KYMH _ Is your dog a Border Collie by any chance? They are my FAVE breed of dogs. Unfortunately for us, we can't get a dog until Claudia is at least 4. Alan bought me a dog for my Wedding Gift & it was my absolute baby, I loved that dog to death, but it bit Jessica on her face when she was 11 months old. I look at the scar every single day of her little life & wish I had done things differently. We will get another dog, but not until Claudia is older.

CATE _ Alan suffered terribly with ear infections, he has had 23 ear operations in his life. One of which was removing his whole ear & reconstructing the ear canal & ear drum. Alan being able to SCUBA dive is a complete miracle. But anyway, his mum used to put a tea towel into the oven until it was warm & put it over his pillow & also rub Eucalyptus Oil along his jawline when she put him to bed. Claudia is too little to do that though because she could rub the oil into her eyes while she slept which would be BAD! So Nurofen for now & Auralgan ear drops when it's really bad. She is coping very well, but that's even harder because she is so used to having ear infections, that she thinks this is how she is 'meant' to feel. It's horrible. I'm glad to hear that you & Terry are being civil, that always makes life easier!

Love Jayne