December 2012 : Stop that or your going in your cot.

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Ddas get well soon i hope it doesn't turn out to be Flu.

Utopian i've heard breastmilk is good for it. You could try it on O as well won't hurt him i shouldn't think.

Ddas I hope it's not flu!

Utopian I've heard it's good too.

More bad blood results. The last I spoke to said one was abnormal then put me on hold for ages came back and said its all fine still waiting for the main one, been over a week now.

Oh no spotty. When the main one comes back will it be another apt with the consultant? That sounds like a horribly worrying phone call.

I'm on an immune system boosting mission now. I've got my iron tabs and just bought some turmeric supplements, and am trying hard to avoid processed sugar. I roasted some almonds with spices earlier which are super yum so will try to snack on them. I'm fed up of having every cold going - I seem to get one every other week atm!

I've seen my lottery win house - got serious pangs! £1 million barn conversion - not actually far from here in miles, but very far in ££! Tis lovely though. I wonder if being an estate agent is actually quite fun!

utopian all mine had sticky eyes a lot as little uns and I squirted lots of boob milk direct from source into the corners of their eyes! Not sure how much it helped, although it was excellent at softening dried crusty bits! lots of wiping with cooled boiled water too. Health professionals were always pretty dismissive and eventually it all went away.

DD's been fine, thanks. She's asked a few questions and seems to understand. We're debating whether she should go to the funeral. She'd handle a funeral with no problem, she was fine at my almost SM's last year, but I'm concerned with how much media will be there and how overwhelming that could be.

Hope it isn't flu ddas and that you're better for work.

We took the DC swimming at the weekend. A discovered that he could slither from one changing cubicle to the next. Luckily DH and I were in adjacent cubicles, with a child each, and A and DD slithered between the 2 for a few goes.

Oh yes beasty the media might be awful And upsetting. What a horrible decision. Personally unless they were very close I wouldn't take her but you know the situation best.

Beauty I think the possible media attention would put me off too.

WL I hope you managed to get some rest. Immune boosting sounds like a very good idea.

I have two poorly DCs today and I'm not feeling too hot myself. DH looked after DS through the night while I fought looked after DD. So he didn't get his train at 5 somethng this morning to Nuremberg. I'm kind of glad he is at home to help. But I also feel guilty for making him miss his meeting. Although it's not me technical making him miss it, it's the DCs....

Just noticed the auto correct on Beasty

Good autocorrect!

How's everyone tackling whining? It sounds awful but when O does it it genuinely makes me angry. I tend to tell him if he whines me not want to be near him, and then completely ignore the subsequent further whining and busy myself with tasks. Often this makes him tearful/whiny, so I then tell him that he's caused this by carrying on whining when told not to. Partly I feel I have to do something or it'll get worse, but I worry about being too cold. (But if I wasn't being icy cold in those situations I might shout..)

Dd is on antibiotics AGAIN! Anyone who knows about asthma does it make you prone to chest infections?

I say The more you whine the less likely you are to get it. If he tantrums to get something I act all disappointed that, because he's had a tantrum, I'm not allowed to let him have it. Lots of praise for asking nicely, especially if it involves an unprompted please.

Spotty yes I know a few people with asthma and they get hit harder by bugs

spotty yes, I think it does make it harder to avoid and shift colds when you have asthma. I remember my older brother being ill fairly regularly, I can't remember when it was just asthma and when it was a chest infection though. Sorry.

I'm not sure that DS whines that much. He generally knows exactly what he wants.
Sorry, I'm really not being much help tonight am I?!
I remind him to say please and thank you, but he is also pretty good at remembering. And I make him say sorry when he hits one of us. If he doesn't say sorry he has to sit in a corner.

Spotty since I've had asthma I find things go straight to my chest. But then the asthma was caused by pneumonia so.....

Nutella thanks for the autocorrect.

We had another discussion and DH will go to the funeral alone.

We used to tell DD that we couldn't understand her when she was whining. It worked, but she did tell a girl at school that she wouldn't be her friend if she kept on whining....

Agree that ignoring or saying you can't understand whining is probably the best way but I'm not sure that it's not just something that some children do regardless! Sorry utopian! My question is how do you stop a sensitive 4 yo bursting into loud tears at the drop of a hat?!

I had a phone interview for that job this eve. It went quite well I think. Still not sure that if I want anything to come of it but good to practice as I know I'll be properly job hunting next year.

beasty probably exactly what that little girl needed! Good honest home truth! I've got a friend who's 5yo ds is a real pain, she knows that's why the other kids don't always want to play with him but not sure if she ever explains that to him (nicely obv!)

spotty asthma will def make her more prone to infection and bugs . See if you can get a physio to show you some breathing exercises which might help her to use her lungs more fully and help to keep them strong and clear.

Sorry to hear about the asthma and associated problems sorry. and sorry for my ranting up thread, but thanks for the responses!

Actually, after he got upset and I explained that the situation was his fault for whining, he calmed down relatively quickly and was great all day. I feel guilty for the horrible rant a bit, as he doesn't whine much at all, but it REALLY gets to me faster than anything else..

Tried the milk trick.on A's eyes and it worked a treat!

Spotty IME people with asthma get chest infections more.

Beasty, i hope your DH is ok at the funeral.

Utopian yay for the BM clearing up sticky eyes. I don't give H what she wants when shes whiny either. It also infuriates me. My DN is very prone to whining and i tell her that i'm not listening till she uses her big girl voice.

T is driving me nuts today. She's on the verge of dropping her naps and hasn't had one today which on top of waking up at 4,5 and 6 is making one Velcro toddler. Making it impossible to do normal things let alone pack for our weekend away to Somerset (dd2 thinks it's called sunset!).
Dm has a date for her hip op - 10th march. She's gone for her pre op this aft.

Have a good weekend WL. Where abouts are you going?

I love the mispronounciations children make. And now DD is writing things it's fascinating to see how she hears words. For ages she called A's gruffalo onesie a zombie. Then when she was corrected she held her arms out like a zombie and said "I'm being a onesie"....

A has been at holiday club this week, at a sister nursery of the preschool which is closed for half term. He's done really well, the staff want him back at easter and they were amazed at how he settled.

Poor DSL has an awful cold and fever

DD started the week with an awful cough but seems to be slowly improving.

It is a long long week.

WL have an amazing weekend away. That sounds like a lovely thing to do right now. I hope you all get to have a bit of fun and enjoy some sunshine.

Beasty I'm looking forward to the mishearing of words. I love the way DS says mayonnaise. It is like a cross between "more nails" and "my niles"

A can't say S at the beginning of a word, so he either drops it (nake=snake) or says it as d (his favourite book is "Dick Man" - stick man!)

beastie love the zombie onesie!

WL have a lovely time

Beasty my sister used to say dick instead of stick

I think I've got thrush might get one of the drs at work to prescribe me something as its so expensive to buy

r likes to go fwimming and eat fweeties. we don't encourage talk of elephants and their trunks due to an unfortunate tendency to muddle the t and k up