Hope you're feeling a bit better today Mudwiggle (and fingers crossed the boys don't get it).
Gaston I was very 
at that book. Not appropriate for a 3 year old generally, never mind in the current circumstances.
Deb, that sounds like a very promising first day. If he's already going 2 hours between wees then he must be ready. I hope you get another nice day in the garden. DS was seeing constantly on day one when he potty trained.
I didn't see that Life Fast Forward programme - what was it about? Mind you, if it features courageous/tragic/brave child type content I probably wouldn't be able to watch it. Since having DS I can't bear things like that with children.
We had a narrow escape from a nasty accident last night. We have glass mats on our table and I was wiping one down with a cloth (while it was on the table) and it sort of spontaneously shattered into hundreds of tiny fragments. It sorted of exploded, if that makes any sense, and glass flew around the room. DS was in the room but thankfully just further than the glass flew. It was at table height (head height for him) and I shudder to think what would have happened if he'd been any nearer. I got such a shock. I'm not really sure what happened, but another mat was on the table next to this one and I can only assume that they made contact slightly as I was wiping them down. I can't believe that glass table mats would shatter in that way though - If they were going to break I'd have expected them to break into fewer, larger pieces. I bought them from John Lewis, so I've taken some photos and will email them later.
Quick question on party etiquette - DS has been invited to a birthday party that he can't go to. The little boy came to DS's party and brought a gift - DH thinks we should send a gift to the other little boy anyway? We don't know the family or anything, just someone at nursery (who is leaving before the start of term). WWYD? I think there'll be a few parties over the years that he can't go to and it's an expensive habit to get into!
And, also on a party theme, DS has been invited to a fairies and pirates fancy dress party. And of course we don't have a pirates costume. Anyone seen any reasonably priced ones or suggestions for diy costume? I'm sure I've seen threads on pirate costumes on here before so off for a search.
Stitching - I'm really looking forward to your visit! Tell me, how are you getting to Edinburgh? Also, depending on weather and what we do, there is the potential for a bit of to-ing and fro-ing around - will you have a buggy for DS2 with you?