Goal weight: 10st
Weight lost this week: 0kg
Total weight loss: 7kg
No change, which is good because I haven't been.
How many times can I claim to restart this diet?
Monday, 28 February 2011
Weigh-in
Current weight: 71kg
Goal weight: 10st
Weight lost this week: 0kg
Total weight loss: 7kg
No change, which is good because I haven't been.
How many times can I claim to restart this diet?
Goal weight: 10st
Weight lost this week: 0kg
Total weight loss: 7kg
No change, which is good because I haven't been.
How many times can I claim to restart this diet?
Library Visit
- The Princess and the Pea, by Stockham
- Cow's big kick, by Benjamin and Van Wyk
- Captain Cool, by Harvey and Walker
- The Stolen Egg, by Wallace and Harland
- Alice through the looking glass, Usbourne Young Reading (UYR)
- The Magic Pear Tree, UYR retold by Dickens
- Meg's Mummy, by Nicoll and Pienkowski
- The Wish Fish, UYR retold by Sims.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Poo Poo Everywhere.
Pretty much self explanatory, really.
DD1 is going really well with her potty training, and is often taking herself to the toilet without me. So, just now, she did just that. I heard her wash her hands, and pull the flush. (In our bathroom we have a toilet and a 'little toilet' - a potty with a lid.) Then I heard DD1 yell "I need another wee wee". So, she sat back on the little toilet.
After a whilst she started calling me, saying she dropped the poo. I shouted (as I was feeding DD2 downstairs) back asking if she dropped it in the toilet? She replied she needed help. (TMI: she often needs help to wipe her bum when she's pooed anyway.) So, upstairs I go...
...to find the bathroom floor, and the mat, and DD1's legs, and the top of the lid of the potty all covered in poo. Yikes! First step was to lift DD1 straight into the bath. She then proceeded to make pooey footprints up and down the bath. Then I lifted all the poo-lumps into the toilet and wiped up all the smears off the floor and potty. I ran a shallow bath for DD1 and cleaned her up. I disinfected the floor and the potty. I removed the mat out of the way, put DD1's clothes with the mat, and the sponge, after she'd finished the bath. Quick towel down, and we all came downstairs.
It emerges that DD1 didn't need another wee, but a poo. Not a nice firm stool, but a sloppy messy one. When she finished, she went to empty the potty into the toilet, but somehow tripped (or something), splattering everything all over the place. Nice.
DD1 is now sat on the sofa in her dressing gown, and the dirty stuff is already being washed in the machine. I almost feel like supermum - although supermum probably wouldn't have got into that mess in the first place. LoL.
DD1 is going really well with her potty training, and is often taking herself to the toilet without me. So, just now, she did just that. I heard her wash her hands, and pull the flush. (In our bathroom we have a toilet and a 'little toilet' - a potty with a lid.) Then I heard DD1 yell "I need another wee wee". So, she sat back on the little toilet.
After a whilst she started calling me, saying she dropped the poo. I shouted (as I was feeding DD2 downstairs) back asking if she dropped it in the toilet? She replied she needed help. (TMI: she often needs help to wipe her bum when she's pooed anyway.) So, upstairs I go...
...to find the bathroom floor, and the mat, and DD1's legs, and the top of the lid of the potty all covered in poo. Yikes! First step was to lift DD1 straight into the bath. She then proceeded to make pooey footprints up and down the bath. Then I lifted all the poo-lumps into the toilet and wiped up all the smears off the floor and potty. I ran a shallow bath for DD1 and cleaned her up. I disinfected the floor and the potty. I removed the mat out of the way, put DD1's clothes with the mat, and the sponge, after she'd finished the bath. Quick towel down, and we all came downstairs.
It emerges that DD1 didn't need another wee, but a poo. Not a nice firm stool, but a sloppy messy one. When she finished, she went to empty the potty into the toilet, but somehow tripped (or something), splattering everything all over the place. Nice.
DD1 is now sat on the sofa in her dressing gown, and the dirty stuff is already being washed in the machine. I almost feel like supermum - although supermum probably wouldn't have got into that mess in the first place. LoL.
Dear Diary,
We've had a stressful week this week.
Starting a new job is one of the more stressful things you can do, and that's just what DH has done this week. He changed jobs for career prospects/interest reasons, rather than because he hated his old job or the people. In fact, whilst not quite in the area he wanted to be in, he loved his old job and got on really well with all of his colleagues and his boss! As such, he was really apprehensive before starting this job because he was really unsure to whether he had made the right decision. Given that he was offered this new job back in November, but was on a 3month notice period at his old place, so the apprehension has been building all this time.
On Monday, off he went, and I didn't hear anything until he returned. It wasn't good. Lots of little things that culminated during the day not helped by some reckless drivers he encountered on the way home. Fortunately, since then, things seem to have got a bit better. As with all new jobs, it takes a fair while before you settle into the role and start to make friends, but he did go to the pub with his team after work on Wednesday, so that's a good sign.
DD2 might be teething again. She is really grumpy, and dribbly. I thought she would at least have had a gap between her first 2 teeth coming through and the next bunch. Either that, or it's just a developmental stage where she recognises me properly (and is therefore unhappy with anybody, 'cept DH, who is not me and also when I leave the room).
And my diet has gone out of the window (again). I think yesterday was the worst day I've ever had! To celebrate that DH was starting to not-hate his new job, we had a Chinese take away on Wednesday night. Thursday lunch was leftover Chinese for me, yum. (I do ensure the children have proper food, in case anyone is worried.) FIL came to visit us, and took the children out for a walk giving me time to wash up, tidy and hoover . He returned at 5pm with sausage and chips for DD1. I'm not going to let her eat a whole portion (the chips are huge) so I had to help out quite a bit. And because FIL doesn't like much variety of food, specifically much of what we eat/cook for ourselves, DH suggested we get another takeaway, so Indian was order of the day (korma for FIL). Three different takeaways in one day! So today, I'm desperately trying to make up for it, by having tropical veg juice for breakfast and lunch (tho' I did share a piece of toast with DD2 at lunchtime) and for snacks too. I will have a proper dinner tonight though - I'm not totally crazy. Garlic pork with sweet potato mash (I may put some carrots in the mash too). Yum.
Hopefully next time I write, it will all be good news.
Yours,
LBP
Starting a new job is one of the more stressful things you can do, and that's just what DH has done this week. He changed jobs for career prospects/interest reasons, rather than because he hated his old job or the people. In fact, whilst not quite in the area he wanted to be in, he loved his old job and got on really well with all of his colleagues and his boss! As such, he was really apprehensive before starting this job because he was really unsure to whether he had made the right decision. Given that he was offered this new job back in November, but was on a 3month notice period at his old place, so the apprehension has been building all this time.
On Monday, off he went, and I didn't hear anything until he returned. It wasn't good. Lots of little things that culminated during the day not helped by some reckless drivers he encountered on the way home. Fortunately, since then, things seem to have got a bit better. As with all new jobs, it takes a fair while before you settle into the role and start to make friends, but he did go to the pub with his team after work on Wednesday, so that's a good sign.
DD2 might be teething again. She is really grumpy, and dribbly. I thought she would at least have had a gap between her first 2 teeth coming through and the next bunch. Either that, or it's just a developmental stage where she recognises me properly (and is therefore unhappy with anybody, 'cept DH, who is not me and also when I leave the room).
And my diet has gone out of the window (again). I think yesterday was the worst day I've ever had! To celebrate that DH was starting to not-hate his new job, we had a Chinese take away on Wednesday night. Thursday lunch was leftover Chinese for me, yum. (I do ensure the children have proper food, in case anyone is worried.) FIL came to visit us, and took the children out for a walk giving me time to wash up, tidy and hoover . He returned at 5pm with sausage and chips for DD1. I'm not going to let her eat a whole portion (the chips are huge) so I had to help out quite a bit. And because FIL doesn't like much variety of food, specifically much of what we eat/cook for ourselves, DH suggested we get another takeaway, so Indian was order of the day (korma for FIL). Three different takeaways in one day! So today, I'm desperately trying to make up for it, by having tropical veg juice for breakfast and lunch (tho' I did share a piece of toast with DD2 at lunchtime) and for snacks too. I will have a proper dinner tonight though - I'm not totally crazy. Garlic pork with sweet potato mash (I may put some carrots in the mash too). Yum.
Hopefully next time I write, it will all be good news.
Yours,
LBP
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Weaning and Potty Training
Both are coming along really well!
DD1 hasn't had an accident for ages now (and her previous ones were only because she was distracted and too busy playing). She will tell me, when out, when she needs the toilet, and often takes herself to the toilet when at home. She has also started waking at night to go to the toilet (she is in a nappy at night, though), but won't yet take herself. Instead she screams/shouts until I wake up and take her. I have put the potty in her bedroom (it has a lid, so I'm not worried about mess) but she still refuses to go herself. It's hard, because obviously I don't want to be encouraging her to wet in her nappy at night, and yet I'm sooooo tired, I can't wait until she can either hold herself the whole night, or take herself to the toilet/potty.
Last weekend DD2 cut her first 2 teeth, just in time for her 6month birthday! She now has eaten broccoli, (did I mention she had soup before?), crust of a pizza, porridge (home made, not baby stuff), toast and rice cake. The soup and porridge I fed her on a spoon. Whilst I am BLW, I'm not averse to using a spoon. When she gets a bit bigger, she will take control, but her hand-eye coordination isn't that great yet, but it will come in time. I'm still just giving new tastes and textures, rather than any actual meals. I don't know whether it's best to increase the number of 'meals' or the amount of food each time. The latter would be easier, but I think the former is what I ought to do. As I am being child-led, she will let me know if she wants more food. As it is, she has only a couple of times finished what I have put before her. She will have to learn, though, because every time I feed her, DD1 decides she wants to eat from DD2's hand! DD1 is a good eater, and always hungry. I think she might be going through a growth spurt, because she is fairly small but eating every couple of hours atm. Back to DD2, though, she will happily drink cooled boild water from a freeflow beaker. I'm only offering water with food (specifically with food that I find dries my mouth out: porridge, banana and rice cakes), but she will grab the hands and drink. As I'm BFing, I probably shouldn't be giving any water at all, but I am please at how she is taking the beaker. Maybe next time she has EBM or FM, we should try giving it to her from a beaker, rather than a bottle, to see if she takes it easier? Hmmmm...
DD1 hasn't had an accident for ages now (and her previous ones were only because she was distracted and too busy playing). She will tell me, when out, when she needs the toilet, and often takes herself to the toilet when at home. She has also started waking at night to go to the toilet (she is in a nappy at night, though), but won't yet take herself. Instead she screams/shouts until I wake up and take her. I have put the potty in her bedroom (it has a lid, so I'm not worried about mess) but she still refuses to go herself. It's hard, because obviously I don't want to be encouraging her to wet in her nappy at night, and yet I'm sooooo tired, I can't wait until she can either hold herself the whole night, or take herself to the toilet/potty.
Last weekend DD2 cut her first 2 teeth, just in time for her 6month birthday! She now has eaten broccoli, (did I mention she had soup before?), crust of a pizza, porridge (home made, not baby stuff), toast and rice cake. The soup and porridge I fed her on a spoon. Whilst I am BLW, I'm not averse to using a spoon. When she gets a bit bigger, she will take control, but her hand-eye coordination isn't that great yet, but it will come in time. I'm still just giving new tastes and textures, rather than any actual meals. I don't know whether it's best to increase the number of 'meals' or the amount of food each time. The latter would be easier, but I think the former is what I ought to do. As I am being child-led, she will let me know if she wants more food. As it is, she has only a couple of times finished what I have put before her. She will have to learn, though, because every time I feed her, DD1 decides she wants to eat from DD2's hand! DD1 is a good eater, and always hungry. I think she might be going through a growth spurt, because she is fairly small but eating every couple of hours atm. Back to DD2, though, she will happily drink cooled boild water from a freeflow beaker. I'm only offering water with food (specifically with food that I find dries my mouth out: porridge, banana and rice cakes), but she will grab the hands and drink. As I'm BFing, I probably shouldn't be giving any water at all, but I am please at how she is taking the beaker. Maybe next time she has EBM or FM, we should try giving it to her from a beaker, rather than a bottle, to see if she takes it easier? Hmmmm...
Book Review: Against the Odds by James Dyson
Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson.
I don't often read autobiographies but have been given a few recently, of which this was one of them, and actually it was a very good read. The book accounts little of Dyson's life, except a few annecdotes that give an insight into how his mind works, but details the struggle he had over fifteen (!) long years to get the, now famous, Dyson vacuum* into production. (*I wrote 'hoover' the first time, but thought if Mr Dyson was to stumble across this blog he wouldn't be too pleased. LoL)
In the later chapters, there is a brief guide to being an inventor, overcoming some problems and starting your own business. What I found most interesting, though, is the parallels between Dyson's way of thinking and home education. Just because something is the norm, everyone does it, does not mean that it is the best. So what if everyone uses bags in their vacuum? A better cleaner is bagless. So what if everyone sends their children to school? A better education can be given at home. This comparison is further emphasised by the fact that Dyson doesn't (or didn't, when he started up) have any engineering qualifications at all. Being determined to succeed overcomes the perceived wisdom that only engineers invent, only designers design, only businessmen can run a business. Can only schools teach?
I don't often read autobiographies but have been given a few recently, of which this was one of them, and actually it was a very good read. The book accounts little of Dyson's life, except a few annecdotes that give an insight into how his mind works, but details the struggle he had over fifteen (!) long years to get the, now famous, Dyson vacuum* into production. (*I wrote 'hoover' the first time, but thought if Mr Dyson was to stumble across this blog he wouldn't be too pleased. LoL)
In the later chapters, there is a brief guide to being an inventor, overcoming some problems and starting your own business. What I found most interesting, though, is the parallels between Dyson's way of thinking and home education. Just because something is the norm, everyone does it, does not mean that it is the best. So what if everyone uses bags in their vacuum? A better cleaner is bagless. So what if everyone sends their children to school? A better education can be given at home. This comparison is further emphasised by the fact that Dyson doesn't (or didn't, when he started up) have any engineering qualifications at all. Being determined to succeed overcomes the perceived wisdom that only engineers invent, only designers design, only businessmen can run a business. Can only schools teach?
Monday, 21 February 2011
Library Visit
- Toddle Waddle, by Donaldson and Sharratt
- Topsy and Tim Go Camping, by Adamson
- Would you rather be a Bullfrog? by Dr Seuss as Theo LeSieg
- The Bear's Picnic, by Berenstain
- The Bike Lesson, by Berenstain
- It's not fair! by Powell and Chambers
- Big Dog and Little Dog go Sailing, by Young.
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