Fire Truck! Fire Truck! Fire Truck!

Rose and her mate Percy had a play date this morning. We had brunch then adjointed to the park over the road to play some more. But holy moly, there was a fire truck parked right near the park, and all the firefighters were sitting around outside having coffee. Percy and Rose got to sit [...]

Physics lesson

Rose and I had a stand off at 7.30am in the deserted eye wing of the Prince of Wales Hospital. When she wants you to carry her she does this thing where she pretends to be frightened and pleads with you to “cuddle her” (thus carrying her). I have to admire her, as ploys goes [...]

We’re not out of the woods yet

Tess’s post-op checks have been alarming. Yesterday there were four doctors in the consultation room with us. They were all nattering away in that medico-scientific language which was pretty unnerving. I was trying to read their levels of optimism and they appeared to be mixed. Tess’s eye was leaking and her pressure was low. On [...]

Rose’s thoughts on her current carer

Chris: Rose, what would you like for breakfast?
Rose: Granny!
(p.s. Thanks Granny Anne for taking such good care of Rose the last few days so that we can concentrate all our energies on Tess!)

We’re home

We’re all home. We had been told that Tess would be admitted for an overnight stay, but in the end the doctors said that we’d be going home after the surgery.
It went okay. Tess’s eye looks red and sore and the ophthalmologist said it would be. She’s making unusual sounds, a sad sort of mewling [...]

Turns

Until recently Tess hasn’t been all that interested in toys. She’ll wave a rattle around if you give it to her, but she might just be waving her arms anyway. But in the last few weeks I’ve realised that she’s very attached to a particular toy (A Sqwish Colour Burst that Dave and Laura sent [...]

Another milestone reached

Teething was one of those things that Rose did not go through. Every time my friends would talk about their kid dribbling excessively, sleeping poorly, chewing everything in sight, and getting strange rashes, I just nodded and looked sympathetic. But to be honest? I was starting to think if it was just a bunch of [...]

Adventures in cooking

I’ve been trying to get Rose interested in where food comes from and how we prepare it. I’d noticed that she was hanging around a lot while I was cooking and has been showing an interest in food preparation (eating the ingredients, at least). On Saturday we made scones together. She helped me to sift [...]

The picnic neurophysiologist

Hey everyone. We had a couple of important meetings at the end of last week that I wanted to write about.
We saw Tess’s pediatrician on Thursday, and the ophthalmologist on Friday. Tess is going to have eye surgery, probably on the 20th. Wow, that’s only a week away! The ophthalmologist is fully booked that day, [...]

Where I go

I was looking through the photos of Rose’s party when I saw it. At first I was shocked. I mean, it was honest. Laid bare for all the world to see. Then I was ashamed. I always knew that I did it. But having photographic evidence makes its truth unavoidable.
Of course, I only do it [...]