Mummy preparing for university!

I mentioned in a previous post that I got into uni next year!!

I've wanted to do nursing for a fair few years now and I thought, since I'm not working anyway, I should just apply!

And I got in!!

I start uni, for the second time in my life, in about 2 & 1/2 months... with a toddler in toe!

We've been looking at childcare centre's and found one we absolutely adore that ACTUALLY had a spot for him. It's so hard to find a child care centre with an open spot, let alone your top pick!

So, this child care is very much into the environment. Playing in the environment, nurturing the environment, looking after animals and families, and thriving on imagination.

It makes me more settled about leaving him!

So now that's under the way I'm looking into how to deal with separation anxiety in older babies/toddlers.

I think that will be hard. Jydan hasn't really had the opportunity to be without me. He is a big koala bear!

Some tips I've read and been told by our nurse;

-Don't leave suddenly.

-Let the child know exactly what is happening.

-Don't make a big deal about leaving.

-Don't let them see you get emotional.

-Don't leave without saying goodbye.

I've already ordered Jydan a super cute personalised bag for childcare, I need to get him another drink bottle so he has one for home and one for care. And I want to get some more 'ones&twos' nappies.

Our centre is allowing us to use cloth nappies so I want to bring the easiest cloth nappies. These nappies have tabs like disposables, but are velcro tabs. Instead of the snaps which can be a bit fiddly. I'm going to buy one of the centre hats for him, so he's matching to everyone else - and more likely to keep his hat on. He already has a lunch bag.

The only other thing I have to work on is getting Jydan to drink milk that's not from me! That's not going to well, but we will preserver!

Wow, I can't believe this is happening! I'm so use to our stay-at-home lifestyle now. 

I'm hoping that Jydan can still do his swimming lessons, but I'm not 100 % sure we could still afford it after childcare fees! 

It's so great for him though! That'll be a big thing to weigh up.

I'll have to give up my mums group and playgroup and probably music too! It'll definitely be a change of lifestyle. So I specifically wanted a childcare that would give him though things.

Ugh, I need to prepare for things to get really busy and hectic.

Wish me luck!!

Some Exciting Things Happening In My Life...

It's been SUPER busy in my household. Next year is going to be crazily heactic. So many exciting things happening, some stressful things, I thought I would share them all....

• One of the most EXCITING things is I got into Uni for next year!!!! I will be studying nursing and then will be studying midwifery. I am a little bit worried that I won't be able to handle the study/home life but I'm really looking forward to it. Yey! Go me :D.
  
• This means that Jydan will be starting child care! So we are currently on the look out for a really good centre. (I'm a little picky)
  
  
• Jydan is really battling with gaining weight. He has been like this since he started solids. And last weigh in he lost 300grams! It was the second month in a row he had lost weight so he was sent off for a few tests. He was testing for celiac desease, cystic fibrosis, he had a huge blood test where they took 4ml's of blood (alot for a tiny boy) he had to do a stool test and test how much fat gets processed in his system. This was all in his birthday week. Was very emotional!! We are waiting on the results.
  
  
• Our unit is on the market!!! (Please buy it!) So we are doing little finishing touches around the house and hopefully someone buys it soon.
  
  
• So we are looking for a nice 3-4 bedroom family home to buy! We are spending alot of our spare time looking at pretty houses!
  
  
• We have decided to try for baby #2!! I can't wait for Jydan to be a big brother! Keeping in mind it took us 2.5 years to get pregnant with Jydan. This is why I chose not to put off my nursing degree. I can always take a semester off *when* the baby comes. We aren't stressing about it this time, and just waiting for it to happen, if it happens :)
  
  
• We are also selling one of Tim's cars to buy a bigger family car. We are looking for a holden wagon.
  
  
  Phew, now your all up-to-date! 
  
  
  Going to be a hectic few months ;).