Hi everyone! Well after a rough week DD finally seems to be on the mend (touch wood), she had her 1 year booster jab last Wednesday and has been poorly since . The GP checked her over first because she had so recently been ill but although he said she was fine I am wondering if I should have given her a bit longer to recover from her bronchiolitis. I ended up taking her to the emergency Docs on Sunday as her chest was rattly and her temperature was so high and he sent us over to the hospital for a chest x-ray (we had to postpone poor DS2's birthday party too). Once admitted it was 4 hours before we saw a doctor! He checked her over (no x-ray though) and diagnosed an upper respiratory tract infection but gave us nothing as he said the antibiotics she had 2 weeks previously would do the job . They let us home a couple of hours later once her temperature stabilised a bit. It's been a long week with her temperature incredibly high at times (usually at night...) but other than a nasty cough and a touch of the grumps she is almost back to herself today. I have postponed her MMR to give her a few weeks of wellness (hopefully) beforehand.
Other than that we are okay, DS2 is now having his party tomorrow (and I have to make another Sonic cake tonight for him), DH has impressed his new bosses at work although he has not yet set foot in a digger which is what they employed him for! He is not loving it but a job is a job and he's grateful to have found one in these times!
Buzzy, hows things? Have you made any decisions yet? With regards to the job, personally I would be tempted not to go for it, there may be other job opportunities in years to come but your girls are only small once. Then again, I have not been overly career minded since having children so perhaps not the best person to give job advice! When it comes to DD2's Dad I would be very torn, its very hard, As a mother in your position would not want him to have a great deal of contact but as a daughter (whose father had no real contact with me as a child) I would say you should let him see her if he wants to. I have recently contacted mine and found that he has wanted to contact me in the past which is not the impression I got from my mother when she was alive. Like Clairey suggested, is letting him have some time with her alone an option so you don't have to see so much of him?
Louise, I would guess from what you say that in your area you had a 6 month check instead of the 9-12 month one, I know lots of areas do it differently! How are you?
Awen, hows Samuel? Is he doing any better? The GP suggested boiling a kettle in the bedroom would help DD when she had bronchiolitis and plenty of calpol for her temperature. Now they are 1 they can have the larger dose which really helps. DD also strops with me when I take something off her and just pulls cheeky faces at me when I say no, it is so hard to be serious with her when she is so cute! Good luck with your TTC! Hopefully it will not take too long, Clomid is fab stuff!
BT how is Daniel? I know it sounds daft but it is a good age for him to get chicken pox, DD coped so much better when she had it than her brothers did at an older age. I found baths with bicarbonate of soda very good for easing itching (I never used calomine lotion with any of mine), running water through a sock full of oats is supposed to be good too! I wouldn't worry about him showing no interest in climbing though, think of it as a blessing! DS1 never really climbed, he was over 2 before we had a stairgate! It is also totally possible that he could be cuttuing molars, DD has 4 now, plus all incisors and her top 2 canines (I suspect the bottom 2 have broken through too but not prepared to risk my fingers to find out!). With regard to playing, I usually let DD take the lead, I get the toy box out and we play with whatever she picks out! She loves her pushchair and ragdoll and also her roll-arounds. She loves books too - her favourite is That's Not My Dragon - she loves the textures and bright pictures. I have taken her on the swings down the road too, she liked that a lot! Have yet to let her have her first outdoor walk though...
Insy, hows everything going? Hope you are all feeling a bit better now. Well done to Toby for climbing downstairs! Very impressive! Evie can get down feet first from a sofa or bed but would not trust her on the stairs, she's already fallen down them once when DS2 left the top gate open - thankfully there is a little landing halfway down so was not so far to fall.
Cazzy, hi! Your Evie sounds like she is doing well! Mine is a proficient stair-climber too but has not managed to flush the chain and thankfully hasn't worked out how to take her nappy off yet!
Skid, glad you are settling in well in Oxford, your DS sounds so cute at toddlers crying between the songs! Bless him!
Clairey, that mud suit looks fab! Might have to get one for DD before I let her loose outside!