Intro's Diary - Goat's - "Our Kid!"

It's when you step on Lego in your bare feet - That's when you will have to reign in your own tongue and expletives $*@~%^ 

You can't be teaching Our Kid, new words now can you!!! 

Day Seven

The Zombie Cave

Today we headed out for our longer drive, as a tester. As it turned out it was only 40 mins or so, but he was really fine. We were advised to go to a Legoland.

In my my I naively thought we would casually wander about looking a lovely models with Our Kid telling us what lovely parents we were. I thought we would perhaps jump on a few rides and skip out back to the car.

In reality we were herded along in droves, with all parents trying to control their kids inbetween tiny morsels of ' entertainment'

Our kid loved when we built a car to race together , but was too bosy ( bl**dy rude!) when he had to race with the other kids

I also had to stop myself when Mrs Goat was running around trying to make sure we didn't lose him and I was building a overly large tractor secretly just for me. It won our race.

So the behaviour got worse at the end , but that was after three hours of overload ( too much). After tears in the shop, once outside he calmed down, and really wanted to go back to the cottage.

At ' home ' he played so well and lapped up the interaction missing in Legoland.

His bath involved wearing arm bands, swimming and bathing his action men.

He was cuddly and cute all evening including his bedtime story at the Foster Carers and has informed us that we must look for him in the morning in every room

So, a great day in terms of understanding Our Kid, he really needs to talk and interact rather than things and rides.

I looked around Legoland and I didn't see a single parent smiling. It was like we were all trapped in a cave where kids the world.

Long may we avoid.

I hope.

Day Eight

Our Kid is struggling today. He is now starting to understand that he will be leaving FC

He is emotionally torn between us, and finds it hard when we are all in the FC home. Once he is at the cottage he copes a bit better.

It was just a short day today, but Our Kid wanted a picnic in the park which was ok despite the strange looks we were getting as it was about 4degrees!

After a play in the park and a feed of the ducks it was time to head home to FC for their night out as a family. We stayed less than a minute and I think that helped tonight. We gave him gifts to hand out and a few tears are flowing.

Tomorrow it's our goodbyes after Our Kid is asleep. It will be hard as she is one of the most wonderful people we gave met. But we know it's all for the good of our little boy.

Anyway , let's enjoy some telly, and gin. X

One more sleep Goat. Wow it seems to have gone fast.

Of course your Kid is confused, he's old enough to understand unlike little babies who don't really have a clue, but the fact that he is vocalising his worries is great. Maybe he could have a weekly phonecall to FC once he is home so that he knows she is still there and still loves him? Might help? Something to discuss with FC tonight?

Day Nine.

Just amazing. After struggling yesterday Our Kid has had his best day today.

He has been calm, fun , skipping, happy , singing. He played and stuck to one thing at a time. We've had hugs and great stories!

Just finished bathtime and then return him quickly to FC , once she hS got him off to sleep we are popping back to load the car.

He was so good he actually some of his stuff in the car today ( badly). He's a little soldier!

Let's hope tomorrow is ok. It will be tough but worth it.

Thank you to all of you. Your comments are lovely, and often helpful. It's good to know we have somewhere to get advice. Laters ! X

Oooooh how exciting Goat. Tomorrow your Kid comes home forever. 

What a fab FC you have. Great idea to load the car under cover of darkness so your Kid doesn't see all his belongings being loaded into the boot. Would be quite distressing for him I imagine. She really seems to have thought everything through, lovely lady.

Remember to keep it brisk and quick in the morning. In, quick hello, gather your kid, quick goodbyes and off is the best way to go, any lingering will only make it all worse, then you can treat the journey like a fun day out, with lots of stops and breaks and distractions for all. Your Kid will be filled with excitement at the prospect of seeing his new home, and with fear and dread that he won't like it, so expect the unexpected and try and put yourself in his shoes. I'm sure he'll be fine, if a bit wobbly. He is lucky to have had such a secure and loving start as his FC sounds really lovely and very switched on.

Hope you manage to get some sleep tonight and remember not too many G&T's, you'll need your wits about you for the long drive.  Not to mention Daddy duties. 

Safe journey, can't wait to hear about your Kids re-actions whenever you get a chance to update us. Bet you 'll be in bed by 9pm tomorrow night. 

Thanks everyone.

I'm on the Gin now. !

Hope All went ok today love reading your intros xxx

Day 10-11

Ok. Straight round to FC.

All went exactly as arranged. Met SW , FC bought Our Kid out, he ran to Mrs Goat, got in his seat, and waved as we honked the horn. We were there less than 5 minutes.

We then had a 250 plus mile journey , and we were asked the classic ' Are we nearly there yet at about 4 miles. '

We amazingly ( mainly thanks to a lot of Mrs Goat entertainment )we managed just TWO stops.

Up to the house. He asked to carry his little Moshi Monsters bag into the house. He strolled straight up to his room and proceeded to look on every nook and cranny.

Our Kid was hyper, but apparently happy. It took until 21.30 to go to bed. Usually 19.00. Ok we thought. Understandable. It took about three attempts to settle him.

Then, at 03.00, I got the whispered ' Daddy'. It was time for toilet , and then arming to play. I got up and down for an hour or so , then Mrs Goat. Eventually we gave up and I have been up since 4.45.

He was hyper again the the morning, but after a park visit he calmed down. He found our WII dusty behind the Tv which has been a sucess , but he is far too reliant on phones and iPads and DS and now WII. I am sure we will sort it out.

Anyway, today was a tough awakening, but he went off bang on 19.00.

He's a great kid, and although I our introductions have come to an end, it's going to take a while to settle him in we think.

Thanks for reading, and your advice over these couple of weeks.

My final advice is do not underestimate the power of turning off the TV during WII Tennis. The horror on his face soon had him saying sorry for being rude. Haha. The Power!

Enjoy 

Let us know how you get on. We understand once kiddies come home it's harder to get on to post, but do, do the occasional one to let us know how things are going.

Otherwise we get withdrawl symptoms.