Banana = packet of biscuits

Around here a banana is like a packet of biscuits - eaten slice by slice. Carefully stowed in the fridge between servings. Such is life on a budget.

When Eden is a teenager he will probably eat them by the box but at the moment his constitution is a bit delicate and he is allowed only to consume a couple of slices at a time on special occasions - though I think he is beginning to develop more of a tolerance to it as recent test results have shown. He has had an abnormally above average amount in the past few days - to get him to eat a decent amount of anything has been an achievement.

Very sick boy. Snotty nose for a few days then a few days of roaring high temperatures, wimpering, waking loads in the night and now an ear infection that is slowly healing, meaning his sleeping is getting back to normal but he is so so grumpy. It has been a hard week and it's not over yet!

I am learning that winter with a baby is a 'special' time of engaging and disengaging - from the world that is. Some weeks are very full and social and productive. Other weeks are like this one. You stay at home and some of your brain slows to neutral and the other part plods along trying the best to maintain some kind of routine amid the upheaval that sickness brings.

On the positive side - especially when Mum is sick as well, it is a great excuse to blob - when sick boy finally is asleep.

I am so glad I did not go down the track of having a (very) part time job that came my way. It has been bad enough missing out on normal things like church, playgroups and superkidz.

I remember this time last year when we were living further north, my cousin Jodie talked of having 6 weeks worth of being homebound due to sickness. The odds are much higher when you have 3 children huh. Wowee.