It's Friday and the sun is out!

It's Friday, very nearly the weekend once again, the sun is shining and it is glorious outside! and although it brings round ramifications for us like Eczema etc I do like a bit of sun!

One, because I can put the washing out on the line, two, I can throw the children outside to play :) three, it just feels better then being stuck inside when it's raining and feeling grumpy and blah blah you know the drill!

At school for my eldest it is non uniform day ( send in a donation for a garden party they are having) and we have been brave and sent her in a dress. However it does mean there is easy access to her eczema which isn't doing very well as per my last blog post. I discussed this with school this morning ( as teachers come outside to get any messages etc) one teacher who is the soon to be headmistress was telling me to come into school to apply cream to some more.. sensitive areas ( top of her thighs) whilst the other who deals with my daughters health care plan was all, " Nah just whip her skirt up and put it on, she has a health plan it's fine " ... not that I mind this it's a bit funny but what if the other teacher hadn't been there? I despair sometimes but i hope they do it. Also they were trying to tell me she doesn't always want to sit on her cushion and is stubborn, when i said about other kids she dismissed it. Not sure what to make of that one!

Signs of Summer, clear blue sky, roses are in bloom, and my trying to be fancy by doing two fish tail things in daughters hair! Least it will keep her neck cool.

Though it is lovely and sunny I am waiting in for the post today, something special should be coming for our eldest to do in the car when we are traveling down to Dorset for our holiday .. which is not far off at all! and I'm getting a delivery from Approved Food ... my excuse for the price is it's for packed lunches *nod*...
http://www.approvedfood.co.uk/ they sell food and other items that are past their best before but are still edible and in good condition just the shops arn't allowed to sell them. And for the amount of things i've got coming I don't care. If it's not for packed lunches i will be packing them away for the holiday!  Shops should really get rid of these best before things, really they are a waste of time and money. Sell by dates fine obviously you don't want off food.  I'll show the the box when it turns up!

Got a fairly busy weekend ahead, swimming lessons, shopping, a swimming comp ( no nothing serious, i would not pressure my daughter to do anything she didn't want to do! And it's not really serious for the level she is at )
Also got some of hubbies friends coming round which should be nice, we don't have people round often, not alot its just one family but will make a change! there is also a event on at the school my daughter wants to go to! I might just be glad for Monday to roll around ;)

Enjoy the sunny weather, we might break out the bbq! ( and the sun cream!) take care with the pollen and enjoy it whilst it lasts, it might be the only week of sunshine we get in good old GB! x

Itchy mess

Just if you wanted a little insight into my daughters Eczema, this is one of her knees this evening. Warm weather does her no favours, high pollen, heat, pollution, dresses, grass etc. So to all those looking forward to this mini heat wave we are going to get spare a thought for those who are going to suffer with things that are not self inflicted like hang overs and sun burn!

Still waiting

I don't often like waiting, I find I am not a patient person especially when I need to find something or waiting for appointments.

I stated yesterday that I had to ring the Asthma team to find out why no one had been in touch, I was told someone would give me a ring, they do have appointments but not where I am! And I don't know how to get to the other place :( So here I am still waiting for a phone call grrr! Little boy still isn't much better, however he thought 2 am was a great time to wake up to talk and play. So I came down stairs so that he didn't wake his dad up. So at 5 am he was roasting and trying to be sick, just when you think things are better.

This is my little man who, whilst we were both napping, him in his pram and me on the couch woke up for a cuddle to then crash on me! Please excuse the hair its been a long few days. 

I found out yesterday that things that are too good to be true usually are! Saw some camping items on Ebay that seemed really cheap, everything seemed okay but at the same time too good to be true. Put in a order for a table that went through ok, went to get some chairs and the items had been taken off and the user has been removed! dodgy! least it was only a couple of pounds but still its the inconvenience of it all! Though I did make my first Ebay sale yesterday and have had years of good bargains! it's about time I had something go a little wrong. ( And this week is proving I should go with my feelings much more often. Sometimes I don't trust myself enough and things happen. )

It's been a week since I started and so far I have only missed a day of blogging, I set myself a target of atleast once a day, but hoping I don't get to repetitive. I have received some good feedback from my brother and my husband *Waves* yes I know they are biased but feel free to leave a response if you want! As it is good to get some feed back!

As I stated its been a week so its another activity at the library! today we are celebrating the 4th of July,curious as to why we are doing this in Britain but it gives my daughter something to do! Happy 4th of July however if you are celebrating :) (Perhaps we are happy we got rid of you all ;) Joking of course!)

I'm getting the chance to review another item with Bzzagent! it's only Persil but hey its a freebie!  www.bzzagent.co.uk for anyone interested!


Ramblings over for today. Hope you are all well!

Run rabbit run!

Feel like I'm doing alot of running around and chasing up today, though not in any way shape or form ready for any sort of running!

Sometimes I miss physically working as at least I could get my mind off of these things! But I've just had to ring the Asthma team to ask why they haven't rung me in regards to my son, as two appointments now have been cancelled. .. we were trying to see what was going on with him if he has asthma or hay fever and after yesterday  I think it might all be in question as my poor little boy is suffering from Croup this week. A very stressed out mummy! I shouldn't have to do all the running around, people should be talking to me!

Took little boy to the drs yesterday after reading up on the internet  ( yes yes I know you shouldn't do this with illnesses) but he had a barking cough, raging temp and was not happy. However he doesn't like drs having been prodded and poked in the past due to allergy tests and omg! it was hell. He was hysterical at the drs and really heaving his poor little chest, and all the dr had to say? well he's not that unwell? sorry can't you hear his cough? so went home having bribed them both with a mc d's (don't judge) he thew up on the bus about 2 minutes before getting off. I knew it was a bad idea.

When hubby got home and heard his cough he wasn't happy with it either so we traveled to the walk in center which was heaving! so promptly turned round and went to accident and emergency. They confirmed it was croup ... so I wasn't imagining it! oral steroids, calpol and a bit of a wait we were able to go home. Not sure if little man will forgive me for letting him be prodded and poked by several people! and another bad night occurred but his cough was not as bad.

On top of that eldests skin flared in the drs and hosp and all cream was at home argh!! it was even weeping on her knees and looked a mess this morning but seeing as she was shattered due to drs etc that we had 30 mins to be up dressed fed etc for school. phew i did it all though!

Other news i made my first Ebay sale whoo! lol and  i over charged for postage.. whoops!!  oh well never mind, though i though two school dresses at 100% cotton would have gone for more then 99p!
:(!

Going to chill for the rest of the day as I am cream crackered!! lots of coffee for me and hopefully a nap later. Sorry for the rant x

Not impressed mummy

Sometimes, I find it so hard to be a mummy, or rather I find it hard dealing with all the added pressure my two bring. I know children are hard ( though I am not sure everyone understands this when they set out to be a parent. ) For some reason I thought when I had my second child that it would all be some how magically different.

My daughter suffers from severe atopic Eczema, now please please please, don't just view this as a bit of itchy skin because it is not. She is 6 in October and all her life she has suffered from dry skin and then Eczema, as well as Asthma and allergies, though no severe food allergies thank goodness!! But just the day to day running of looking after her is sometimes exhausting, its not just her eczema, she has issues with her legs/ joints which we are not sure about, being fobbed off with growing pains, but growing pains don't happen every day or at least several times a week for nearly two years!! recently its now her shoulders and elbows so something is wrong somewhere?

I don't want to seem like one of those hypochondriac parents, I don't want her to be ill, one night I would love to be able to put both children to bed without both of them crying over something, yes the 17 month old is alright doing this, but to try and deal with screams of agony and itchy hell is driving me up the wall. Hubby does help but she gets all fussy and only wants me. And then so does the little man. Argh!!

Add in the fact that school have seemingly not been putting on cream in more then the usual places and it drives me nuts. She came home  with red inflamed patches, yes ok they put it on her elbows and knees, not sure if they put it on her neck but down her back needed doing, there are other patches on her legs. It's like they don't even bother looking and expect a 5 year old to tell them everything, she might be smart but she is 5!!

Told them under no certain terms that she must sit on the cushion that has been provided for her, i don't care what the kids in the adjoining class say she needs it. ( Apparently they told her she can't have a cushion -_-) And if she comes home in a mess again I WILL be having more words.

My poor little girl. Ontop of that my little boy is no better today, could say worse as he is coughing more and its obviously hurting as he bursts into tears and is sick after he coughs. I can't win. So if you want me this week ... be prepared I might be in a mood as I was awake at 3 am with potential sickie baby. It does however make me grateful that  we are co sleeping and breastfeeding still ( if you don't like this you can go wander off as its my choice not yours) and it meant I didn't have to go and sleep in his bed to comfort him, I was able to keep an eye on his temperature and be there immediately if he was sick.

I will leave my mummy moaning on here and go and do the lovely house hold chores whilst he sleeps. As the house doesn't stop needing cleaning just because a child is ill.

Monday blues!

Monday morning, the weekend is over, hubby and eldest are back at work and school and I'm at home with a little man who is not very well. He felt rather warm last night and kept kicking off the quilt, but he normally does this so didn't see much of an issue. Upon getting up however he was been coughing and his chest doesn't sound to great. He has also thrown up,not alot and he was fighting with his sister over a hair brush ( don't ask!) so all fun this morning.  Had to cancel a walk I had arranged with a friend as I didn't think it was fair to drag my little boy out for longer then the school run. We will get chance to have this walk at some point!!

Tried out a stroller that a friend had given me to use on our upcoming holiday/camping trip and found my little man is too long for it! lol my little boy who is rather short and skinny is too long for something bless, as well as mine big clodhoppers ( feet) kept hitting the brakes. I'm not sure if I can use it or not. Will have to try out the other one she gave us ( I have a very generous friend! and I am very grateful xxx) and see if that is any good for us size wise and for going in the car with the rest of our crap... er i mean camping stuff :)

Not much else planned for today apart from tidying the house up ( oh yes my life is full of excitement lol) as I always find after a weekend with everyone home it needs doing!

We got a free billy bookcase yesterday, only thing was that it was missing two shelves ( not that they told us that.. hrrrm. ) we have put it into my daughter's bed room as her old book case was over flowing.

Now as you can see it is much better! ( not that I took a before picture!) we will get two additional shelves next time we go to Ikea ( Which probably won't be that far in the future, we go far to often lol). On top of the book case I put all her puzzles and games so feels like she has more space in there! She is currently under a death threat however to keep it nice.  And as you can see her dermol cream ( green bottle) and inhaler are never far away. ( No she does not touch these unless needed and we deal with them. She isn't silly enough to mess around) It is amazing what you get for free though, pity it smelled of smoke blugh! some toys we picked up from a ebay purchased smelled of smoke too. Wonder if people realise the impact they have on their items? probably not but not getting into that!

Let's see what the rest of today brings! ... I hope it's not more sick :(

The sun is shining