William has often showed an interest in a campervan diecast model that belongs to his Dad, but its not really a toy so he's not allowed to play with it. However, William sneaked it out of the display cabinet and I found him joyously making "zoom" noises with it in the air and looking very cheeky when I caught him. So with a bit of pleading from me and the hopeful excited eyes from William, Daddy found 3 mini campervans for him to have in EXCHANGE for the prized diecast model. So.... now William is now the proud owner of 3 mini campervan toys AND a diecast model. William 1, Daddy 0. Who says he doesn't know what he's doing!
Its nice to see him show an interest in something new, that doesn't involve banging doors, repeated sounds, spinning or yogurt.
Later in the day we had a couple of negative events. William and his brother were playing in the front garden of their Grandma's house. They were being watched but in a split second, William was out of the gate. He's never ever done this before and we spend a lot of time visiting Grandparents. This was quite worrying, as William has very little sense of danger and would no doubt have wandered into the road happily. So that's something to bear in mind.
We do a lot of walking and we always do the green cross code routine, yet William is blissfully unaware of the damage that a car could do to him. He does not like to hold hands unless he chooses to, will not walk with reins and will struggle free of a wrist strap. Quite often we will be seen grabbing William up off the floor as he drops, or supporting his head as he goes to throw himself on the floor to avoid an injury. Sometimes he's just being a typical young child and will only lie there for so long till he realises you ain't responding. Other times he won't get up. Other times he will get up and walk in the opposite direction and you'll be chasing him like Peter Rabbit.
A favourite place for William to run off dangerously is in carparks, particularly Asda. I noted a few weeks back how I had bruised his arm when I grabbed him to stop him legging it. I'm pretty sure I'm also on CCTV at Iceland chasing him as he decided to leg it through the automatic doors. Automatic doors are a serious ballache. And I don't even have balls.
For much of the late afternoon he was a bit of a grotbag, lying on the floor and generally being defiant. He wandered off at tea time, refusing to eat, and at some point he cut his finger on something quite badly and was dripping blood around the house and up the walls. I still have no idea how he did it or what on. He wouldn't let us look at it or dress it, mainly I think because it didn't bother him much. He was more miffed about me running round the house after him in a blind panic with a wet tea towel. I know my house needs decorating but I'd prefer proper paint.
Dumping him in the bath helped, and i puffed a bit of talc on it to dry it off. I'd read on a budgie group that cornflour was good to help with minor cuts or broken blood feathers, so i figured id that would work on budgies, then talc might help with a flapping child.
After a bit of bribery with a blackcurrant lollipop I got a plaster on it, which didn't stay on too long, but got us through an episode of Iggle Piggle before William popped it off and flung it on the floor with a look of victory.
William has a reduced response to pain. He seems to have an initial flinch or a little cry if maybe he's trapped his finger, or sometimes a bit of a shock, if there is a fall, but there doesn't "seem" to be an aftermath for him and he carries on as he was. Illness is always difficult, he can't explain he's feeling rough, so its usually a guessing game unless there's an obvious clue like streaming snot.
Tomorrow's fun includes swimming! For William, swimming usually involves running around the pool collecting the balls and watering cans. Which is obviously great fun for him but no so much for me running after him like a beached whale. We go to a session that's for special needs only, and it's great. Alex loves having a paddle, and enjoys fleecing me to buy something from the vending machine as we leave.
Have a good evening folks and thanks for reading!
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