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Tooth hurty

… remote controlled car and a couple of bikes. One of the boys had a wobbly tooth, so thus ensued a parental conversation about how Harry still had all of his milk teeth, and about the Tooth Fairy's going rate.

I was informed that in the countryside it's a pound a tooth - yikes. I was then told that in London it's two pounds a tooth - bloody hell, that almost makes it worth selling mine.

This …

Early warning kiss

… last two mornings I've woken just to sunlight, with no little ones, because they've been with my parents, probably rubbing their sticky noses into the dogs'. That's my Summer Holiday treat and I look forward to it, but the house has been eerily quiet.

Even though I've meant to work solidly on my Project 'X', the silence is more distracting than the sound of pencil on colouring book, lego …

Chore cut backs

I had a letter from the council today - the good news is that it isn't a bill.

Apparently, "the foliage originating on the above premises which overhangs the public highway so as to cause obstruction and danger to pedestrians" needed to be drawn to my attention.

A polite, but firm letter, it told me to cut it within 14 days, or risk having them cut it and charging me for the …

Open comments

… - I thought up the idea and designed it in my head during a 75 minute car journey to stay with my parents for the Easter weekend, and had the first draft created by Easter Sunday - the idea of a blog was harder.

I wanted to enable people reading the website to have a say in it, but shyed away from enabling comments in any form for ages. It wasn't until a night with a curry and bottle of wine …

Like a Diamond

… Harry.

I ask myself, 'What can I do to make their lives better?' I know where my weaknesses as a parent are, and I know where my strengths are. I need to work on some things, but I think I'm doing an OK job, and they are, essentially, happy.

I can't, though, fix what is really broken, but I can try and stop the same breaking for other children, and I'm always trying to think of new ways of …

Isabella in the 21st Century

Apparently, Mrs Beeton died of childbed fever. I had no idea that she had, but then so many did in her time. I just found another blogger who survived it.

Thank you for your support, Isabella in the 21st Century.

Time of the moth

When I went to change for last night's school parents' party, I carefully brushed my suit jacket and then started on the trousers, only to find them full of moth larvae and holes. A cursory inspection of the rest of the rail found another suit and a jacket in the same state. I didn't dare look any further, and hung them on the garden bench. …

Campaign: what's the aim?

Our primary aim is to raise awareness of childbed fever: we would like every parent and every midwife and doctor to know that childbed fever (also called puerperal fever or puerperal sepsis) is still a very real threat to a mother's life.

In the same way that every parent knows the danger of Meningitis, we believe that parents should be told about sepsis and childbed …

What are the symptoms of childbed fever?

Possible symptoms of childbed fever 1

Headache, feeling generally unwell 2

Sore throat

Raised temperature (over 38°C is a fever)

Fast pulse (over 100 beats per minute)

Fast breathing

Offensive vaginal discharge

Rash

Vomiting and/or diarrhoea

Abdominal/leg pains

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What is childbed fever?

What are the symptoms? »

Childbed fever: the facts »

Childbed fever is an infection of the womb in new mothers which can lead to septicaemia.

Historically, childbed fever (puerperal sepsis) was the leading cause of maternal death in the UK but, due in part to antibiotics, cases …