Friday, July 3, 2009

Jake Enjoying Water

Yesterday was a full day for Jake. He had daycare in the morning and I had a really hard time trying to get him to wake up. He was no doubt very tired from the previous morning when he'd been awake from 3am so he was playing catch up. I finally roused him from his deep slumbers but I had to call the daycare centre and let them know that we were going to be late.

He was, of course not at all interested in breakfast because he never is first thing in the morning and thats what makes it all so difficult when we are trying to run to a schedule. In the end, to my shame he accepted a cookie and after getting dressed we were on our way but about twenty minutes late.

He had a good time at daycare by all reports. He'd been tired but mellow in attitude so that meant that he was co-operative and that's always a good thing! He'd eaten well and had had three portions of Shepherds Pie topped with cheese and he's even been assigned a job each day which is to help push one of the dinner carts. He's a big strong lad so an easy task for him no doubt.

In the afternoon he and A. played in a pool in the garden. It's an inflatable pool that has provision for a hose to be fixed to it so that the water sprinkles nicely into the pool. Jake, being a boy that is always looking for a sensory fix just loves to push his mouth on where the water is pouring through. I don't think he drinks too much but that he likes to feel the water spurting into his mouth. He uses his mouth a lot to get extra sensory sensations.

So the pool activity as always was a great success and came to an end as the rain closed in and the sun went away as has been typical of the weather for the summer so far this year.

After supper I took Jake for an hour's walk in his wagon in some light rain and when he went to bed at 8pm he was out by around 8.45pm. That's always a bit of a worrying development because if he goes to sleep early sometimes he doesn't sleep through the night. But he did this time and he so far has been in a good mood this morning. If he's in a good mood then so am I!

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