Chatting and Stepping! Stepping and Chatting! (and the odd rant!)

[carrotsandcelery]

Come inside for a and a and maybe even a if the mood takes you.

A thread for chatter and nonsense

carrots, how are things with DD today?

zoo, I hope you and DP have a nice time this evening.

bessie, how's the first week going?

Hello Cats!

arti, where's the sun?

Hi Scout - how has your day been?

Dd's teacher took her aside and had a chat with her today. I haven't entirely got to the bottom of what was said but hopefully some of it has sunk in. She is, however, refusing to get into the shower just now

Hug those little toddlers tight as, right now, I am missing mine A LOT!!!

Ds is in the bath singing his little heart out

Day has been full of toddler-ness. Poor Toddler, he just doesn't know what's going on with himself. But we went to the park and had a good play on the playground, walk through the park, studied nature and played Pooh Sticks. A couple of his big friends joined us and he was just over the moon. My friend was still at the gate between the car park and park and said she could hear Toddler calling out to his friends. No nap today, but I didn't try/push it given the timings of things. He did mostly okay but I think was too tired to eat his dinner and only wanted cereal (despite the lovely plate of yumminess I prepared for him) and even then didn't eat all of it. He just wanted to sit on my lap and watch tv by the end. Getting him up to bed was rough but bedtime itself was surprisingly easy given how tired he was.

Just off to bed

Will do physio exercises before I go.

Scout: I am glad Toddler had a good time with his "big" friends. They do love playing with older children don't they. Now don't forget it is our turn for the sun tomorrow!!

Carrots: Glad things seem to have settled down a bit with dd and that you had a good shopping trip.

Camper- I hope you had a productive day.

Hello!

I survived 2 days at work - yay! That's enough for now, I'm not going back until next tuesday!

The girls both went off to GPs & nursery/pre-school with no problems, and DD1 has done ALL her wees on the toilet since last friday [proud]

This evening I've even managed to do some detailed cleaning in the bathroom! [showoff]

I am glad it went ok bessie. Well done! I imagine that the first week will be the worst. Dd fell asleep in her supper when I first went back to work after I had her. I basically had to collect her from nursery and put her to bed Dh was still working in London (or further afield) at the time so it was very odd. We soon got into the swing of things. It's great that their GPs help out. That must ease the pressure a bit [hopeful]

I have made my first earrings tonight. They are not highly original or inspired but a girl has to start somewhere I have made a matching set of a memory wire necklace, memory wire bracelet and drop earrings. Do people still wear matching sets these days or is it not the done thing? I know my dsil won't wear matching gloves and scarves

I had a long chat with dd at bedtime today. We didn't chat about yesterday's horror but I wanted to give her plenty of opportunity to chat about anything that might be on her mind. She mainly asked about what made me like pupils at school when I still worked. She obviously feels overlooked by her teacher. She has expressed this before. The teacher does seem to favour the "loveable rascals" more than the "quiet, get on with its" iykwim. It makes me sad that dd, at only 11 yo, has realised this. It is possible that yesterday's incident was an attempt to be noticed and to be a loveable rascal. It doesn't excuse it at all but it does explain the source of her poor choices a bit.

As I have said before, hug your toddlers a bit tighter and enjoy them as I wouldn't be 11 again for any amount of money. Eeeekkk!

Swimming Day, Swimming Day!

Or, as Toddler says "Simming ool day!"

I have lost my voice

Morning ladies!

We had an eventful week! The camper festival we were going to (the whole point of the holiday) was cancelled cus of all the rain, one of the tent poles sheared and had to be taped up, Lol got an ear infection, DH sliced his thumb open on the first day trying to get the electric hook-up to work, and it becamee very apparent very quickly that DH isn't used to being around a toddler 24/7. Bless him, she is just at that age where she is pushing every boundary and every decision and black is white!
Having said all that, we went to some great places and overall the holiday was a success. When we took Lol to the local Minor Injuries they rushed us through as we had a toddler and a baby and then gave Lol a little teddy bear for being so good! We went to a zoo and a play place and a farm and we even got a bit sunburnt on the beach on the Sunday! It can't have been that bad, we're going away next month too!!!

Carrots that sucks. I was often that child that got ignored. Wasn't overly bright, not naughty, just middle-of-the-road got-stuck-in kinda kid. Got to the point where I found out a teacher wasn't reading my work, just giving me a mark. I found out because on one essay I stuck in a completly random sentence about Shakespeare and Hamlet in a biology essay and it didn't get picked up on. Then I essentially copied a friend essay apart fromt he first and last paragraph and ended up with a C while they got a B+. Now that's truley being ignored!!!! Don't let it get that far with your DD. It serriousy knocked me and if she feels the need to act out like this, she is only going to branded as a trouble maker. Hugs for you both!

Hi Camper it's nice to have you back.

Dd's teacher is a really nice person, she just isn't giving the class what they need. She has never taught her age group before and she is clearly struggling. I feel bad for her as well as the class although I am disappointed too, obviously.

We haven't had a parents' evening and I think that is having an impact. By now we would have been in and have pointed out that she feels overlooked etc. The situation means we will have to go in specifically to say this which feels much more aggressive, but that is what I will do if we don't get a letter about parents' evening this week. (In the assumption that I have my voice back).

Poor dd - I am still cross and shocked though too

My voice is returning slightly after some cornflakes. Maybe I just need to eat all day

Is Lol ok now. bessie's dd had an ear infection too. Poor toots.

Morning all
Camper - glad you had a good time despite the rain. I prescribe a fortnight of sole care of a toddler for your DH! that should be kill or cure (but at least he will have a profound respect for you after it!!) LOL about your biology essay too. I used to get annoyed because some other people in my class would "borrow" my homework and copy it and then get better marks than me because their handwriting was neater!

Carrots - I am glad you have been able to get dd to talk and finding out what is bothering her! The more I teach children one to one the more I understand just how hard school can be for them, for a variety of different reasons. It is so important that they get support and are heard by parents and/or significant others! Hope you get it sorted out anyway. YY to eating all day. Chocolate is particularly good if you have lost your voice!

It is raining here this morning. Looks at Scout.

Camper I am really shocked by your school experience. I used to teach Secondary and I used to read every essay very carefully. It took me ages. I tried really hard to notice the quiet hard workers because I was one when I was at school too. Teachers are sometimes in impossible situations though if they are given too much to do and too many tricky children to tackle all at the same time.

I put my all into it and I think that is why I burnt out. I suspect there are a lot of teachers out there who should have changed careers or taken sabbaticals.

arti rejoice in your rain. We have rain, sleet and snow and the snow is lying on the high ground. Please tell me someone is enjoying the sunshine [hopeful]

Just popping in to say "hi". Hope everyone is o.k. I haven't had chance to read back through the thread.

As you may have noticed I haven't been around much. I just feel I need to give myself a bit of time to get better.
Going through a rough patch but nothing new there! Hopefully I will return one day with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

DD also likes to play games on the computer lately so that gives me less time to MN.

We have rain carrots

Pants to all this rain!

Someone please boot me off to do the ironing. I don't have much and it would be great to do it and have it out of the way.

Ta Da:
Ironing done

is this kids clutterbusting article of interest to anyone?

We don't have rain but we don't have sun, either. It's a bit overcast and bluergh out.

thought I would pop in again. I have a very tired DD sat on my lap. She woke up About 4 times last night so I am hoping she will nap today.

I just found out Toddler's Godfather and his wife (the "unofficial" Godmother) are expecting a baby. I'm so excited for them!!!

Awww! New babies! That is lovely news for you Scout

They are lovely people and I think very highly of them. I'm so excited for them!

It's not even me and they live down near my PiL (TS's Godfather and MrScout have been friends since they were about 5, if not before because their older sisters are friends) so it's not like I can pop over easily for new baby cuddles. But they are lovely and I think they'll be wonderful parents.

SiL is going to be induced next week. Friend who I gave all of Toddler's new baby clothes to is due next week. Another friend told me earlier in the week she's excepting in January. But it's Toddler's Godfather's baby I'm excited about!

A friend of mine is due a baby in October. She has one son already but I didn't expect her to have another so I was very excited for her when she told me. It will mean interesting times for her as she is the major wage earner and they live in a very expensive area (Edinburgh) so I don't know exactly what they will do. I know this is something they have wanted for a long time though so I am for them.