Morning all Staff Room Open

Looney - try not to have the heating on if possible it will make the smell worse.

I've always got goodies. Apple rice cakes for my mindees and Smartie cakes for thr grown-ups, mmmmm

Hello fruitloop - you can come in but it's the rules that you have to bring goodies first

Mo - did you find Shosh then?

Mumlove, will put heating on and open windows again. Done the bicarb of soda and just hope it works as it's making me feel really ill (before being pregnant my sense of smell was rubbish!)

Hi everyone, I'm new to all this. (stand up)My names fruitloop and I'm a childminder (sits down)

Looney - I use that frebreeze spray ,but you really need to keep open all the windows as well to let the fresh air help. It might take at least 2 days for the smell to go!

Blimey LT, you've got 105 friends! I feel quite inadequate now! I'll have to start looking up old school chums, I suppose that given that we're all 40 this year, I might get a few party invites!

What about the bicarb?Its worth a try. Use it like Shake n Vac. I poked you btw!

Is it very sad that 3 of my 4 friends, I have never met before in my life! Call me old fashioned, but I like to ring my friends and talk on the phone!

SICK SMELL - sorry, want to grab attention.....can no-one help???

OK, I'm on my why! I have to say, I can't get my head round it atm! I'm feeling a tad old about the whole thing!

Mo - have a look at the 'fed up with ofsted group' - see the admin name, that's me - then look at my list of friends - shosh is one which says 'met randomly...MN' See if you can guess!

Please.....ANYONE.....this sick stinks and I feel really ill from the smell.....!!!!

Gimme a clue to find you and I will!

SweetSnowflake - can still smell it now dettol smell has gone!!! (senses really hightened with this pregnancy and I'm sat ON the smell and it's horrible!!!) This bicarb of soda......does it work after you've already washed the sick away? If so, do you just sprinkle it on the area and that's it????

I AM posh! (I'm so not!) Sadly, the name is only because its the only one my mum could think of that didn't remind her of a snotty little kid that she'd taught! How exciting, that means I've got two friends now!

SHOSHA looook!!!!!!

Mo - I ahve poked you. You appear posh. I may add you as a friend if you are nic eto me [generous]

Oh, thanks, will try that next time. Seems ok since I sprayed dettol spray everywhere, fingers crossed it stays that way!!

quicky before i pick mindee up..Loony try bicarb, sprinkle it on, it absorbs the sick/wee/poo smell..BELIEVE ME!, we had them all ehre!

Yum, thanks for the flapjack

Well I now have NO mindees today! Pre-schooler went to school and decided she wanted a mummy day and cried and had a paddy fit apparently - not like her at start of the day, she's such a confident girl! I think she's run down, she goes to bed so late for a nearly 4 year old. Anyway, that's me being 'mum' today and not 'childminder' - how strange!!!

And.....just had a phone call and looks like a have a new boy (6) starting next Wednesday. Mum is meeting me on Monday but pretty said she'd like me to start next Wednesday. It's only on Wednesday's and for 1 hour from 4.30-5.30, I explained it's the time I do dinner etc so he'd have to free play and she was fine as it's only an hour. Basically she's on a course and her friend has let her down. She asked my charges and I said I'm £3.80 an hour, normally charge minimum of 2 hours but tbh, I don't get many calls for over 5's and if I do, it's for the wrong school so I don't mind this for the usual £3.80 a day. I'd like to gently start with older children anyway so it's all good practice I did tell her if I get an enquiry for longer, all week etc then I'd have to charge her 2 hours a time and she was fine.

Right.....20 mins til I need to leave to get ds and I haven't even started my accounts! Have dettol sprayed all sofa, cushions, carpet etc. so at least that is done (windows open - it stinks in here!!!)

Catch you all later

Morning all !

I've brought flapjack

My week is all gone to pot, just 1 mindee today, they are late dropping off but have the great excuse of new baby (she is just yum). It kind of impinges on my planning but it won't be long until back to normal, so I am just enjoying a bit of free time.

Mindees 2 and 3 not here this week, mum having a few days leave.

I'm planning to make mindees prezzie bags over the next week
Sponge print large sheets of paper with Christmassy shapes - angel/tree/snowman/the man in the red suit/pudding. Then my DP (engineer) will fold/stick them into prezzie bags. Too complicated for me

dont worry Saz all ofsted inspectors are different and look for different things

I'm dreading my next inspection as I care for a 14 mth old 4-5 days mum sends him with a mixture of homecooked food, ready dinners and chips, nuggets etc to cook for him and not to mention the biscuits. Mum preferes to send his food as we've had this conversation. Ofsted will have a field day with me!!!

Mo - just saw your bit, very hard isn't it!! I had 2 brothers like that once whose mum would send all sorts of crap for them to eat (and she was ex childminder!). I'd not give any to the 18 month old but it was so hard for the older brother as he knew it was in the bag!!!

dmo - That's well out of order and they are taking things too far!! Most parents would be well offended if we told them what they can and can't bring!!

I've done another bug thread if anyone fancies giving me advice