Bugs, TVs and Dummys

It's really true - when your kid gets sick, you get it too, with extra on top. This past week, the day after Aimee's night of hellish puking, both me and Cat ended up with constant vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps. Clearly, this 'bug' that Aimee caught from the nursery is very infectious. It was no fun being sick and looking after a poorly Aimee so I drafted in my mother, who was her usual saintly self and did everything in the house. We could not have coped otherwise. Aimee seems to have got over the worst of her sickness in one day but still has no apetite for solid food five days later. Me and Cat took much longer to recover, and are only now getting back into the swing of our routine.But today, the nursery asked Cat to come and pick Aimee up since she has been releasing some very runny poos in quick succession and they think she is still ill. Their policy is that any baby with diarrhoea is barred in case it spreads ot other children (how do they think Aimee got it in the first place?) This means a day or more off work for both me and Cat. A real pain but hwat canyou do? Aimee is actually fine and very happy.

New Aimee tricks - she stands very well and plays her piano standing up for ages. She can walk up stairs with assistance and, her favourite at the nursery - she crawls up to another baby to pull out its dummy. Aimee the highway robber! But the best is at home, she reaches out beyond her playpen and turns on the TV. Once it is on she turns it off and so on until she gets bored. Amazing,if slightly irritating if you are trying to watch TV.Me Mum claims Aimee can clap her hands and wave hello and bye.But I suspect these are just highly prompted but ramdom arm movements since none of us can get her to repeat these exercises.Not long now before she is one year old. What an amazing landmark that day will be.