Happy Pills

Grandad insists on calling his tablets "happy pills" in front of Ben. Ben picked up on this the very first time dad said it, way back last year some time. Dad keeps his tablets in one of those segmented boxes, you know the ones that have separate parts for breakfast, lunch, dinner, breakfast etc. Ben found a little plastic fliptop box today and started going on about happy pills.

I remembered I had some very small chocolate cake decorations in the cupboard so I put some of them in the box for him. Then he wanted juice! Because obviously grandad takes his tablets with a drink.

Ben was knocking these chocolates back with his juice whole.

Um.

Are two-yr-olds supposed to be able to do that?!

He did realise after I refilled his pot that they were crunchable which I was quite relieved about.


Sickness was a bit rubbish this morning. Not actually sick, but feeling like I was going to be all morning; realising we were out of milk and brioche - which between us, Ben and I live on, Ben deciding he was really really tired just as I had managed to start getting dressed to attempt to go to the shops, so no supplies still. So after I'd found somebody able to go to the shops for me I crawled into bed and fell asleep. Ben joined me after a while and we dozed until the doorbell rang. I felt SO much better after the sleep!

And I felt even better after I'd cooked waffles and fishfingers. I can eat that stuff. I have discovered that I've gone off my usual flavour squash which was worrying, I hate having to find a new flavour squash! Thankfully I'd been drinking orange squash at the conference so I thought I'd give that a go and I've been drinking that all day instead quite happily.

Had a 'mare with blood sugars this afternoon. After lunch I did a post-lunch blood sugar test and it had shot up. I have rapid-acting insulin in the fridge but am not officially on that yet, so couldn't just take it without a health professional's agreement. So after a few calls to the GP because the diabetes clinic was closed, we've agreed not to take any rapid today, but to keep monitoring throughout tomorrow and if I'm still spiking to have 2 units before dinner. I've only had one injection of the slow-release insulin so far so it's VERY early days to be adjusting dosage.

Ben is screaming and crying now for mummy - it's bedtime and daddy took him upstairs to get teeth cleaned etc, and he wanted mummy and only mummy (but mummy was busy blipping, bad mummy) so I'm feeling all guilty now and really ought to stop and go and help!

See you all later xxx