Ouch SB - I hope it heals up soon!
Yes to everyone about those regrettable but inevitable shouty moments. Like you rainbow, I usually apologise afterwards. A friend of mine suggested that it's healthier to shout sometimes than keep it all inside, so I'm comforting myself with that! DD has been so much better behaved with me lately, though. I think the harder line I've adopted with her is having some effect. Not necessarily the shouting, but if anything, she's been sweeter to me than usual, so the occasional seething moment doesn't appear to be damaging our bond so far.
Survival I'm amazed you're still as together as you are on so little sleep as well as the work and the boys' health issues. Blimey.
CP good climbing, wow!
NK I'm not sure I am coping that well so far, given that I've had someone in to help for a few hours every day - I haven't been put properly to the test yet by having both DC on my own for the entire day!!
DS currently wakes up 2-3 times per night, which isn't too bad as he mostly goes back off again fairly easily, unless I have to change his nappy. This morning's windy gruntings were eased by a bit of co-sleeping, which meant I probably got an hour more than I would have done otherwise. Thursday night was pretty tough, though. Not only was DS especially windy and needed three nappy changes, DD had a bout of croup which, although relatively mild, distressed her mightily and sounded awful, not to mention the extra nocturnal requirements after the initial coughing fit. Thank goodness for our humidifier.
Thankfully, DD was fine last night and the cold that precipitated the croup seems to be largely in abeyance, so hopefully that's an end to it. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed DS hasn't caught it. It's the first time DD's had croup, but I realised what it was straight away. Scary, though. I got DH to phone NHS Direct and check the symptoms as I wasn't sure what to look out for to suggest it's getting nasty. Luckily, DD didn't have any of those.
I've currently got both DS in disposable nappies after religiously using washables up to now. DS because all the washables I've tried on him have leaked hopelessly, so I'm going to wait until the quantity of pee has calmed down a bit (he's peeing about every ten minutes!) and try again. DD has taken to removing her nappy the moment it's wet, which suggests she's ready for potty training, but I'm not quite. I need my tummy to be a bit better before I'm running around after her and mopping up the inevitable accidents. Meanwhile, changing washable nappies with DS in a sling if he's awake is simply too tricky, so I've resorted to bunging DD in pull-ups for convenience' sake. Hey ho. I'll try and re-establish my green credentials in due course...