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While we are housebound

I ended up taking H to the Dr (again) on Wednesday and she diagnosed yet another virus. On the plus side, she said, he'll be building up some wicked immunities for later on. On the downside he does seem to get everything going around. It seems there's hardly a week goes by without him catching some kind of cold or bug.

This particular virus which is allegedly doing the rounds has also manifested itself as a cold for both G & I, and poor H has had a spiking fever for a couple of days and found him to be generally miserable.

While housebound I've been cleaning up and tidying up for Dad who visits tomorrow! Our first visitor (with the exception of Aka but he didn't stay over!) here on the West Coast and I'm looking forward to it. Currently Dad doesn't have a bed, a door on his bedroom, or anything covering the window down there. Plus the whole room is covered in an inch thick layer of dust from when the plastering was done in the hallway. He also doesn't have a bathroom to use as with all the will in the world it was too major of a project to complete before his arrival. It's possible that G will get it finished while he's here but otherwise he'll have to slum it upstairs with the rest of us in the dingy lino-covered grossness that we have to use on a daily basis!

Dylan, meanwhile, has started sleepwalking. The last few nights he's appeared in the living room, basically still asleep and with no idea why he is out of bed or what the problem is.... and has to be led back to his room where he immediately closes his eyes and falls back into a deep sleep. He has no recollection of it in the morning. Last night, however, we were already in bed and I was reading a book when I heard a funny noise outside the room. I thought it was Harry (who was sleeping restlessly) moving around in his crib but then I heard the front door handle being tried repeatedly and a cry. I quickly got up and discovered Dylan having no idea what he was doing and still fast asleep but somewhat distressed. Not sure what is causing all this - whether something is on his mind and bothering him? He seems generally happy in himself for the most part so who knows what is going on. I think we need to get a bolt to put up high on the door though - prevent any accidental leaving of the house on his part and also prevent Harry leaving as he rapidly approaches the age of wanting to explore further boundaries and horizons.