Do they have to go to Nursery?
I woke up this morning, after a heavy nights sleep tossing and turning and stressing over the fact that I MUST start looking into nurseries for Pickles, desperate for a CHAI tea. Opening my last box of NERADA Chai I dwelled on the fact that I have 19 bags left which happily translates into 19 days before I run out.
Nerada is an Australian Organic tea and as a tea addict my tastebuds know which Chai they like. I haven’t found an equally satisfying Chai here in the UK (any suggestions) so I am going to have to start bribing my family again to send me some more before my 19 day eclipse is up.
Sipping the delicious bergamot flavoured brown liquid, I contemplated on days without Pickles. And I hated it.
I don’t want to send her to nursery in December (I know, its ages away right?). The thought of not having her with me all day everyday…just doesn’t sit right.
Do we have to send them? Do I have to let her go now? I know she would love it. She is a social butterfly and a natural leader, unlike her Mummy who is the absolute opposite. I know nursery will give her more creative stimulation, more social stimulation than chilaxing with Mummy but my girly…I’m not ready!!!!!!!!!!
I look down and notice my Chai is almost gone. Oh tea of teas, will you be my friend when Pickles goes to nursery. Will you pep me up each morning and give me a smile, will you fill the gap and keep me warm? ‘Woah is me’ I sighed. Well, these are things we have to do right?
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The sun is up, the birds are out and its only 4.50am. How dare they wake me up the morning after my first night out in ages!!!! That was just the start of my hangover day. Why is it that alcohol affects you so much more when you stop drinking it so often?
Then Pickles decides that today will be a grumpy day so all things normally easy, become more of a challenger for Mummy and I have to reach into my ‘bag-of-tricks’ to ensure things go easier on me. Then to top it off over morning tea with friends I was asked a most serious question? A question my brain just could not contemplate with the leftover Daiquiri and Lemon Sorbet Vodka Cocktails swooshing around up there. Our friends asked what I would consider to be the most important NLP technique that I use the most as a Parent. Although I knew the answer straight away, it needed words, lots of them, to give a good explanation and example, words which seemed mushed between strawberries and vodka and not much sleep.
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Flash ah! I saved my whole universe.
Over the last month Pickles has been really disinterested in meals. All that sugary, yummy stuff is no problem, fruit is no problem…meals – she’s totally disinterested. I have a toddler flailing about, moaning, groaning, throwing her arms in the air and zipping those ruby red lips shut tight every time a ‘meal’ is placed in front of her.
Enter, The Dragon!
I never, ever, ever, ever, dreamt I would be the kind of person that would be affected by this. The typical ‘chilled out’ personality of a Capricorn shouldn’t be affected by a few skipped meals. But noooooooooooo….
Crazy Mummy Volume 1:
Call Buffy, call Superman, call anyone. Neurotic, pushy and pedantic is what I started to become. I had become the kind of Mum you see on some reality TV show with a toddler with a severe disorder created by their parent/s. (I hide my embarressment). My panic, my worry (lets get real here) my absolutely ridiculous panic over her not eating and the effects on her health turned me into a crazy, neurotic, sitting next to Pickles shoveling food into her mouth Mummy. My reflection was not pretty. I hated what I saw.
So in my typical fashion of decision making, I made one in a flash.
Today, in my pursuit of happiness and calm I decided that the morning bottle was to be dropped to try and make Pickles hungry at mealtimes.
And…
it worked!
Today’s lunch and dinner are all in a lovely, scrummy little tummy.
Fingers crossed it sticks.
Quick as a flash – Some of the best parental decisions I have made have been those I’ve made instantaneously. Not having the emotional thought behind my intention helps the picture seem clearer and the outcome so much easier.
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