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Well today was Little Miss’ first ever live performance of song and dance. It was a huge occasion so I even took the day off work so I could attend.
Sure I didn’t really want to attend a Christmas pageant put on by the local day care centre with a bunch of 0-4 year olds butchering […]
It would appear that our toddler Little Miss has developed a series of phobias and fears already in he short, but ever so eventful life.
They range from the endearingly cute ones, such as her current thing about doggie poo.
After a recent incident where toddler and Wife went out to explore the area around the […]
I overheard this conversation between Wife and Little Miss this evening after bathtime:
Wife: Are you going to wear undies at Carinya (child care centre) tomorrow?
Little Miss:
Yeah. Kimmy will help me (Kimmy is one of the carers)
Wife: Would you like to start wearing undies at
home on the weekend?
Little Miss: No
Wife: But you’re a big girl now
and […]
Little Miss had a play date today with one of her little toddler friends, and it almost ended in tears. We have all heard the horror stories, the toddler that lashes out, punches, pinches, bites and scratches, well Little Miss’ best friend is one of those.
To be honest she is pretty good around Little Miss […]
I went to pick up my daughter after child care today only to notice that she seemed to be slimmer than when I dropped her off. At first I was little concerned because it wasn’t instantly obvious to me in what way she had changed. It was the same feeling of unease, I get when […]
Read Instantly slimming toddler »I went to pick up my daughter after child care today only to notice that she seemed to be slimmer than when I dropped her off. At first I was little concerned because it wasn’t instantly obvious to me in what way she had changed. It was the same feeling of unease, I get when Wife comes home with a new haircut - I know there is something askew, I just know that something isn’t right, but for the life of me, I can’t work out what it is. This leaves me in the invidious position of wanting to ask what has changed, but knowing that one of the following is about to occur:
1. I take a tentative stab and guess what has changed only to discover that nothing has changed, so I am accused of not paying any attention, otherwise I would know nothing has changed.
2. I pick the wrong change, mention the new haircut when it is new shoes, or new shoes when my wife has gone from a blond to a redhead - I just inevitably get it backwards.
3. I say nothing in the hope that it is just paranoia on my behalf and nothing has in reality changed. This gets me accused of being an insensitive, brain dead slob who is more interested in the TV than my wife.
I went for option three with Little Miss - the say nothing approach, which is very risky indeed given Little Miss’ tantrums are even more impressive than Wifes.
Luckily for me one of the carers actually mentioned that Little Miss was sans nappy and asked whether we wanted to put one on for the trip home. What appears to have happened is that Little Miss is toilet trained at childcare so one day a week she happily goes without a nappy for most of the day and uses the toilets there, but at home, she is still very very insistent that even though she may try ‘pretend’ to use the toilet she still needs a nappy at home.
This is apparently not that unusual a phenomenon, but it does strike me as strange that someone ho barely even speaks at childcare feels comfortable enough there to go without a nappy.
Or maybe peer group pressure just starts at an early age.
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