On Wednesday, the nursery attended by my granddaughter Catrin (almost two) was closed for staff training and my son and daughter-in-law asked me if i could help out by looking after her for the day. My clever plan was to team up with my young friend Jen and her son James (just over two) and for the four of us to visit the Science Museum in central London. I have done this separately with Jen & James and with Catrin and I was sure that the kids would absolutely love being there together.<\/p>\n
Sadly it didn’t work out like that. James was just recovering from chicken pox and Catrin had been off nursery the previous day with a temperature and a cough. So I had to spend the whole of Wednesday – except for a half half visit to a cafe for some fresh air – at Catrin’s flat. I have to say that, even though she was not well, she was so good and as adorable as ever. But it was a challenge for a 64 year old man.<\/p>\n
We played lots, we read lots – and we used my iPad to look at photos of \u00a0earlier times together and my iPad to make virtual cakes and enjoy interactive stories, and we even accessed recorded programmes on the television (notably episodes of “Raa Raa” on Ceebies). Thank goodness for the new technology. How did we ever bring up children without it?!?<\/p>\n
Catrin’s language skills are really impressive and she picks up words and phrases so fast. Yesterday her favourite new phrase was: “Not working!” The little angel was mimicking my reaction every time I failed to get the technology to do what I or she wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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