Coronavirus, hand washing and (not) panic buying
So, in a bid to combat coronavirus, we’ve all been learning to wash our hands properly. There are plenty of videos online and we all…
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Illness and school attendance
My younger son has had 10 days off sick in year 8. Specifically, he has had 10 days off sick in the spring term of…
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Project 365 2017 Week 14
If last week was the week of blossom, this week seems to be the week of tulips. It was a slightly strange week with my…
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Post-viral
It happens every time my kids are ill. I’m not exactly aware of it, but I’m operating on a different level to usual. Running on…
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Not ‘a bit ill’
There was a time when if my kids told me they felt ‘a bit ill’ that I would give them some paracetamol and they would…
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Not ‘just a cough’
My daughter had already been ill for several days. She’d had a very high temperature, she’d lost her appetite and some weight, she struggled to…
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Ill in different ways
I’m not sure where exactly my son’s never-ending illness had been for the last few weeks after finally leaving him, but when my daughter developed…
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Brave dancer
I’m a supportive kind of mum. I like to go along to as many of my kids’ sporting activities and performances as possible. But when…
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The crutch
Right now, my daughter can’t walk very well. The cold foot incident left her limping. She walked slowly and uncomfortably. It was tiring for her. I…
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Stepping up
On the day of the cold foot incident, my two boys, especially my eldest, really stepped up to the plate. Daddy was away, making an…
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The cold foot
Two days after a numb foot had been the straw that broke the camel’s back and finally made me take my poorly girl to the…
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Project 365 2015: Week 8
It hasn’t been the kind of half-term we’d hoped for, with my daughter having a nasty virus. So a pretty uninspiring week is reflected in…
