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Good morning! Wishes for safe and pleasant travels for Jim, and for good times with the 21-month-old for Nancy. Thankful for suppers with neighbours and outdoor concerts. Hopeful for good MRI results for Kay. As we have these thoughts, and other thoughts about other persons and other situations, let us pause for a bit and gather round the Coffee Cart, for hot beverages and warm friendships. All is ready, come on in.

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Nancy, my training in preschool education is very outdated, but, to me, your little man sounds a bit 'protected'. Do his parents enjoy playing with him? Is he encouraged to play alone and experiment with materials like Playdough, paint, Duplo, cardboard boxes leaves, grass and sticks etc?
 
He plays a lot and the parents are totally devoted to him. I think some of his delays are because he’s a Covid baby.
 
Nancy said:
He plays a lot and the parents are totally devoted to him. I think some of his delays are because he’s a Covid baby.
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Gen-19, eh. I'm sure they'll have some cute nickname for that generation. We're at the end of the alphabet (my son is Gen Z) so maybe wind back and start with Gen A??
 
I said my grandson had some delays but I think he’s catching up. The more the parents let go a little the more he develops independence. He discovers what he can do on his own. He’s napping now. So far a day of play, modelling clay, markers on paper, water play and outside time…all accompanied by songs. Oh ya…and I let him explore a roll of tape and look at pictures of his cousins.
 
Does he spend some time with other kids too? Story time at the Library?. A community playgroup? Adult and tot swim time? Are his horizons expanding with visits to different places like parks, zoos, public transit rides, special outings for ice cream?
I used the word kid in my first sentence because he is rapidly becoming one - rather than a baby.
 
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Late to the party again, but...happy holidaying @jimkenney12 . And safe travels.

Spent the day babysitting the 21 month old grandson. He has experienced some delays in the past...needed physiotherapy to help him crawl. And he often doesn't appear very social. But, for some reason, a couple of days with Grandma, and he's busy moving furniture, and climbing on things he should sit on. I smile and admire his strength and balance, (while keeping a close eye on safety). We actually have fun together. Initially, I had worried about babysitting him because he sometimes doesn't appear to like people other than his parents. But one on one, he laughs, and plays, and communicates very well. I sing and dance a lot with him, so I think I provide a fair bit of new entertainment.
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Grandma power. the best
 
On The Road Family GIF by Simon Super Rabbit
 
KayTheCurler said:
Does he spend some time with other kids too? Story time at the Library?. A community playgroup? Adult and tot swim time? Are his horizons expanding with visits to different places like parks, zoos, public transit rides, special outings for ice cream?
I used the word kid in my first sentence because he is rapidly becoming one - rather than a baby.
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He goes to a pool, library story time for tots, and camp with family. He comes to our place at least once a week. But he doesn't typically interact with others. When I babysit him though, he interacts with me a lot...we laugh, he communicates, he shows interest in pictures of family members and the stories I tell him. He will be starting day care a couple days a week (there goes my babysitting job!) which should be really good for him. I think of my Grandma duties as babysitter being sort of 'on call', when they are sick and can't go to school or day care, or need to be picked up early.
 
Three weeks into this ugly illness.

I know she will get better, but, damn, it is a scary path.

Heading out soon to go to my hotel. Working on support plans for the fall for her

Thankful for the room giving me things to read and a sense of normalcy
 
JayneWonders said:
Three weeks into this ugly illness.

I know she will get better, but, damn, it is a scary path.

Heading out soon to go to my hotel. Working on support plans for the fall for her

Thankful for the room giving me things to read and a sense of normalcy
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Getting through the day to day can be difficult. Good to hear you are getting some mental breaks in.
 
Getting ready to spend a week on PEI. I counted on the weather just couldn’t stay rainy like the summer has been- and the forecast has improved to only one day with showers on the Friday I drive back. I am taking my e bike. Haven’t been biking since I had Covid in June, but I am stYing at a B&B and don’t have to do a daily distance, I am just going to do little trips.
Have to write instructions for the cat today. My Korean neighbours will look after her. The 10 yr old wants to become a vet. But she is scared, because se has been trying to befriend the cat across the street, who is a mean cat and attacks out of the blue. She thinks that her bloody bug bites provokes his attacks , but I don’t think so. He is just a mean hunter. ( he cleans the neighbourhood of rats and mice).
 
Good Wednesday morning! Grandchildren, dealing with family member's illness, trips to PEI, and other things big and small, we bring them all to the Coffee Cart for discussion and support, as well as hot beverages. All is ready, drop by for a while and relax.

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Nancy said:
He goes to a pool, library story time for tots, and camp with family. He comes to our place at least once a week. But he doesn't typically interact with others. When I babysit him though, he interacts with me a lot...we laugh, he communicates, he shows interest in pictures of family members and the stories I tell him. He will be starting day care a couple days a week (there goes my babysitting job!) which should be really good for him. I think of my Grandma duties as babysitter being sort of 'on call', when they are sick and can't go to school or day care, or need to be picked up early.
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Sounds like he's off to a good start. Just like us adults, some little guys pick up on social stuff quickly, others are slow starters.
 
I have a book on the shelf titled Thinking Fast and Slow ... a bioethics Prof thought it should be discounted as he didn't like thinking ... he said he would tell us all the protocol we should know ... and we shouldn't process beyond that!

Daniel Kahneman would probably disagree for the record ... he was all for knowledgeable economics as a scholar in psychology and economics as a poly math! Then there are those that will deny and eliminate everything for there private stonewalled gods ... these may be stung from flingers ... as hard facts that are virtually unknown's!

I worked with a number of professionals that refused thought and the organic machine for that purpose ... like a brae ... a furrow in the superficial ... rippled space?

Maybe a cellular dilemma that requires some celibate term before celebratory status! Some do this by looking the other (inadequate) way ... always at least two ways ... preferred all round vision? Auguring frenal lens ... in the clouded night placing spots! Some place them right ... alternately in E ire ... Xi re ... shy 'r? Greek letter man with shaman slip ... it is like hiel or Hoyle ...

Thus we duck ...
 
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Good morning, all. Ready to head into the holiday weekend, the unofficial end of summer. How did the summer season go for you? Any memories or impressions? Anyway, the Coffee Cart is up and running, ready to host your conversations and hear your thoughts. Join in!

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The summer went FAST....faster, and faster as I get older and older. We had a few family celebrations, travelled to the Ottawa Valley, kept in close touch with all three kids and their families. I didn't get to our shore property nearly as often as I would have liked to...not much kayaking. But we had a great garden, lots of outside time....Now I'm looking forward to a mid-September visit with friends from university...One lives in Halifax and one in Calgary. We plan to go on the Agawa Canyon Tour Train as one of our outings. Hoping for glorious colours!
 
Yeah, seems like Labour Day came on really fast this summer. Might partly be because we started taking proper vacations again this summer after two years of just working or staycations. Trying to see if we can get together with the kids (son and d-i-l) this Fall at the family cottage or something (it's a lot closer for them than coming down here).

Blood work today. I suspect all will be well but I am supposed to get an A1C done quarterly to monitor my diabetes and I've been using a new drug for glucose reduction so need to see how it worked.
 
This seems to be the summer of hospital visits.

My husband through May and into June, then my sister for August
July was busy: supporting, planning for a wedding trip, and loving granddaughters. Husband will also be having surgery soon. Life is changing all around me.

We're in for a long haul here for my sister: nothing will happen fast. Lots of emotional support required. We are prepared to measure recovery in years, but hope for months
 
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