I'm nipping on while the babies are settling for their morning nap. Zadie's chicken pox is going to be a challenge. The bulk of spots seemed to appear last night within the space of a tiny few hours. Over night they have plastered her body. I stayed with Zadie until four in the morning because she was so upset by the itching. Thankfully she was so tired by this time that she did manage to get a little sleep in. There were a couple of cries from the babies after but Gav saw to then and got up with them at the amazingly reasonable hour of nine thirty. I lay in until about eleven when Gav brought up a terribly distressed Zadie. We have dosed her up with Ibruprofen and piriton and I've had a conversation with NHS direct to find the best cream which is apparently called Eurax. The only trouble is that it's no good for under threes so I'll have to check before using that on the babies if and when they get it. The advisor told me that it is so contagious that you only need to be in the room with someone with Chicken pox for a quarter of an hour before catching it! I'm hoping that they escape. Molly, Zadie's friend had it but her twin siblings haven't caught it yet. I think the biggest challenge is going to be the nappy issue. It seems that spots like to cluster down there. I couldn't put Zadie's nappy on last night and even though I helped her use the loo a few times in the night she still woke up wet. It will be impossible if the babies get it.
Anyway, it sounds as if the pair are asleep so I'm off to spend time with the girls. Gav is on holiday for a couple of days which is a big help.
xxx
