Evening,
So sorry to hear your grandad is so ill Sally. ((hugs))
Lovely to hear ds4 is loving his school. 
Ben10, you must be exhausted. It's so hard to know how much is too much when you are building your strength back up, even moreso because you only realise it was too much when you've already done it!
Sauvignon, sorry you are poorly. Hope you feel better soon.
Mixed week here. Ds1 has had a fantastic week at school, but has been majorly distracted by our forthcoming Legoland trip and struggled to concentrate. Fortunately he has very understanding teachers!
Saw the paed on Tuesday with ds2 and found out he has hypermobility syndrome of some sort - not sure which type yet, but he had no fewer than 18 xrays on his legs and we were only expecting a quick in and out consult! 
His results are going to be reviewed by a Paed Rhuem and he's been referred for physio.
On top of that he has suddenly come out with a huge list of worries and anxieties relating to school and sobbed all over me for an hour the other night about them. He's such a sweetheart, never complains, always behaves well and does as he's told and has the patience of a saint with other children, especially ds1, but it seems he's been bottling all this up for about a year now, judging by what he said. I feel awful that I've been so busy dealing with ds1 that I though ds2 was doing fine and didn't see what was right in front of me. 
I also have concerns about his language skills (he stammers, gets tenses wrong, adds the wrong endings to words, still reverses letters and numbers, can't distinguish a digital number 2 from a digital number 5 and struggles to get the words out when reading aloud, although can read really well and with great expression - just very little fluency) and possibly also his auditory processing skills.
Went to see his teacher to arrange a meeting only to be given the usual 'we have no concerns about him in school - he's absolutely fine'. Which is exactly what she said when I told her I had concerns that he might have hypermobility. 
All I wanted was a meeting with her and SENCO to discuss my concerns and now I've ended up with four of them and one of me, which feels a bit like a firing squad. From the way she spoke to me, I know they are going to tell me it's all in my head, so am now gearing up for round two of battling the school to recognise a dc's difficulties. 
I do think some of his difficulties and worries are down the way ds1 treats him, but can't find any sibling support for his age group in our area. Spoke to ds1's inclusion teacher about it and she basically said, whatever you do don't involve CAMHS - which I already knew and wouldn't do anyway. Mum has suggested we do some CBT work with him ourselves (she is a clinical psych) to try and build his confidence and self esteem, so we're going to look into that next.
Anyhoo, I am not going to think about any of that this weekend while I am trudging around a theme park in torrential rain! 
At least I have my swimsuit sorted. The sports bra and cheaper full body suit worked like a charm and is a great combo. You can't see the bra at all, so in effect it just looks like I have smaller, gravity defying boobs!