Morning ladies!
Blimey I've had an awful couple of days, I'm so glad it's the weekend and DH is home. On Wednesday evening I suddenly started having an itchy head, woke up at 3am with itchy palms and by 7am I was covered in hives. Obviously an allergic reaction but as I hadn't eaten anything out of the ordinary the only explanation is that I am allergic to the "Naturals" Fairy Fabric Conditioner as the itching started just after I put the wet clothes on the airer. I still have the flipping rash on my arms, legs and boobs and my hands are still itchy but not nearly as bad as it was. I took anti-histamine on Thursday but none yesterday as I was worried about it effecting my milk supply. I was warned the tablets might make Scarlett drowsy, but they don't make me drowsy and didn't effect her either. I think my milk supply was reduced on Thursday night but not drastically as there was still plenty for Scarlett. I've just had to take another tablet as my hands were becoming unbearable and the rash on my arms is coming down already so I think it's on it's way out now. I haven't had a serious allergic reaction to anything since I was in my teens, as a child I had lot's of allergies but as an adult they haven't been nearly as bad - just the occasional rash that has gone within an hour. I have just finished my course of antibiotics so perhaps they's made my immune system depressed so the reaction was more extreme.
In other news - we have had visitors..... MICE!!!! I have had a complete freak about it, I can't believe the little devils have been in the house. Clearly the dog had been keeping them away but now that he has gone they have been taking liberties. They had got into my baking cupboard and eaten into a bag on flour. DH has boarded up a hole in the cupboard and put sealing tape everywhere to prevent them getting in there. We have also set two traps but not caught anything yet. I've checked this morning and there is no evidence of them in the kitchen - you can imagine how much I have been cleaning. We have checked the whole house and the only other place we found evidence of them was behind the sofa. I'm feeling completely paranoid about it and keep thinking I can hear them. DH is going to get some of those sonar things you plug in to keep them away. Unfortunately our house is 100 years old so realistically I don't think we are going to be able to block every hole, especially as we have two fireplaces so we are going to have to be really careful about leaving food out and give them no reason to come in. I can cope with them living in the house (I suspect they are under the floorboards) as long as I can't see any evidence of them. The last thing I want is to find evidence of mice in the kitchen it makes me feel sick to think of them scrabbling around in there in the night. Any body else had mice issues? I keep thinking it could be worse, my neighbour across the road has rats in her loft
Becs/STMW/Daisybell/Emzy - I can empathise with those of you who have been talking about their DH's not doing a lot. We have had words about it too and I've been quite lucky as DH seems to be making a real effort now.
Daisybell - On the shopping front we went out yesterday to buy a cot mobile but nobody had the two we liked the look of in-stock. In fact I was really disappointed in the selection especially in Mothercare which is one of their mega stores. I came home and ordered one on-line which should be here today. I also bought a Cot top changer, a Christmas Stocking for Scarlett and some 3-6month clothes from M&S as Scarlett is so long she's needing bigger sizes already!
Has anyone bought party clothes for their babies? We have a couple of birthday parties coming up so I bought Scarlett a red dress and matching cardi on Ebay that had been worn once to a Wedding. I can't really justify spending £20+ on a dress she will only wear once or twice so decided to go down the second-hand route.
Better go I can hear Scarlett making noises in her cot!
Have a good weekend
xx
tp xxxxx
just the 10x8 for 3 cost £90 and thats in a deal 
