Charlie and the jigsaw factory

Sleep

Elliott woke at 7.30am.

Elliott had a nap of about 1 hour in the car on the way back to Wokingham early afternoon around 2.30pm.

He went to bed at 7.10pm but was audibly singing for about 40 minutes before he went to sleep.

Food

Elliott had Special K for breakfast.

He had a roast lamb lunch but he struggled a bit with the lamb which he chewed for ages. In the end he didn't have a lot but he did have some and he had a yoghurt for pudding. 

He had crumpets for tea.


He had another almond slice cake around 10am as a snack and seemed very excited by the concept of cakes all day (lots of pretend cakes handed around!)

Toilet

Elliott had 1 "dirty" nappy in the morning.

He went to the actual toilet 5 times overall during the day to do a wee, including before his bath, and was really independent again. 


Naughtiness

Only one moment today which was before we left the Sladens. He had been warned 3 times we were going to leave but really didn't want to leave and fell to the floor and started to cry and kick the floor. So I left him and came back after a few minutes when he had stopped making any noise (though I could see him) and when I came back and he was calmer we had a cuddle and he said sorry while I explained that it was silly to throw a tantrum like that.

Also today I started asking him to promise he would do things and give me a hug to agree it. So for example when he was drinking his pre bedtime milk I asked him to promise only one more Peppa Pig before bed and he did and we "sealed" it with a hug and sure enough he went straight to bed after the next Peppa Pig finished!

Heatlh

He coughed a little during the day, but hardly at all. Unfortunately the cough medicine ran out today after 2 doses, however no overnight coughing yet.

Activities

We went to the Sladens in the morning. He really enjoyed himself and him and Charlie were interacting lots. There was some catching with a ball (though Elliott is still not quite catching), lots of cars and trains, listening to Poppy play the violin, climbing up and down Poppy's bunk bed, some chasing, etc. He also helped Charlie with a Fireman Sam jigsaw.

After a fairly late lunch we drove back to Wokingham and when we got back played some indoor football, read the Gruffalo about 5 times, played with cars and watched some Peppa Pigs.

We also had a quite long and really fun bath today and I did his hair like Ferris Beuller in the shower scene and showed him in the mirror and he thought it was hilarious.

There was also a lot of singing throughout the day. At the Sladens he did a great Baa Baa Black Sheep, and during the day at different times there has been more Baa Baa Black Sheep, some Wheels On The Bus, a bit of Hot Cross Buns and the Monkeys In A Tree song from nursery that I don't know very well. I've been singing along with him as much as possible and when he asks me to and have a nursery rhymes CD in the car that we sing along too.

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