HKZ how frustrating. for you and J.
My dh has a Samsung Jet mobile and he can access Mumsnet on it (just checked). He only got it last week and is still getting to grips with it, but we've been on the net a few times and its been fine. Its smaller than an iphone, but comes out better than the LG Pop in the reviews. It might be worth looking into if its just for MN access when in hospital.
Dog French women eat brie all the way through their pregnancies, its not on the banned food list over there, so don't fret about it. Glad your Dad's op went ok and they will be home soon. Sorry to hear you are still under the weather. You definitely need to take better care of yourself. I know its hard with 3 littlies to take care of, but no4 needs you too. I took Sanatagon Pronatal vitamins with dd, I found I could cope with those but couldn't stomach Pregnacare.
I feel your pain regarding head lice. Ours caught them from a soft play birthday party a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately we comb at every bath time and caught them within an hour of getting home. We combed all week but didn't find anything, then used Lyclear after 7 days to nuke any emerging nymphs and they have been clear ever since. We use Inecto Coconut Hair Products on the boys as coconut oil is lethal to nits. We use the shampoo, then apply loads of conditioner and comb through with a normal nit comb followed by the nitty gritty. Finally, before they go to school we give them a spritz of either the glossing spray or leave in conditioner as if the coconut oil doesn't nuke 'em they can't get a good grip on their hair anyway. Seems to work for us. We did used to do the tea-tree, lavender and eucalyptus thing, but poor ds1's sensory issues are centred around his sense of smell so we had to change tack.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR YESTERDAY ISLA! Hope you had a lovely day!
Ds1's Conner/Connor (sp?) scale questionnaire for ADHD assessment arrived today. We also had a note from the Paed to say as far as he is concerned ds1 has a diagnosis of Aspergers, but said that the CAMHS assessment team will still want to carry out their own assessment before deciding on an action/support plan. We also got the letter referring him to CAMHS which oddly we have to sign and return to the Paed. We're a bit that its taken this long to send out the referral letter (we saw the Paed on 6 January) especially as things seem to be escalating with ds1 and we desperately need some support from somewhere.
Spoke to his teacher when I went to fetch ds2 from school and explained he wouldn't be back till after the holidays as he is only just starting to 'come down' after having 3 days off. She agreed that his social/communication and peer group relationship problems have got a lot worse this term and he has been very reactive and aggressive. We think its probably down to him struggling to cope with the combination of being bullied and the extra pressures that being in Juniors places on him. Its like he is just full up to the top and doesn't have any resources to call on when someone does something he perceives as threatening or disrespectful towards him. Unfortunately he was furious when I told him he wasn't going in tomorrow as he is missing non-school uniform day (he wanted to wear the tshirt I bought him from America via ebay that has an obscure nintendo character on the front) and comic day in guided reading. Cue another total meltdown, lots of crying and screaming and Mummy being the bad guy yet again.
He was also upset that he wasn't going to be able to contribute to the Haiti fundraising that the non-uniform day is for, so I had to promise to send his contribution in with ds2.