Les Jones

Health Care > Katie Day 684 - New Word, Good News

Katie started pre-school last week. She loves it, and can already say "school."

Also, she's learned a new general purpose word. Her first one was "No." (Big surprise.) Katie, are you ready for bed? "Nooooo." Do you want this toy you're pointing at? "Nooooo." Is your name Katie? "Nooooo."

So I tried teaching her some positive words. "Yes" didn't catch on. Too obvious. Neither did "Okay." Too unimaginatively cheery. What did catch on last week was "cool." This weekend she started saying "cool school" (or at least "coo schoo.") She's getting better at pronunciation. Last week she said "cheese" so clearly that Melissa and I stopped and gaped at each another.

Katie was signed up for pre-school one day a week, 9 to 2:30, and we got on a waiting list for a second day. We expected to be on the waiting list for a long time, but found out today Katie can go twice a week right away.

Also today, Melissa got a call for a job interview. That's incredible timing - she may have a job, which would would require more daycare, on the same day we find out we have more daycare. If Melissa gets the job she'll be working on a part-time, contract basis, which is what we want right now. We both think it's too soon for her to go back to work full time. We're hoping she can go back to work next year when Natalie is a little older.

P.S. That day number so-and-so thing? I don't do that in my head. I use this page to calculate the number of days between two dates.