Letting go is Hard

Last night Mari was late. This left me in charge, which is not a bad thing. See when Mari is about Charlotte is her shadow and to be fair Mari is great about it. They are doing all sorts of Girlie things together and it is lovely to see.

So after dinner Charlotte got the words she dislikes. "Bath time and Hair wash". However to my surprise she wondered off with out a word. So After a few minutes I went up, She usually needs the toilet first. So as she was finishing she pointed to the shower. Now Mari and her have been used it a couple of times because we want to her to use it for when she has special lady time (I am told it is easier than having a bath). However she has not used it on her own. She was adamant she wanted a shower so I turned it on and she got all her shampoo's and sponges and in she went.

Now I was concerned that she would not like it or just hope in and out. I had decided to sit and see if she got on ok but was order out the room with "Daddy OUT, door CLOSED". "NO", I said I will sit and wait. "DADDY OUT, DOOR CLOSED". "OK OK" and I left. I did keep popping my head in just to make sure she was ok but she was fine and washed everything that needed doing with no help (OK I need to help with the conditioner coz it was nearly empty).

I guess I have to accept that for some things I will have to push her but for others I will need to let go and that is very hard.

Okey Dokey Kareoke

It was one of CN classmates birthday party on Saturday. Since she was with us we were tasked with taking her which turned out all right in the end.

My Little girl is not the sociable sort. Get in her in large crowd of kids and she is happy to be on her own or be with us. We have started to try and get her to be more involved when there are party's or guests but I fear it may be a long road. She is ok as long as everyone is doing what she wants but as soon as you try something else the face comes out and the arms get folded.

Anyway it was lovely to see that in a group of her peers she did very well eventually. Everyone got a hug and she started dancing with everyone until the singing started.... Not happy about that... She then started being a bit funny and not in a good way. One little girl kept trying to involve her but she wouldn't. Then she started being rude to the little girl and that dear reader was that. Daddy had a quiet word and then a louder word about a) Being rude b) We were there for the duration so might as well enjoy it.

So she did !! Which was lovely to see. Need to try and break the cycle of going somewhere and doing what she wants. Sometimes you have to play what everyone else is playing

The IPE Result

Was very positive. There are usually five targets on the form up for discussion. She had met 2 of them, with one being slightly changed as it was a bit adventurious.

One of the targets was to get her using her fine motor skills in her hand. Since she can now use chopsticks they agree that she has now met that.

Need to work on her maths. If I have 3 pins how many do I need to make 5 etc.

In all she is doing very well and is much liked by her class. Seems that she is very in to boys. So I will be keeping an eye on that.

IPE Day

Not it's not a bear but a termly chat with her teachers to see how she is getting on. Normally goes well but will blog more tomorrow

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

I have really started to get into the meat of this. In some ways I find it hard reading as there are certain aspects of the book that are very close to my own. Maybe not the actual events but certainly the emotional aspects are hitting home. Seems to focus a lot on the Mum,Dad and son at the moment but I am hoping it will move to Daughter in the next few chapters. (Having flipped through it would seem the next two do anyway)

No news on the bat suit yet but I had it has a utility belt.

The bat suit

Happy New Year.

Well my young girl has been walking with a very wide gate for a while and Pigeon toed. For ages they have been saying the can't do anything for her mainly prescribing special shoes to try and correct her walking. Should add it is not bad, she just tends to drag her feet. Turns out it is a problem with her hips. Apparently they no longer do the old fashioned leg braces and instead do like a modern body suit made of some technical advanced substance. This we hope will push her hips forward and straight here up. I am hoping it is much like the Bat suit but I am sure with the NHS it wont be.

apart from that she had a cracking Christmas. In fact we had a bloody good Chinese meal the one night. Not only did she eat all here food but she used the chopsticks (one handed properly). I am 36 and struggle with the bloody things :-)