June 2009 - terrible twos here we come

[bigcar]

Here we are ladies

thanks for letting us know please let her know we're all thinking of you all and hope your little man makes a speedy recovery.

Thanks for posting Gauchito :)

Glad little one is doing fine now, you must have all been so worried.

Give my love and hugs to Gauchita.

I hope that little Gauchito will be home with you and M soon x

gauchito thanks so much for letting us know how you all are. So pleased little gauchito is on the mend and hope you have your beautiful gauchita and little gauchito home very soon. How is M coping? Love and hugs to N. Thinking of you.

Hello all - sorry been a bit awol...

Fantastic news Gauchita - sorry to see your news a little earlier in the week but I hope you are all at home now and everything has calmed down! Can't wait to hear what name you went for and your Gauchito sounds lovely too. Hope M is ok as well - must be a bit crazy for you but as someone else mentioned earlier, at least your Mum is also about to lend a hand.

We've been having sleepless nights this end as well - although ours seem to be nightmares. Poor little J seems to sort of go through cycles as well so she manages to drop off and then 10 minutes later she's distraught again . She calmed down a bit by the end of the week and is with Nanny tonight so I can catch up on some sleep... poor DH can't seem to help her so the night thing seems to be landing on me and I feel pretty exhausted! Ah well, all the fun of newborn nights on the way so perhaps trying to get me ready...! Do any of your lo's have these - would welcome any advice or hints & tips you might have!!

Snow - did you make a decision? I'd be tempted by the big garden as we don't have one at all really and I really miss one! A whole paddock - that still sounds quite mansion like me to me

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend xx

Hi everyone,

Gauchita - hope you are back enjoying home comforts with little Gauchito x

Snow - I would go for the garden every time, the perfect kitchen is never going to look perfect anyway with two small children

Ninja - bet you are glad it is the start of term, is E sleeping any better now?

Skillbo - N also has the odd nightmare which seems to coincide with nights when I have run out of lactose-free milk and resort to plain ol' cows milk. I find drawing on her bare back with my finger (like a pencil) sends her straight back to sleep, you don't have to draw anything in particular either which is good because at 3am I have little inspiration.

Heya, hope you & baby are well now gauchita, that must have been really stressfull. hopefully you'll be back to normal now and adjusting to your new life with 2 children :D

Well, we're still in France and C has chicken pox! found some spots yesterday and thought they were mosquito bites, and found some more today so took her to the GP just to be sure that's all they were.

He's given us some cream in case she itches and some kind of calpol for fever which I've given her two doses of so far. shit, we just have to wait that it passes now don't we? I do not remember what it was like when I had it, has anyone experienced it? Might have a look at the health part of the forum.
the way back on the boat is not going to be fun, 11 hours in a cabin, daytime, eeeek....might take the train instead...

Speak to you soon!

Hi June sorry to hear about C's chickenpox.

Cream doc gave you is probably calamine lotion.

Porridge oats in a cloth or stocking soaked in the bath water or just a cloth soaked in the water made by soaking oats apparently helps. Alternatively a bit of bicarbonate of soda in the water instead.

Aqueous cream mixed with calamine good too as more moisturising than just calamine also Aloe Vera gel good too. Aveeno might help as has colloidal oastmeal in it, I have used it for N's eczema and it seems to be very soothing for that.

Some people say anti-histamine like Piriton helps too once all the spots are out, but don't know if our little ones can have it yet age wise, speak to pharmacist.

I can remember having it when younger and just being very itchy, still have a scar underneath my eye from one I scratched, so you may want to put socks on C's hands in the night as she will scratch in her sleep.

Quick post as stupid o clock and finally got z back to sleep. june I second zhen's advice.porridge oats in a sock or knee high stocking, works well in the bath.bicarb does too. Phenergen,an anti histamine,great too.small dose,start with 5ml as it is a mild sedative too. Could try nurofen if you can't get Phenergen. Keep up regular paracetomal if she is hot or uncomfortable. I remember A having a few baths a day cause he was so coated in spots.cotton clothes,try long sleeves to reduce the amount of scratching. An ice pack wrapped in damp tea towel soothing on the skin. Good luck

Hello ladies,

Back home now, lots to catch up with so I'll make this post short-ish and then come back with more details

Thank you for all the lovely messages. The stay in hospital was long, well it felt long at least, and when you add the worry of it all and the fact I had to stay on my own during the night, without any reception on my phone, gah... hard days.

All results came back on Saturday and they were ALL negative. The blood cultures, the lumbar puncture, everything was clear, which made us feel extremely relieved, of course, albeit still confused as to why the CRP had come back so high. They said they still wanted to go through the whole 5 days of ABs so we stayed until this morning. We requested another CRP count, to see whether it had gone down, and this morning we were given the results and they were back to normal again, phew. It'll be one of those mysteries... he always looked OK, fed fine, had pooey and wet nappies, didn't have temperature... What a worry, ladies, I have cried quite a bit... I guess post natal hormones didn't help much either. But anyway, he's fine, we're finally home, and life can go back to normal now He's a little bit jaundiced, not too badly so they were not worried. We had a little bit of sunshine through the window at noon so I fed him under the sun

He's feeding really well, I can't complain. Last night he slept a bit better than previous nights. Believe me, on my own in hospital long nights were not easy. We were in a single room, which helped, as we had some privacy and either DH or DM could stay with me all day at least. There were some lovely MWs there, who helped me one night, for example, when he was crying so much because of wind and I couldn't get a single burp out of him! She came and in 2 seconds did the job, of course

Right, this is not too short now. I must wrap it up.

Ninja, I just saw a pic of your boy ready for secondary school So grown up! You must have been teary

Snow, I'd go for the garden as well. I love kitchens but a garden can be enjoyed by all

June, oh no! Sorry to hear about the chicken pox. I second what Snow and Zhen said, that's what we did with M back in December when she got it.

Skillbo, no experience with nightmares here (up to now ) hope J manages to sleep better.

Zhen, how are you feeling these days? MS all gone now?

Ok, a few details about little Gauchito before I go. He weighted 3.550kg (7.8lbs for Ninja ). And his name is Dante, we finally made up our minds on Saturday I'll download some pictures today and upload them here later.

Birth story coming soon

Waves!

gauchita hurray for being home.it is miserable on hospital by yourself.glad the midwives were kind. You must have been out of yoyr mind with worry,no wonder many tears were shed. I cried so much when A had his 3 admissions. Feel free to offload here as much as you want.

I love the name,very strong,great for a boy and a man.
Kidlets need sorting but back later as solo parenting every evening till Fri

gauchita, he's gorgeous, lovely name too!!!!! So pleased you're all home at last, must be such a relief. Thanks for thinking of the old folk and putting the lbs as well Enjoy your first night back in your own bed, there's nothing like it and enjoy your newborn snuggles.

Have you decided on which house?

waves to all

hi girls, I'm back .Both kids asleep, a bit of work done and now settling down for a catch up.

Who knows how long it will last, Z is having a shocker at the moment. Up 3/4/5 times a night. Taking path of least resistance, putting her in bed and giving her a boob. She and I are off to the states for work next week and co -sleeping her is the only way I will cope. 2 days after we get back, I am off to france again. GPs coming to our place for more babysitting. DH will be in h'ford in the new job.

We decided on the house with a garden. Just waiting for the credit checks to go through and then hopefully we can sign the tenancy. Going to be living v v rural. 1/2hr to nearest supermarket. Going to need to be organised with the shopping. Ocado doesn't deliver but sainsbos does. No Waitrose for miles and miles. Oh well, been v spoilt here since our crappy budgens became a waitrose. Will be much better for the budget not to live 5mins walk from one.

skillbo no advice on the nightmares I am afraid. A has had them a few times and they do tend to be a few nights on the trot. Again, I take the path of least resistance and just put him in bed with me if he is too distressed to settle. Normally he is great at going back to sleep, so if he is v upset, I don't bother persevering for too long and just put him with me.
House isn't a mansion, although the area is great for property porn. It is next to a big farm and just happens to have a small paddock of its' own.

zhen I laughed at the perfect kitchen with 2 kids comment. So true . Garden will be far more useful

bigcar how has the return to school gone? How is DD3? Did the transport come on time?

june you back from France?How is C?

gauchita huuuuuge hugs from me. You have been so brave. I am so happy your precious boy is doing well and that you are at home with DH. Is he taking much time off? How is M? Looking forward to seeing a photo when you get time (ha ha) to put them on here. Wish I was closer to drop around some meals etc (and have baby cuddles). Is your Mum being a good help?

Write, will post before I lose this.

Hi ladies,

D has just finished a feed, so I have a few minutes free

My mum is being soooo good with everything. She sorts M as if she had always lived close by, M adores her. While I was away in hospital she went to bed with her or DH really well, something that hadn't happened before. Tonight, though, I guess all the changes and a new person in the family did shake things up and she asked for me to be there at bedtime as well... so my mum stayed with D and I went in with her and DH.

Other than that, she's elated, she keeps calling him by his name and kissing his forehead Although I can already smell a bit of jealousy I think she's going to be OK.

I, on the other hand, am a hormone wreck! MW is due to visit tomorrow so I must pull myself together The thing is, if I have to be honest, this whole post-birth thing has made me so paranoid. I wouldn't feel this way if they hadn't "found" something odd in his breathing and decided to take us to hospital and do all these tests and treat him with ABs. Now I can't stop watching him breathe to see if he's doing it "right", I'm so so paranoid something might not be completely OK with him Why were those levels high yet nothing was found either in the blood test or the lumbar puncture (the need of which scared me to death and back and scarred me for life). I just don't understand and now can't yet believe he's just fine...

Snow, glad you've been able to make a decision Big garden it is! When would you be moving? Next few weeks sound pretty hectic for you and Z. Hope her sleep settles a bit and lets you rest a little more.

Ninja, has DD3 started as well? How was her first day???

Right, off to get organised and go to bed! Oh, I tried uploading pics but MN crashed twice with an error so I'm trying again tomorrow.

Waves!

snow, your life sounds hectic, i hope you get to put your feet up sometimes in the midst of it all.

gauchita, could the test have been wrong in the first place? i think it's not really fair just to tell you " it's one of these things", no wonder you feel the way you do. it sounds like you have been on a rollercoaster the past week, hope you canet some rest between feeds, make sure you don't do too much even if you feel up to it in the next two weeks. the midwife is here to help you, you really don't need to pull yourself together for her or anyone else.
has dh got some time off now or when your mum goes back?
Dante is a lovely name, strong & masculine, goes well with M too.

just got back from france and exhausted. c is spotty :) she is doing well under the circumstances and stops scratching when we tell her. ( she says, very defiantly: "but it's hurting"!!!) awwww.
hopefully we're over the worst, it started thursday or friday, some spots are crusting over...we'll see how it is tomorrow.

she has found 10 days away long and has been asking to come back home for a few days now, she wants to see her friends and "sleep in her bed". this week is going to be toughh being home but not going to nursery or seeing anyone because she is contagious.

really have to go to sleep now, thanks for the tips, going to see the go tomorrow and get calamine lotion.
waves to all,ninja hope the first day at school went well..

afternoon all

snow, hope you got some sleep last night. House sounds very rural but lovely, guess you better not forget anything when you do get to the supermarket, is there a local shop and a nice pub community?

gauchita, I'm not surprised you were so scared, that's so worrying. Sometimes these things do happen with no explanation, we've had various dodgy blood works with dd3 over the years and it's rare they ever come back with a reason why it's happened, not that that helps with the worry! I hope the mw can offer some reassurance, this is what they are there for, talk it through with her if you can. I'm sure M will be fine, you've been away longer than you had planned, things will go back to much more of a 'normal' for her now you're home again. Give D and M a long distance hug from us

june, hope C is ok and stops itching soon, it's not nice being stuck in but given the weather we have today, not necessarily a bad thing! How was your holiday, did you visit family?

ds1 started high school yesterday, pic on profile, he seems to have been ok, didn't do anything according to him but he did play football at lunch time [sigh] high school is going to be no different to primary

dd3 starts tomorrow, 7.35 pick up [yawn] it's going to be a bit of a rush! I'm going to go into her school later once the rush hour is done and we'll get her settled in properly, they're going to have to go a fair lick to worse than the last school so I can't say I'm overly worried.

dd2 also goes back to school tomorrow, the house is going to be very quiet with just E running around and trashing the place so I may get a cup of tea in peace and quiet at some point in the next few days, can't wait. It's lovely having them home, although this holiday has been a challenge with the crappy weather but I need a break now! I especially need a break from peppa sodding pig, the music really winds me up. Come back mr tumble, all is forgiven

lots to get ready for tomorrow, waves to all

haha ninja mr tumble, yeah, C is a BIG fan. has been great having him on the telly today with all the after-holiday housework chaos AND work going on, as well as poorly child. atempted hot cup of tea three or four times, still haven't managed.
good luck for tomorrow! I pmd you (I think) to add you on FB.

This week is going to be hard, we'd actually book one extra nursery session so I could catch up with work, have some important deadlines to meet. And of course mil and sil are excelling themselves, not wanting to come over (for once!) in case they catch it (they have both had it). The one time that it would be helpful. (can you see the steam coming out of my head??)

Was also counting on the neighbour's dd as she is a little older and may have had it already but I think they're on holiday. And we had a broken fence which the girls loved to talk through and sing and dance and stuff and they went and fixed it!! gutted!! C. actually started crying when she realised. (wanted dh to get a shovel to open it ).

running out of battery so have to leave it here, take care!!

[Grin] ninja yes,there is great -pub- community. Post office,garage,pub only type of village. Good luck tom with dd3.
june the one time you need overbearing in laws and they won't come. Hope you manage to sort some childcare. Can dh cover a few hrs so you can get finished?
gauchita how was the midwife visit? How are you feeling today?how is d's jaundice?pretty hard in todays crap weather to get any sun. He feeding ok?
skillbo how are the nightmares?and how are you coping w sleep deprivation

zhen how was the return to work? Getting some second trimester energy yet?

Better go and get some dinner while kids asleep.preparing for another crappy night. I really hope she settles by next week.

Hey everyone, still not back at work as my new CRB hasn't cleared yet!

I am going on daily supply until Christmas so that I can be flexible around MW appts, scans and feeling crappy (MS still here and still knackered).

Gauchita, you must have been so worried, really glad to hear all is ok and that you are back at home with mum and DH looking after you x

Ninja, another one driven mad by peppa pig here, I quite like Mr Tumble so don't mind Something Special. Thinking of conveniently losing Peppa Pig DVD hmmm . Good luck with the early pick-up and hope DD3's first day at new school goes well.

Snow - is Z teething? I remember N waking every hour when her teeth were bad. Good news about house, hope it goes through quickly. I would love to live somewhere more rural lovely walks in the countryside preferable to walks through the local estate.

June - fair weather relatives, just what you need right now grrr! I was pregnant with N and looked after niece with chicken pox (I had it as a child) and N was fine don't know what they are worried about. Hopefully the spots will all scab over soon so you can take C out.

Evening ladies!

Try to be quite quick as don't want to miss Hollyoaks Later - can't help myself, sorry!

Guachita I love love love Dante, such a great name! We're getting nowhere on the whole name thing but think we might have to wait until he's here! Hope the MW visit went well - as Ninja said, she's there to help and I'm sure would rather you tell her what's bothering you so she can support you! Hope D is doing well and M is behaving herself - she sounds like she's being the perfect big sister, for now

Snow - I don't know how you do it, I am absolutely pooped just going up the road every day - don't think I'm ready for transatlantic travel yet! And thanks for the advice on nightmares.. I really wish J would settle in with us as sometimes it feels like the only option but she sees it as a real game and, while she doesn't have any more nightmares, it's because she is too busy chatting and playing and talking, talking, talking! Honestly, she doesn't know how to stop herself - tried to get her to stop just for one minute today and she managed just under 10 seconds! It is exhausting - although very cute!

June - hope C is well on the mend.. we've managed to escape any of the more serious childhood illnesses at the moment but I expect as soon as she hits pre-school, she'll go down with the lot. Hope the GP was able to help and that it didn't put too much of a dampener on your holiday.

Ninja- J has gone off TV entirely (telly off please mummy) and won't even watch her beloved Peppa Pig which I should be happy about but does mean we can't just plop her down and let the box hypnotise entertain her & get 5 minutes for a cuppa! I hope the last few days with all your various lo's off to schools have gone well... how's DD3 getting on? I bet the house seems far too quiet - can't imagine! Have you seen that Jason Donovan is on Strictly this year... am so excited as he is one of my favourite people ever. The rest of the line up is a bit z-list though (or perhaps I'm just showing my age!)

Zhen - hope the MS has eased even slightly, certainly seemed worse this time round for me but I guess that's because you have much less time to nurse yourself (read that as going to bed and getting DH to wait on me ).. I really hope it does get better soon and you're not trying to do too much!

Right - best get on as would like to get a nice shower in before my stories! Take it easy - here's to a nice peaceful sleep to all x

Evening ladies!

Skillbo, you made me with the comment re. J talking talking talking M has those moments too, it's very cute, as you say, but it can be hard to keep up How many weeks are you now?

Ninja, aw bless DS! How was DD3's first day? Did you have to run a lot in the morning? How's E doing in his room?

June, how's C doing with the spots? How cute that she tell you it itches and that's why she scratches! I can imagine her thinking "what on earth do they want me to do instead? If it itches, I need to scratch" Hope work is not too hectic. How lovely the ILs decided for once to butt out

Zhen, sorry for the silly question, but what does it mean that you go on "daily supply" till Christmas? Hope your CRB comes back soon. Oh, so sorry to hear MS is still causing trouble Hope it clears soon for you, it's pants to be feeling queasy all day

Snow, jaundice is almost gone, amazing what a little bit of sunshine through the window did on Monday It was incredibly sweet of you to send us a card Thank you very much! Speaking about sending, when would you be moving home? I'm thinking about your DVD I wouldn't like to send it back and then realise you don't live there anymore! Hope your week flying solo at home is going smoothly.

Right, Man, how could things have changed so much in 24hs!? She's definitely showing signs of jealousy. She's acting up a bit here at home and at nursery as well, we were told today. Yesterday she stepped inside the moses basket (on floor) and almost stomped on D! I shrieked, couldn't help it, but didn't react badly with her, just v calmly (was that hard!) explained to her that she couldn't just step in as her brother was there and he could end up with a bump.

Still not completely reassured re. D and his breathing. I think tomorrow morning we'll take him to hospital to see if one of the paeds or mws who saw us all those days can help. The paediatrician who discharged us told me we could take him if we were ever worried/concerned... MW was lovely the other day and tried to reassure me, but she didn't understand what had happened either so she was as confused as me bless her, but she was indeed lovely and told me time and time again to enjoy him and try and relax.

Anyway, vvv tired now so I'll post this before I lose it Hope everyone is well.

Waves!

morning girls, what is it with MN going offline so much ATM? Another post lost . Grrr
gauchita so good to hear from you. No worries about the DVD, we are keeping our flat for 6 months. Please do not give it a thought, you have enough on your plate.

I hear you re the jealousy. I think it is finally sorted here. A has bitten in ages . I did use the 'bribery bag' for a long time- full of new DVDs/sticker books/BBC tat magazines/books. Would get it out every time Z had a feed which seemed fairly endless with all the vomits
ninja how did the first day for DD2+3? Get your cup of tea yet?
zhen enjoy the inadvertently extended summer holiday. Supply teaching sounds like a great idea, can you say no on the days you feel too rough. So sorry the MS lingering.
skillbo The travel is ok, I love flying. Z is a good little companion and my colleagues are brilliant about giving her cuddles/settling when needed. She is great for stress relief, give her a cuddle and sorted
june how is C? Did you get some work done? Can you get anything done with C about? I do bribe the ids with TV if I need to do a call that can't be rescheduled into sleep time/evening.

Right, better go, A is attempting to empty the potty. Joy.

morning all

june, how's C doing, is she scabbed over yet? Typical ils, such concern for C shown there. My mum was devastated when dd2 and ds1 got cp, she was having chemo at the time and had to stay away for over 3 weeks. Hope you manage to keep up with work. I'm sorry I've forgotten what your next run is? Thanks for the pm

snow, how's the sleep going? Are there any schools nearby?

zhen, wow, you're brave, daily supply Hope you're feeling better soon, must be about time for ms to start wearing off?

skillbo, E has never watched tv, I sometimes wish he would, cbeebies is a great babysitter! Looking forward to strictly starting up again, I've had to check who a couple of people are, I'm still none the wiser, bit like when dd1 said watch celebrity bb how a man that was on one episode of gypsy wedding is a celeb is beyond me.

gauchita, don't worry about M, she'll get used to the new set of rules, 2 year olds are still very self centred, she doesn't understand she could hurt someone smaller than her, she doesn't mean him any harm. He probably doesn't seem that different to one of her dollys so watch out for her trying to pick him up and feed him her dinner or sit on top of him when he's in his chair Sometimes it's the little things that can make a differnce, like if she's been at nursery and comes home to see you waiting for cuddle and not holding D, same when she gets up in the morning if someone else has D while she gets a cuddle. Sometimes easier said than done obviously! Has D bought his big sister a present, sometimes that can help? Hope the paed can offer some reassurance to you today. How are you feeling, have you recovered from the birth now?

dd3's first day was fab, thanks for all your kind thoughts juners She looked a bit nervous when she got on the bus yesterday but today got on like she'd been doing it for years, the escort is lovely that travels with them. I went into school yesterday, so no peace and quiet for me then, she was obviously happy, especially after she turned their nice calm yoga session into more of an acid rave when she worked out how to change all the lighting! There's a photo on my profile. Ds1 is enjoying high school so far, he's been to the football trials already, don't think he'll get picked but shows he's interested. E is already missing having everyone home, it does seem very quiet now there's just him home, might get that hot cup of tea today, you never know.

I don't know what it's like where you ladies are but it's so grey and horrible here and it's definitely jumper weather, I still have the light on in the sitting room!

waves to all

Hi all!

Ninja, thanks for the tips, you're right it makes lots of sense It's funny how simple things can potentially make a difference. I've been trying those things but jealousy is still full on. Yesterday she yelled at DH "mami MINE!!!!!" And then DH came and told me "is that clear enough for you?" Bedtime is turning out to be challenging these days... oh well, it's a matter of time, I guess So glad DD3's first day was good, may more and more follow!! Weather has been crazy up here these past few days, every single season in a day

Snow, glad to hear the biting/jealousy has subsided at the snow household I'll be posting the DVD soon, it's no hassle, really When are you off to the US? Maybe you're already there

Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend.

We had another trip to hospital this week. I went to the ward and the MW was lovely but told me that unfortunately they couldn't see him, that I had to go to A&E. Cue a little bit of wait at the beginning, a nurse triaging him, then a paed checking him up and saying he was fine but that he'd consult the head paed and that we had to stay for an hour to observe him. We did, and then what followed was another episode of "medical confusion"

They counted his respirations per minute and they were 54, we had been told up to 60 was normal for a newborn, paed at A&E said that no, 45 was normal so this number was high and that we'd be transferred to the paediatric ward . Cue some more wait and when we got there I was already anxious and worried, of course. A nurse did his observations and one of the paeds that had seen us while we had been admitted in the ward was there, thankfully. She checked him and stayed with me for around 10 minutes just watching him breathe and examining him with her stethoscope and confirmed that what A&E had said was not accurate (to be polite with her words) and tried to excuse them by saying they usually see adults and not such tiny children. Inside I was thinking "but he was a PAEDIATRICIAN!"

Anyway, she said she was not concerned with his breathing, that although he had quicker episodes he settled afterwards and that he was otherwise "functioning" perfectly, i.e no temp, feeding well, pooing, weeing, having moments of being awake and moving, etc. She reassured me/us and told me some red flags to look out for and said if any of those appeared to bring him in again. I think she was more worried about me than him tbh Anyway, I'm trying not to watch him breathe ALL the time, but I still check him regularly, I can't help it. I guess only time will reassure me completely.

Sorry, that was long! Another piece of news is we're moving in two weeks. We didn't want to change the habit of moving soon before/after giving birth Nah, we're moving to Leeds, as it's where we both work, commuting time and petrol costs have been a headache. So we're going to have a hectic couple of weeks ahead of us, but really looking forward to that new chapter. It'll be our first home so we're over the moon

Again, sorry for the epic post

Waves!

evening all

Gauchita, are you insane? Moving again with a newborn it's turning into a habit! How exciting, is it this one you've got? Love a bit of property porn I do Sorry to hear you've had such a nightmare with the hospital, soulnds dreadful!! How's D, is he still feeding well and have you managed much sleep yet? Dh is up your way tomorrow, I've told him to give a wave in your direction he thinks he might need his passport going that far north

dd3 had a good few days at school, we had a few tears friday morning because they changed her seat on the bus to a high back booster and there was a little bit of faffing about to get her strapped in properly, she doesn't like change, even only on the third morning. Her escort rang once she'd got to school and she'd only been upset a few minutes and thankfully the rest of the day is pretty structured and she know's what's going on so was ok. She was shattered yesterday and spent most of it laying on the sofa, soooo not like her! I think this is going to take a bit of tweaking so as not to completely knacker her out but we'll work it out and I've already had contact with most of the therapists looking after her, believe me that's impressive so I'm sure she'll be fine.

waves to all [yawn] still trying to get used to the early starts again