1. Infection
2. Confection
3. Ingestion
I have a stinking cold, and there is no hope that Son 1 aged 4y 11m and Son 2 aged 23m won’t get it. Son 1 was in bed with me last night, his hands seeking my eyebrows and eyelashes, via my nose and mouth. Son 2 spends a great deal of time with his fingers up his own nostrils, and also trying to get them up mine. So although I’ve spent the day trying to Catch It Bin It and Kill It, I have a nasty feeling that next week, when I will be back at work after my holiday, when Son 1 starts reception and when it will all be a bit tense and fraught… I will have two littl’uns feeling awful. Never Mind. Being Positive. I’ve had a massive stretch of time with neither of them being ill.
We iced the cakes. Son 1 and Son 2 on their chairs. The liquorice allsorts, jelly sweets and sugar letters on the chopping boards. They stuffed their faces. And spat out the liquorice. I made icing – first time, ta da! – and they drew on it with writing pens, scattered sprinkles, and stuck sweets on. We had nine cakes, and they looked great. “Was this as much fun as you thought it would be?” I asked Son 1. “Yes. Can we do it again?” Yes. But we will swap our liquorice allsorts for dolly mixtures next time.
We went to Best Friend’s house for lunch. The whole Wednesday gang was there. Five year old – who we’ve hardly seen this year since he started school in January, his little brother aged 3 and a half… Best Friend aged nearly 5 and his little brother who’s just three, and Son 1 and Son 2. The five elder boys formed a wolf pack. Son 2 decided to stay with me. The two younger brothers were spat out. There was screeching, strutting, chasing, shoving. Best Friend accidentally head-butted one Wednesday Mum so hard her nose bled. Son 2 kept getting into various beds, making me think he’s already got The Bug. Five Year Old seemed incredibly grown up. I have such a clear mental picture of him at 17 weeks old, Son 1 at 9 weeks old, Best Friend at 5 weeks old, lying on pillows at Breastfeeding Group. Breastfed boys, organic and sugar-free in their early diets. They polished off the fairy cakes in seconds flat.
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