Thursday Staff Room!!

[crace]

Last day to go for me, will be pulling together the kids easter baskets today.

Today is also the BIG DAY for me - we see the consultant at 3pm, and I am nervous as hell

I did an Easter card with my pre-schoolie on Tuesday, but I've only got after-schoolies the rest of the week and tbh, what with after school activities, they haven't been in the house long enough to make anything. One arrived with a box of chocs for me this morning and an egg for DD, so I had to run out and buy some for 2 this afternoon! I forgot!

The works are OK Rose, only the washing machine is plumbed into the extension already, so I've had to do loads today and will be stripping my family of work/school clothes when they walk throught the door! The worse work is yet to come. Once the floor is done, we have a completely blank canvass for the new kitchen. I have had a big range cooker sat here for 2 years waiting to be used! It was a freebie from some rather well off friends, as we'd never be able to afford one! I keep opening the oven doors (yes, there's two!) and gazing longingly!

Ooops! Forgot! News on DB Rose?

POsted on the other thread MO, gotta fly, schoolrun beckons.x

AAARRRGGGHH just had 4 days of utter hell, I can't do this much longer, I have had a terrible time with one mindee so much so that I was shaking with anger when parents picked up said mindee.

Oh dear Henni! Anything we can offer advice on?

Just a quickie to pre-warn you I'll probably be in for a major rant when I get a chance!!! Anyway, good luck crace, keeping fingers crossed for ya!

Off to get soaked on school run. Byeeeeeeeeee

Oh hennipenni you poor thing! Can you work on it or give the family notice??

Rose - ds goes to nursery in an afternoon! Thank goodness! Thinking of your db x

MML will do, hopefully they will be so sick of me phoning they will cave in!

Funny day today three mindees here out of 4 booked, am working 8-1.30, 3-4 and 5-7.

Oh well at least I have that friday feeling a day early!

mumlove - I know what you mean about getting them outdoors, space and fresh air work wonders!

I have old mindee and my neice (go to big school together) coming for the day in 2nd week of easter hols on top of mindees!

Need some ideas for behaviour management? When time out, removing favourite toys, removing treats, making more fuss of,lots of praise for positive behaviour, less fuss of and more fuss of other mindees, star charts with reward, removing from favourite activities, picking my battles and letting the little things go just don't work.

I really am at the end of my tether with this mindee

Kay, I can't afford to give notice as mindees are like hens teeth around here, will have to work on it. With out going into too much detail mindee plays up because older sibling is here as it's our easter holidays.

Hmm - not best for advice given ds behaviour at mo!!

Feel for you, how old is mindee? Have you spoken to parents is there rivalry at home?

Mindee is 3.5 yrs and in my mind should know when any action that the mindee takes physically is going to hurt other mindees (does things on purpose to hurt other mindees), also should know right from wrong and has been with me long enough (18 months) to know what sort of behaviour I will tolerate. Have spoken to parents and we have an understanding that I will phone them to collect if behaviour is unmanageable, however I'm reluctant to do this as I feel that I would fail in my role as CM. Behaviour apparently the same at home, so at least I know it's not down to me being a bad minder.

The thing is that the mindee can and is lovely when sibling not around and too a certain extent when another mindee of the same age isn't here either.

Are the parents giving any indication that they are dealing with it at home? If not, maybe sending him home is the right thing. It could be that they are leaving it up to you to deal with it and they could do with shock tactics that you will carry out your theat of sending him home.

Mo, I think you're more than likely right! All I seem to hear when I've told them about the bad behaviour is "well no treats" but next day mindee will tell me exactly what they've had/been bought etc.

It is hard when we seem to be disciplining a child and all our hard work is undone as soon as child is out of our door.

The problem now is that I'm starting to dread the holidays as all my attention seems directed at this mindee so my own children suffer as a consequence.

If you think about it, you are adopting the same attitude with the parents as they are with the child, in a way. They say no treats, as a threat and clearly don't follow through, you say say removal for bad behaviour and don't follow through. I think the parents need to be taugh a lesson as much as mindee!

Where is BOYSARELIKEBUNNIES!!!!! She NEEDS to check winners corner!!!! I'm getting desparate to congratulate her! I won't tell you what she's won, otherwise it'll spoil it if she sees this post. I'm sure its on the Homepage though, if you're interested!

Off to check winners corner!

Am back, good news girls they moved me to the Friday before - so baby crace will now making it's appearance the 23rd which is a lot better. Phew. Also got to listen to heartbeat which is always nice but freaks my 2 yo dd out She always pets me and says Mummy? in a very concerned voice Bless her. HB was 130 so it might just be that boy...

Annoying thing? It's head down, and facing the right way. Sheesh, typical. Couldn't be transverse or breech or anything "necessary" for a c-section could it!?

Henni, am inclined to agree. He may need that "shock". I think consistent behavioural guidance is the key. Honestly, I would keep removing him from the group over and over and over until he got the message - always reinforced with "we don't do that at henni's house" with an apology. And then whoop up the positive behaviour?

Just a thought?

Oh MY GOOD LORD - BOYSSSSS!!!!! Mo, you are showing much restraint!!

Blahhhhhhh! Think I'm about to get a very unwanted 'visitor' for the easter weekend. Oh goody. Oh well guess its inevitable as most unlikely I was going to get pg this month eh!

Anyway, on to cheerier matters - NO MORE WORK FOR 4 DAYS!! It's going to be so nice having the break with dh and dd.

Good news Crace!

And WOW Boys!!!!

Excellent news Crace and yes the suspense is killing me! She always pops on somewhere every day! Typically, she's adopted the Scarlett Pimpernel approach today!

I wish I had the weekend off! I've got even more crap in my very small sancutary now! I have my feet up on the bloody freezer as we speak! Work starts at 8am so I need to be up, dressed and making sausage & egg McMummys when they arrive!

Yes, I am uber excited about time off - dh just off to the dentist with sore tooth and doesn't intend to do much tomorrow, but that's good. I do.. I have filing and paperwork that I need doing and he's in charge of dd! Believe me, it's a break for me.

LOL Crace, that's exactly how I feel! I would go clean the car or mow the lawn, if I was able to do it in peace, it would be a break!

Get in here and comfort me, god damn you!

Mo and crace, you are both right. As off next time I have mindee I shall be ringing parents to remove if behaviour doesn't improve, I realise that I can't do this any more if it's not followed through.