1. Being Here Now
2. Stuffing
3. Bullseye
Getting back is a Praiseworthy Thing (been reading from the Booker Shortlist… also a Good Thing.) I’ve had a week of being ill and technological trauma. So. Today. Son 2 aged 14m slept for two and a half hours, and in the end I had to wake him up. He has done a couple of nights in the cot this week, but he wouldn’t sleep without me last night. Lifestyle Guru Hairdresser says I should just dump him in his cot and let him sort himself out. Soon. But he has little starfish fingers that gently pinch my neck till they find a bit they like to hold on to… and he has soft snuffly hair which he snuggles under my chin, and if I inch away from him he rolls his whole body into me…
Son 1 aged 4y 1m has a bucket of Trick or Treat booty gathered during a trek up and down The Terrace last night. He is allowed one piece after each meal, and thankfully hasn’t noticed that I have thinned it. None of our Friends did the Halloween thing… their children don’t know about it and they wanted to fend it off for another couple of years. I however have left Son 1 alone with Horrid Henry cds for 45 minutes at a time. So he wanted to lay his costume out on the bed. And in answer to a caring “What would you like to do today, Son 1?” question, said “Go upstairs and watch telly and stuff my face with sweets.”
Granny and Grandad said their goodbyes this evening; they are heading back tomorrow. They were delighted with and enchanted by the boys, but they don’t really do bad weather. They’ve booked in again for Christmas. We had a Last Supper of fillet steak, chips and peas. Or they did. My meal ended when Son 2 flung a lump of fillet at my lentil burger.
Tags: co-sleeping, cot, Grandad, Granny, HAlloween, Lifestyle Guru Hairdresser, no, sleep problems, Trick or Treat, yes
