Dylan goes to child care tomorrow for the first time ! It will only be for an hour or two but it still feels as if I am sending my baby to school for the first time. Surprisingly I’m feeling okay about it though. Probably because I’m going to be staying with him. I guess the real test is in a couple of weeks when I have to leave him there for the day. The paediatrician says its good for him to go so I am going to try to remember his advice. Dylan needs alot of stimulation and gets bored very easily. I think he will enjoy being able to play with other kids but I’m afraid that he is going to be the bully in the group because when he plays with his cousin he snatches the toys out of his hands and pulls on his hair and clothes until he cries. Hopefully going to child care will teach him to be more sharing, patient and kind with other kids.
We also went to see a swim school today and want to start him in lessons soon but for now we have booked one class on Wednesday to see if he enjoys it. We don’t want him to be a professional swimmer or force him in the water; we just want him to learn about water safety and don’t want him to be afraid of being in a swimming pool. We went shopping today and bought him a Wiggles bag as well as bathers (swim suit for those that don’t know what bathers are) and a new towel so he is ready for child care tomorrow and swimming on Wednesday.
I took some photos of him today in his new swim suit.
Playing in his new playpen….
and with his cousin…
Showing us that he can pull himself up on to furniture
On another completely different topic – it looks like we might have a buyer for our car! Yay! It has been for sale since Dylan was born although we havent spent too much time advertising it and it has sat in my grandma’s driveway for about 6 months. Finally we decided to park it in a visible location with a ‘for sale’ sign and we have had heaps of interest. One guy wants to buy it for his daughter and last week took it to his mechanic. Unfortunately his mechanic says a couple of things need fixing but the guy is still interested. Tomorrow we are taking it to our mechanic for a second opinion because as far as we knew there was nothing wrong with it. If our mechanic finds the same faults we may need to renegotiate the price. We are hoping our mechanic doesnt find anything wrong. Selling this car will mean some extra money and take away some of the stress of not having an income right now so fingers crossed that we sell it this week.
