CM Club - I'm new.........

[madge7]

HI Everyone,

Wow what a great sight, I am so glad I found it, I have learnt so much, including that I have to put CM Club at the start of a thread!!!!! anyway why didnt they recommend this site on the ICP course!??

If anyone can advise on how I advertise in this area, or in general I would really welcome your comments.

I am lucky enough to be minding a ten month old lovely little girl, two days a week at present along with a cute 3 year old boy on a wednesday, although we would like new friends to come and play with us - so vacancies are available....

Besides anyone who perhaps might be interested in that, its nice to see what a great little chat village there is going on here and it would be nice to hear from any local childminders to maybe meet up from time to time and hear from anyone else in this fab world of childminding!

TC

Madge7

Hi there, welcome to MN

I will bump up my advertising tips thread which should be of some use. Sure others will have suggestions too!

Must go as only popped up to get baby from nap so must dash.

hey..so where are you then?

Hi,

In Gosport, Hampshire?

ah, im in teesside so not even close!, but have a look on the cm thread for lsiting childminders, you may find someone closer

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Hi,
Yes husband is Royal Navy

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welcome to MN madge!
may you have many happy hours of sitting at your computer talking to us load of reprebates!!

Hurray, i'm not alone! I am a RAF wife and everywhere I look there are Army wives
We are possibly moving down to Portsmouth this year, 99% certain it will happen, should find out for definate this week!
I will be picking your brains for MQ advice madge, i haven't yet heard a good report about them. DH , if we go will be working at Southwick Park

Shosha, did i read that correctly, did you say i was a Navy wife?
No, my Dh is in the RAF, you know they fly the big planes

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Hi Madge, welcome to the group.
I'm an odd one out, as I'm not a childminder (as my flat is too small), so I nanny instead... I'm also male - though seeing as childcare is still quite a female dominated profession, I find this place great.

I'm not military, but I did work at a Army/RAF playgroup and crèche for several years, and did a lot of private childcare work on MQS.

Nick

Hi, thanks for your messages, in reply to saltire, mq's down here are ok? where will you be looking at living?

Thanks for your message Nick, so, you nanny istead, how cool is that? How does that work then?

Thanks for your messages everyone......it really is v freindly eh!

:-)

Madge

saltire - thats a very looose "ok" - if u kno what i mean....hehehe!!

I'm new too !

Hi Madge 7, I live in Portsmouth and guess what....Navy wifey ! We are soon due to move over to MQ in Fareham though.

Hi Saltire, do you have any idea what MQ you will be moving into ?

I really like this site, have been reading lots and this is my first message, took me a while to buck up the courage. I am currently on the Diploma in Home Based Childcare which is keeping my brain active.

Nice to meet you all, from reading over the past couple of weeks I have learnt alot and had some real giggles so thanks !

Hi, oooh Fareham, thats even nearer - are you a childminder now, what part of the diploma are you on at the mo?

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along with...."were in the same boat"!!! haha
heard em all hehehe!!

Funny. I keep referring to meeting up with people as mustering ! Need to stop that pronto ! I started the course in Jan so at the beginning I guess . I am a childminder although I am on maternity leave at the moment for a couple more months.

To advertise you should contact Portsmouth Chat or maybe Gosport chat ?

Where did you do your ICP ?

Hi Shosha, thanks for the welcome

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oooh dear!! mustering...haha!
Its nice to hear from you, my freind mentioned portsmouth chat, but i cant find it on the net.....? do you know any address etc? Congrats on your bambino..I have no kids yet but love childminding, its good.

I went on the ICP part 1 etc at a school in Fareham, Jan Waterman taught me I think?

Madge :-)

Thats who is teaching this Diploma. I will ask her for you where you should advertise and let you know.

You need to look for the childcare link, I think you would come under the hampshire CIS. Have a look on google. I will try and link it for you.

Where abouts are you, do you go to rhyme time at Gosport library ?

well madge and mattysmummy, we still haven't heard officially that's where we are going, but it probably will be. DH will be working at Southwick Park but i don't think i want to live there, i would like to be near a school. My friends lived at Fareham and she said the MQ's are ok there. Are they big, and are they on quiet roads? Are they within walking distance of schools? I mean generally, not just Fareham. Which is the best area to live in? Another friend was at a place called Rowner and she said the area was rough
DH isn't an officer BTW, so it would be "other" ranks MQ's we would be going into.
And i still seem to be the only RAF wife. no shosha, neither of the two northern bases, we are at the other one. Have been at Lossie though and would go back there tomorrow, loved it

Thanks alot!!! :-)
I have submitted info to hampshire website, i just found portsmouth chat, will have a look to see if its only portsmouth and yes!!! I do go to rhyme time, not this thursday, but next is baby rhyme time, is this week toddler? I take my little baby Betty who i look after on a thursday and friday? Will you be going next week?

I also have started going to storytime for the under fives with a little boy I have on wednesdays, so that will be us there tomorrow too, think its about 2pm.