FEB 2010 Proper threenagers now!!

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Come on in, Chicas!

Dive into the bubbly and home-baking and take advantage of our deluxe creche....

our kitchen is leaking. Times like this I am thankful we rent.

Our bathroom and a bedroom are too, CP

Dd2 has gone back to eating cereal in the morning in disgust at being presented with British bread... She was in foodie heaven on holiday and once ate five slices of very fresh sourdough rye bread on its own. The bread is so delicious it needs no toppings. Maybe I should have a new year resolution to bake bread at the weekends...

I bought a baguette as a treat in LIDL and it just disappeared, as well as the french style rye bread, with DD1 only.

DD2 wanted to watch houses on right move as a bed time story! Is houseporn dangerous so early?

Hahaha, it's not just that we are the same Mous, our girls are too! I often by the rye bread from lidl, and my dd1 likes looking at houses... She has expensive tastes though and expects a swimming pool!

Mmm rye bread. With maybe a slice of masdam or leerdam or jarly... Mmmmm

And sourdough.... I keep meaning to make a sourdough starter, but a week of feeding it seems such a hassle... Really should do that!

I did sourdough for a while last year. Managed about six months before I killed it! Was lovely, but quite strong tasting. Was very good for pizza bases!

I love rye bread too. Any bread, actually...

Yum to those breads....we're lucky here, some lovely indie bakeries where you can get delicious bread.....which reminds me, must get a loaf this afternoon....

So GP confirms I have got Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - so I'm off to get some wrist splints as a first effort towards sorting it out. If they don't work, I get the jabs and if that doesn't, the surgery. Meanwhile, I'm trying to put less pressure on my wrists wherever possible - DS' desire to walk a lot helps.

Another sleep-through from last night, hooray. Shame I couldn't benefit from it because of hand discomfort and DD's coughing. We're getting a steroid inhaler for her to see if that helps. I anticipate all sorts of fun and games getting her to take it..... But this cough has been going on for weeks now and the sleep disruption has impacted on her behaviour, too. Any tips on inhalers for LOs? She's getting the mask-type....

IC, has she a blue or brown inhaler? Or both? The blue inhaler has an almost instant effect so motivates them quickly to get to grips with it and be happy to do it. The brown one is a preventer so is more difficult for them to understand the benefit.

My dd1 has had an inhaler since she was two, and took to the spacer device very well. Just assemble it all as directed, put it to her face, then press the canister so the drug goes into the spacer chamber. Get your dd to breathe normally, just through the spacer. Five breaths should do it, but I do ten to be sure. If she needs more than one puff, repeat the process, don't do two puffs with one lot of breathing if you see what I mean.

Got lots of stuff on this if you want to contact me...

Sorry about the carpal tunnel, btw.

IC sorry about the carpal syndrome. Hope the splint helps.

Thanks for the CTS sympathy!

Well, DH and I had to hold DD down in the end to get her to use the spacer. We tried getting her to decorate it, saying it was like a trumpet, us demonstrating it.....but she wasn't having any of it.
It's the brown inhaler, so not easy for her to see the benefits. That said, I haven't heard her cough once since she had it, so maybe the placebo effect is doing the job!!

There was a asthma one on 'Get Well Soon' should be on youtube. That might help?

I love sourdough, plain or just a bit of good oil

DSis makes sourdough, it yummy. She keeps trying to give me some Mother but I'm scared of taking anything else on at the moment. Maybe in the summer...

Poor DD with the inhaler IC, I'm sure DD1 would have been exactly the same.

Dd2 got praised for getting cross in nursery today . She's normally laid back and tends to walk away from conflict but today she got cross with another child (rightly so by the sound of it) and the staff members were really pleased she was a bit more assertive. Way to go baby girl! She is a quiet, serious little soul but also very sensitive. Good for her to assert herself a bit.

Good on her JF!

We put dd2 in school uniform earlier for a laugh and she looked incredibly grown up and very proud. But I hope she grows a tiny bit in height over the summer because I will be in tears (of laughter) on her first day in Reception .

Look, what a surprise, it's pouring down outside again

It is actually raining inside too for us

Oh, that's not good! We also have water coming in through the top of the frame in dd2's room and the bit under the bay window in our bedroom is soaking wet.
Mous, should we run away together and go somewhere nicer?

I am in!