Since becoming immersed in Twitter, the thing I've found the most overwhelming is how the online community pulls together to offer support in a crisis. People who have never met before manage to organise themselves to make a huge difference - whether it was the clean up after the riots or the hunt for a missing child. The blogging community is so close because we all chat, comment on each others blogs and meet up to eat cake together at events and training courses. I count many bloggers as . . . Keep Reading
Archives for November 2012
Potty training twins: The saga continues with potty training regression
We really wanted to potty train both boys before E arrived in September as the thought of having three in nappies was terrifying. I've talked about it a lot here and here. But as only T2 was ready for it we concentrated on getting him dry over the summer. He did brilliantly, and after a blip where he called pants his "nappy pants" (because he thought he could wee in them just like a nappy) he was completely dry. I even considered taking him out of pull ups at bed time as he was dry at night too. . . . Keep Reading
Bronchiolitis in babies
Bronchiolitis is a nasty lower respiratory tract infection that affects babies under one. My twin boys had it aged just four weeks and one of them ended up in hospital on oxygen and being tube fed for three days. I'm so thankful they were strong, big babies who were born at full term as this helped them fight it. E is nine weeks old and she's been suffering with it since the weekend. We're managing to keep her hydrated (just), but her crackly, wheezy chest and her persistent, hacking cough are . . . Keep Reading