Hi ladies,

Lilima - poor Miss E, I hope she is feeling better soon! It did my head in when Miss I was sick and so clingy, you feel so terrible for them but its just impossible to do anything! Hope the sling helps her and you too!

Olive - how's your DH? Mine thinks he's getting sick too... mind you I think we all are atm... I love winter for the rain, the ability to snuggle up in bed, but not for all the sickness that goes around!

Shell - hope you had a lovely birthday! How's DF feeling? How's DD after her jabs??

I don't have a playpen but I do have a portacot... that could be like an enforced time out type thing. I tried time out at playgroup yesterday but she just kept getting up and running off as soon as my back was turned. My sister says that means she doesn't understand the concept and its not working as a discipline technique.

Malyna - that's very sweet of your cat to be so tolerant! Mine is nowhere near that tolerant... DD does understand gentle and she is quite gentle with DS now, but other kids she just sort of smothers them with kindness. She'll go to hug them and end up pulling or pushing them onto the ground, sometimes ending up on top of them. Ah well... just a phase... hopefully!

Hope everyone else is going well!!!