How did this son of mine learn to fool me so easily?

With four children under my belt and a second job as an emergency ambulance technician (I have just finished a busy night shift), you would have thought that I could spot a fraudulent patient a mile off. Hmmm ....

3 yr old son - ‘Mummy – I’m pooooorly’

Mummy – ‘Oh dear, what’s the matter?’

3 yr old son – ‘I’ve got a headache’

All manner of potential childhood illnesses flash up in my mind. Is this just me or this a parent/mother/NHS worker thing?

Well … there is a bug locally that has closed some schools and yes … he does feel a little bit warm ... but …..

‘I’m poooooooorly’

'OK - snuggle time on the sofa instead of going to your own childminder today' (Who won’t thank me for sending a contagious child to her home).

So now I am in my pjs desperate for my own soft pillows whilst said son comes sweetly over to the sofa (which HE is supposed to be on!) to give ME cuddles, then goes back to doing tricks in the middle of the living room on his new mini-skateboard.

I’m sure I was never such a pushover with my older children.