Thanks for all the best wishes of health - Im finally beginning to get there, though I dont have much energy in reserve, and I have to be very careful what I eat or my tummy gets upset again (I suppose after almost a week on water, it was always going to be a shock going back onto food again. But I love my food....!). Sophie's spots have all crusted over and she has begun to sparkle again. SO nice to see her laughing and playing again. She's done little but feed, and has been very clingy. Now from tomorrow we move into the 10 days since Sophie started being infectious, so attention will move to Al & Em in case they get spots.... Happily no-one seems to have gotten my illness, although MIL got something similar a month ago (so unless I incubated it for a whole month I cant blame her, though it was comforting to know someone else had the same vague symptoms). Sophie's spots stayed mostly on her back and under her nappy. Some of them will definitely scar, but at least her face was almost clear. She liked having calamine cream on, enjoyed ibuprofen and paracetamol, but hated piriton and medised (antihistamines) with a vengence unfortunately.

Anyway, better move on, DH is keen to get online and we only just got our internet connection back after 3 days.