No work today! It’s great that I have accumulated enough holidays whilst being off on maternity leave that I can work four-day weeks till the new baby comes. Friday is our special day together without anyone else. Unfortunately today we’ve spent it in the doctors as Trent has impetigo.

Trent visited his paternal Nanna’s last weekend and his cousins were there, unbeknownst to dad and me one had impetigo. All week Trent’s been getting what we thought was chapped skin from the cold or teething, but it looked quite weepy today so I took him to the nurse who would not deal with it and referred me to the doctors (that’s when the alarm bells started ringing). The doctor diagnosed impetigo. I immediately felt really bad at the thought of Trent being in pain but apparently he may have just felt slight discomfort and itchiness – if he has been in pain he has not let on one bit.

Trent will have to stay away from other children for another few days until he gets over the infectious period, although I think it is clearing up now that we know what it is and how to treat it properly. I just hope no children at nursery caught it from him before we realised. As soon as I found out I informed everyone whom Trent had been in contact with so as to make sure that they could monitor their children and themselves. I just wish I had spotted the signs earlier – I wouldn’t have dreamed of sending Trent to nursery and putting other children at risk.