A new thread for stressedmummy

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Which appointment did you mean?
The one with the SENCO, or the one with the HV?

sorry hun i won't contact you that way again. senco

I spoke to ds's class teacher today & she asked again when we could make it.
I have said that I can do any day next week, so she is going to talk to the SENCO & arrange it.
I know that I am going to end up getting upset.

You don't have to apologise natts.
I actually tried to mail you a picture of my boys, but it failed to send for some reason.

please exuse the ignorance, what is senco all about? love to see pic of boys. i am on my laptop and haven't got acsess to other computer. i will try to upload some pictures of my 2 at some point, and send to you also.

you seem much happier at the mo. are you?

I am a bit better ATM, because H is working until so late & I am trying to avoid asking ds's teacher how he has been at school, because I always end up horribly depressed afterwards.
SENCO is a special educational needs co-ordinator.
I had a meeting with her & ds's teacher a while back & found it hard to fight back the tears.
This is the review type meeting & as I am feeling so much weaker on the emotional front, I know that this time I will end up a complete wreck!
I spoke to my HV today (as her ds had only just given her my message) & she is bringing her diary into school when she picks him up on Thursday, to arrange a time that she can come & see me.

Glad you're a bit better SM. Ds2 has to see a SENCO too on Monday. He went last year and this is an update. He's improved loads but there are still some problems. When they first voiced their concerns at his pre school I thought my stomach had dropped to my feet so I know how you feel even if the problems are different.

It's horrible isn't it?
I just kind of feel that I never hear any positive & with the way I have been feeling recently, I don't feel I can cope with it all.

Awww sorry you feel so bad Is ds better when h isn't around so much. sorry if you've already said.

Don't really know, because he is never not around for a long enough period to be able to tell.
The thing is that I am getting so down lately that I am probably not helping him either.

We all feel like that sometimes. I had mega guilt trip a couple of weeks back because he was so hard to cope with and I felt like cruella de ville I have to keep reminding myself how young he is.

I know. I watch programmes like super nanny & feel I am doing it all wrong.
I even had a MAJOR guilt trip during the last SENCO meeting & started blaming myself as a mother & had to turn my head away at one point, as I thought I was going to cry.

Can almost guarantee that I am going to cry this time.

BTW I AM drinking tonight!

hi stressedmummy, I'm busy working at the moment, but wanted to let you know I am following your thread and thinking of you.

Thanks CQ

Well I'm sure you're not the first mum to cry at these meetings, at least it shows how much you love him.

I know you are probably right.
The thing is, I am one of those people who try thier best to hold it all in, so not to make people feel uncomfortable.
I even managed 12 counselling sessions without having to reach for the tissues, much as it was VERY hard at the time!
I am mortified that I lost control & cried at my friends house the other week.

Don't be mortified, it's best IMO. You shouldn't keep it in. I tend to cry in the bath or sometimes I'll be praying and when I stop my face is wet? Yet I don't know I'm doing it?

I cry privatly as much as possible, even away from H.
When I came home from hospital after having ds2 & things were unbearable, I took myself up to my room & cried for a while & then came down to greet my visitors, saying the birth had given me an eye infection.

Awwww do you think they knew? Are you on any meds? You've probably said but my memory is awful. I take SJW and used to be on ads but find SJW is much better (for me)

Don't know. They have never said anything.
I was on AD's for a while after the birth of ds2 & expect to probably be put back on them after my HV has seen me.

What is SJW???

sorry, it's st john's wort. I'm so down if I forget it for a day or two I use the liquid as it works quicker than tablets.