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[ailbhe]

13 year old boy died of measles which just goes to show that I am right to get Linnea vaccinated tomorrow in spite of the feeling in the pit of my stomach. I mean, I know in my head it's the right thing to do, but my stomach doesn't like it. We know too many sickly children to risk being carriers of things like this though.

In other news, we clearly need more fat in our diet. Linnea is eating vegetable margarine by the knife-full whenever she gets the chance. After thinking about it for a bit, I realised that we have almost no added fat anywhere, and as Linnea and I don't eat dairy, and none of us eats much meat, that's about it.

My new mugs are glorious to drink from; they have a nice lip which makes I-have-a-stuff-nose-open-mouth-drinking less gross than it need be, and ordinary drinking quite comfortable.

We're drying things on the line outside - I hope it works; last time, we left them out overnight and they got rained on. The forecast is better today. I'm hoping there's enough sunlight to bleach the nappies. Linnea loves handing over pegs and wet laundry to be hung up. It's even safe to leave her playing outside while I wash up in the kitchen, if the radio's off.

1. Bake chocolate cake and it was a roaring success though the coffee "buttercream" was a bit strong.
2. Plan meals for the next two weeks and compile shopping list
3. Clean cooker
4. Wipe down icky banister, doorhandles, other grimy icky bits people rub hands all over
5. Vacuum three rooms and landing upstairs
6. Vacuum two armchairs and the sofa
7. Tidy spare bedroom until it's almost fit to use as such
8. List stack of misc geek goods on Freecycle
9. Bring box of books to charity shop or otherwise get rid of them
10. Find Linnea's Little Red Book
11. Print Linnea's birthday invitations
12. Get blasted bunkbed parts out of the bloody master bedroom, dammit
13. Add paperback biographies to book catalogue
14. Add downstairs poetry and drama to book catalogue
15. Get dangerous DIY kit out of understairs cupboard
16. Sort "Linnea's" art equipment, not for my benefit, oh no, altruistic parenty stuff only, yessir
17. Buy stamps of various flavours for the address book pocket, which currently has no UK internal stamps, only post to US or Europe.
18. Cut grass
19. Vacuum stairs
20. Throw away dead houseplants (we've killed another spider-plant, this time through overwatering)

Comments

[lizka.livejournal.com]

I felt really awful about vaccinating Alyona. I still do but not as much now. I really don't know. Either side can have bad outcomes so I chose to vaccinate. I do feel there is a higher chance of her getting something than having a horrible reaction. But then I don't know... Being a parent is *so* difficult! Emotionally anyway.

[ailbhe]

Linnea's first vaccinations happened when I was very drugged up and in a peculiar zombie-like state, which was fairly consistent until the surgery 8 months after she was born. So they didn't bother me much. But I'm fully aware of what I'm doing this time and that makes it harder.

It's not just Linnea I'm thinking of, though. It's everyone who might catch things from her if she's a carrier. My baby is strong as a horse, but I know several who aren't.