OK The boys start back at School on Monday, so who is up for a Baby Fly thread

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But rather than a one a day baby step, we do a two a day one.

I need to get back on top of things, plus I will be on my own for the first time in over 5 years.

I have no experience at all of dyslexia - but I think I would be glad that the specialist tutor has picked up on it - even if there's no official diagnosis yet.

I strongly suspect that my DH and a couple of his siblings have some sort of dyslexia - but being at school in the 70s and 80s was bad - people were just not clued up enough about it and some schools aren't to this day. I wonder if they would get a different schooling today?

Also, my cousin's teacher suspected he had a few difficulties - he was very slow in finishing anything and his brilliant teacher followed this up. He had some special glasses made, like your sister, KAQ, and his reading improved hugely. There were other problems but now they've been addressed he's doing really well with the right support, he even came top in his class for his Latin exam - something that, a few years ago, no one would have thought possible.

I suppose waiting until kids are 7 makes sense in a way. I know on the continent, schools don't start teaching kids to read and write until then and the same is true of Steiner schools (we looked into them for our DCS). I was also talking to a teacher friend the other day and she said that teaching 7 year olds (so that's year 2, isn't it?) is the best job as that's when things seem to 'click' for kids and they come into their own. So maybe that's why 'specialists' are reluctant to label kids before that.

I could be talking rubbish, though, sorry if I am. I do hope things get sorted for your DD, MeMudmagnet. As fraught as looking after babies can be, nothing prepared me for the daily anxieties that school brings.

Thank you both for all your suggestions and offers to help.

Funnily enough, I used to live in Sussex (near Brighton) and now I live in Norfolk (near Norwich)!

DH has been an absolute star today (well, he always is, really) and he's blitzed the lounge, the dining room and the kitchen, and hoovered downstairs, the stairs and the landing.

I could ask family I suppose, but sometimes I find that a hindrance - they ask a lot of questions about what to do with things and where to put things and I feel I may as well do it myself, because I'm not left to get on with my own stuff.

I think I can do it too, but I need to do smaller chunks more frequently rather than a huge blitz and then wearing myself out for a few days.

Today, I'd like to:

Clean the bathroom
Sort out the clean washing
2 or 3 loads of washing.
Sort out dining room hotspot
attempt bedside drawers (yuck!)
Clean out rabbits

I think that might be manageable today.

HaHa!!! guess where in Norfolk I live thereis??? Shout fruitshoot out the window and I'll see if I can hear you!!! LOL!

I also just came across a thread by pixieonaleaf, she's moving to norwich! I'm starting to think they should do the MN meet uo here!

I'm glad your DH has been blitzing! Mines been renovating today. I've managed almost all the chores I wanted done today, and I have a list ready for tomorrow!

memudmagnet, the earlier things like dyslexia are diagnosed the better, so its good you are ahead of the game in that respect! Hope it works out well for your dd

night all I'm too tired to type

Doesn't Pixie have 5 children? Or am I thinking of someone else? And if she is who I'm thinking of, I think she has a DD called Romilly and we have one too!! Next time I go to Norwich I shall be wondering if I've seen you!! X

Hiya, yes she does have 5, look her thread is here

You probably have seen me - biggest village in norfolk and all that!

I drive an erm.... unusual vehicle so I do get spotted quite a lot actually.

Trouble is I don't often recognise the people hooting at me, so when people hoot I wave, then it turns out I have just cut someone up!! Dp borrowed my wheels the other day to pick up the kids and in 5 miles got 4 hoots he says he doesn't know how I stand it!

Today I must...

Put away clothes
Change beds
clean buggy
Put in winter bedding plants (before they go droopy!)

I wonder if I'll actually manage it???

Does it begin with W? Funny pronunciation if you're not 'local'?

So DH has continued to be a star and our bedroom looks like a bedroom should. Still needs work - but it look achievable now.

I've sorted out the washing (clean) and it's all been put away.
I descaled the toilet

Still need to do loads more washing (as ever)
Spellings with DD1
Hotspots
tackle the bedside cupboard...

Before bed, I will:

do packed lunch
sort out a week's worth of school uniforms
leave kitchen how I'd like to find it in the morning.
Set breakfast table (I know, steady on!)
give 'utility' the once over - it tends to get over-run with recycling - drives me mad.

Thereis, "Does it begin with W? Funny pronunciation if you're not 'local'?"

you have completely lost me!

Just wondering what the name of the village is - it made sense in my head, honestly!!

Probably should've said funny spelling, difficult to pronounce if you're not local.

Ah! you mean wymondham!! LOL! not Happisburgh either!!! I'm just outside the ring road in Norwich. Gets noisy round here, but it gives the kids lots of things to point at!

Yep - I meant Wymondham (where I live).

I was telling DH that there are only 3 of us left on here and he wondered if it meant that the others who started on here became really organised and didn't need the support of the thread anymore, or if it meant that they lost their motivation altogether.

I suppose it could be either!!

I can't believe it's Monday again tomorrow.

Still - one last week and then half term - I love school holidays!

This is all a bit odd isn't it!
Thereisalight used to live in Sussex,just outside Brighton...I live about 30mins from Brighton...

We were in Norfolk on holiday this summer, if we'd have known, we could have had a get together

Not done bad today,

Cleaned out rabbits with dd's
Cleaned out Hamster with dd2
Helped dd2 with homework, spellings etc
Nagged dd1 to finish her homework
2 wash loads done and out
Tax return done!!!!
Hoovered downstairs

Must now put away all the washing, get ready for tomorrow, have a glass of wine.

I feel this coming week will be a good one for all 3 of us.

Tomorrow I'm getting my hair done, and will have a fair bit of work to do. But I'm going to try and get things fairly clear and straightish tonight, then give each room a quick once over tomorrow.

I love school holiday too. We are going away with some friends for half term, so I won't be mnetting.
You better both be here when I get back though!
I know we've all of us been having our blips, but I do thinks this is helping...

It is weird - I used to live in Portslade - I loved it down there - left to live with boyfriend (now DH) in Sheffield - so that was a bit of a culture shock!! But then we moved to Norfolk as all our family is here - we grew up and went to school together in West Norfolk.

I think it is helping - it's good to know that everyone has blips - before I found this thread, I thought I was a bit hopeless and would really feel negative about stuff if I let things go, but now I can see that it's 'normal' to have good days and bad days and it doesn't mean I'm hopeless at all.

We'll be here when you get back. Going anywhere nice?

And hooray for getting the tax return done!

Hello - hope all's well with you, two!

So today I have done the following:

DD1 up and ready for school (DH going in at lunchtime ? doing an evening so home at 11)
School run (including ?park and stride? part of jambusters week)
Breakfast for all DCs
Packed Lunch for DD1
Folded and put away clean laundry
Dried another load
Put another load in
phoned for repeat prescription (gaviscon!)
phoned for Midwife appointment
Collect DD1 from school (park and stride)
Dinner for this evening

So before I collapse, I want to:

Give bathroom the once over
Give kitchen the once over
Clear dining room table (hotspot!)
Sort out clothes for tomorrow (mine and DC?s)
Put together most of packed lunch (apart from sandwiches ? I have a thing about sandwiches being soggy)
Sweep kitchen floor
Straighten lounge
Shine sink

Wow well done!

Today I did:

Got up early with dd1 to help her finish putting a project together (she ran out of steam last night)
DC's bedding in the wash
Cleared kitchen worktops
Emptied and refilled dishwasher
Took dd2 to tutor, then home to make packed lunch, then to school
Walked dog
Hair appointment, cut & coloured so took ages
PTA work
Work work (but not much)
Neatened lounge

Now I need to:

Make dinner
Finish drying bedding
Put DC's beds back together
Do a bit more work

True to form, I collapsed before I did any of the things I wanted to so before bed. Oh well, there's always tomorrow!

Hardly surprising you conked out, that was a pretty long list for the day!

KAQ - Are you alright?

Got a load of work done today for an event on Saturday, so house is a tip
I just can't get the balance right.

And if one more person tells me it must be nice to be at home all day, they'll get my death glare......bastards.....

I know! When will I learn to write a small, manageable and realistic list?!!

Yes, I hope you're OK, KAQ...?

Are you practising your death glare??! That's funny - I like the way people assume if you don't 'work', you sit at home, watching daytime tv, wearing fluffy slippers and baking cakes. Chance would be a fine thing!!

x

Sounds to me as tho you are both doing brilliantly :O)

I feel like crap, BUT!!! Yesterday in amongst various disasters including ds1 (who is potty training) weeing into a stitch line on the leather sofa ( it was dripping out of the bottom having gone through all the layers of foam....) I had one piece of fab news! I don't need to do my tax return! :) My accountant from last year is doing it FOC, because it should have been finalised by them! really wish I'd gone in to see them months ago! Just got to drop all the stuff off tomorrow and thats it :)

Tomorrow I'm having a day at home! Hopefully I can catch up on all the bits and pieces that are out of place and get straight again. Lots of washing to do tomorrow too :( only did 1 load 2day so I'm behind!

Can't believe how close we've all been to each other in the past few months!

Oh dear, you're still not well!
Have you been to the doctor?

Shame about your sofa, but toddler wee is fairly harmless stuff, just as well really.

Great news about the tax return though, What a relief!

I finally managed to get my washing off the line today. It's been out about 3 days. Everytime it was nearly dry, it rained again.
Time to start using the dryer again I think.

I've managed to roughly get on top of things today. Still really busy with work till Saturday, but;

Got the kitchen clear.
Washing put away
Living room stayed straight

Need to;

Hoover everywhere (the dog hair tumble weed is back!)
Clean bathrooms
Could also do with hoovering out the car before we go away on Monday.

The anti clutter clear outs will have to be put on hold.

Well, today - I did all my jobs and the house is perfect and so I stayed in wearing and apron and fluffy slippers and baked cakes, smiling serenely at the children while listening to something worthy on the wireless.

Yeah. Right.

It looks like a bomb's gone off and I'm only now getting round to tackling anything and it smells of cat poo.

And I've got heartburn.

How long have you been feeling poorly for now, KAQ?

Hiya, This time round its been since the 11th oct. ~I keep getting ill. I don't usually get ill at all and for months now its been one thing after another. I've got an appt with the GP for next Thursday and I've been dosing myself up with vitamins and iron. I'm ridiculously pale with black bags under my eyes.

I've been crap today with the house too.

My lovely friend arived to watch the boys while I ran to the school for parents assembly and when I got back she'd done the dishwasher and cleaned the kitchen, how lovely is she??

Admittedly I've done the same for her before, but I think she was a bit shocked at the state of the place.

Dp has straightened the dining room, cleaned up the lounge and set off the dishwasher.

All I've managed today is to change the kids beds, do 1 washload and scare myself on google :)

Sory to hear about the heartburn and cat poo smell! :(

Loving the witchy witches tho! [hgrin]