Sleeeeep!
Dexter is still not sleeping very well. We took him to a chiropractor on Saturday and Tuesday, but it hasn’t made a huge impact. It certainly isn’t a miracle cure. The chiro herself was lovely. She laid Dexter down on a fluffy blanket and gave him a toy to play with. He looked up at her with his trusting blue eyes as she began to manipulate him. He only cried a little bit when she did his occipital bones.
He has one more appointment then I’ll be able to properly evaluate whether or not it’s made a difference. I’m so glad we have Private Health Insurance.
The first time we took him was on Saturday as we were on our way down to A’s mum’s house to stay over night. I don’t think it had much of an effect because he was quite unsettled over night. Of course, that could be because he was in a different house.
We spent Saturday afternoon at a big shopping centre which was a bit crazy. Shopping centres send me into sensory overload and confusion – I start feeling agitated and anxious. I think it is the lack of windows. We came across some big trampolines in the middle of the shopping centre, you could pay $10, get strapped into a harness and go jumping. It’s hard to explain and I’ve forgotten the website address. Anyway, Willow was enthralled with it and wanted to go ‘higher and higher and higher!’ I thought she’d be too little and or freak out, but she went on it and loved it.
Yesterday was the second time we took him. We had an appointment for our tax to be done, then we had dinner at Billy Baxter’s and icecream from Baskin Robbins before getting in the car to go to the appointment. It was a crisp winter night and walking along with my family, I felt so content. Mind you, I was sooo cold, about to juggle two children into the car and off to an appointment, the feeling of contentedness was all too brief!
I have been reading The Time Traveller’s Wife on the bus. It is such a beautiful story, I can understand why it has been on the best selling lists for so long. In a strange way I can relate to the story – A and I met when we were 6 years old, and again when we were 26 years old. I don’t know if I believe in fate, but I believe we were meant to be together.
