Monday September 1st : Staff Room!!!!!!!

Sorry I never got back yesterday but my big boy wasn't well and by the time we'd made sure he was ok and put some stuff in the loft etc, it was suddenly very late and I was too knackered to come back.

Anyway....

Thanks for all the welcome back messages, very sweet

LMGs - I will definitely come and moan from time to time to keep my sanity As for EYFS and risk assessments, I'm yet to finished reading the pack so can't help I'm afraid.

Mo - never an intruder and lovely to hear from you Hope the insets days go ok and you're ready for the kids tomorrow!! Facebook is fab isn't it! As for not over doing it, I tried but it was the day from hell at times yesterday. So far this morning has been VERY chilled as my big ds was in bed til recently (not well) and I only have 1 baby mindee as other one goes to grandparents most Tuesdays. My baby ds2 has been great so far this morning as had a very very good sleep, fingers crossed he'll stay good today and not get overtired and scream loads like yesterday!!

Katy - sorry you made a loss I've miss loads recently so not sure where you are with things now? What happened about whether or not you can be called a childminder?

Number4 - welcome to the staffroom

Henni - what an awkward situation to be in, hope it's only temporary

SBelle - hope it goes ok with school

Shoshe - at all those kids, well done for surviving!!

crace - great to hear from you, sounds like you're having fun. Good for you for having 9 months off, I really wish I could have but had no choice I'm worried my baby will grow so fast and I'll have missed it all as busy with others but I suppose at least I'm at home with him and I try and make time when others are napping etc. I also wish I had more time to get head around EYFS as I just haven't had the time or energy to get up to scratch with it all due to having a very needy baby. Anyway, enjoy your time being just mummy

I was wondering how you were doing Crace! Wondered why you hadn't popped in for a while! Seems you are being kept busy

Good for you on taking 9 months off. Enjoy that time with your family.

Hi you lot.. Miss me? We are doing very well, decided on taking my 9 months leave so have until January before I start back, though I need to start thinking EYFS (groan, hiss).

Lovely boy is now almost 15 weeks (which is madness) and now on bottles but on no schedule whatsoever and i couldn't even contemplate c/ming now. DS1 starts secondary on Weds and dd starts preschool next week (EEEEKKK) so I have a lot of personal stuff going on, and I feel justified in being selfish. I know I can't do both, I would fail my family or fail my mindees and go clinically insane .

Juggling them all, I haven't really had time to keep up with you all, so hope you are all doing well.

I did one for the house, car, general, and outings just to cover myself. Anyone any idea how often I'm supposed to be doing them? In the letter from ofsted it said once a year or as the need arises so is once a year acceptable? (obviously I risk assess all the time but i'm talking written)

YOW!! 9!!

My day is just about over too. Got the kitchen to sort out (what are the chances of my husband doing it????)

It is going to be a hard week this week, because I am the busiest I have been in ages and my house is teensy tiny.

LMG: what 4 risk assessments are you talking about? Bother. I have loads to do re EYFS and here I am about to register for EYPS............

Okey doke.

Another day, another dollar.

I really can't be bothered, just one of those days and at least it's over now anyway!

Roll on tomorrow, got a new baby of 1 settling in

I like hennipenni, its a good name. why are you fed up with it? Did you have a row with someone and you need to fade into the background!

Hi all,

LT what a total nightmare you knwo where i am if you need me to rant at!

BALD - I did all 4 risk assesments at 7.45am!

I ended up with an unexpected afternoon off so went wedding dress shopping instead, sister came with me and dp also had an unexpected afternoon off so he offered to have my dd's so we could go on our own and it was lovely!

Boys I was never Jennipenni, she posted whilst I was on my holidays and then dissapeared (or name changed). I have been hennipenni for eons but am thinking of changing. Anybody got any good ideas? I'm a mum of three girls and a C/m (obviously) who likes reading and drinking and camping.

Hello all

Busy day, back to school on Wednesday.

Welcome back Looney - soon you'll be in the swing again

Mrs F - Oh dear. Do you want to tell us about your day?

Henni - were you not jennipenni? I am v confused not hard I might add !!

Sammy - good to see you

Katy - how ya doin'?

LMG - hope you get them printed

Shoshe - Autumn rocks

ML at duvet day

No 4 pleased to meet you

Mo - I liked your comedy lion outfit the other night !!

Aw, what a rotten situation for you all! Its almost worse that its so amicable! I don't think you have any choice. Lets hope they can get something worked out, so you don't have to loose them. They sound like the perfect family.

Mo' have spoken to them when they picked up, they can pay me the outstanding amount from this month plus next months (which may be their notice period)in a couple of weeks time, in the meantime they're going to think about what they are going to do. It's such a shame as they are lovely, young people who have been messed about by tax credit people. they said they fully undrestand if I want to give notice (which I don't but will if I have to)

Hello everyone

Welcome back looney! You have had a busy first day back haven't you!

MrsF - hope you ok - day almost over!

I'm done for the day! Inset days are very boring, when you're not a proper teacher. Most of the day was geared around planning and I don't do that, I just do as I'm told!

Henni, what are you going to do about non-payers then? I'm sure you can appreciate they have to have care, but at the same time, they have to appreciate you don't work for nothing.

Nice to meet you NumberFour. I flit in and out of here from time to time. I was a regular member before April this year. I decided EYFS was not for me. (Can't teach an old CM new tricks!) So, I opted out of CMing and now I'm a supply teacher at a secondary school.

Hi all! Welcome back Looney

Busy day here but were out all morning which was good and kept all children suitably entertained! Staying in this afty as one mindee potty training so is wandering around in pants!!

DD starts school this week! I was ok about it but now I can feel myself getting all emotional about it! She will love it so much though and is exactly what she needs as I only look after little ones at the moment and she is craving company of her own age! And she has an awful attitude right now. I think she is a bit worried about school and taking it out on us! We have talked about it though and hopefully she is feeling better about it now. I think once she has started things might start to improve [wishful thinking emotion]!

Bah - I am having a "day"

Oh and hello to everyone else and welcome to numberfour. Mo' I know what you mean about not recognising people in here anymore as I don't post as much as I used to.

Afternoon all, looney, that sounds like a nightmare morninng but it will get better once you get yourself into a routine. Hope DS1 temp is nothing to worry about - I was only thinking yesterday that once my DDs are back at school and oldest mindees are back at nursery it will be wall - to- wall bugs and colds in the henni household .

Hava a problem with one set of parents who can't afford to pay for their little ones childcare anymore. I don't want to be horrible and refuse care as this is the first time in nearly two yrs that I've had a problem with them but I need to Know when to draw the line? I'm hoping that it's a tempory thing that we can work through.

Helloooooooooooo

Sorry I never sorted those pancakes for whoever asked for them on Friday, I have cakes on the table now though!!!

Gosh, what a shock to the system being back already! Today it's my 9 wk old, mindees 8 months old and 18 months old and my 5 yr old. My baby and younger mindee in tears whenever the other one is, went to group earlier which was ok but heavy carrying a rear facing car seat in each hand! Got home and did cold lunch for ds1 and older mindee, ds1 didn't eat and in fact hasn't eaten all day, been sleepy and now has temp of nearly 102 younger mindee was fed her mush and then my baby was bf then put them down for naps. It was first time younger mindee had been put in cot and went well, just been interupted a couple of times by older mindee once she joined her. At one point I had ALL FOUR asleep at once!!! didn't last long though and only allowed me time for clearing up a bit. Anyway, I'm about to eat and I've just got my baby up now so fingers crossed he'll behave. He doesn't half cry, unlike ds1 - makes it so hard when he wants bf a LOT. He's teething already so a lot is comfort feeding which I must stop!

Anyway, sorry for waffling, just needed to let that all out as I've been quite stressed this morning.

Hope you're all well and hopefully read your messages now before I'm needed!

LT x

Apologies, I should have introduced myself! I am a CM in Surrey with a 3.10year old boy of my own and 5 others on my books. I have been minding for two and a half years and am just about to register at Kingston to do the 6 month EYPS route!

Hope you all have good days today!

Morning all

Welcome back Looney (where are the cakes....it's your turn)

I'm doing last years accounts

I've made a loss

I'm stil here! School starts at 10.30'ish for me this morning. Inset day today and tomorrow. Just thought I'd welcome Looney back into the fold, but tbh, I don't recognise everyone in here anymore anyway! I feel a bit of an intruder! Obviously its only Numberfour that I don't recognise so far this morning!

I've got myself all excited this morning. Got a friend request on FB from an old pal at school. He looks might fine! He was one of my bestest friends back then and a bit of weed iirc! Not now! He's a strapping soldier in Afgan! Better get some decent pics of me on there!

Have a nice day all. Looney don't over do it on your first day, enjoy!