Noni, I'm fully in favor of steiner schools, would love to have DD1 in them from the beginning (would *really* have suited her personality) but because we have to move around there's no guarantee I could've kept her in the steiner system, I don't think it's good for them to swap into and out of it kwim? Yep pretty exxy. There's one here in ACT and it's around that price too, but you'd be surprised at how non-hippy it actually is, we went to the open day and there were lots of conservative middle class types there. I guess if it's something you really want you've still got a few years yet to plan how you're going to attack it financially.

I haven't checked E's gums but something's up with that child right now, v. unsettled.

Cally, your poor DH, it sounds terrible! He's not having any milk products is he, you can end up with temporary lactose intolerance after gastro which manifests as ongoing diarrhoea. I reckon he'll get some relief from the charcoal if you can find it, the body doesn't absorb it at all so it's not like taking regular medicine.