Over the Hump Day Staff Room

Shoshe you can not do that. That is just plain greedy!! Unless of course that you are going to look at it to see if it is suitable for me

o my god kaysamuels just seen your profile your poor poor ds - give give arnica tablets they really seem to work for swelling and bruising and also they are good for shock - i'm horrified at the way the nursery dealt with the incident sounds very unprofessional to me

rose - all my sympathy to your dd - earache is sooo horrible and painfull - i hope the anti-biotics clear it up quickly - i use paracetomol and ibuprofen alternating when ds has ear infection - last time he had one i was in tears over how much he was suffering [not in front of him of course]

shoshe

sleep well rosegarden hope your dd and you feel more rested in the morning.

oh im so tired..in the last 5 nights, dd has slept for a total of one!..she's exhausted and so am i, last night was absolutely horrific, she was sent home from school yest with ear ache, calpol, fixed, or so i though..roll forward to 12.30AM...dd has been screaming sobbing since then, asking me to 'make it stop' ..prime care say just a cold and pressure on ear drum, doc app first thing says v.bad ear infection..v.strong Anti B(shes tall so gave her higher strengh) and parapead(whihc s v.good, better than calpol)..temp went up to 39¬!!!!!!!!!!, then down, then up, now 36.8, so okay....
had to cancel before schooly and ask baby and 3yr old's parents to meet me at docs and we would get black cab back with baby in buggy....noooo.cant do that no more, have to put baby on knee!!! as well as hepl sobbing dd and terror of 3 yr old in and out safly!..we ended up walking back, poor dd, she flaked out on sofa in midst of all noise in playroom and has just gone now..ears weeping, but so loving and hopefully parapead will work through out night?, will dose her up with 5ml aagin at 11.30..fingers crossed, the poor darling sleps well!

am so exhausted writing this i cant be botherd to wait for any response..i of, have a nice night all and hope today is good for you all..thank god its friday(no night out for me on sat now though!)..hey ho, rather see dd get settled!..night ,>

Ah, just thought, unless you get BBC London, you won't see it, will you!

Oh, DD and her school is on BBC local news within the next half hour, something about the Head getting arsey about league tables being pants!

Always worth having a variation in place. Definately if this nice little chap is only one day a week. That's 4 other days that you could fill.

I really really want one too and TBH I blame shosha! \Will be very if you get one!

It's a marco sky I want Kay!! But can't justify getting one atm but with a new mindee, well that's another matter!!
Current mindee does come on same day each week at the moment!
I have a copy of the shift pattern but it's very confusing and think I need to sit down and work it out a bit better when I have 5 minutes to myself!

Glad your meeting went well SB77.

When paents contact you ask them for more details about the shift patterns, does your current mindee come on the same one day each week? Worth figuring it out to see if a variation is viable. If he is a nice little mindee can't blame you for wanting to hang onto him
p.s get a marco sky

I have thought about it but wasn't sure if Ofsted would do that when I don't know specific days etc - although on some weeks I wouldn't be over I suppose! Could phone and ask their advice!
If I do get / take it then I will definitely have to get a new double pushchair though how exciting!!

Is a variation on your numbers feesible? Might be worth it.

Thanks Mo! Other thing I need to consider is if I do take it, it would mean losing another mindee that I have. I only have said mindee one day a week and his mum is at home and has said if other works comes up then she will understand but I think she is looking for a job and wants me to have him then if and when she gets one - but she has supposedly been looking for one for ages so who knows if that will ever come off! I don't want to lose him as he is adorable and a joy to mind but on the other hand I have to think about this as my business as well! ARRRGGHHHHHHHHHH what to do!! (I wouldn't normally be worrying about this til I heard more from the parents btw but they did very much sound like they would like me to have their child!)

update on ds here

I had a mindee that did that too mml but his eating habits were just the tip of a very large iceberg (which included serious lack of hygiene, thick green daily snot, late payment etc). He actually came up to me in the school foyer yesterday and loudly announced 'did you know I have diarrhoea (sp?) today Kay?'. EEEEEWW!
DP was so relieved when his mum didn't need me to mind him anymore. Just try not to look directly into his mopth whilst you ar also eating!!

I think that's a very good idea SB. Then both parties will know what they're doing. Much easier to do a set price every month, then fanny about working it out evry week. Hope you get it.

Interview seemed to go well! Only issue would be the hours as its very flexible as its based on shift work! Would be different days every week - some weeks would be quite a few days, others only a couple of mornings. Need to seriously sit down and work out the money side of it but having been thinking about it I might try and work out how much it would be over a year and then sort out a monthly price as not sure I could cope with different prices each week and the stress of having to sort out invoices etc etc! Would that work? This is based on them wanting me of course

Grrrrrrr! Why oh bloody why won't this mindee learn to eat with his mouth shut! It's driving me nuts. DH has already said he can't standing being in the same room as him whilst he's eating, but I don't have a choice. I can't walk away and let him eat on his own! Its so damned annoying! 3 times I've told him during this mean, infact at least 3 times during every meal for the last 2 years!!!!!! Lord, give me strength!

Anyone in? Hows your back today Shosh? And hows the little lad Kay?

Please do, Ju. I can never seem to get the stuff hard enough. DD has loads of Art Attack books, but we just can't seem to get the glue mix just right.

Mindee gone now. She was only here for a couple of hours, whilst mum had her hair cut. We met her in town after we'd been to the library and she took her from there.

I bought a new loo seat on the way home and I've just finished fitting it! Tut! Don't you just wish you were me? Its got one of those soft close actions! Hours of fun in the lav here!

Another note to self: Get a life!!!!

Crikey what a morning you have all had

Didn't pop in yesterday, had a fit of madness and made papier mache, homemade glue, to make space helmets, pasted it round the inflated balloons, took two hours . Mindees were exhausted, me too.

I should have done a dummy rum just to check how hard it would be with two toddlers.

I will let you know how the helmets turn out !

Oh gosh what a morning! Went to drop in and it all started well but then one mindee went into melt down. Full on inconsolable, 'where is mummy'. In the end we left as thought we would get on better at home. As soon as we walked out the door she was ok again! So now sat at home and all 3 of them are playing nicely! Think she was just overwhelmed with all the children and adults and not knowing anyone apart from us. She goes home in a while anyway as only mornings!

With the pooh thing, with my dd I think it is more a blockage than anything. We have prescribed laxatives now and it seems to be doing the trick and she will now go on the potty / toilet, when before she would even entertain the idea of using it! We've had to fill out food and drink charts and it isn't her diet and although she could drink more, drinks enough according to the HV! If we had realised earlier I don't think potty training would have been such a problem but at least she is on the mend now!

precious first born

Thanks crace. I have homework to do too, it's a pain isn't it!