Hi
Finding it impossible to catch up on the thread but have skip read a bit.
Tree good on you for sticking to your guns and getting a referral. I really hope your appointment comes through quickly and you get some answers and solutions for poor little H. If you are continuing dairy free I can heartily recommend Tescos own brownie traybake, they are 2 for £1.00 at the moment and I discovered completely by chance that they are dairy free. They are also lovely and crispy on top with gorgeous gooey choccy underneath. Mmmmm! (Just at half of one actually! )
Dog Bongos, yep all good stuff. We looked at getting one as the maintenance on a 30 odd year old VW is getting too much for us, but when it came to it the VW bond was just too ingrained! Are you thinking of getting one with a bed in the lift up roof? That's what we thought we'd do, us and babes in the big bed made up of the back seats and the terrible twosome darling boys in the loft so-to-speak. You can buy a safety net to stop them falling out and they love it up there. Only bad things I've heard about them is the petrol consumption isn't great on some of them and the insurance costs can be high on some models. They are sometimes called Friendees and the Ford Freda is exactly the same vehicle but not imported so worth looking at as we.
There are a couple of online clubs:
bongofury
bongo technical pages
some reviews of bongos
honest john review
bongo sales and conversions in cornwall
Its worth checking out lots of different sites for them as the interior layouts can be quite different.
Books not feeling too hot so don't really have the words today, but wanted to add my support and say you are a great Mum and have nothing to feel guilty about.
Right am going to slope off again now. I'm assuming I am anaemic - again, as I feel so weak I can barely lift my head/arms/legs and couldn't get out of bed to do the school run this morning. Stayed in bed with DD in crib until 11.45 then only made it to the sofa. I've run out of floradix as well, and the only was I can get some more is by catching the bus into town, which clearly I am not well enough to do. Itchy, stingy rash is back again too, but then it always seems worse when I'm tired. On top of that DD has been out of sorts since her jabs on Tuesday, lots of yukky nappies (of the all through the clothes and up to the neck variety) yesterday and really, really clingy, I had to take her out of the buggy and carry her when I collected the boys yesterday as she kept wailing, which for a baby famed for never crying is definitely not normal. She seems a bit brighter this morning though so hopefully she's through the worst of it now.
Typically DH is at a meeting out of town today and has left me with no bread and no milk for coffee - just because I cant get to the shop. Mum is driving again now though, so may call her and see if she can do a quick grocery drop.