Tueday - FLy babystepping keeping the momentum going

[TheMadHouse]

Morning all

Our steps for today are decluttering, which works a treat

you can do anything in 15 mins this really is the core of the fly belief, 15 mins can make a difference.

So to recap we should have routines and be doing them that look something like this

Morning Routine

• Get up and get dressed doing your hair and face
• Looking at your posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
• Reading 2 minutes of reminders
• Recognizing the negative voices and changing them
• Put out your Hot Spots for 2 minutes
• 5 Minute Room Rescue (pick any room in the house) set your timer and go!

Before Bed Routine

• Keep your sink shining
• Lay out your clothes for tomorrow
• Put out your Hot Spot

I got some great things from tickseed.co.uk

but still looking for stuff for DH if anyone can think of some lovely little bits for his stocking?

oooh I'll have a look on there Greyskull thanks

Have a look on menkind.co.uk for pressies...I have bought my DH something from there...it has some good ideas

thanks.. more shopping done

I just found our holepuncher, whilst sorting out the CDS. Some of of the CD covers etc were in the homework cupboard, where I had hidden them in desperation from children last year and the holepuncher was behind them. And I only noticed the CDS because I was sorting out the rice which on the shelf above the homework. Look in the most obvious place for everything, it will be there, albeit concealed.

Done shopping.
Forgot catfood.
Picked up drycleaning.
Put away shopping.

To do
Everything else, and hang up drycleaning.

Agternoon

I've read TMHs op and am surprised to find I have done (most of) it!

I'll do a 15 min session downstairs and then give up and try again tomorrow.

we don't have a £ land or a wilkos

Your list looks great ruby and very cheap! well done you!

Still can't find the hole punch You are right though swan I expect it is somewhere very simple!

OK ladies, whilst I have been cleaning I have been worrying about something I saw whilst dropping DS1 at preschool.

Although we are rural - it is a large school (all the local villages go there), so I have not met many of the mums and we live in a deprived area. I was coming out of the school, when I saw one of the mums hit her little boy so hard that she lifted him off the ground and she swore at him to F*ing hurry up. He didnt cry he just turned round and hit her back. She was not very well dress (shell suit) and I have noticed her before all over a man outside the school gates (Thinking they needed to get a room). It has really upset me and I think that I need to mention it to DS1's teacher, even though he is in another group.

What would you do. I have actually cried whislt tyoping this. Help

Mad - this happened to me when dd1 was at pre-school. I cried on and off for a couple of days. I called nspcc for advce but not to report. They told me to tell preschool, so you would tell school iyswim. If they have any concerns already then this will be added.

I would tell the school, there is nothing to loose. poor child

TMH I agree with Ruby, let someone in a position of 'authority' know. In the light of recent news any childcare practrioner should be on the watch for any child protection issue. {shock] that the kid didn't react in pain to the initial smack tho, seems like he's used to it

I've

Sorted the dry washing
DSone the ironing
Made lunch and scoffed it
Got DS's uniform out for morning
Made tomorrow's lunches
Swept and mopped the kitchen floor
Tidied and mopped the bathroom
Cleaned the bathroom
Clean the loo
Wash the loo brush (ewww!)

I have to grab Ed in 15 so BBL

Thank you ladies. I am going to mention it. It is really hard, as I know behaviour breeds behaviour and children that hit, tend to have been hit.

It is a lovley school, but the area is strange lots of haves and lots of have nots with a great big divide IYKWIM. We live in a nice area with lots of nice houses etc, but not everywhere in its catchment is thus.

Thank you all again

Groucy It was the fact that his only reaction was to smack back that worried me TBH. I have only every hit DS1 twice and I am not proud of it, but his reaction was to cry immeidatly. This poor boys feet lifting off the ground

I am hanging on by the skin of my teeth.

Sink is shiny, kitchen and utility floor swept, then had to go out to a meeting, then came back, did some more work then walked the dog, so nothing else yet.

Looking round me it seems I need to declutter the study so I think I will do that.

It was much easier doing babysteps last time, I wasn't working at the same time!

Had nap. Read your post MadHouse, I've seen someone at our school screaming and hitting their toddler, obviously at the end of their tether. If I was near I tried to say something encouraging to child in that situation, like 'You must be feeling tired out' so that mother twigged I thought she was out of order, but not directly criticising mother. Or next time I saw mother, say something friendly to her so that she was in a better mood and didn't take it out on child. Sounds awful though. I would say something to teacher if you see it happen twice.

i would definbitly say something to school it is not normal for a childs first reaction to hit back imo i need to sort the cubord out i went and walked the dogs then round to my sisters so nothing has been done

Work finished ... tonight I will declutter my kitchen cupboards...

phew. I decided to tell the DS1's teacher, I was almost crying recounting the episode. She told me to always say something. Swanriver I would have said something, but she is always swearing and is with a group that are the same IFKWIM. They ususally stand over the road from the school and only drop off at last minute and are always late to collect.

I know I sound judgey, but no child should be hit like that - they were not even late

I will give both of mine an extra tight cuddle tonight.

I am going to take the set of drawers in DS1's room, which is full of stuff from the spare room. I am also going to sort out the craft chest and transfer it to a unit.

i still need to do the understair sbut i don't want to

How are all the babysteppers getting on?

I've hoovered and cleared the floor evewrywhere except the playroom which looks like a tornado has hit

How are all the babysteppers getting on?

I've hoovered and cleared the floor evewrywhere except the playroom which looks like a tornado has hit

Back from school. All children in tears, over allocation of babybels, fighting and screaming at each other and me. But now they're feeling a bit better. Twins are helping put pre-prepared choc bun mixture in oven.

I'm glad you told teacher.
zaws
Re: BABYSTEPS
I think its important to keep to babysteps, I sort of understand how it takes over otherwise and you become this maniac. when I was sorting CDS, I looked under sofa and saw clouds of dust. I was about to rush to dust and then I realised that was not my original plan. My original plan was to go to shops and do errands. So you have to FOCUS on one project at a time or you go round in circles, spotting more and more problems and become despondent and overtired.

zaws was written by dd aged 6. a mistake.