Oh blimey what a weekend! Firstly the littlest one of my children threw up on Friday at mum and toddler group closely followed by another little girl (dropping like flies by the time I left). Surely a sickness bug can't be caught that quickly?!?, must try not to feel guilty. Aforementioned child continued to throw up all through the weekend on bedding, carpet, clothes and various toys and is still throwing up today so no preschool. Being the selfish mum that I am, the no preschool bit fills me with real dissapointment as I have loads to do with xmas only 6 weeks away.
Just to make sure my nerves were right there on the edge the cat had diarrhoea two nights running on the kitchen floor (fireworks grrr!) and eldest son trod dog poo all through the house on sunday.
Now as you can imagine my first impulse aside from running away is to nip to the shops and buy lots of nasty chemical antibacterial cleaners etc to deal with the onslaught of nasty messes but I restrained myself and reminded myself of all the bad things I know about antibacterial products http://www.life.ca/nl/107/soap.html and have a rummage in my utility room of all things green(ish) and decide on tea tree which is naturally antibacterial but must still be used sparingly, some castile soap and plenty of elbow grease.
I have to admit that my devotion to green cleaning has been sorely tested over the weekend yet it's also rather liberating to know that I really can get by without cleaners laden with carcinagenic chemicals even when faced with the horrors I've faced this weekend.
12 November 2007
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