There is gonna be a lot of salty dots โค๏ธ hopefully you will find a way to support yourself through it when it happens
There is gonna be a lot of salty dots โค๏ธ hopefully you will find a way to support yourself through it when it happens
But be kind to yourself. It isnโt easy seeing a loved one in dementia care.
When things settle. Do try to look for some good. I still giggle about the last time I saw my Nana in care. Sheโd gotten a jury dury summons. We joked with the carers about her on the jury. It helped โค๏ธ
Me: can you please go brush your teeth?
7yo: can you please come with me young girlโฆ with grey hairโฆ look Iโm holding a grey hair
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Is she honestly admitting that Auckland can only just grow now because of this report?!
Like, isnโt it her job to help with that? What the hell has she been doing for the past 4-5 years?
Given the impact of covid to me after 3 vaccinations, Iโve always had the same thought too.
I hate to think what life would have been like for my partner and son without the lockdowns.
I keep getting up and doing little jobs around the house because everytime I sit down, I feel like Iโm about to fall asleep.
Itโs too early to fall asleep ๐ฅฑ
Yeah, I have definitely realised this is the reason. Itโs just so exhausting. I know I say no, wait, or hang on way more than his Dad. But itโs because he also asks me more often too.
His Dad has a tendency to forget whatever it is, if he doesnโt go do it straight away
Why, even though my partner is closer to the 7yo than me, does the 7yo bother me for things?!
Iโm busy cleaning bathrooms. My partner is sitting on the couch scrolling his phone ๐
Have started the trek around the Newtown Festivalโฆ
The 7yo is thoroughly enjoying talking with the stall holders!
The McDonaldโs Friends figurines. They are standing on their boxes. From left to right is Joey, Rachel, Ross, Chandler and Monica
Getting there. Just need Phoebe.
I now have 3 Rachelโs too ๐
Itโs been quite therapeutic having a ranting chat session with one of my Mum friends tonight.
Feel like Iโve needed it!
Thatโs not bad.
Our trick is to get the 7yo to lie still. Once he does, he clearly gets bored and just falls asleep ๐ us just sitting in the room seems to help with this, occasionally we need to lie with him
Yeah, we did discuss it with the paediatrician. Havenโt tried it yet. But may try it. Most nights heโs fine. We might have 1 night every 2ish weeks where he wonโt fall asleep. Even then, on those nights we normally have him asleep by 9:30 at the latest
Just bought our tshirts for the Asthma Foundationโs Blue Shirt Day.
I thinm this years design is really nice. And has a good message with it ๐
www.blueshirtday.org.nz/shop?fbclid=...
Yes, so much this!
Currently sitting in the 7yoโs bedroom in the hopes it helps him fall asleepโฆ
Heโs a little too excited for his school trip to the swimming pool tomorrow
Not really a typical thing in a fruit salad.
He did thoroughly enjoy it. And ate it all.
His Grandad however, was not impressed when he tried putting cucumbers in his fruit salad ๐
The 7yo is making a fruit salad with his Grandadโฆ
GD: do you want banana?
7yo: yep!
GD: pineapple?
7yo: yep!
GD: peaches?
7yo: yep. And I want little cucumbers and tomatoes
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Thereโs clearly a sports day or something at the local college. All the teens are dressed in outrageous outfits in specific colours. He absolutely loved seeing their outfits
Walking to school this morning itโs obvious that the 7yo enjoys it due to being able to talk to everyone else who is walking to work/school
Wish me luck getting through the day.
One of the toys I had taken off the 7yo started randomly making noises at 3:30am.
I did not go back to sleep properly ๐ด
It really is.
I canโt remember exactly what I said one day to him. But I remember him getting upset and saying โyou donโt love me anymoreโ. That day was when I realised I need to be really careful with my words!
That sounds like something my 6yo would say. Itโs so hard to explain why I donโt feel sad about being alone without accidentally hurting his feelings! ๐
โLiterature, societal understanding and personal spiritual experiences in a national library might be harder things to put a dollar value on than, say agricultural exports, but thatโs not because theyโre not valuable; itโs because theyโre priceless.โ โค๏ธ
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-...
I donโt remember having my inhaler before going to bed.
And my breathing and coughing this morning suggests I did not have it ๐
"Why are you crying? It's just a kids movie."
The movie:
Needed to drop meds off at the school.
So of course the rain started absolutely bucketing down as we got off the bus. And stopped again when I got on the next bus to go to work
A boy is holding a small handful of hail. There is a scattering of hail behind him on a wooden deck
The 7yo was excited to find โsnowโ near our front door
The official day one lf Movinโ March, the rain and freezing cold weather has meant that we will not be walking to school ๐ฎโ๐จ