So you know that old adage, where’s the time gone? I have just spent over an hour sorting through the hamster food and picking out the bits he likes and binning the rest, although Harry did ask to eat it.
You think I’m fussing over a hamster or making it up? I bought the thing some giant whole sunflower seeds he loved them. You can only get them online so I grabbed a packet of peeled or should it be shelled? Sunflower seeds and the pesky brute won’t eat them! Seriously, I left them in his food bowl to try out the, if he’s starving he’ll eat them method, but no! I caved first.
Anyway, I seem to have got side tracked, this story is supposed to be about Ollie and his bright ideas.
So, are you sitting comfortably? (I’m assured by Grandad this is how all good stories start)Then I’ll begin.
Our little Ollie has been a bit of a worry wart recently, even jumping at his own shadow. For the last few months he’s been waking in the middle of the night and then coming to get me. We’ve got in to a little pattern whereby he wakes me up, I leave mine and Lee’s bedroom, I pop my pillows and teddy on the floor while I go for a wee, Ollie lies on them whilst he waits and then we go upstairs to his room and snuggle up in the spare bed together. Then in the morning after the first alarm goes, Harry comes in for a 10 minute group cuddle.
Yes it’s all very lovely, but on account of my pesky old knees it means I usually struggle to get back to sleep and let’s just say it’s been making Mummy a bit grumpy! When my husband reads this I bet he mutters “yeah, just a bit” under his breath!
So I put it to Ollie that maybe he could stop doing it on school nights and I’d sleep up there on Friday and Saturdays. That idea didn’t seem to get through until I suggested that maybe I should take away his computer privileges as it seemed to be them scaring them. Well that idea worked a dream, but Ollie had other reasoning.
Ollie has started going to bed naked. Well naked apart from his pull up pants. I worried about this at first but then read that childrens bladders can sometimes remain uncontrollable through night until the age of 7 so I’ll put off worrying about it until then.
Anyways Ollie explained that by doing this in the middle of the night, outside of his toasty duvet, it just seems too cold and too much effort to bother coming to get me.
Good plan Ollie!
Although, between us, I’m still enjoying sleeping in their room twice a week. I like their glow in the dark stickers and the under the sea projector light and the cuddles, but that’s our secret.
Hope you have a smashing weekend.
Love and hugs, kisses and wishes xxx
P.s if you haven’t Googled it already, you shell a sunflower seed, although I’m guessing some of you knew that already.
A cheeky little Twinkle update xxx 