Hey everyone.

OP - how are you doing? Is X behaving any better lately? :hugs:

Dr Tal - Nice work on your exam! Has B received a little nip from one of the dogs yet?

Sal - howdy stranger

AFM - My Saturday night has been productive. I've vacuumed and mopped the kitchen and living room. Go me! A bit sad that that's how I'm spending a Saturday night, but ah well! We've all been sick for the last week and a half. T has been painfully whingey during the day, not interested in going outside like he is usually dying to do half the day, and waking up every half hour for several hours in the middle of the night and crying, seemingly in pain, and difficult to settle. Last night I couldn't stand the thought of another night like that so when he woke up at 10pm and was doing the same thing, unable to be settled after 20 minutes, I decided to take him to the hospital. I'd convinced myself he must have a serious digestive problem because he hadn't eaten much the last 4 days, and the way he was squirming when he woke could be tummy pain. So off we went, DH insisted on coming even though I said we'd be fine and he should get some sleep. But wouldn't you know it, that little monkey, the closer we got to the hospital the more he seemed quite happy and that everything was fine. He was even singing his "e-i-e-i-ohhhh" at one point. I was getting less and less certain about taking him. In the end, it was only an hour or so's wait and the doctor checked his tummy and all seemed okay, but his ears were red inside and the doc said he looked to have an ear infection and the pain from that could be causing the waking, though he agreed with me that every half hour didn't make sense. That's my T, the very insensible sleeper. At least when we got home he slept from about 1am to 6am without a single wake up (though there were a couple of crashes in the cot that woke us up!), possibly thanks to the nurofen we gave him (we'd tried panadol but doc said nurofen might work better as an anti-inflammatory).

So what did everyone have for dinner tonight? And what's for breakfast tomorrow? lol. Still trying to get an idea of what "normal" people feed their kids... I tried feeding T roast chicken and vegies but he didn't want any of it. Still not eating much.

Can any of the kiddies sort shapes yet? T will try putting a shape in the wrong hole, twisting it a few times to try to fit it in, and sometimes he tries another hole or two but he doesn't bother twisting it like the first one. Then he either throws the shape away and squeals or takes the lid off the container and puts the shape in that way, the little cheat.

T has finally made an "s" sound. Yay! Still waiting for "c" and "l". Last night I was in the kitchen getting myself a drink and he was at the table with his dad and looking at me, so I raised my glass to him and said "cheers". A moment later he repeated it, it wasn't exactly right but close enough and it was just too funny.

That's late enough for me. I'm off to bed! Hope everyone is having a good weekend.