Another day without preschool for Ingrid. We spent much of the day with a bunch of mums and kids (and one dad) that I’ve “met” via Sjalbarn, an online forum nominally about babywearing but really about anything to do with babies and kids. Since it’s got its roots and its name in the babywearing world, the members are a self-selecting group whose views on parenting generally sort of align with mine.

It was pretty chaotic. I didn’t count at the time, but I think we were a total of 6 parents and 10 kids aged 0 to 5, in one living room and kitchen. I’m not sure if I would describe it as “fun”, and definitely not as “relaxing”, but we definitely had no chance to feel bored.

Much of what remained of the day was spent travelling to and from that get-together. With a stop at the supermarket on our way home, we were away for over 8 hours in total. Ingrid fell asleep on the bus on the way home. Adrian also slept like a log. Both fell asleep for the night at about 7 o’clock.