April 2007 - The one where we despair about coughs and colds; sickness bugs; cheeky behaviour and the amount of tinsel and fairy lights ALREADY in the shops!!

[CaptainDippy]

sorry Bramshott

I have spent all afternoon at a&e with ds 1, he dropped a brick on his finger at the weekend, and has soft tissue damage and swelling, but it swelled so much that blood was trapped at the end of his finger, so he now has it elevated in a sling.........

Bloody boys.....

Sorry Caz, didn't take in the bit of your post about Caitlin, glad she's ok, sorry to hear about your ds's injury.

Bramshott, hope N & O recover soon.

Ouch - that sounds nasty Caz!

Bramshott - hope the vomiting stops soon.

Well I have my big two complaining of headache - have dosed them up and am hoping for the best. Dh is away in London again and I cannot be dealing with sick kids! Grrh!

I kicked ironing butt last and fully intend to kisck some laundry butt tonight.

I wonder if I'm taking my battle with the washing a shade personally?

Surely not

obviously I'm too nice to beat up my ironing pile NL

You can't be like that Caz or it'll never learn who's boss! I go to the utility room and roar 'Bring it oooooonnnnnn'

That soon sorts things out.

You should hear how I speak to the dishwasher.......

What's really good to know is that dh's prolonged absences haven't affected me at all. I absolutely sane and functioning fine.

Or I would be if that B***d hoover would come home when it says it's going to

you always make me laugh NL

Me too

Hope girls are better soon Bramshott xx

ouch to caz's ds1!
I'm going to empty the ironing basket tomorrow!
(only has 1 shirt in it, and i need the basket )

Evening

NL, you are hilarious! Actually, delete that.. You are bonkers!!!!
Hope your older dd's feel better soon. B went to bed complaining of a headache as well. I dosed her up with Medised as she has a stuffed up nose.

Caz, poor ds1. Hope it feels better soon.

Bramshott, hope the sickness stops. The dreaded bug is doing the rounds at B's school. In fact, one Friday a few weeks ago, one of the boys puked in the classroom whilst I was helping out. I nearly died.

SPB

All ok here. Had parents' evening this afternoon which was all fine. B seems to be doing well, but they have set her some challenging targets. Hope we can manage it.

K has been a pita. She has become really quite stubborn; had a hell of a fight in one shop today as I tried to put her in the buggy. She kept running off and was standing up with the display model in the shop window .

Anyway, hope everyone is ok. Going to bed soon. Dh has to leave at 5.00 this morning and I never really fell asleep again fully. He is away until Wednesday night

Yes I am bonkers

Good job too otherwise I'd crumble. We've had quite a lot of death at work recently (NHS - patients not staff!) and there are two friends whose illnesses are weighing quite heavy on my heart and to top it all a lovely couple at church have lost the baby they were expecting. They got to the 20 week scan without any concerns only to find the baby had died. I've just finished writing a card for her - saw him yesterday. I am praying (literally) I've said the right things.

Right - I'm off to sort out that ironing!

oh NL how awful, especially the baby

SOL, K made me smile, posing with the model

And now the vomiting has reached me - sigh! I am fed up of it now, I can tell you!

how long did it last in thre DCs?

Praying you are all over it asap. Horrid xxx

Joining in your prayers NL, some sad situations there - feel so much for that couples from your church who lost their baby Coming up to the EDD of my sis-in-law, who both lost babies (22 weeks and 17 weeks respectively) this year. Also the first anniversary of the death of the husband of a lovely friend of my mother-on-laws. Sigh.

Sorry to be so dour. We have our lovely children and our families. We should feel Blessed and Happy!!

Should say sis-in-law and friend ....

The DDs seemed to bounce back pretty quickly - O was sick 3 times, and N only once. However, I've been sick twice overnight (and thought I was going to many more times) and feel fairly unpleasant still. Just doing a couple of bits of work I have to do, then back to bed I think.

Sorry for self-absorbed post!

hope it's over for you very quickly then, i hate being ill
blessed and happy - that's it dippy in between the lack of sleep & the tantrums i look at them and think how amazing they are & how lucky we are

Indeed SPB - I usually say it as a mantra between clenched teeth ...

"Blessed and Happy .... Blessed and Happy ...."

Argos rang this morning and Erins furniture is coming thursday morning!

Sorry about all the bad things, poor parents

I have lost the will today, started the wine at 4.20pm have really had it, the woman at toddler group topped it all, she has been there done that, had it worse ......
She intrupts when others are speaking and is generally abrupt and rude.

He little boy is 2.5 and she isn't really bothered (she wanted a girl ). I have had her round at the weekend, helped as much as I can and now I give up.

Sorry to rant, but I can't rant at her

Luke is 9 mths today and has been mobile for a while, now he is fast and I must remember to shut gates again!!

Back later, just going to start the '4 to bed on my own routine!!'

one asleep three to go!

half way there..............

three asleep and James in his bed with the light out listening to his story tape.

DH has just got home, now back to my wine

Last of the wine in my glass, children asleep, cooked tomorrows tea, had 6 things finish on ebay and now sat on here talking to myself must be mad

Bonkers

Do not know how you do it!

K back to her tricks of waking in the night scared. I say night; it was 5.00 a.m. She ended up coming into bed with me and I couldn't be arsed to take her back to her own bed.

Had a nightmare with her at bedtime; gave her Medised in the end to calm her down. Something has really got to her and however much I try and comfort her, she just seems scared of going to bed

Feel very stressed.

Sorry for self absorbed post.

SOL - don't be stressed. Ok so she's waking scared and wants comfort - well that's ok. I mean obviously the getting up and then having wrigglemonster in with you isn't ideal but at least she has been to sleep. Being scared of being alone and in the dark is very valid and she will ease off in a few nights. She will NOT always be doing this. Just deal with it as best you can. 5am plus is a definate bring them into our bed time for me. It's not worth the hassle doing anything else. The aim is for everybody to get back to sleep - or at least warm and comfy as quickly as possible. If you struggle to get back to sleep switch radio 4 on - a low hum of voices would probably send her out again as well. Regarding going to bed - I think it's about building comforting rituals. Talk about what's in her room, where are her toys, is she going to look after them whilst she's in bed. Nice bedtime stories that get her brain thinking about other things, possibly a ton of lavender etc in a bath if she has one? Maybe you need to invest in new pjs or bedding to make her bed a nice place to be. Don't know if it's your thing but would she like to do a nice little bedtime prayer with you as part of the ritual?

Just don't sweat it because as you get stressed so she will tense up. She's 2.5 - her energy levels are limited, she will crash out eventually. All you have to do is keep uttering the same message - it's time for bed now, I love you, you are safe, here are the nice things you have to remind you of this - not in those exact words or she'll think you've flipped!

Oooggs - you are superwoman!

Thanks to all for the support - I sent the card, hope it was ok. I keep thinking of things they will have to face and it makes me so sad. Whilst on holiday this year we went over to Iona and the Iona community have produced a lot of books and resources for worship. Dh was looking at them and found a song somebody had written for use in a service for parents who'd lost a child. He said it was beautiful but almost unbearable to read. I told him to not even think about buying that book (it had lots of other lovely resources in it too!) I was thinking this morning that I wish we had bought it because then maybe I could use it to help. I feel like I should have realised that we might need that for somebody in our church family or friends. All I thought about was how scared I am of that loss. Blessed and happy Dippy said and she's so right but what I've found is how vulnerable that blessing makes you. Everybody says don't they how much more you cry at things on tv or in books after you have children. It feels like as I go on in this parenting journey I see more and more what happens to people and relate my own feelings to that in a way that I just didn't before I had children - or even 10 years ago. Maybe it's getting older, maybe it's having children - I don't know but I do take other peoples fortune much harder than I used to.

Aaargh

All of you just ignore my ramblings - I feel better having typed it out though!