I think I normally start with Amelia updates, so here we go. Well, she is most definitely a toddler that tantrums, at the grand young age of 18 months. Growing up far too quickly, with far too much of her own opinion and personality! She knows what she likes, doesn't like, loves and hates. Even know, she still amazes me with something new each and every day. Today, it was another speech related milestone. The conversation went like this...
"Amelia, do you want to help mumma with the washing?"
"Yes"
"Yes what?"
"Yes please mumma"
"Okay, well we need to put it into the washing machine, can you do that?"
"Okay"
Amelia puts the washing into the washing machine
"Do we need liquid now?"
"Yep!"
"Where does mumma keep the liquid"
"Here mumma?"
"Yep, here in this cupboard, good girl"
Amelia opens cupboard and hands me the fabric softener
"Thank you"
"Ta mumma"
"Okay, Amelia, all done now, well done"
"Yay"
Amelia claps herself.
She's just amazing, she truly is. I know, I know what you're thinking "she's your daughter, of course you think she's amazing" but honestly and truthfully, she is so incredibly bright. Anyway, we are still keeping a record of her words on the fridge. Not words that she can copy (as she can say most words if you ask her to) but words she has learnt all by herself and uses on her own. I think we have about 40-50 now.
So, now you know all the good things, here is a bad thing - her sleep. My God, her sleep is so bad. We have tried a sleep training thingy, to stop her coming into our bed during the night but all we managed to do was argue, get more sleep deprived, more tired, more frustrated and more angry. So after a week, we gave up (we needed to sleep, trust me) so now, we get her back into bed if we're still up (she normally wakes once before midnight) and then when she wakes during the night (anywhere between 1 and 4am) she walks into our room and I simply lift her into our bed. I can hear many of you out there screaming at your PC "dont do it, dont do it!!!! Rod for your own back!!" and blah blah blah, but seriously, when we both have work in the morning, we simply need our sleep and it isnt that awful. We are going to try again in a couple of months time and see how it goes. Id really like her to be sleeping through before she's 2, otherwise we'll never even contemplate trying for another baby.
On a positive note, I have moved jobs into a new team, in Bristol. Its possibly the best career move Ive made in my 5 years at NR and I love every minute of it. I wont go into details, as its not what this blog was for, but a happy mummy at work means a much nicer wife and happier mummy at home.
We are starting to do some work on our house now (brought it 2 years ago, so about time!) and the first room of attack is our bathroom. Im so excited, its silly! I cant wait for the house to feel more like ours, to our taste. We're also growing lots of fruit and veggies this year. We did some last year and Amelia ate every single tomato and strawberry we ever had..... so this time, its much more veggies (we brought a raised bed, which is huge and gorgeous), herbs and fruits. I simply cannot wait for them to grow.
Oh well, time for a glass of vino now and hopefully, if I can talk James into it, a foot rub.
Speak soon blog,
Sj xx
