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Yesterday was glorious sun after days of cold rain.<\/p>\n
In one hour I had two very different clients in push chairs.\u00a0 The first client is a regular and kinda scary.\u00a0 S comes to the zoo once a week with his carer.\u00a0 He hates going home from the zoo and so his trip home is always one long tantrum.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen this before with 3 year olds but though S has the mind of a 3 year old he\u2019s actually a large 40 year old man.\u00a0 He\u2019s strapped into the chair because he can\u2019t walk and I must say I\u2019m guiltily glad of it. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He swears and tries to push his carer and bangs the bins and walls. But like a toddler, he can be very sweet too.\u00a0 After he told me to “fuck off” one time I turned away crossly and said I wasn\u2019t going to be talked to like that.\u00a0 He said he was sorry and looked so woebegone that I forgave him. I asked the carer why he hates going home and learned that he lives in a share house.\u00a0 He has no family.\u00a0 His trip to the zoo is probably the only interesting thing that happens all week.\u00a0 So now I do my best to talk to him and say nice to see you. \u00a0He seems glad of the attention and the carer is glad for him to be distracted.\u00a0 After they get on the train the swearing usually starts again.<\/p>\n
The second client was a real 3 year old strapped in her pram.\u00a0 Out on the platform in the sun, she set off her new bubble machine. For about 5 minutes I was surrounded by cloud of golden and rainbow-hued soap bubbles.\u00a0 I could barely refrain from dancing round in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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