Thread #3. Fed Up With Being Chief Cook And Bottle Washer. Sunscreen.

[Solo]

Oh no Flowers it'll be 5 blouses, 1 skirt, 1 jumper, 1 blazer all PE kit and 1 pair of trainers. There are 2 compulsory bags that total £53 though! Disgusting.

I really overdid it with ds silly me and ended up spending over £200 Solo. I learnt my lesson! You might find 2 skirts and 4 blouses would be ok. You can wash midweek. But you have had two children now so who am I to talk. You may not like doing a midweek load.

There is only two of us living in this house and we always get more washing on the line than either of the neighbours. One is an elderly couple and one has a disabled adult son. I think children need lots of washing getting done so it would seem!

Hi .
I've got DS's secondary uniform "event" next week. Might just buy two of everything. I'm not convinced he's going to stay there for long. School isn't great and there's a nicer up and coming one I think he'd do better at.

A midweek wash load you say? How is it I do a load every day for just two of us? Never ending.

Well there is definitely more washing since this heatwave!

I don't tend to wash mid-week and definitely not small loads.

As it happens, I've got 2 kilts (store is doing clearance so, very cheap!) and 1 jumper (miles too big but, she'll grow) and socks x 5prs. I'll be getting 5 blouses and 1 blazer and 1 PE kit and tracksuit. I'll also get a jumper that fits better. And the bags . Some of it will wait a few months until it's necessary though. I got a bargain with the kilts (2 sizes) and jumper though.

Hello,

Please can I join? Lone parent from pregnancy and the father has ignored me.

I have a great relationship with my Mum and whilst it's not conventional she's just moved in with us and we are due to move to our dream house on August 1st.

I'm mostly happy but I do struggle with the pace of things. I am so BORED of playing with a two year old and I feel awful saying that...

Mothers guilt eats away at me all the time. I know I'm a good Mum but say I say no to DD to playing and she tries a tantrum, and I'm doing something or getting a 5 minute break etc I'll then think about that for days and say "your a shit mum and stand offish."

Does anyone else have these thoughts?

How much do you play with your kids for those who have young ones?

Also I can't see me ever meeting anyone, I just don't come across people in my lifestyle and don't want to put myself out there really... past relationships have been with idiots so I'm not keen anyways.

God knows how I'll deal with explaining the inevitable questions to my poor DD though she's amazing and deserves the world and more really.

Xx

Hi Nofilter and welcome :)
Congratulations on your move! That must feel great :). I don't think I played enough with my Dd when she was little; I certainly didn't read to her much. I did all of those things and more and worked full time. And yes, the guilt at every decision...it does play on my mind for ages afterwards but, what can you do...
My laptop keeps crashing which is why I'm cutting my post short. Another problem to add to my life...

:)

How is everyone?

We moved into our new house it's amazing! We've horses on the property and I'm getting quality time with DD - hard work but worth it!!

Hi Nofilter Wow! That sounds fantastic! Good for you :).

I'm feeling a bit lost at the moment with a few things. I had a date almost 4 weeks ago; we got on well and said we'll meet again but, I'm just not sure really. We text every day. He's very much "your child comes first" which is of course, lovely. I think I'm just so out of practice with men and dating and all...I've been on my own for a decade! So, it's very hard to think in any other style!

I prefer single to be honest. I got rid of my platonic friend. I couldn't see the point. I like my own company!

I do have other friends although not many to chat with. I think I just get easily bored ....

Meanwhile a guy I never got round to meeting reappeared then he promptly vanished!

Still as it is only a matter of time before I got bored with him what does it matter!

You can't beat your own company you really can't lol.

Meanwhile 13 year old ds is developing into a real 'sloth' and lazying about at home a lot over the holidays.

Although he does go out with friends here and there lol.

Just a quick hello and how are you all? Is this thread dying?

Yes it has gone awfully quiet Solo how is the man going lol.

Very, very quiet...

Nothing doing with the man. Haven't seen him since the first date but, we WhatsApp regularly and now he's away for around 9 months abroad.

The ex (Dd's father) is being a pain in the neck.

Off to work shortly.

Oh the joys it turns out ds has worms and has been keeping it from me. According to online it is very contagious. I am not aware I have any symptoms whatsoever but we are both going to eat a clove of garlic every evening chopped on a piece of bread and butter. I know ds struggles to swallow tablets and the medicine you get for it makes me terribly ill as it is the same group as thrush medicine and that always makes me ill for weeks.

So after the dentist we are chopping a clove and starting our regime. I guess it make take a few weeks! Lucky us mmmmm. Although it says online the garlic makes it go very quickly...

Having researched the matter further ds needs to take homoeopathic cina 30 for it for five days and it is coming in the post. Garlic just on its own won't be sufficient.

Got to blitz clean the house and have already made a start.

Hope I am not boring anybody! I haven't caught it but I take acidopholus and digestive enzymes which I am sure keeps lots of things at bay. I am eating a garlic sandwich daily for a month though just in case lol.

I didn't know that you could treat worms with garlic! Interesting!

It tasted horrid we gave up on that. Ds is having homoeopathic but if it isn't gone in a week will go to the pharmacist. Apparently medication can be in liquid form as he won't swallow tablets.

I think because I take digestive enzymes I do not have this ailment! Phew ..

Yes, you can get kid stuff in powder form that you add liquid to. I remember raspberry flavour as a kid.

How's it all going?

Worms on the mend Solo!

Ds behaving nasty. Rude obnoxious. So I removed his ps4 for the evening and will only talk when necessary for a week. To lie low and he notices he has upset me. It even got me in tears last night the first time ever.

Hope everyone else brings some news too. I don't like to monopolise the thread!

Kids are a PITA! My Dd is so much more rude to me since starting a senior school.
You aren't monopolising the thread at all :)

Anyone around, still? Or is it time to let the thread die?