Kale and peas softly with his song - 10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

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I was actually in tears because I have never seen ds look so miserable.
It was just such a mean,heartless thing to do to exclude a child like that.I dont even know the mother so I dont know what she has against ds.
I dont suppose nursery knew what to do as Mother had obviously turned up at collecting time with them.

It was very hard to know how to go about making ds feel better about what had happened & to try & account for why it had happened

I wonder if it was less sinister than it sounds - of course we have no way of knowing
but it could have been something daft like the mother saying "you can give party bags to 10 friends, choose which ones" and the ds thinking that the mother won't give to the other children as she doesn't like them

still very upsetting and I am not trying to say you should not be bothered by it, but it might not be DELIBERATE if you see what I mean

How horrible Lully. No other word for it really.

at LL's DS' nursery! how awful.

In the past I've just sent ina big batch of fairy cakes, more than enough for all children and staff, so that no-one gets left out. Surely they didn;t have named bags etc?

What with that and Boco's DD's friend's mother I think at least 50% of the world must be quite mad.

Franny DS has had screaming tantrums before bathtime 3 nights running this week. He is also very tired and has had to have a bath every night because he's been filthy from playing ouside at nursery and on the farm yesterday and stuff.

It is hard when they will insist on getting up so early. DS is very variable at the mo - most mornings 6.30, yet occasionally I have to wake him up at about 7.45

Oh no Lully that's horrid. Isn't it surprising how weirdly parents can behave towards other children. Well, I'm quite often surprised.

It's just two mothers and their daughters that we struggle with. The one today, and the one who made the gyppo comment. They're both very controlling and so are their daughters which is the problem.

pops in to applaud thread title

pops out

hmmmmm 12 children in class
11 children out of 12 get a bag

ds standing next to Mother & birthday boy with tears running down his face saying 'Do you think they really have one for me & they are pretending?'

A lot of Mother's looking v uncomfortable & a few children quite upset for him too.

It wasn't great & I had to drag ds away because I didn't know how to handle it really

hold on
Lully - there aren't just 12 children in your ds's class are there? was he the ONLY one left out?

if so I would absolutely go bananas about this
it is completely unacceptable and the teachers need to stop being scaredy cats and say so
they need a policy of treats for all children or none, if people are going to pull this kind of shit
they are responsible for the children's welfare while at nursery - this is not being sufficiently sensitive to the children's well being by any means, to allow this to happen

god sorry cross posts Lully
the penny just dropped
well I would cause havoc

hello Twig!

That's not on at all Lully, that's like birthday table horror all over again - definitely say something, it's just nasty. Poor ds.

gits.

Lully .. sorry to butt in I know this isn't my thread .. but that's appalling

there is no way to make 11 bags apart from on purpose surely .. they come in 6s or 8s and also one makes 12 cupcakes per tray

I would speak to teacher and get them to send a letter home outlining how it is grossly unfair to leave out one child and if they want to bring stuff into school then it must be by the numbers in the class

make it a general letter .. but every single parent will know who it's directed at

your poor DS .. I have never met anyone so heartless .. if you had the guts maybe you could outright ask her why she would be so upsetting?

hello franny .. how's the bump?

agree Twig utterly (which is always gratifying )

it is fine thank you, and large, and scary, and large

and stripy

i feel sick.

Do you think it could be the whole block of sheeps cheese I ate?

Uuuuhhhhhhh. Yuk.

Have to make dinner for DH. maybe he'll settle for fishfingers.

Bang their heads together?

Didn't people stop saying that in the seventies? Ask her if she'd like to come round for some gateaux and tea and the kids can play with Tiny Tears and Scalextric.

The hospital visit was a complete pita, my appointment was an hour and a half late which is never helpful, then she asked me lots of questions and didn't really listen to my answers and then said we better have a look. Then she hmmmmed and aaahhed a lot and said better do that again just to check. Then she said, unfortunately, youu haven't healed properly and we need to get a doctor to give you the treatment.

What treatment, I say wearily? Oh, nothing much, we just have to burn it with a chemical. Oh good, that's just what I've been looking forward to thanks.

Then they chatted a lot about how he delivered a baby the day before in the carpark, there wasn't time to get to delivery he was walking back to his car and someone pulled up and said help and the head was out. I'm sure he was herioc and it was all marvellous but it wasn't the most spectacularly sensitive conversation to have as they cauterised the end of my vagina after a hysterectomy.

Hey ho.

Tuna steak with coriander and lime, herby potatoes, asparagis, salad, mango and wine. Dh has goone out for chocolate.

Do you think they forgot to count him in the numbers, LL?

It sounds awful but I honestly can;t believe someone would be so mean. But then, if she'd forgotten, she would have said something, surely?

Avi, if you are around, I have had the headache on days 1,2,4 & 5 of AF

Am taking the AC faithfully.

I would go and have some acupuncture as I'm sure it would sort ot but it's so expensive

OB I have festival envy...we were going to a local one but now can;t seem to afford even that...

Sorry you have been cut off from humanity - I can;t bear to be stuck in the house for a day let alone several

Hope DD is on the mend.

UR how did you manage to eat 3.5 bananas after all those blueberries

i have eaten 4 satsumas, an apple, mangetouts, carrots, minestrone soup(tomatoes, celery, green pepper, carrot)... what's my point count then?

I agree with Twiglett - it is mean.
And as the other parents wre witness toi some of it, it will have an effect.
You just can't believe soem people.
It is shitty to do that to anyone.

lully, that is truly dreadful, I would make a complaint, they should never have let that happen

Oh no Loopy what a horrible experience.

Will you now need to go for another check up?

MrsC, oh my dear, you poor root vegetable turned south american island you

is it feeling ok now? or is that a spectacularly stupid question?

The juxtaposition of hysterectomy news and tuna steak has helped no end with my sheeps cheese overdose. Am now spluttering and heroically swallowing scalding tea!

My work colleague who I am acting up to cover the next few wks is having the same op on Monday. She is 39. What shall I take her that she'll appreciate that a million other colleagues won't have thought of?

I suspect she'll be inundated with cake.

Tell me bout it FK. Wouldn't have been so bad if DH wasn't on 'enforced' 4 day visit to Kew Gardens followed by 'enforced' end of term drinking competitions. Hmm.

I wasn't joking about having one finger left...

don't think so, unless there's a need to iyswim

Twiglett I am guessing 7? hard to know without portion sizes
but 4 satsumas is 2, apple is 1, handful of veg is 1, big bowl of soup probably 2?
you could have a glass of juice, a banana and some raisins and have cracked it for the day
pink might even give you a sticker