door closed behind her. i went to open the door but she pushed it shut again protesting "no!" i asked what she was doing and may i come in. she replied again "no!" and that she was using the potty. the potty was not in the room. as the shower wasn't on yet we figured she couldn't get into much more trouble than falling into the toilet, which we'd hear and rescue her from right quick, so we let her be. i asked once or twice more if i may come in and got strong "no's" in reply. then we heard the toilet flush and percy opened the door!
i'm absolutely positive that despite her interest in us going to the toilet and her use of a potty she can't manage a full size toilet on her own. still, there was no pee on the floor, plus she seemed pretty emphatic that she was using the toilet and didn't want our presence while she did. paul was rolling on the bed laughing by the end (me too nearly)... maybe you had to be there.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
22 months
percy is 22 months old today. not long 'til her second birthday.
she arrived home from wollongong on saturday morning quite happy and unscathed. i think she missed us as she gave us lots of hugs and kisses.
on sunday we made an impromptu visit to my brother and family. we came away with more toys for her! she now has a lego collection that allows a quite robust big tower, taller than her, to be built with ease. too lazy to run downstairs to get the camera...
back to day care today with a rice bubbles, milky sloppy kiss to say goodbye with.
she arrived home from wollongong on saturday morning quite happy and unscathed. i think she missed us as she gave us lots of hugs and kisses.
on sunday we made an impromptu visit to my brother and family. we came away with more toys for her! she now has a lego collection that allows a quite robust big tower, taller than her, to be built with ease. too lazy to run downstairs to get the camera...
back to day care today with a rice bubbles, milky sloppy kiss to say goodbye with.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3 and 4 day experiments
the four day experiment first...
last week, and continuing from now on, percy will be attending day care, and i'll be working, four days a week. we have wednesdays at home together. i think percy is taking this change just fine. each day i've dropped her off she's sat down to her second breakfast and waved me away quite happily. i suppose i'm taking the change fine as well. ('course i'd rather be a lady of leisure but that scenario is highly unlikely.)
our three day experiment is more interesting. percy is staying three nites with her gran and grandad. without us. i drove her down on wednesday afternoon and they'll be bringing her home on saturday. it's very traumatic! for me. by all reports percy is doing fine.
i only stayed a half hour or so before having a big cuddle and kisses and saying good bye. the drive home seemed to flash past but once home i became morose, tired, depressed and lonely. really lonely. and also inert. i know that's an odd way to describe a person but that's how i felt- very inert. i lay on the bed and couldn't move. even when a bit of rain came over and was getting the dry washing wet i couldn't run out and get it in. this isn't like me- i hate repeating effort. it just doesn't seem right that there was no little head at the dining table, no clambering nakey-baby to play with after dinner, no wet chookie in the shower, and saddest of all; no tousled head popping up to say "hello" this morning. it feels all wrong.
i imagine many would say i should be rejoicing. having some baby-free time; time with no cries in the night, no tussles over eating, no debates about whether to put a nappy on again (or run about naked- she's very much the nudist), no 6am rousing from bed, no repeat readings of the same book... yes, perhaps i should be happy. i just miss her.
i really, really miss her.
last week, and continuing from now on, percy will be attending day care, and i'll be working, four days a week. we have wednesdays at home together. i think percy is taking this change just fine. each day i've dropped her off she's sat down to her second breakfast and waved me away quite happily. i suppose i'm taking the change fine as well. ('course i'd rather be a lady of leisure but that scenario is highly unlikely.)
our three day experiment is more interesting. percy is staying three nites with her gran and grandad. without us. i drove her down on wednesday afternoon and they'll be bringing her home on saturday. it's very traumatic! for me. by all reports percy is doing fine.
i only stayed a half hour or so before having a big cuddle and kisses and saying good bye. the drive home seemed to flash past but once home i became morose, tired, depressed and lonely. really lonely. and also inert. i know that's an odd way to describe a person but that's how i felt- very inert. i lay on the bed and couldn't move. even when a bit of rain came over and was getting the dry washing wet i couldn't run out and get it in. this isn't like me- i hate repeating effort. it just doesn't seem right that there was no little head at the dining table, no clambering nakey-baby to play with after dinner, no wet chookie in the shower, and saddest of all; no tousled head popping up to say "hello" this morning. it feels all wrong.
i imagine many would say i should be rejoicing. having some baby-free time; time with no cries in the night, no tussles over eating, no debates about whether to put a nappy on again (or run about naked- she's very much the nudist), no 6am rousing from bed, no repeat readings of the same book... yes, perhaps i should be happy. i just miss her.
i really, really miss her.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
no-bath baby
percy is a grot of a baby. she's refused to have a bath for weeks now! the dirt is piling up, that tan ain't no tan, she smells awful, her hair is a matted mess, her nails are black...
nah, just kidding! she has declined to have a bath but loves having showers! ages back, as a novetly, one of us, i think paul first, took her into the shower with him. then it was sort of a once a week thing. now it's every day. i'm not sure what the appeal is- the running water, being with mamma or pappa, having the choice...
it's quite fun to have a shower together. she likes the soap bubbles and helping to wash my legs. the down side is i like my showers scalding hot so i don't get to enjoy that broiled lobster feeling when she comes in with me and she was given a neat bath toy at christmas that really works best with a pool of water, not running water- she hasn't played with it once (sorry sin-sin and uncle karl.)
we've even gotten to the point that paul and i have to get out first and leave percy to herself for a couple of minutes at the end. she says "mamma/pappa, get out" and pushes open the door! bossy little thing.
nah, just kidding! she has declined to have a bath but loves having showers! ages back, as a novetly, one of us, i think paul first, took her into the shower with him. then it was sort of a once a week thing. now it's every day. i'm not sure what the appeal is- the running water, being with mamma or pappa, having the choice...
it's quite fun to have a shower together. she likes the soap bubbles and helping to wash my legs. the down side is i like my showers scalding hot so i don't get to enjoy that broiled lobster feeling when she comes in with me and she was given a neat bath toy at christmas that really works best with a pool of water, not running water- she hasn't played with it once (sorry sin-sin and uncle karl.)
we've even gotten to the point that paul and i have to get out first and leave percy to herself for a couple of minutes at the end. she says "mamma/pappa, get out" and pushes open the door! bossy little thing.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
christmas/ new year wellingrove
more piccies...
percy, her oma and her cousins reading together, back in the favourite place- the hammock, paul riding the neighbours horse (there is a heap of video of percy riding and leading the horse too, which she absolutely loved, but it's about 15 minutes long and would take eight years to post), and playing in the glen innes pool...
christmas in wollongong
just a quick couple of piccies... where else would you sit to feed your new dollies, but in your new tonka truck?
Monday, January 12, 2009
"i love you"
adorably percy has started to tell us that she loves us. often she's just repeating us saying to her "i love you", but occasionally she will say 'i love you', unprompted and throw a big cuddle and kiss in as a bonus. it's heart swellingly wonderful.
i think the big leap forward in language could be attributed to the two weeks over christmas/new year when she was constantly with us or other family members and encouraged to talk non-stop. i mean the encouragement, not the talking!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
sentences
another step along the way to understanding and communication... percy is using three and four word sentences quite regularly now. it's great as it means she can be part of the conversation (a bit) and let us know what's going on in her mind. mostly it's descriptive stuff or requests; "percy climb up", "percy go swimming", "have more milk?", "have a look?" this last one is particularly funny, tho a bit frustrating. she uses it when she doesn't believe what we are telling her, eg. "have a look (in fridge)" when we tell her there is no custard or avocado. or in the bottom of a bag or box or cupboard when searching for a toy, towel, whatever.
she also asks "pappa, where are you?" or "what mamma doing?", actually there is lots of "what (name) doing?"; she's very curious. and of course "what's that?" hasn't let up. hilariously this question seems to come out even if she doesn't have a particular object or item to query- ie. she'll look in one direction, point in the opposite and ask "what's that?" 'what's what, little girl?!, i can't tell what you are asking about!'
i've read it can take 'til children are 3 or 4 before they substitute "i" for their name. we'll see, i think she's starting to grasp the difference between 'me' and 'you' so perhaps 'i' isn't too far away.
she also asks "pappa, where are you?" or "what mamma doing?", actually there is lots of "what (name) doing?"; she's very curious. and of course "what's that?" hasn't let up. hilariously this question seems to come out even if she doesn't have a particular object or item to query- ie. she'll look in one direction, point in the opposite and ask "what's that?" 'what's what, little girl?!, i can't tell what you are asking about!'
i've read it can take 'til children are 3 or 4 before they substitute "i" for their name. we'll see, i think she's starting to grasp the difference between 'me' and 'you' so perhaps 'i' isn't too far away.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
cats don't read!
super funny! percy was chasing pi around this evening with a book calling out "pi read book!" she was very reluctant to accept that cats don't read...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
2008-2009
for the past couple of weeks we've either not been near ready internet access or i've not been motivated to write. it's been a very tiring few weeks, not to mention a confirmation of why i dislike christmas. never mind- percy loves life and thru her you can't help but see it all with a bit of a sparkle too. (is it wrong to already live vicariously thru my daughter?)
once again percy scooped the pool at christmas in terms of presents. she even ran out of steam on opening them. because we had two christmases with each set of grandparents percy spread out her present opening over five days! lucky chook! she now has a lovely new haul of dinosaurs, a mega-sketcher, horsies, a tonka truck big enough to sit in, books, clothes, baby dolls and i'm sure other things i can't think of just now.
percy is becoming an adept car traveller too. we drove to wollongong on 23rd dec which was easy, she's done that trip heaps of times. then on the nite of the 26th we left wollongong at 5pm for the 9 hour drive to wellingrove. the plan was that percy would sleep the whole way. which she mostly did! she didn't fall asleep until 9pm but was out of it for nearly the rest of the way. we arrived around 2:30am and transferred her successfully to a waiting cot. on 1st jan we drove 4.5 hours to coffs harbour. it took that long because we stopped for food, fuel, to look at waterfalls and to coordinate what we were doing with my brother and his family who had also decided to come to coffs. percy got a bit whingey towards the end of this trip because she was awake the whole way. still she only cried a little and was happy once we checked into the hotel. on the 4th we left coffs harbour at 4am thinking we might get ahead of all the returning holiday traffic. again percy slept nearly the whole six and half hours it took to get home. we didn't get any traffic, thankfully, just lots of road works speed limited to 80kmph, oh well.
the last three days percy and i have been at home together- mostly hiding in the air conditioning as it's been too hot for out door activities. she's made some fantastic new leaps in language and understanding too. details, and photos of the 'holiday' period to come...
once again percy scooped the pool at christmas in terms of presents. she even ran out of steam on opening them. because we had two christmases with each set of grandparents percy spread out her present opening over five days! lucky chook! she now has a lovely new haul of dinosaurs, a mega-sketcher, horsies, a tonka truck big enough to sit in, books, clothes, baby dolls and i'm sure other things i can't think of just now.
percy is becoming an adept car traveller too. we drove to wollongong on 23rd dec which was easy, she's done that trip heaps of times. then on the nite of the 26th we left wollongong at 5pm for the 9 hour drive to wellingrove. the plan was that percy would sleep the whole way. which she mostly did! she didn't fall asleep until 9pm but was out of it for nearly the rest of the way. we arrived around 2:30am and transferred her successfully to a waiting cot. on 1st jan we drove 4.5 hours to coffs harbour. it took that long because we stopped for food, fuel, to look at waterfalls and to coordinate what we were doing with my brother and his family who had also decided to come to coffs. percy got a bit whingey towards the end of this trip because she was awake the whole way. still she only cried a little and was happy once we checked into the hotel. on the 4th we left coffs harbour at 4am thinking we might get ahead of all the returning holiday traffic. again percy slept nearly the whole six and half hours it took to get home. we didn't get any traffic, thankfully, just lots of road works speed limited to 80kmph, oh well.
the last three days percy and i have been at home together- mostly hiding in the air conditioning as it's been too hot for out door activities. she's made some fantastic new leaps in language and understanding too. details, and photos of the 'holiday' period to come...
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