Well it's just Bethany and myself as Alison left with my mother this morning as they set off for Manchester to see Take That. After dropping them off at the train station my dad came back round with Helen a little later as Helen was running the Race for Life in the South Park and we went to cheer her on along with Jackie and her sisters. Bethany was happy enough in the park but started to get tired from hanging around as we waited to see them cross the start line. The bottle neck and craning to pick an individual out from the sea of pink proved a thankless task especially as the crowd were three deep at the start / finish line and we were stood next to the speakers. Seeing Bethany tire we headed for home believing we had half an hour for her to rest but as we crossed back across the field she hot her second wind and we waited by the 500m to go mark figuring we had a better chance of spotting Helen.
As it turned out, as she sauntered over towards us, she had passed us, waving and shouting "Hello" as she did so, but we had missed her again. Seeing her approach I thought that she was still in the race and had cut a corner off as we had not spotted her but the medal round her neck proved otherwise. As we had been of no assistance in timing her she had kept her own time at about 36 minutes and we waited for Jackie to pass. For some reason she chose to ignore my suggestion of taunting as she passed with a cry of "Beat you" and waving her medal at her.
Bethany's vocabulary does seem to be starting to develop with "shoes" in particular something she knows and happily says if somewhat sibilantly and then tries mostly unsuccessfully to put on her feet. Opening the cupboard where the juice is kept it definitely sounded like she was asking for a "Fruit Shoot (or juice)". Her potty training has been fairly non existent so far with her initial curiosity at the potty wearing thin but she does occasionally indicate when she wants her nappy changing by either getting the changing mat out or by starting to take her shoes off ready.
Bethany continues to fight going to sleep even when it is obvious she is tired which resulted in a ten minute stand off last night as she howled wanting to be put down and allowed to play. Horrible as I felt I refused to give in knowing that she would resort to such tactics whenever she wanted her own way and I knew that she wasn't in pain only tired and having a tantrum. Eventually she dropped off and slept soundly until awaking in the early hours where we brought her into our bed and that rarest of occasions - we were up before her.
As it turned out, as she sauntered over towards us, she had passed us, waving and shouting "Hello" as she did so, but we had missed her again. Seeing her approach I thought that she was still in the race and had cut a corner off as we had not spotted her but the medal round her neck proved otherwise. As we had been of no assistance in timing her she had kept her own time at about 36 minutes and we waited for Jackie to pass. For some reason she chose to ignore my suggestion of taunting as she passed with a cry of "Beat you" and waving her medal at her.
Bethany's vocabulary does seem to be starting to develop with "shoes" in particular something she knows and happily says if somewhat sibilantly and then tries mostly unsuccessfully to put on her feet. Opening the cupboard where the juice is kept it definitely sounded like she was asking for a "Fruit Shoot (or juice)". Her potty training has been fairly non existent so far with her initial curiosity at the potty wearing thin but she does occasionally indicate when she wants her nappy changing by either getting the changing mat out or by starting to take her shoes off ready.
Bethany continues to fight going to sleep even when it is obvious she is tired which resulted in a ten minute stand off last night as she howled wanting to be put down and allowed to play. Horrible as I felt I refused to give in knowing that she would resort to such tactics whenever she wanted her own way and I knew that she wasn't in pain only tired and having a tantrum. Eventually she dropped off and slept soundly until awaking in the early hours where we brought her into our bed and that rarest of occasions - we were up before her.
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