Sick again

Before you have kids everyone tells you how they get sick so often but you don't realise how much they get sick until you have kids and no joke they are sick every other week. Mackay's latest thing is hand and foot virus (not foot and mouth cow type, it's a whole other virus)

Anyway he has it compete with blisters all over his body and I think Jamie and I have it too minus the blisters. Which explains why I have been feeling so crap all week. I have a real inner battle when I get sick, I lurch between thinking I making it all up and then thinking that this is totally not normal way to feel and i must google all my symptoms straight away to make sure I am not dying.

This comes from my parents who had completely opposite reactions to me being sick. My dad is totally ambivalent to sickness, Example: when I had chicken pox and a massive fever I said to him 'Dad I feel a bit hot' He said 'Don't lie in the sun then.'
And my mum is always overreacting and thinks I am dying when I get sick Example: once I had a massive hangover and she wanted to take me to the A&E, no joke.

So as soon as I get sick i constantly question whether i am sick and whether I am so sick that i should go to the doctor or just straight to the hospital.  Inevitably by the time I have almost reached a decision I am feeing better and forget how i was feeling anyway.

But as an interesting aside did you know that one symptom of hand and mouth virus is sore ears. I have never had sore ears in my life. Another symptom is loss of appetite, if only I was that lucky, my appetite has increased. i can not stop eating. It's a mega eating virus. That is definitely worth seeing the doctor about.

Mackay's new thing

Mackay likes to kiss goodbye when we leaves somewhere, he started off kissing people he knew, then strangers and now it's his favourite things in the room. When we left the house the other day he kissed his playhouse, his bumble bee toy, his cot and his nappy bin. You know just things he will miss when he is not in the room anymore.

Any my idea for poo shocker! has gained more momentum as we were waking down the road the other day Mackay picked up a dog poo, in his hand! and touched it! with his fingers! I gave them a good wipe afterwards and used a litre of hand sanitiser but still gross. Dog poo on my babies hands. Mega gross.

And another thing

Can someone explain to me spitting in the street? Why? Why? Why?

Actually this might become a regular section in my blog. 'Things Andrea has no hope of understanding in her lifetime'

Things that puzzle me

I know I am 31 and a pretty intelligent person but somethings in life mystify me. Here are two which I have spent way too much time thinking about today

How do they print photos on cakes? Do they have special icing printers? how can they get colour on there? Is it a transfer type situation? Do they iron it on and if they do why doesn't the icing melt?

What is a grill on an oven for? Who uses it (I try but fail) Instead of using the grill why don't you just use the normal oven and why do you have to keep the door open? What is the advantage of grilling over baking? i might be going out on a limb but i am saying a grill is totally useless.

Aren't you glad you subscribed to my blog now? suckers.

uh-oh

I just watched the video that i just posted of Mackay and my voice is so deep, when did that happen? i used to be squeaky and nasally like a good kiwi girl. now i have a serious deep voice, much like a transexual.

I am really really tired today

I don't know why but i am knackered i was going to write a post about jamie being silly but I can't remember what i was going to say. So anyway here is a video of mackay playing with bottle caps.

Also he has walked in dog poo twice this week and i have had to clean it off his shoes and it makes me want to vomit.

 People not picking up their dog's poo it my number one pet hate. So i have thought of a concept that should be implemented by camden council immediately to deal with the situation.

Each dog has to be registered and when they are registered they have a electronic chip put in them that links them to their owner. And their owner has a chip put in their  bottom area ( a totally painless procedure) Every time the dog poos in a public place and it is not cleaned up by the owner, the owner gets an electric shock up their bum. Now I know that technology might not be there at the moment but the concept is pretty solid.

It's called Poo shocker! (with the exclamation mark) Don't steal my idea.

I had an awesome birthday weekend

that's all