I've been finding that having the referendum over means I'm naturally spending more time thinking about interesting geeky things rather than just going "POLITICS! AARGH!" all the time. It makes a nice change :->
The humour thing is brilliant. I hope to hear more from this guy.
The parenting thing -- I will try to keep those points in mind. Chores before she's two though? I know she is developing fast, but right now I don't think there's anything I could ask her to do. And I am having a ponder about whether my swanky new kitchen is about status symbol, or just that I want a jolly nice kitchen. I do feel it's the latter though.
BMI: hahahaha.
AV referendum: I thought the material we had was pretty shit too. Bummer all round really.
Android: nice to see this. Sounds sensible. Hope that means it'll roll around to my phone!
Movie geek: site broken. Image not loading, or only partly loading. WTF.
(Also, GAH, what is it with all these sites like Gawker et al? Do they all run on the same CMS or something? They look identical and lately they all have this annoying thing with using JS for links and thus not loading the damn link you clicked.)
My son, The Captain, is 14 months old and helps to make his own breakfast and with the washing up. As you might expect it takes longer to make scrambled eggs with his help than without it and we drop more eggs but I think he's learning that he can and should take part in the life and work of his family and he can enjoy making a contribution.
I guess what the guy is saying is that participation and intention rather than outcome are important.
Wow. My daughter Caractacus (not her real name, as I assume your isn't either ;) is 17 months. I'm not sure how I'd get her up to the height of the sink or the cooker... how do you do it? Plus C is a clamberer -- I would worry she'd try to climb down or climb further.
We have an Ikea step / stool thing in the kitchen. The Captain pushes it to the sink or the hob and climbs up it. He sometimes falls off but breakfast is more important to him than pain. (Pain is temporary, Breakfast is forever!)
The Captain climbs everything. I can't work out how to stop him. He's fast and determined. I hope a few tumbles will make him more circumspect but so far not. I'm fully resigned to visiting Sick Kids A&E at some point soon.
Will get some once my kitchen is no longer a building site and give it a try.
Recently I had the idea that maybe if I take C to the playpark and let her have a really good climb that'll use up her climbing desire for the day... she climbs up the slides backwards and since last weekend tries ladders too.
my daughter is autistic, loves to help and is heartbroken when she thinks she hasn't
this generally involves asking her to do something, letting her crack on with it, then checking everything *very carefully* afterwards to make sure no-one will die.
watching her sheer joy at doing / fixing stuff is totally priceless. We drive each other completely nuts.
I'm not convinced that there is a finite amount of climbing.
I think the Captain climbs the things he does in the house because he wants to be closer to something and climbing is the way to get there. He climbs the kitchen stool to help with cooking or washing up, he climbs the window seat so he can look at the birds, he climbs the bed to come for a cuddle. He also likes the climbing gear in the park.
It's difficult to tell what's going on because it all changes so quickly.
The Captain had a pretty bad fall yesterday and I wonder if it will make him more circumspect. It's not the climbing I mind but the dismount.
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I've been finding that having the referendum over means I'm naturally spending more time thinking about interesting geeky things rather than just going "POLITICS! AARGH!" all the time. It makes a nice change :->
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The parenting thing -- I will try to keep those points in mind. Chores before she's two though? I know she is developing fast, but right now I don't think there's anything I could ask her to do. And I am having a ponder about whether my swanky new kitchen is about status symbol, or just that I want a jolly nice kitchen. I do feel it's the latter though.
BMI: hahahaha.
AV referendum: I thought the material we had was pretty shit too. Bummer all round really.
Android: nice to see this. Sounds sensible. Hope that means it'll roll around to my phone!
Movie geek: site broken. Image not loading, or only partly loading. WTF.
(Also, GAH, what is it with all these sites like Gawker et al? Do they all run on the same CMS or something? They look identical and lately they all have this annoying thing with using JS for links and thus not loading the damn link you clicked.)
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I guess what the guy is saying is that participation and intention rather than outcome are important.
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Chores and Clambering
The Captain climbs everything. I can't work out how to stop him. He's fast and determined. I hope a few tumbles will make him more circumspect but so far not. I'm fully resigned to visiting Sick Kids A&E at some point soon.
Re: Chores and Clambering
Recently I had the idea that maybe if I take C to the playpark and let her have a really good climb that'll use up her climbing desire for the day... she climbs up the slides backwards and since last weekend tries ladders too.
Re: Chores and Clambering
this generally involves asking her to do something, letting her crack on with it, then checking everything *very carefully* afterwards to make sure no-one will die.
watching her sheer joy at doing / fixing stuff is totally priceless. We drive each other completely nuts.
Re: Chores and Clambering
I think the Captain climbs the things he does in the house because he wants to be closer to something and climbing is the way to get there. He climbs the kitchen stool to help with cooking or washing up, he climbs the window seat so he can look at the birds, he climbs the bed to come for a cuddle. He also likes the climbing gear in the park.
It's difficult to tell what's going on because it all changes so quickly.
The Captain had a pretty bad fall yesterday and I wonder if it will make him more circumspect. It's not the climbing I mind but the dismount.