Bailey Meadema: So long London and hello Manchester ( kinda)

1: Airport struggles

Viv POV:

It's early morning 6:00am to be precise and my girlfriend Beth is still sleeping and in the middle of you and her is your 5 year old daughter Bailey. You see Bailey has some sleeping problems that occasionally cause her to not sleep . But she has some medicine that can help. It does come with some side effects, the main one is that she could be very tired but she doesn't have the ability to fall asleep so me and Beth have to go back to  the newborn phase to get her to sleep. Today we are going to Turkey for 2 weeks. But Bailey thrives in having a routine with practically every single thing in her life. So this morning will be a let's say a meltdown break and then another meltdown type of morning. You go downstairs and make yourself a cup of coffee and of course one for Beth. Then you greet your dog Myle with some belly rubs. Then you get 5 minutes peace before Beth comes down with Bailey who is already sensing change.

Beth. " and then we're going on a big plane that flys us over to Turkey how cool's that??"
Bailey. " mama..."
Beth. " yeah baby???"
Bailey. " Le Le .."
Beth. " you want auntie Leah baby???"

You take Bailey off of Beth and latch her on your hip.

Viv. "Well lucky for you Bailey, auntie le le is coming to our house because she's coming with us!!"

Bailey. " yayyyyyy me love le!!!!"
Beth. " We love Le too."
Viv. " what time is it now babe??"
Beth. " 7:00am lievard..."
Viv. " ok so we're going in a hour to the airport."
Beth. " we've already had breakfast babe, just need to get dressed and get the last of little beans things."
Viv. " ok what times Leah coming at???"
Beth. " 8am lievard.."
Viv. " I can't believe we've left it until an hour before she's meant to come over... your planning is appalling Bethany!!"
Beth. " HMMM SAYS YOU VIVIANNE!!!"

Because Me and Beth are both having friendly fire at each other, this has triggered Bailey to start getting overstimulated. She does this by rocking back and forth and covering her ears up.

Viv. " babe...."
Beth. " yeah."
Viv. " Bailey..."
Beth. " come here you.."
Bailey. " it too loud mama.. me scared."
Beth. " it's ok darling me and mummy weren't fighting we were doing something called being mean but not being nasty to each other."
Viv. " we're sorry baba..."

Beth has to explain friendly fire in a very simple way because Bailey doesn't have the ability to process ' tricky things'

Since im already dressed I let Beth go and get ready since Leah has already texted her saying she's on her way to our house. Our flights at 12:00 noon so we have to have Bailey asleep by then. On a different note we have to pack some essentials for Bailey, but because we pack these and use most of the stuff we have in the airport we get some looks. Yes I know she's 5 but we bring a travel buggy with us. Why?? Because she sometimes wants to sleep round the pool so we bring one. Plus it's easier than having her on your hip when you're in a busy airport. Also Bailey really doesn't like it when she doesn't have the option of walking, being carried or being pushed around in the buggy.  10 minutes pass and Beth has come downstairs. I've not noticed as I've been playing with Bailey. She's been playing with her football stickers.

Bailey. " That's auntie Mary, mummy look!!"
Viv. " I know darling stick her in the book then."
Bailey. " mummy when aunty Le Le coming??"
Beth. " that's her car now Bailey boo!!"
Bailey. " YAYYAYAY!!!"

Bailey is attached to Beth's hip as Leah walks towards the house. She comes over and Bailey is trying to get to Leah. But Beth being a typical mum is not letting her. In my head I count down from 3 and then it happens. Bailey is hysterically crying.

Leah. " Viv....lets go inside."

So I followed her inside and made a coffee. Beth had this under control. Bailey tends to have a meltdown when she's due a nap.