Hello lovely people, so sorry for extended absence, am supposed to be hoovering while DS2 sleeps upright in Arti's lovely chair but wanted to come on and reconnect.
For those who haven't been already bored senseless by my FB updates (could only get FB not MN on phone in hossie) - we got out on Saturday after 2 whole weeks! They admitted they should have run the PH test (which showed he has sever reflux) when we came in, rather than trying other things, involving ENT because of his floppy larynx, then after being on the meds for 10 days, taking him off them again in order to do the test they were 99% sure about in the first place! At least they decided to give him a mega strength Omeprizole rather than the cocktail of gaviscon, domperidone, ranitidine and Omeprozole he was first on. Maybe as they got to know ne they realised I wasn't capable of dealing with the timings of so many different drugs.
Anyhow, T is pleased I'm home (I won't even go into DP, tis too long and depressing a story). But I shall not be missing the bright lights and microwave dinners and enforced passivity of the hospital environment. But if I was to draw any pluses from it, it gave me the opportunity to spend one on one time with DS2 that I simply wouldn't have had at home - not to mention the lack of housework!
He was prescribed Nutramigen (which T was on at this age) but he hates it, is barely taking in half of his feeds and finds it impossible to bring up wind, so am going back to the old one. I know the dietician will be pissed off, but how will he thrive if he's not getting his required calorie intake?
Purely in response to this page as I don't have the time to go back any further - Arti if you're feeling uncomfortable about having strangers in the house maybe you could have a friend come to stay - or put the sale off until next week when DH is home?
Beans, sorry for your snotty troubles, i hope your girls are able to fight off their colds. I always think the whole "building their immune system" is just a positive spin on the annoyance of being low level ill - not enough to want to stay stuck to the sofa watching CBeebies but grumpy and not able to do everything as normal.
Poor you and your sciatic nerve - is there anything yu can do about it other than copious amounts of voltarol or similar?
Effie big 
for your weekend away - how exciting!
DB bugger on the vomming, that is rotten timing. I hope you manage to box and cox so you get out a bit yourself and that it's just a non contagious 24 hour thing.
WG can you not nap and bear a child simultaneously? That is very poor multitasking I must say.
Lady I hope you have a fabulous time and come back all rested and tanned and feeling fannnhne.
Vaggie 
for the coffee related injury but 
for the moggy news. How are the kids taking to it? Am v 
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Hello to Mom and JB you sound very calm all things considered. How are you feeling about it all today?
Sybs, hope you tolerated enjoyed soft play today. You are a strong, brave woman, and i hope you didn't find any turds lurking beneath the plastic balls .
Must go now but I will be back on now more often, I promise. And will be tucking into the lovely bottle of cheerfulness tonight with gusto 
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