What to do?!

Linnea and Is hold hands. Sometimes Linnea takes Is's hand, sometimes Is takes Linnea's. And then they run, grinning and giggling. And Linnea runs about twice as fast as Is so Is falls down and hits her head. And Is doesn't deal with that the way Linnea does; Is immediately yells and screams and is devestated, which is fair enough - I'd be devestated too.

What do I do? Is is the one who gets hurt, so her mother blames Linnea, pretty much. It's happened twice already this morning. I don't think it's Linnea misbehaving - Is reaches for her hand as much as Linnea reaches for Is, so that part of it is consensual. They both grin and giggle as they start to run. It's not for 6-10 feet that the speed difference becomes apparent and Is ends up dragged and falling over.

Is's mother has a babe in arms and I have a babe in bump, so we're not always fast enough to defuse the situation after Linnea gets ahead of Is and before Is falls over. Is gives no early warning of discomfort - never says No, or yells when she's being dragged, she doesn't fuss at all until she's actually hurt.

They're about the same age, but Linnea is bigger and faster and stronger. They adore each other.

Now what?

Edit: New Rule: No running holding hands. Means Linnea can't play it with anyone at the group, which is a shame, but will also mean she doesn't play it with Is any more in a way which doesn't single Is out. So there we go.

Edit: Is's mum called to discuss it rationally. We're going with the blanket rule for about two weeks, and will then see if Is is steadier on her feet or if we need to let Linnea branch out and play it with people who are not Is. I feel a thousand times better. Is's mum may or may not.

Water!

I had a lavender bath to soak in - I'm not allowed soap in my baths because of the vestibulitis - and Rob used the water to wash in. Then we soaked a rug in it. And we can still use some of it for loo-flushing, though it's too manky for the garden.

I've had trouble drinking enough today. I can't seem to manage it without feeling unpleasantly sloshy.

And I'm very tired, partially from cycling the trike on gears 3 and 6 because 4 and 5 are broken, and partly from the housework I've done - move all furniture and hoover in two downstairs rooms, also tidying - and partly from not drinking enough and partly from being 30 weeks pregnant. And partly from having upset and caused a Coolness between self and Is's mum.

The contractions are here, just like the last time - gaspingly strong, not painful, overwhelming. This baby moves very differently though; Linnea moved her whole body a lot, or a single limb at a time. This baby scrabbles, many limbs at once, but the body mostly staying still.

I can't tell which bit of this baby is where as reliably as I could with Linnea, either.