Nathan was pretty much back to normal today. He's hardly eaten since Wednesday, so we're making an effort to get back to normal in that sense as well.

In the afternoon the lad went paddling, and ate some ice-cream as well.

Our day off from bowling, and we went off to "Alice in Wonderland" family park which is only wonderful if you like having jet planes taking and landing across the road. Alice wore a fleece and the Mad Hatter seemed to be pathologically shy.

Nathan fell asleep after an hour and a half (£16.50 admission) so we went back to the hotel.

Catching up on some sleep was good for Nathan and he was a bit more cheerful in the afternoon, and slept much better through the night.

We went down to Bournemouth for a bowling Holiday. Knowing that home was only an hour and a half away made us decide to go, as the lad was no better.

We're staying at the Belvedere hotel, and the beach is only ten minutes walk away. We took the lad down to the seaside, but he wasn't terribly responsive until we came across an amusement arcade with a Postman Pat ride in it. An hour later, and five pounds poorer we were also a lot happier. Nathan coughed all night, however, and none of us got much sleep

Still teething, still a temperature, and still a streaming cold, Nathan's not feeling great at the moment, although he has been a bit sparkier today.

We went to see the doctor. She diagnosed tonsillitis so we're back on Amoxycillin after a break of a couple of months.

Nathan's taken to asking questions in the form "What that one ask Daddy". If there's ever an unusual noise then the lad always asks "What that one?"

We had another go at potty training today. Nathan's becoming overanxious about it, and he won't sit on the potty: a bad combination. We tried to get some training pants, or a nappy back on him, but he's fairly insistent that he doesn't use them anymore. The aim over the next few days will be to cool down, get Nathan on better terms with the potty, and have another go in a month or so.

We went to the psychologist to talk about Nathan's diet again. We haven't made great progress since the last visit, so we'll try again over the next six weeks until our next visit. Some more suggestions are to continue with the cooking, but to incorporate savory foods like cheese straws and pizza.