Mommy woke in the night in really bad pain and knew something was wrong but didn’t know what, her mouth was swollen and the wounds where her wisdom teeth were had become very sore. An SOS call to mom in law to look after the children to allow her to get help and she went to the doctor who did not have an appointment and made her wait around only to be told there was nothing they could do, contact your dentist.

Pissed off and needing sleep she chose to take pain medication and go to bed for a while but woke worse than before. She persevered until mid afternoon until she was desperate and rang the dentist who said be there in 15 minutes. Another SOS call to Kathleen our neighbour, who without hesitation said she could look after the children and Jamie was in the dentists chair withing 20+ minutes. As sort of expected she was told they had gone septic and she needed antibiotics which she went to get before returning home to thank Kath and try and sort tea.

By the time I got home she was at her wits end and it took all her strength to get through to bedtime before collapsing on the sofa after taking 2 paracetamol 2 codeine and her antibiotics completely exhausted. When we both finally woke up to go to bed the pills were working and we both fell asleep straight-away only to be woken by Lincoln who I fed with a bottle and got back into bed.

At 03:10 we woke again to Lincoln fussing then screaming so I took him down stairs eventually sussing that he was hungry and fed him another bottle then lay him on a blanket on the floor of the living room where he went to sleep pretty quickly. He woke again at 06:10 so because by now I was exhausted too I took him to his momma to feed him and I dropped on the bed for an hour.

I think she past her test….JUST!

The following is a letter we handed in to the British Legion, Middlewich branch, I believe it explains all?

To whom it may concern

I would like to express my utmost disappointment in the strongest possible terms about how my family and I were treated Sunday 05 February 2012 when we visited your club.

We called in to enquire about the possibility of hiring out the room upstairs to celebrate the christening of our two children, as recommended by Mr John Garner who told us it would be an ideal venue for our special day and a gentleman named Alan could sort it out for us.

My wife and I looked into the concert room but it was empty so we went into the room containing the snooker tables and approached the bar, where we asked the barperson (Josh) if Alan was available, he said no but we could talk to him about hiring the room.

During our brief conversation he was very helpful towards us and served other customers so they were not waiting for us to decide or be inconvenienced in any way. The date of 20th May was free so we were about to pencil it in when we were interrupted mid-sentence by a man I believe to Mr (David) Hough saying he had been told by a committee member to ask us to leave, as children were not allowed in the club. He was holding an empty beer glass as if waiting to be served and did not look sober as he reiterated his point a number of times, proclaiming that he didn’t mean to be rude but he had been told by a committee member to do this.

My wife pointed out that he was indeed being very rude and that we were only in the club to enquire about booking the room upstairs but he insisted that we must leave, even after Josh too explained the situation. At this point we were asked by Josh if we wanted our names in the diary for that date but I think our minds had been made up by Mr Hough, and we were becoming increasingly upset at this stage so chose to leave.

We did bring our children with us as it seemed absurd to get a babysitter to watch them for ten minutes while we talked to you, especially because the last time we were in the club was Remembrance Sunday when we were all welcomed.

If it was an issue we should have been informed by the committee member himself and not by Mr Hough on his way to the bar. Alternatively Josh could have been instructed to conduct this kind of business in an area that would not annoy or inconvenience your members and we would have been only too happy to comply. We showed no signs of staying in the club, leaving our coats on and our children were always in our control, quiet and well behaved, and do not believe this warranted the treatment we received.

If Mr Hough represents the Middlewich Branch of the British Legion then we feel that it is certainly not a venue we would want to use and would deter anyone else from doing so in the future! I find it hard to believe that this is the case because of my experiences in the past as a member, when I always found it to be a pleasant place to frequent.

My wife and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter above

Yours sincerely

Alan & Jamie Forster

After a tough day we made it through to bathtime and we trudged snot ridden up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire, the bath was run so we all went in to the bathroom and got both kids straight into the bath where we began to clean them but also played with them both always making the whole experience as wonderful as we can.

Then it happened

Lincoln SHIT the bath…

Mommy and Daddy reacted straightaway, Daddy grabbing Reagan who screamed not wanting to get out of the bath, oblivious to the obsTURD problem and mommy made sure he was done before slucing Linc and removing him too. Mommy took the kids while I cleaned the bathroom and ran another bath.

We all resumed and made it through bathtime as we would normally and bedtime was uneventful….

…I said I DO!

Its just I said it thinking we could all take it in turns to be ill like you could be ill for two days in January I’ll take a couple of days in February and the kids could maybe do October and November a day each lets say? The rest of the time Healthy fun loving family thats what I said I DO to!

Not Me having a cold for weeks and when I finally get rid of it Reagan gets it and gives it to Lincoln and then reinfects me…then while all this is going on you go and have your wisdom teeth out today rendering you incapacitated, practically?

Jeez the family is sick right now, Reagan is sooo sick she got in bed tonight curled up and went to sleep not bothering with being read to? Lincoln has goopy eyes and looks like he is about to come down with the same thing.

Mommy had two wisdom teeth out today we went to the hospital for 8am and I was told I had to leave and they would ring me when Jamie was ready to come home, this was meant to be 11am but she didn’t even go to theatre until 11:45 so it wasn’t until gone 14:00 that I picked up a very miserable mommy bear who was in a lot of pain 🙁

We have survived up to now but it could be a long night…

I do think it went well and I don’t think Reagan and Lincoln did not “suffer” too much being looked after by dad. I found it quite stressful at first but once you’re in the middle of it you just roll your sleeves up and get on with it.

One thought I had was “Why would anyone want to do this everyday?” but I have to say if its your own kids the rewards brilliant but there is a lot of hard work in between. I always wind Jamie up about stay ayt home mommying being so easy just sitting around watching them play all day but I do not envy her even when it is “easy” you have to use that time to do other chores and then if you manage to complete them the kids require you again and the cycle can continue without a break until after bedtime

I hope I support her enough, just to make it a little easier when I get home from work and at the weekends because it is hard when its just you against them (lol) and we are such a good team when we are together.