Noni, Lindsay hated loud noises and it still bothers him a little bit even now. He would freak out bigtime at the vacuum and god help us if we took him to a tractor pull or the races or something else really loud. He is only just able to deal with being near the machinery around here when it is started. Some kids are just more sensitive to noise than others.

Pregpan, glad N had a better night. And yep, sick children always seem a bit worse at night, especially when it is cold. Definately let your Mum take care of YOU a bit too.

Marydean, I did Bigpond movies once during the summer holidays last year and it was great - order them and they post them out. I was sneaky though and signed up during a 6wk free trial and then cancelled it at the end of the holidays. So the kids got to see all the latest movies for nothing and kept me sane when it was too hot for them to go outside LOL.