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Looking after Oswin
Mar. 26th, 2015 06:13 pm It's a curious thing, but us having Oswin for a day each week is relaxing for both us and her parents.
Carrie gets a day off (which I know how much I wanted when mine were this age), but Richard and I actually get to relax as well.
The presence of Oswin means that we don't spend all our time on the computer doing things that we think are work. We go out for a walk, stroll along the river, take her charity shop hunting and generally chill out. Even at home, we tend to sit in the lounge and play silly games, tell her stories and watch with amusement as she finds new ways of moving around the lounge.
She's a happy baby and that's infectious. Peek a boo can be riotously funny when you're playing it with a baby/toddler who has grasped the rules and is hiding her own face from you with a cloth and then pulling it away.
Playing with a pop up doll makes her giggle and makes me giggle in turn.
She loves babbling and chatting and I happily talk nonsense back to her. She likes listening when I'm practicing playing morris tunes on recorder or concertina. She smiles when I sing to her.
Richard must read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' every visit, but she still loves it and he still loves reading it to her. She listens with interest (even though she has no idea what it's about), pokes her fingers through the holes in the fruit, turns to her favourite pages (she only likes the fruit, not the page with the chocolate cake, etc) and waits for you to start all over again when you reach the end.
Having her every day would be horrendous, but once a week is fantastic!
Carrie gets a day off (which I know how much I wanted when mine were this age), but Richard and I actually get to relax as well.
The presence of Oswin means that we don't spend all our time on the computer doing things that we think are work. We go out for a walk, stroll along the river, take her charity shop hunting and generally chill out. Even at home, we tend to sit in the lounge and play silly games, tell her stories and watch with amusement as she finds new ways of moving around the lounge.
She's a happy baby and that's infectious. Peek a boo can be riotously funny when you're playing it with a baby/toddler who has grasped the rules and is hiding her own face from you with a cloth and then pulling it away.
Playing with a pop up doll makes her giggle and makes me giggle in turn.
She loves babbling and chatting and I happily talk nonsense back to her. She likes listening when I'm practicing playing morris tunes on recorder or concertina. She smiles when I sing to her.
Richard must read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' every visit, but she still loves it and he still loves reading it to her. She listens with interest (even though she has no idea what it's about), pokes her fingers through the holes in the fruit, turns to her favourite pages (she only likes the fruit, not the page with the chocolate cake, etc) and waits for you to start all over again when you reach the end.
Having her every day would be horrendous, but once a week is fantastic!
