I agree with Bravissimo, Indith. VV good for large, odd shaped norks, im(firsthand)e.
Castles, I say Shrosebry - it's about 30 - 40 mins from here so if you want a place to lay your head rather than doing it in a day then let me know.
EV, sympathies on the cystitis, my dsm gets in constantly and is in agony until the ABs kick in. Hope you're feeling much better.
Am LOLing at the dh/dc debacles. - glad it's not just mine. I remember when I was childminding, my mindee turned up in purple vertical striped trousers and a pink horizontally striped t'shirt. I didn't want to leave the house in case someone thought I'd dressed her like that . Needless to say, her dad had dressed her that morning .
BP, dd and ds2 are both confirmed dummy addicts. Ds2's habit has also become markedly worse in recent weeks but the dummy fairy worked wonders on getting rid of dd's a few months back so I'm not stressing. I asked on here about them affecting speech development and moondog (SALT) said there was a recent study showing that they had no impact on it, so I stopped worrying.
Indith, ds2 is also struggling with canines again. So far nothing is showing through but the poor mite appears to be in real pain sometimes and the nappies are something else. I'm having to rinse every pooey one out under the tap before I can even think about washing them [bleurgh].