Christmas concert

Sleep

Elliott woke at 6.30am.

He had a long afternoon nap around 1.30pm for about 2 hours with only a 5 minute period of complaining.

He went to bed at 8pm with no problems.

Food

He had Cheerios for breakfast and I attempted to feed him banana - this did not go well and I ended up eating most of it myself.

He had sausage and potato for lunch.

He had some crumpets with margarine for tea.

He also had snacks of bread sticks.

Toilet

Elliott had 2 "dirty" nappies during the morning, both of which were runny again - however he did not produce another "dirty" nappy after 11am for the whole day.

He sat on his potty well during morning nappy changes and before bath time but there was no product on any occasion.

Naughtiness

Elliott had no time outs again today and was very well behaved throghout.

Activities

In the morning we:

• played with trains
• watched Kerwhizz
• did some alphabet cards - spoke to nursery and we're doing phonetic pronunciation (well we will be when he starts recognising the letters better)
• played with the sponge football - mainly throwing

In the afternoon we went to Henley for the Christmas concert by Henley Symphony Orchestra with Dave, Jo, Alice and Fi. Elliott was quite shy and clingy at first as we were in a church with lots of other parents and toddlers. But when the orchestra started playing he looked around and watched them and warmed up. The concert lasted for about half an hour with Christmas songs (Jingle Bells) and other children's "favourites" (Teddy Bears picnic) and he did some jigging - though no singing. We also bought along plinky, plonks teddy and a shaker and he was enjoying shaking them along. After the concert we all went for a coffee, pink juice and cake and then it was back for tea, bath, milk and bed time.

To see photos of today visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/elliottsweekends/.