The younglings are not well

Bless my younglings are not well. My eldest started it all with a bad cough and a temperature. He was coughing so bad that he was sick. Thankfully he has been getting better since that and he just has a bit of a cough since then.

The twins have now got the bad cough and my youngest son is really getting it badly, the poor wee poppet. I have given him some Calpol to hopefully bring his temperature down. They are taking a nap at the moment so that will hopefully help as well. If not then I will have to call the NHS number and see what they can advise.

Devil boy is going out for Hogmanay. I must admit that I am looking forward to having a quiet night in. I have a few things that I would like to do that should keep me busy. I am going to shave my hair off tonight and clean the living room and take down the Christmas decorations. I really do live a rock and roll lifestyle.

Happy Christmas

Thankfully even though my eldest had a very unsettled night and it was late before I managed to get everything done I managed to get a good sleep.

We had breakfast before opening the presents. It was really nice last night watching a load of Christmas films. I just love watching white Christmas.

We all had some really funky presents and I am looking forward to watching the DVD’s that Devil Boy got for me. I have got a funky Star Wars towel as well so I am also looking forward to getting a bath so I can use it.

I managed to get out to the shops to get bread and soya milk. I took my eldest with me and he enjoyed getting out.

The day went really well. The younglings had fun but as they are still young they did not get too excited and I was careful how much sweet stuff that they had so they were not hyperactive.

I am really please that the day has gone so funkily. I just have the dishes to do and clean up. Sadly my eldest has been not sleeping well due to him having a nasty cough. We got him settled on the sofa for a bit but he asked to be settled back in his bed. He got up a few times but I am hoping that he will settle back to sleep and stay asleep.

Christmas Eve already

It has come around so quickly.

I have managed to get some shopping done and even though I braved the supermarket it went well and I got what I needed. I also found out that one of the local shops is open tomorrow so I will be able to get some bread tomorrow as we used a lot of it for dinner.

My eldest is being very cheeky at the moment. He keeps telling people to shut up and he has started swearing again. We are just going to have to ignore him to see if he passes through the stage but I do not know what to do when he tells the twins to shut up though.

Thankfully it is getting cooler at the moment. I am just hopeful that we get a frost for tomorrow. It looks like it will be fresh tomorrow so hopefully it will keep the frost…if the frost stays that is. I am not bothered about it snowing on the day as long as it looks white then that would be lovely.

On the road to recovery and Christmas sing along

We are all beginning to feel better and the younglings appetites seem to be returning. I had to leave Homestart early yesterday due to them not being well but they seem fine and that will hopefully mean that they will be funky next year.

Devil boy and I still are not eating normally but we are eating more and our appetites are returning. So hopefully (fingerscrossed) we are all funky before long. We have decided that my stepdaughter will stop over tomorrow night as usual.

I put our Christmas tree up today. I did it while DS1 was at nursery and I put the lights on in the evening (I could not find them when I originally made up the tree) I am happy with how it looks. It is not bad as it is the first tree that I have decorated on my own.

DS1’s nursery finished earlier as he had a Christmas sing along. Though unbeknown to me the sing along was for the parents so I only caught the last song. I felt so bad for missing it and I felt stupid for having missed it. I would have loved to have seen it. Thankfully one of the teachers heard me mention that I had missed it by accident and she said that she will ask one of the parents who filmed it to pass on a copy for me to see. I think that is so funky of her to do that. While I missed it in person it will be lovely to see it. DS1 will also be able to watch it with me (he will love that)

At least I know so I will not miss next years sing along.

My DD is being strange at the moment. She developed a habit of sitting against something and rocking back and forwards. She bashes with her shoulders but her head is still catching whatever she is bashing. Her hair has been rubbed off and the skin is hard on her head. She has been bashing against the side of the cot at night so much at the moment. She can bash the cot across the room. I do know how to get her to stop. It cannot be good for her having such a disturbed sleep.

My eldest, daughter and Devil boy are ill

My eldest was sick on Saturday night. Bless him it was so sad seeing him. Thankfully he understood about using the toilet so that helped but he kept asking for medicine to make him better. He just did not understand that sadly in cases like that the best thing to do is just let the system sick it out.

Thankfully it passed quickly so that by the next day he was eating some things and not being sick. I am very pleased that it passed quickly.

I had hoped that it was going to be a one off with just my eldest being affected but bees my daughter she was sick last night and as I had to take her blankets off to get them washed she was not happy. She eventually managed to get some sleep but she woke several times and I had to bring her through into bed with Devil Boy and I for a while until she settled.

She has been thankfully fine during the day but I was just about to give them their nighttime bottles when she was upset and fussed over her bottle. I think that because I have been so busy today I have been in a flap so I sadly snapped at her. She got really upset so I sat her up right to give her a cuddle when she was sick again. She has been fine all day. Poor wee poppet no wonder she was fussing over her bottle. I felt so bad about snapping at her. After I had cleaned her up I gave her lots of cuddles and after many cuddles and constantly telling her I was sorry she seemed better (as much as is possible at the moment) I settled her off to bed as soon as possible. My youngest son also was not interested in his bottle but that could be due to getting disturbed but he could also be coming down with what she and my eldest had. I just need to make sure that I can keep well until it has passed through the rest of the Devil household. We have had to cancel my stepdaughter coming over tomorrow, as there is no point exposing her to the risk of getting ill. Especially when it is so fresh in the system.

Devil boy is not feeling well so has been sleeping on the sofa. I had to go out to the shop to get some Lemsip’s. I took one as well as I am not feeling that good at the moment. I think that was why I stood on a nail that was in a piece of wood by the neighbour’s door. I will have to ask them to move them, as that is dangerous for the younglings and us.

I have to also make sure that I get everything tidied up so that I can get to bed early, as I am up at 0630 tomorrow to take everyone to the dentist.

Christmas party for the younglings

Even though I went to bed very late last night (watching TV, getting cleaning done late and then disturbed by the younglings) I managed to get up at the time I wanted to and get everyone ready in plenty of time to get the train. I managed to get on the train with no problems and I saw some of the women who go to the Thursday homestart group so I was able to make sure that I went to the right place.

The party went well. My eldest had more fun this time, as he is older. The twins also really enjoyed it this year as well. I did not take my youngest son with me last year so it was good to take them all. There was Homestart staff there to help out as well which was nice as I went on my own.

They had an entertainer there and then Santa came along to give out the presents. My eldest got a funky dominos kit. Not the type with numbers but the ones that you stack up to knock down. My youngest son got a truck, which he really liked and my daughter got a soft toy, which she loved. Bless her she loves soft toys. She has taken it to bed with her.

My eldest was really good though. I told him that he would get 6 chocolate buttons if he stayed dry. He did do so and he also asked to go to the toilet, which I was so happy about. That meant that I let him wear his Lord Vader costume. He was really happy to wear that. Bless him he was going around telling everyone that he was Lord Vader. Hopefully it might be him getting back on track with his toilet training (hopefully)

By the time we got out it was raining so the twins were fine in their pram as I had the rain cover with me but my eldest and I got wet on the way to the train station. After lugging the pram up the steps to the platform I discovered that the next train had been cancelled. This would have meant that we would have been waiting for over an hour in the rain for the next train. Sadly there are no busses that go to where I stay that have a buggy zone on them. Thankfully I was able to phone Devil Boys mum (there was a pay pone on the platform) and her and his dad was able to pick us up from the station and take us home.

My step daughter is over for the night. She has got her DS lite with her. She was able to get it with her birthday money. It is really funky so I am definitely going to get one. I am going to wait until after Christmas though as the places that have them in stock are selling them at silly prices (at least double their recommended price) I am looking forward to getting it. I think I will get the big brain academy for it and the Sims. I am not sure what else art the moment. I will find something though.

The things they say and the challenges of toilet training

I think the things that toddlers can say are class. I was taking my eldest to nursery and as we were a little early I took my time walking over the woods. He pointed at a bit where he says Lord Vader and the robots are so I said that he could go and look at them (they are not really there but he says they) he then turned around and said to me ‘can Lord Vader come to nursery?’ I said yes and he then said ’Can he wear his nursery shoes?’ I said yes to that as well.

It really made me smile. Only a child could ask if Lord Vader could go to nursery. I had a funny vision of how that would look. I think I am going to have to turn that into a picture or a collage.

I have had to order a new table for my eldest as the high chair that he was using was getting tatty (the foam part that is) I was able to take the foam off so that he can use it for breakfast but for the other meals I have ordered a funky table and chairs for him. I had to order two extra chairs for the table but it still was not that expensive. It was really easy to put up and it looks so funky. It will mean that both my eldest and my twins can sit down to a proper table to eat their meals. Also my stepdaughter sits at it (even though she is a bit too big for it)

We have been facing some challenges with my eldest and his toilet training. He has had a lot of accidents recently. I would ask him if he needed the toilet and his reply would be ‘but my trousers are not wet’ I tried to tell him that he has to go to the toilet before his trousers get wet but he did not seem to understand that. It was really frustrating and I sadly lost my patience with him when I was walking home from nursery one day. I told him yesterday that if he manages to stay dry for his time at nursery he would get some chocolate buttons. He managed to stay dry so I am hoping that if I can give him a reward for staying dry that would help him to learn to go to the toilet before he wets his trousers.