My First Day

Yesterday was quite a chaotic day with OH having trouble with his laptop and then daughter rushing around to get ready for her holiday. Her boyfriend arrived in the middle of the chaos which seemed to calm things down a bit! Eldest son popped in and took the offending laptop away (he works as a softwear developer) which is all to the good. Now the problem is not here any more OH can relax, forget about it and leave it to the experts to sort out.

Morocco It's 32 C Today (pic from Google Images)

Daughter left yesterday so we are in sole charge of a forceful toddler for the next few days. Last night she refused her tea and started sneezing, then only took half of her bottle before bedtime. She has developed a cold and was awake at 10 pm for some more milk but had a very stuffy nose. Woke briefly at 12 midnight but settled herself before I went to her. I didn't think we would get any sleep but she didn't wake until 8.30 this morning so all good.

Today was really busy as I needed to sort the toy box out to know what we have here, and also do my washing as daughter and OH have taken over the machine for the last week! Managed to walk the dog with toddler in her buggy. The dog learned very quickly to walk next to the buggy and not get under the wheels,  and the toddler was laughing at the dog trotting along beside her. Some workmen remarked that I had my work cut out with a dog and a toddler lol. I didn't bother cooking tea, preferred to play with the toddler as we sorted the toys. I cooked her fish fingers and oven chips for her tea with strawberries, raspberries, orange, blueberries and banana for dessert and snacks. As she didn't eat very much breakfast and no tea at all last night I gave her tinned ravioli - her favourite. She has eaten much more today than yesterday so hopefully it will just be a slight cold. This is not an ideal diet but the fruit balances it up a bit I think, and she has not eaten the cottage pie or the beef casserole with fresh veg etc for the last 2 days, so anything is better than nothing in the short term. She has only asked for mummy once today and no tears so all good so far.

My youngest son and my nephew called in today. Son was going to come here for the day but he had to take his sister-in-law to the hospital as she has broken her hand in a bad fall, and can't drive. Her mum and sister live nearby so hopefully they will step up and help her take the grandchildren to school and preschool. I can't help atm as I have the toddler all week and if I took her there she would just add to the problems. Tomorrow my OH is having the day off work as he has several appointments, so things should be easier with the little one some of the time. He works flexitime so can work long or short days and have days off when he needs as long as the hours are correct each month, which is very useful. Toddler is very energetic and rarely sits still unless you are doing something interesting with her eg reading a book, puzzle, drawing etc.

Must go now as we could have an early start tomorrow lol
All the best x