Good evening! well, can you believe it, ds2 is ill with bronchitis again, after one week back at kiga. when I thought about earlier I remembered that it was the same last winter, where he was only at kiga 2 weeks out of 4 the most. But last year every Bronchitis turned into Obstructive Bronchitis and we narrowly avoided hospitalisation a few times. so far - touch wood - it's only been a normal (but still annoying) bronchitis.
linzer that really does seem like a high contribution to your KK, considering how much you earn. is your dh privately insured? or does Austria not have the Familienversicherung as it exists in Germany? Or would it not apply to you as you are a freelancer?
nutella both ds1 ds2 had colics. ds1 was like your ds and did not really do proper sleeps but only napped. it was exhausting, and looking at 12 weeks seemed like an eternity. With ds2 it was very odd, because the colics really did stop completely at 12 weeks. One afternoon he was still screaming his lungs out, the next day all of a sudden he didnt have tummy ache anymore.
mrtumble obviously I dont know about the Bavarian school system much, but onle the one in lower saxony. and you wouldnt get thrown out of the Gymnasium for failing Latin. actually, just to have to repeat a year, I think you need either two 5s in major subjects or three 5s in other subjects, plus average or lower grades in the others too. and afaik those 5s need to be on the Zeugnis for both Halbjahre too. to be asked to leave the school, you would need to have repeated a year twice within a couple of years, or three times within any period of time. Sorry, very confusing 
oh, unless someone starts Gymnasium without a Gymnasialempfehlung. in that case I think at least in the first few years there you are not allowed to repeat a year at all.
but as you say, your dd stil has some time left at primary. the problem I see in general is, that you dont just need the Abitur to go to uni nowadays, but for most other jobs/apprenticeships too.
ploom glad the dentist fixed it so quickly. I ended up having to cancel the dentist appt as ds2 was so poorly with his cough. dentist, and any other doctor, is really stressful with ds2 anyway, as he is the world's biggest refuser. he will not open his mouth. and several doctors have been hit or kicked by him just for using the stethoscope or otoscope on him. I'm never sure if that's his autism or just him 
antique it's such a cute phase when they start to pick up new words isnt it. even though ds3 is (onviously) our third, it still amazes me how they just start talking. he mainly speaks in near full sentences now.
this morning I had the director of the Autismusverein here, who supplies our Integrationshelfer. I'm feeling quite emotionally drained tbh. basically she doesnt think ds1 is ready for school because of his social and behavioural difficulties. she feels he will not last longer than one term 
however, she respects our wish that he should start this year and will be doing extra work with him to try and get him ready for school.
sometimes I do wonder where all of this is going to take us. if ds1 and ds2 will ever lead happy and independent lives. it is really hard for us and it is absolutely not how we had envisaged parenthood. but I just hope all our efforts will be worthwhile and that they will lead happy lives. sorry, dont want to dump this all on you, but I'm feeling really down. just been upstairs to change ds1 for the umpth time...at the best of times he often doesn feel when he needs the toilet, because of his sensory problems, but as long as I send him to the loo at certain times he is fine. atm he has constant accidents, but during the day as well as at night. 2 more weeks until I go on my Kur though, on a happier note 
I've probably got loads of xposts as I have changed beds twice since I started typing....