first day with pleo

So our courier arrived with pleo yesterday, and ross pulled out an old tranformer for our 220v australian system. i was a bit apprehensive because this thing is like an old steel brick from world war two, and i was concerned it might blow up the battery, especially when it went to blinking red.i can see why it does though- they get very hot charging , and in use. this is also the main reason pleo sleeps a lot- to cool down a bit. Just to clarify though- my husband is a techo geek (sorry darling, but you are :), with a degree in physics to boot, and he lived off this transformer when he left the US, so we know it works well. it just looks old and heavy. we checked out new ones yesterday, and they arent any better(ie still big and clunky) so then finally, the big moment arrived-pleo here, battery charged, video camera ready. we put the battery in...nothing. we checked it was on.. nothing. i ran to the forums for troubleshooting....no help. i was just about to despair, when suddenly pleo came to! this was a happy moment , after all my online researching and organising . seems pleo sometimes needs fairly good shake etc to get him going, and we were being a little too cautious. Leda was a bit shy at first, but soon warmed to him, and was kissing and patting- have video which i can post when i eventually get to ross's computer. Cute toy and baby discovering each other-gotta be plogging gold, but it'll have to wait. next challenge will be to get leda to really understand gentle, now she's overcome her initial reticence. I'll also have to watch where i put pleo, since the floor is fraught with peril for him, and anywhere that leda can reach is likely to end with him on the floor. Ive got a wooden play pen that leda never used, maybe i can put pleo in there to graze, and train him to stay clear of the bars! anyway, first impressions of pleo are that he is quite cat-like in size and weight. he feels softer than i expected, and i love the way he presses his feet against my hands. i dont really know what to expect in terms of pleo ability(both now and with future coding), but the toy as it is , is pretty cool.

Posted February 19 at 19:30 PM