Happy Easter everyone. If only it was a nice sunny day. Still, we had fun here with a chocolate hunt here this morning. Thank you to Hotel Chocolate for producing chocolate chicks that are dairy-free. They do containa small amount of soya, but am hoping that if I meter them out after meals only, we […]
Where are the tasty lunches?
On Sunday we decided to visit a castle. It was a bit of an impulsive decision and therefore, admittedly, badly planned. The supermarket run was planned for Monday morning, so there was nothing in the house to make a decent picnic with. We managed to cobble together a small sandwich, drink and a couple of […]
Travelling on the Tubilee line
This week has been a bit of a tough one. Dealing with an eczema flare up is never fun. Having to look at a spotty boy, temper the number of ‘please don’t scratch’ in an hour and applying endless layers of cream take it out on all of us. My chuckle this week came from […]
Relentless
MIB’s skin is still scratched all over his back, but no sign of actual eczema. His legs are super dry, so he’s itchy, but no eczema there either. This is sort of good news, although his back does still look like he has a horrible rash all over. He has a terrible cough, was sick […]
Ouch
MIB woke up today with scratches all over his lower back. They were not bleeding particularly, but the top layer of skin was scratched away so that there was plenty of fluff from his pyjamas stuck in the largest scratch. He gripped my hand as I tried to clean it with wet cotton wool. Poor […]
Slimy books
We scored well at the library yesterday afternoon with some excellent books being available (sometimes it is rather hit and miss!). Out of the 8 books we came away with, we only managed to read 3 before bath time. MIB was desperate to take one up to bed to have as his bedtime story. It […]
Rosy cheeks
Have packed MIB off to nursery this morning with a good slathering of thick cream on his cheeks. Each time I pick him up, he has rosy cheeks where he has been scratching. We have no ideas why or how come it is only his cheeks, but fingers crossed, it will be better today.
MIB’s packing list
We’re away this weekend, so I am busy making piles of stuff we’re going to need on any available flat surfaces around the house. These piles will hopefully start grouping themselves together Thursday night while I’m asleep so I will be able to find everything quickly come Friday morning. MIB’s packing List for weekend away: […]
Droopy drawers
Baggy trousers are a fact of life with a child covered in emollient. I now have a pair of pj bottoms staring at me from the arm of the sofa, rolling their eyes at my enthusiasm for getting out the sewing box. I know it won’t take long and that it is not yet warm […]
Stinky Shampoo
***NOTE: We no longer use this shampoo for MyItchyBoy*** I discovered that a solid shampoo called Soak and Float shampoo from Lush has done wonders for MIB’s flaky scalp. We saw good results in almost three days and now use it about once a week. The only trouble is, the stuff doesn’t smell so good when […]