The little tyke has moved into the pre-school room at nursery which has more of a class-room feel to it than the other areas. We are a couple of weeks in and the drop off is still a rather emotional event. As much as he is used to the nursery, it is still a change in his environment that he needs to adjust too. He now attends for two and a half days so hopefully going more regularly will help him settle.
Starting pre-school seems to have coincided with an increase in the frequency and intensity of Freddie's tantrums and the inability to go to bed on his own!
We have tried pretty much everything in the non-existent toddler parenting handbook: reward charts, naughty step, time out, taking toys away etc. Few have had little impact and we are now just hoping it is a short-lived phase.
The not going to bed well at night is a bit of a shock to the system after getting used to them both going without any problems. However, the little man looks genuinely upset when we walk away from him at night so a few extra cuddles cant really hurt....can it?!
His favourite thing at the moment is Fireman Sam. Anything to do with the Welsh ginger all round super hero goes down very well with Freddie Mark. I struggle to keep up with his and Samuel's games as they combine fire fighting with The Little Kingdoms 'Elf Rescue' adventures (Ben and Holly) and the 'Octonauts' deep sea explorations! I usually just smile and nod.
I have been feeling a little bit more anxious about his heart recently. I honestly have no specific concerns at all I just start fretting and 'google-ing' silly little symptoms. The light bulb has switched on today though when I realised we are getting towards that time of year again.
In a weeks time it will be three years since the little dude had his surgery and in about six weeks we have his annual Glenfield visit to face. My much needed reassurance from the experts only seems to last between ten and eleven months and as much as we dread the visit I think subconsciously I crave someone just to acknowledge that everything is ok.
I think he is stronger than ever...and cheekier!
