Sleep
Elliott woke at 6am (boo).
He had a short afternoon nap around 1.30pm for about 40 minutes and took himself up for this nap! He then slept again for about 1 and a half hours in the car on the way back to Wokingham from 4pm.
He went to bed at 8pm with no problems.
Food
He had Rice Crispies for breakfast.
He had fish fingers, (very small portion of) oven chips and peas for lunch - however he didn't eat many peas. He had a cheese biscuit for dessert.
He insisted on shreddies for tea.
He also had snacks of biscuits and I tried him with a banana, but he didn't seem interested.
Toilet
Elliott had 2 "dirty" nappies during the day, one in the morning and one just after lunch.
He sat on his potty mostly during each nappy change - though did refuse once - and before bath time but there was no product on any occasion.
Naughtiness
Elliott had no time outs at all, though before we left and after his short nap he was beginning to get a little manic and silly! Fortunately sleeping on the car journey home meant he really calmed down.
Activities
In the morning we went to Clown About which he really enjoyed. He even tried the fast slide for the first time with me there. I think he enjoyed this as he went back again for more, but he seemed to enjoy the ball pits and big exercise balls more. He also ran laps around the whole place a lot and really quickly.
When we were at home in the morning he also
- played with castle toys again
- made a train and racing car out of home made play dough (very imaginative!)
- watched Postman Pat (bouncy castle episode, which appears to be current favourite)
- played with trains
- "read" various books
In the afternoon he played catch with Granny for a while (still can't quite catch, but think he's getting there) and as already stated got a little hyper.
When we got back to Wokingham we watched some "lion" (Madagascar 2), had tea and had a long, fun bath.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
Sleep
Elliott woke at 7am.
He had a long afternoon nap around 1pm for about 2 hours and took himself up for his own nap!
He went to bed at 8pm with no problems.
Food
He had Weetabix for breakfast and I attempted to feed him some orange segments, but he was not keen!
He had a Roast Lamb meal for lunch - however he only ate the lamb and a few bits of potato (and some brocholli sneaked through behind the lamb!) I did attempt to get him to try the carrott but this only really helped feeding him potato instead. He had a cheese biscuit for dessert.
He had two slices of toast with margarine for tea.
He also had snacks of biscuit and bread sticks.
Toilet
Elliott had 1 "dirty" nappy during the morning.
He sat on his potty well during each nappy change and before bath time but there was no product on any occasion.
Naughtiness
Elliott had to have a time out at lunch time to encourage him to eat more of his lunch. This did work. Also later at the Sladens he didn't want to give Charlie back his racing cars, but after asking him if he'd rather give the racing cars back of have a time-out Elliott gave the cars back and said thank you to Charlie for letting him play with them.
Activities
In the morning we:
- played with castle toys
- watched Postman Pat
- did some learning with the alphabet cards - he enjoyed saying the things he saw on the cards and played along with "a is for" by repeating, but I'm sure didn't really understand
- played with the sponge football - mainly kicking
- went to the park in Fordingbridge for a bit - lots of running around and he was really giggling hard when we started kicking fallen leaves - he also told some ducks to "get back in the water", which they did!
- made the big ice cream with the right colours again
- read a Thomas story
In the afternoon we visited the Sladens. Elliott had a really good time, and was playing lots directly with Charlie. Poppy also joined in for a while and they all went upstairs and climbed on top of Poppy's new bunk bed where they were playing together. Elliott was mainly playing with cars and trains with Charlie, but they also bonded over a shared love of the film "Cars" which they both found each other loved. Also at one point Elliott was telling Charlie he was going to be a moo cow in his nursery play and Charlie was telling Elliott he was going t be a sheep in his, which was very sweet.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
Sleep
Elliott woke at 7.20am.
He had a short afternoon nap around 1pm for about an hour.
He went to bed at 8pm with no problems.
Food
He had 2 servings of Crunchy Nut Clusters for breakfast.
He had a marmite sandwich for lunch.
He had spaghetti bolognese for tea - but he took a little persuading to eat this, though did end up eating a good per-centage of it.
He also had snacks of biscuit and bread sticks.
Toilet
Elliott had 3 "dirty" nappies during today!
He sat on his potty well during each nappy change and before bath time but there was no product on any occasion.
Naughtiness
Elliott was really good all day on the whole. I did mention time-out as an alternative to not eating his spaghetti bolognese, but he started eating when I asked him which he'd prefer so it wasn't needed.
Activities
We went to Salisbury out of town Tescos in the morning for a while with Mum where we bought him a new hat a gloves, some new socks and a new pair of racing car slippers. We had some pink juice in the cafe while there.
After his lunchtime nap we went into Salisbury for a bit to do some Christmas shopping and we bought him some alphabet cards from Early Learning to help him learn the alphabet.
Around all this there was a lot of playing with trains / big car / sponge football (some throwing with me, some kicking with me). He also made the "big ice cream" on the colour board a few times, each time getting all the colours right in their slots. He then moved on to a multi coloured fish template and got the colours wrong, but I think he was doing this on purpose as he was joking with me as he got them wrong.
To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.
