the day didn't really improve

although I did read books to Small when he thumped me with them, Big played some involved game with duplo ppl, and they both watched two hours of programs on Animals (Animals Did it First, and In the wild with – although I couldn’t tell you who it was with. Was about pandas anyway).

I’ve got more work done, but Small is restless again – he had a bad night last night. I think he may be teething, but I’m not quite sure why he needs to lie on me to improve the situation. Even tried to give him calpol when I couldn’t stop him screaming – he threw himself on the floor and kicked it all over me in disgust. So that was nice.

Big had a lovely time with Grandma yesterday. They got her hair cut, bought her a whole new outfit, got presents for the rest of us, had lunch out and tea together. Apparently there was only one sticky moment over choosing lunch, and Grandma managed to get past it. Of course, once she got back here, it all evaporated and we had a stand off almost immediately over the fact that Small wanted some attention from Grandma and Big didn’t want to share.

Small and I had had a quiet day – interesting to see how different he is when Big isn’t around. Pretty much self entertaining – quite happy to bring me books every now and then, and play with train track if I build it. But as soon as they were back together, this afternoon, it was back to hitting each other with duplo, fighting, chucking each other off the couch and so on. Sigh.