Dribs and drabs
If you see my motivation, will you send it on home?
One of the strangest parts of working in a bilingual atmosphere is eavesdropping on people's phone calls and conversations, the way they switch from English to French not only mid-sentence but mid-thought and even mid-word!
It seems like a solution to our daycare issues has presented itself - our old SAHM sitter has had a change of heart and is willing to take Katie and Jonah. We're SO happy about this, it's literally the best case senario. It's going to save us $120 per week, plus her views on TV, early education, discipline, etc are very close to ours. Our current sitter has insisted on 4 weeks notice so we'll be changing November 22nd. Finally a light at the end of the financial tunnel.
Even better - Jonah is finally talking, at least a bit. He started saying a few words months ago, then stalled, then - frighteningly - lost the words he did have. That, coupled with him not sleeping and being excessively clingy, moody, tearful and prone to repetitive behaviour had me quietly researching autism. In the past week though he's picked up several words, and while they're not exactly warm and fuzzy words (cheese, spoon, juice, poo-poo) they certainly bring me joy. Now, probably because he's communicating more, he's also crying less, and sleeping better. C even mentioned just last night that in the past week Jonah has become much less baby and much more child. Certainly I still intend on having a full workup at his well-baby visit in November but for the moment I can breathe.
One of the strangest parts of working in a bilingual atmosphere is eavesdropping on people's phone calls and conversations, the way they switch from English to French not only mid-sentence but mid-thought and even mid-word!
It seems like a solution to our daycare issues has presented itself - our old SAHM sitter has had a change of heart and is willing to take Katie and Jonah. We're SO happy about this, it's literally the best case senario. It's going to save us $120 per week, plus her views on TV, early education, discipline, etc are very close to ours. Our current sitter has insisted on 4 weeks notice so we'll be changing November 22nd. Finally a light at the end of the financial tunnel.
Even better - Jonah is finally talking, at least a bit. He started saying a few words months ago, then stalled, then - frighteningly - lost the words he did have. That, coupled with him not sleeping and being excessively clingy, moody, tearful and prone to repetitive behaviour had me quietly researching autism. In the past week though he's picked up several words, and while they're not exactly warm and fuzzy words (cheese, spoon, juice, poo-poo) they certainly bring me joy. Now, probably because he's communicating more, he's also crying less, and sleeping better. C even mentioned just last night that in the past week Jonah has become much less baby and much more child. Certainly I still intend on having a full workup at his well-baby visit in November but for the moment I can breathe.
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