Grrrr!!! Dd off school, have work coming out of my ears-how do I get her to leave me alone just for a little bit?

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Have tried video's, playing with her, starting her off on an activity, and she will not give me even two mins. I have the headache from hell, I give up, argh!!!! I've got to get this done-I have exams next month-I am going to crack up any second.

My kids are home today too, ds being poorly, so no point paying for the childminder for dd either. I am working on essays having told them they are having a Harry Potter day. Which involves watching each Harry Potter dvd in order!

I have managed to do some work but still keep getting distracted!

Good luck!

I know the feeling. I am dreading the Easter holidays, two weeks of trying to keep up with my studies while three of them demand my undivided attention.

How old is she paws?

I have DS age 5 off today - he has ransacked the whole house and is currently playing on big sister's DS (strictly forbidden usually!)

Is she poorly ??

If so tell her that she has two choices, to lie on the couch like a poorly girl, or lie in her bed like a poorly girl.

Works every time with DS.

Yeah, dd is 5 too-have got that weird eye thing where you can't see/concentrate on anything-am so glad I'm not alone in this!! We're making a cardboard house at the mo, so she WILL spend the afternoon painting it, as that is all there will be on offer to do . When we were little you never dreamed of commanding your mum's attention, (dreamily wishes she was in the 1950's).

She was poorly last night, and didn't wake up until 10am (neither did I-I should have worked then insted ) but is as right as rain now-grrr!!! Am thinking she may be forced into a rest this pm though.

Tuck her up on the sofa with duvet in front of the telly. Usually works for ours. In fact we have a sofabed there for precisely that eventuality. Also calpol- might make her sleep.

Or try the "you don't seem all that ill, maybe I can take you to school in a moment" approach. Might get her to leave you alone for a bit. That and Calpol...

Yes, yes, calpol, am off to search for the calpol!! We are going to walk to the shop for milk and bread, then she is getting tucked in with calpol and a warm cup of cocoa and that is it-my attention is then officially withdrawn!

Calpol will make her feel better - don't give her that! Give her Medised instead... or piriton in case her illness is an allergy.

I did a bad thing-I took her in to school . She was bouncing off the walls, and I said that it was settle down time after lunch, as I had work to do and needed a nap (which I do!) and she insisted there was no way she would calm down, so I pulled out the school card and she said she wanted to go. So she went.

Just to be clear-there was no d & v or anything, she has just been very lethargic and not herself, and had a sore throat etc. I feel so bad though, as if I hadn't let her sleep and made her go in this morning she would have been awarded a prize in assembly, and because she was off she missed it. Poor sausage-she missed her moment of glory-instead she got handed it in the doorway class. A prize is a prize all the same though right? Even without the assembly fanfare? And the sleep probably did her more good tbh!