Blummin heck Tilly you've run the thing and I still haven't sponsored you, is it too late to do it now or could I be cheeky and say I will sponsor you £20 if you do another?
Modern was it Westmead you works at, that was the main hospital where we did our prac training when I was at uni, one of the campus' I went to was right near the hospital. You must have gone to the Westfields in that one month. Parramatta is not exactly cosmopolitan, not a great way to spend a month in Australia for you, but close to Sydney I guess. Did you catch the boat up the river?
ZJ you did all the right things and have sorted you Mastitis by the sounds. It is simply an inflamation of your milk ducts etc which can, but doesn't always have an infectious cause (like Arti used to get a lot of, hers did need AB's). So if you can do what you did it can sort it out. If you hadn't done that it may have ended up as a blocked duct or the sitting milk would have becomeinfected. Well done.
Arti £100 isn't that bad at least you get a caring person to be with your child. I wonder what training she has maybe I could get into that? I have been thinking of getting into Nannying on a part time basis. Not sure though. With your DH being away I find the more you don't look forward to it the easier it is. I think if you think the worst will happen, the reality of being by yourself with the kids isn't that bad. Also don't plan any big outings stay close to home but do stuff to occupy them that doesn't take too much effort or organising from you. Plenty of time for that when DH is around. Just go to the park or maybe a local museum or better still just stay home, have a DVD afternoon, make popcorn (with lots of butter) and chill out. Also to help incorporate coffee easily into your day, you can all have 'coffee' make a milk of frothy milk for DS and all 'sit down' for a coffee. Also going to a cafe all together is considered an outing. More than anything be relaxed about what you need to do with your day, try not to have to rush to get somewhere or be ready for something just leads to frustration, fraut tempers and general tears. Finally, if you do lose it it's ok you'll all survive and I find just apologizing for being a big grumpy bum and having a big hug works a treat. Oh and ALWAYS have chocolate in the house, do not be caught short.
Camping was great fun I went for a training run up a hill near Hope called Win hill. Was more of a walk run because it was quite steep. After I posted to you the other night DS2 had a massive screaming bout, I think it is still those nasty teeth. But other than that he did amazingly well with sleeps he had his naps in the tent quite happily except for once when it was hot in there so went in the pushchair, and the tent was quite bright due to the sun in the morning but he slept quite well, so bodes well for Holland, and Camp Bestival. DS1 loved it, he loves camping grounds, he and our friends ds kept wandering off to find friends, it's just one big mates fest for him. There were lots of other kids so lots for them to do just around our tent. When the daddies went to compete in the race thing they were in the mummies chilled out in the sun, was lovely.
Hi to everyone else, Trace glad Lucy had a lovely time and would love to see photos of her as a kitty. PMK sorry about the money, same happened to DH and the money got sorted quite quickly. Can't remember everyone elses news will try to think what else I was going to write and post later.