An Evening At Alfie's

Nursery gave dear child a good book to read, "An Evening At Alfie’s" which is finally giving him something to think about whilst he reads. This is great.

I was very surprised when he read it as there were many more words to it than I thought he would cope with, but again he surprises me and keeps going.

Dear child has made a major breakthrough with regards to the balanitis problem, we’re a step closer to being able to clean behind the skin, and we think that he has also solved some of the hygiene issues through keeping his fingernails trimmed.

Some battles still remain, however. He does not like to take showers, and he does not like to do handwriting. We have got him into a habit now of doing some writing in the evenings, so hopefully this can improve over time.

He is taking apart and reconstructing lego models. This is awesome in my view has it is helping his brain to grow.

I have some short-comings of my own, however. The garden sheds need to be purchased and placed. I need to create an environment where he can thrive building things. Perhaps I will kit this out in a computer/design way for him, with a taste of woodwork so he can make boxes and objects to do things.

One week ago, on 23rd May, dear wife had her rear molar removed. This was a tricky extraction so the dentist arranged for the dental surgeon to do the heavy lifting in his absence. The tooth had to be removed through surgery. It was divided into parts prior to extraction. The gum had to be cut open to do this. Once complete the hole was left open so that remnants of the tooth could make their way out.

Towards the end of the week the extraction site was causing pain and discomfort. A return to the dentists was required, where they packed the void with material soaked in antibacterial and antibiotics.