This evening I went out for a bit. When I returned, Abba informed me that R had woken up. But she wasn’t sleeping yet. She heard me coming home and came out of the room.
She looked at me and asked – Where’s the baby?
She really thought I’d gone to get it.
Then she pointed at my tummy and said – Baby in there?
Of all things, I was quite surprised she was thinking about the baby… I guess we’ve prepared her for me leaving home when it comes!
Otherwise, today was a momentous day in our parenting career. YM has just lost his first tooth! He had just come out of school and told me his tooth was really loose. Then he asked for a drink. Just as he finished, he showed me something in his hand -
Look Ima, my tooth came out, he said.
He had a really serious look on his face, a mixture of shock and pride. Wow! And it was painless. As he describes it:
It was like a piece of tissue stuck in my mouth and it came out.
So cool.
