My daughter astounds me !!
This is no great shakes to people that know me, I am astounded by the things she does everyday, she is learning colours, new words dailly, and can count to 10, ( though the concept of 1 - 10 she hasn't grasped yet !! )
At the age of about 11 months she named one of her dolls Nidan Naden, why I can not tell you, i have no idea....... The name is nothing like any other bname she knows, or watches on the telly, if fact she gets bored of telly really easily !!
Now she has named a toy pig that she has in the bath !! Kinga !!! Why Kinga !!! again this is nothing like any name she has heard, or seen !! I thought a toddlers concpets of imagination are not supposed to be that developed by 17 months??
keep going Darcy , keep learning, put yer dad to shame in the clever stakes, be as clever as you can, learn as much and as fast as you can, !
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Gas and 'Leccy bills ! Ouch
Tell me how can the Gas and Electricity companies JUSTIFY a price rise of 30 % ( gas ) and 20% ( electricity ),
If the companies had said, sorry, well times are hard bills are going up in line with inflation, or sorry we are having to buy more russian gas etc , well ok !! but that is the problem there is no sorry !! about it, a lack of competition, and the fact that we all need gas and electricity to get by, means their cartell can get away with crazy price increases.
Now petrol prices are dropping like a stone in a river, and the credit crunch as biting, ( and the government cancelling the winter payments to old people for heating in britain, surely it is time to follow suit , and cut prices !
1st frost this morning, it's getting c.c.c.cccold !! hahaha
If the companies had said, sorry, well times are hard bills are going up in line with inflation, or sorry we are having to buy more russian gas etc , well ok !! but that is the problem there is no sorry !! about it, a lack of competition, and the fact that we all need gas and electricity to get by, means their cartell can get away with crazy price increases.
Now petrol prices are dropping like a stone in a river, and the credit crunch as biting, ( and the government cancelling the winter payments to old people for heating in britain, surely it is time to follow suit , and cut prices !
1st frost this morning, it's getting c.c.c.cccold !! hahaha
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Clocks are going back !
Yep it is that time of year again , when the clocks go back an hour, WHY do we persist in this arcaik tradition.... after 3 weeks it is dark in the evening anyway, sureley it is time ( no pun intended ) to stop this, ??
Please !
Please !
Mr. Men are 35 !!
Did anyone else realise this, or is it just me ??
Mr. Men are 35 yrs old !!
My daughter LOVES them, and can name all the characters on the back of the book !! this is pretty amazing as she is still only 16 months !!
We have managed to get her the complete dvd mr men for xmas, so i hope she doesn;t grow out of them soon !!
The funniest is Mr. Jelly, to which Darcy says , "Wobble wobble wobble " !!
haha very good !!
Mr. Men are 35 yrs old !!
My daughter LOVES them, and can name all the characters on the back of the book !! this is pretty amazing as she is still only 16 months !!
We have managed to get her the complete dvd mr men for xmas, so i hope she doesn;t grow out of them soon !!
The funniest is Mr. Jelly, to which Darcy says , "Wobble wobble wobble " !!
haha very good !!
Daddy do it ?? !!
For the first time in 3 weeks, on Sunday, Darcy actually said " Daddy do it "
For the last 3 weeks, all we have heard is " No Mammy, " " mammy do it "
Is this a turning point in the mother clingyness thing ??
Only time will tell !!
For the last 3 weeks, all we have heard is " No Mammy, " " mammy do it "
Is this a turning point in the mother clingyness thing ??
Only time will tell !!
Weight loss update
9lbs !!
That's it in just over 4 weeks, ( says jumping for joy !! )
We'll get to a stone, and re-evaluate i think, perhaps a little more, see how healthy i feel !!
That's it in just over 4 weeks, ( says jumping for joy !! )
We'll get to a stone, and re-evaluate i think, perhaps a little more, see how healthy i feel !!
Friday, 17 October 2008
The Story of the Fairy, and the chocolate cake !
Yesterdays was Darcy's dressing up party of non Halloween theme, fancy dress party at playschool ! ( well it is run in a school )
She went as a fairy, which was great until toast time, which was not taost time, if it had have been toast time, things would have been ok !! but they substiteuted toast for chocolate cake !! Darcy has never had chocolate cake , so this was to be a new experience ! As with all toddlers, they like to pick things up and feel them, so darcy did that to the cake, squashing it in her hand.... then of course because it was oozing everywhere, it is hard to get ooze into your mouth ? !! so she tried to smear it, over her face !! I wish i had a picture, but the image is not pretty !! no the state of the dress !!
( how many times can you mention toast in a blog )
She went as a fairy, which was great until toast time, which was not taost time, if it had have been toast time, things would have been ok !! but they substiteuted toast for chocolate cake !! Darcy has never had chocolate cake , so this was to be a new experience ! As with all toddlers, they like to pick things up and feel them, so darcy did that to the cake, squashing it in her hand.... then of course because it was oozing everywhere, it is hard to get ooze into your mouth ? !! so she tried to smear it, over her face !! I wish i had a picture, but the image is not pretty !! no the state of the dress !!
( how many times can you mention toast in a blog )
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
The sweet sounds of Marvin Gaye !
When ever I reach for a Cd to play , Somehow I always keep overlooking Marvin !!
Why, I guess because it is always too fashionable to reach for something new and untried, or something in the charts !
But the truth is that Marvin Gaye is like putting on a comfy pair of slippers !! only One size suits all !!, and never fails to impress.
when i was a kid i hated Motown, but as I get older i love Motown, there is something that is soothing, yet the lyrics mean SOMETHING ! I am writing blogs in work at 7.50, with Mr Gaye on the cd player, it doesn't come much better sometimes ...
By the way " you are everything is the current track " classic !
Go dust off some Motown !!
Why, I guess because it is always too fashionable to reach for something new and untried, or something in the charts !
But the truth is that Marvin Gaye is like putting on a comfy pair of slippers !! only One size suits all !!, and never fails to impress.
when i was a kid i hated Motown, but as I get older i love Motown, there is something that is soothing, yet the lyrics mean SOMETHING ! I am writing blogs in work at 7.50, with Mr Gaye on the cd player, it doesn't come much better sometimes ...
By the way " you are everything is the current track " classic !
Go dust off some Motown !!
Monday, 13 October 2008
M.M.R jab
3 little letters that have not struck me with fear, until now !!
I do not pretend to know very much about this subject but,I have always thought that this was essential for Darcy, my sister had measles very badly as a child, and I know someone else who went deaf through having measles, so I figure that the MMR is a good thing , right??
The only study ( i think ) in the U.K was only done on about 100 people, and there were a lot of other factors involved in the case, but there is now another ground swell of anti- MMR in America, Thanks for this as Darcy was due to have it tomorrow, ( 3 months late, due to her surgery , and then 3 colds on the trot !! )
All I want to do is the best by my daughter, the choices we make can have the biggest impacts possible on her life, If we give it her, and she suffers from Autism, I would not forgive myself..... But if I did not give it her, and she lost her hearing , after having measles ( which is now on the increase in Britain) I again, would not forgive myself !!
This is another fork in the parenting road !!
I do not pretend to know very much about this subject but,I have always thought that this was essential for Darcy, my sister had measles very badly as a child, and I know someone else who went deaf through having measles, so I figure that the MMR is a good thing , right??
The only study ( i think ) in the U.K was only done on about 100 people, and there were a lot of other factors involved in the case, but there is now another ground swell of anti- MMR in America, Thanks for this as Darcy was due to have it tomorrow, ( 3 months late, due to her surgery , and then 3 colds on the trot !! )
All I want to do is the best by my daughter, the choices we make can have the biggest impacts possible on her life, If we give it her, and she suffers from Autism, I would not forgive myself..... But if I did not give it her, and she lost her hearing , after having measles ( which is now on the increase in Britain) I again, would not forgive myself !!
This is another fork in the parenting road !!
NO !!
Darcy's latest and favourite word of the moment !!
though she can say Elephant, and "temture" (Temperature) ( a word she picked up from having her temperature taken in hospital last week , so many times ) her best word at present is definatley "No" !
Yesterday she reversed the " are you a baby? " answer "NO" " a big girl" to :-
" are you a big girl ? " answer " No" " a baby " to which we said, " Are you a baby ? " and she said, "No " " a big girl " !!!!
You really can not win sometimes !!
though she can say Elephant, and "temture" (Temperature) ( a word she picked up from having her temperature taken in hospital last week , so many times ) her best word at present is definatley "No" !
Yesterday she reversed the " are you a baby? " answer "NO" " a big girl" to :-
" are you a big girl ? " answer " No" " a baby " to which we said, " Are you a baby ? " and she said, "No " " a big girl " !!!!
You really can not win sometimes !!
I WAS THERE !!
One of those momentous occasions, that as a father , or parent, you pray you are there for,
Darcy took her first unaided steps, and walked across the room !!
What a day, Jayne had been practising for about a week, and Darcy was taking a couple of steps, but yesterday Jayne called her, from the other side of the room, and she just , well, walked !! How great is that !!
Darcy still prefers to walk holding one of our hands, but hoepfully she will be off and walking soon !!
Pleased as punch !
Darcy took her first unaided steps, and walked across the room !!
What a day, Jayne had been practising for about a week, and Darcy was taking a couple of steps, but yesterday Jayne called her, from the other side of the room, and she just , well, walked !! How great is that !!
Darcy still prefers to walk holding one of our hands, but hoepfully she will be off and walking soon !!
Pleased as punch !
If only we had had the weather this summer that we have had this weekend ? !!
WOW !!
What weather, We managed to get upto the country park twice this weekend !! the sun was out, making it a very nice Autumn weekend !!
We even remembered to take the bread for the ducks, though Darcy has to perfect her throwing arm yet, it is more of a " UR " and drop, but there is something to work with I think !!
Good to get a bit of excercise also time has been pressed recently !
Darcy is wowing the crowds wherever she goes, at the moment, she has got her first pair of shoes, which have a squeaker in each heel, so you can't miss her, when she walks by !!
What weather, We managed to get upto the country park twice this weekend !! the sun was out, making it a very nice Autumn weekend !!
We even remembered to take the bread for the ducks, though Darcy has to perfect her throwing arm yet, it is more of a " UR " and drop, but there is something to work with I think !!
Good to get a bit of excercise also time has been pressed recently !
Darcy is wowing the crowds wherever she goes, at the moment, she has got her first pair of shoes, which have a squeaker in each heel, so you can't miss her, when she walks by !!
Friday, 10 October 2008
Babies rule the world !
We are slowly... I think ... getting Darcy to sleep in her own bed, some nights she'll sleep right through, some nights like last night, she will wake at 2 am and stand and shout to come in with us. When we do move her in , she spreads out though !!! Jayne and I have minimal duvet and sleep on the bed edges, and often you wake to find Darcy sleeping sideways, or with her arms behind her head !! Guess who is the one in charge eh??
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Baby?? or a Big Girl ??
Jayne was asking Darcy last night .... " are you a baby??? "
Darcy was saying ... " No"
so jayne said ... " what are you then ? "
Darcy said " a big girl"
Hahaha, where she learnt that i do not know !!
though she knows which is the on/off switch, and play buttons are on the dvd !!!! watch out Fireman Sam, and squeaky the mouse episode will be on loop now !!!
Darcy was saying ... " No"
so jayne said ... " what are you then ? "
Darcy said " a big girl"
Hahaha, where she learnt that i do not know !!
though she knows which is the on/off switch, and play buttons are on the dvd !!!! watch out Fireman Sam, and squeaky the mouse episode will be on loop now !!!
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Singapore Sling ??
I'm sure this is what Jayne felt like last nite, instead of the sling, and bandage after her hand surgery yesterday!
And of course Darcy thought it was great !! She loves sleeves, on jumpers, coats , you name 'em, she loves sleeves, so when Jayne got home last nite, there was much pointing, and shouting "Biiig sleeve !!"
Darcy is just as clingy though which is going to proove tricky though , as jayne can nt carry darcy for a week or so, because of the stitches.
And of course Darcy thought it was great !! She loves sleeves, on jumpers, coats , you name 'em, she loves sleeves, so when Jayne got home last nite, there was much pointing, and shouting "Biiig sleeve !!"
Darcy is just as clingy though which is going to proove tricky though , as jayne can nt carry darcy for a week or so, because of the stitches.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Weight Loss
This is something that I have been trying to do , for a long time, going back to my myspace days... and also i was weighed recently at 16 st. 7 !! more than i thought, but i'm 192cm high ,
Ever since turning 30, and also having Darcy i have had a stronger feeling of my own mortality, so when the doctor said i should lose some weight, i agreed and now i am attempting to do something about it, though having a 16 month old, excercise is very hard to fit in, plus i travel 2 1/2 hours a day to work and back.
So i am 3 weeks into the diet, a daily meal plan for example consists of..
breakfast = 1 + half bowls of cereal
snack = low fat yoghurt, + 2 carrots
lunch small tin of spaghetti hoops, and 4 rivetta with 2 triangles of laughing cow cheese, and a glass of fresh orange juice.
snack = fruit
dinner = normal meal, followed by yoghurt.
But do not eat after 8pm...
sounds simple, but by doing this for 3 weeks, i have lost 7 lbs !! i aim for 1 stone and see how i feel ! i do feel better already, and look slightly trimmer.
onwards and upwards !!
Ever since turning 30, and also having Darcy i have had a stronger feeling of my own mortality, so when the doctor said i should lose some weight, i agreed and now i am attempting to do something about it, though having a 16 month old, excercise is very hard to fit in, plus i travel 2 1/2 hours a day to work and back.
So i am 3 weeks into the diet, a daily meal plan for example consists of..
breakfast = 1 + half bowls of cereal
snack = low fat yoghurt, + 2 carrots
lunch small tin of spaghetti hoops, and 4 rivetta with 2 triangles of laughing cow cheese, and a glass of fresh orange juice.
snack = fruit
dinner = normal meal, followed by yoghurt.
But do not eat after 8pm...
sounds simple, but by doing this for 3 weeks, i have lost 7 lbs !! i aim for 1 stone and see how i feel ! i do feel better already, and look slightly trimmer.
onwards and upwards !!
Clingy !!
Ever since Darcy was in hospital last week, She has gone really clingy to Jayne, I guess this is a reaction, to the hospital visit, it isn't that she is "anti-daddy" , just very "pro" mum !!
Apparantly this could be just a stage she is going through.... but it is still a little hurtful..
No matter what i do, or amount of time I spend with darcy, she still prefers time with mum... deep down I know it is a phase, but when she screams for mum, and then as soon as jayne hugs her, she is smiles again, this does hurt a little !!
Apparantly this could be just a stage she is going through.... but it is still a little hurtful..
No matter what i do, or amount of time I spend with darcy, she still prefers time with mum... deep down I know it is a phase, but when she screams for mum, and then as soon as jayne hugs her, she is smiles again, this does hurt a little !!
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Hospital drama , and what do you mean the ambulance has broken down!!
The calm after the storm today !
Monday nite, Darcy's temperature rose to 39.7 oC ! after Calpol, and a luke warm bath we got it back to 37oC, but it rose to 40oC by 9pm, we got onto NHS Direct and they sent for a Paramedic, and Ambulance, which because of Darcy's age, wanted to send Darcy to hospital for a check up, well the ambulance went to pull off, and it broke down !! apparantly it was midnite when it was collected by a pick up !!
It took about an hour to get a second ambulance, and get to the hospital , where darcy was refered to the childrens ward , and finally given a room , the last one else she would have been on a ward of 4 !! i managed to stay over as well, thankfully !
After 5 blood tests had come back mostly clear, finally after a chest x-ray they discovered darcy had a chest infection, and was given anti-biotics ! Jayne and I now have colds though !!
we finally got home around 7pm on tuesday, what a day !!
The main thing was though that the hospital staff were brilliant, and darcy is on the mend !!
No more scares though please, Darcy !!
Monday nite, Darcy's temperature rose to 39.7 oC ! after Calpol, and a luke warm bath we got it back to 37oC, but it rose to 40oC by 9pm, we got onto NHS Direct and they sent for a Paramedic, and Ambulance, which because of Darcy's age, wanted to send Darcy to hospital for a check up, well the ambulance went to pull off, and it broke down !! apparantly it was midnite when it was collected by a pick up !!
It took about an hour to get a second ambulance, and get to the hospital , where darcy was refered to the childrens ward , and finally given a room , the last one else she would have been on a ward of 4 !! i managed to stay over as well, thankfully !
After 5 blood tests had come back mostly clear, finally after a chest x-ray they discovered darcy had a chest infection, and was given anti-biotics ! Jayne and I now have colds though !!
we finally got home around 7pm on tuesday, what a day !!
The main thing was though that the hospital staff were brilliant, and darcy is on the mend !!
No more scares though please, Darcy !!
Monday, 29 September 2008
New Shoes ??
After the Mumbles we thought we would try and get Darcy some shoes !! she will walk, holding our hand, but not quite on her own, which means that she is between pre- walk shoes, and "proper" shoes,
But trying to get her to agree to have her feet measured, WELL, you would have thought the shop woman was going to chop her leg off !! screamed !! after much pushing, holding , and cajoling, we managed to get them measured !!
Darcy you just need to walk unaided now !! no pressure haha
But trying to get her to agree to have her feet measured, WELL, you would have thought the shop woman was going to chop her leg off !! screamed !! after much pushing, holding , and cajoling, we managed to get them measured !!
Darcy you just need to walk unaided now !! no pressure haha
David Gilmour last Friday
Jayne was good to me on Friday..
Whilst she bathed, and ironed some clothes, i managed to watch most of the David Gilmour programs on BBC4 !! The Live In Gdansk concert is trully amazing, i do not rate live performances on cd, bar Pulse by Pink Floyd and this one, how a live recording can sound like a studio recording is beyond me !!??
Even if you only like Pink Floyd, a little, buy this !!
Whilst she bathed, and ironed some clothes, i managed to watch most of the David Gilmour programs on BBC4 !! The Live In Gdansk concert is trully amazing, i do not rate live performances on cd, bar Pulse by Pink Floyd and this one, how a live recording can sound like a studio recording is beyond me !!??
Even if you only like Pink Floyd, a little, buy this !!
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