1. Watchful and wakeful
2. Closing Time
3. Mummies Night Out
Son 2 aged 1 woke up every 30 minutes yesterday evening. He’s not in his cot, he’s on the double bed, where I’ve been lying next to him to get him to sleep. Because he’s teething/missing his breast feed/missing Son 1 aged 4/missing Wonder Nanny/missing The Man. And he’s now rousing himself every time he comes into light sleep and hollering for the missing body next to him. This evening he’s only woken up 3 times. How much Better Things Are Getting.
It was his last day at the Old Nursery today. From tomorrow, Wonder Nanny looks after him 4 days a week. I was up at 6 and didn’t stop, trying to get all three of us ready so I could drop Son 2 off, drive another 7 miles to drop Son 1 aged 4 off and still get into The Office on time. It was very hard on Son 2, the first into Nursery and the last out, as Son 1 and I charged cross country to try to get him before closing time. We didn’t make it. My fault. I’d stopped off at a supermarket on the way to get the cash to settle up with the Old Nursery before I picked up Son 1. (Couldn’t find cheque book.) When I got there, late, they said “Oh yes. We’ll send you the bill. Didn’t have time to do it today.”
Some friends came round in the evening for a quick cuppa and a chat. We cleared out The Man’s shelf of hula hoop, chili crisps and After Eights. Son 2 only cried once when they were here. It was good to see them, and we have a lofty aim of a once-weekly Mummies Night Out, which we could invite other people to drop in on as and when.
Tags: last day at Nursery, late pick up, light sleep, sleep problems
