MN Little Italy 17

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Starting schools, North vs South and books ...ci siamo !

Yes, that would've livened up Marx for the masses!

was thinking just the other day what if i took dd to work (DP had to re-schedule hosp apt, only reason I thought about it)... still, I think it was about time big office buildings, especially gov dpt, had on-site creche. I mean, they always go on about being forward thinking...

not muuch advice, I;m afraid... hope the nanny gets better soon...

where's brangelina? she hasn't been around for a while, hope all is ok

, it would have been fun! Actually when I was a university student I'd have been more than happy to look after a lovely baby like yours of r a few hrs!

Yes, posting on the nannies thread sounds like a great idea.

It's late here, I have to go to bed (despite having found lots of clips of quando si ama on you tube... have already emailed dear friend... )

Dream on camo !
Actually I know a person who works for a company in Milan with a great nido aziendale... but there aren't many...

I'm so tired, my emoticons are all over the place

Notte, tutte.

maybe I should do a lynette scavo... if only I was "important"... plus if the country turns blue, I'll probably won't need a nursery as I won't have a job!

(back to quando si ama clips, trisha and trucker & co)

maybe I should do a lynette scavo... if only I was "important"... plus if the country turns blue, I'll probably won't need a nursery as I won't have a job!

(back to quando si ama clips, trisha and trucker & co)

Bucharest how is dd this morning? Penthe what a nightmare. I would definitely post on nanny section and see if anyone has any advice/experience of how to deal with it. Let us know, I hope she's back in today.
LOL at Ikea ruling world, I love Ikea, DP loathes it so we rarely get to go

That's interesting, and quite about IKEA owning all the wood.....do McDonald's own 80% of the cows I wonder? My Mum went to Argentina a few years ago and said Benetton own all the land or sheep or something there....

Dd is down to 38.7 this morning.....Franca, her tonsilitis is bacterial, (apparently, don't know how they decide) and usually she goes from being at death's door to her usual self within 24-36 hrs of taking the first dose....so I'm currently aiming to be back at school on Saturday......but as we haven't yet managed dose 2 of antibs (she's refusing breakfast as she knows afterwards it's meds time) who knows???

Penthe- How is the nanny usually? Do you like her? Or is this the thin end of the wedge? (I find the idea of a grown up being sick in the night a bit if I'm honest....to me that says either 1) she was pissed or 2) trying to think of a one-day-only illness excuse....I shall look forward to seeing what the MN Jury say.....

What did Pippi delete????

Buch I hope dd bounces back asap!

pippi deleted her dd's name.

mmmm it can happen to feel sick in the night. I once got a vomiting bug from dd and spent 7 hrs from midnight to 7 am embraced to the toilet. I vomited 6 times, possibly more ! The next day I was knocked for six...

Yes buch was just my dd's name. I could have left it I suppose, boh. If you wish to know it think of manhattan's director's wife who adopted lots of children.

Penthe your nughtmare day brought back memories. It is horrible, exposed is =exactly what I felt throught the year I worked in between children.
RE nanny, yes you should have a talk. Yes it could be genuine but you need to stress the importance. I'd also suggest you try to find a back up plan as this could/might/will happen more than once. Maybe a babysitter that can be called at last minute? I had to take so many days off because bigpippi was sick, childminder was sick... it was endless. Don't mind to sound negative but that's how it is I am afraid. Also you need a nannie that is flexible and understanding and willing to work with you. My first childminder was not like that and was doing everything by the book so no help at all on special occasions. Second one was much more like a friend and would swap days, keep her if she had mild temp, drop off, have her at weekends etc. A much more viable option.

I know quite a few workplaces with creches...that would be so helpful in keeping women at work imho.

LOL at Ridge! We were a 'Beautiful' family not a 'Quando si ama' one!

It also hard with the first child because one has not got a circle of friends -mums- that can rely upon. Now I'd be in a much better place as I know a few people I could beg them to have miniPippi. Then it was just me and me. Not even DH as god forbid he rarely could take a day off. I felt so ashamed at work I wanted to hide under the carpet. It is very hard to work like this as you constantly feel guilty towards your collegue and do not feel you have got the right to stand up for yourself.
I suppose after a while you get it going again - I never had the time as pg soon after - but the beginning is hard. More so because in your mind you do expect to be able to deliver and work in exactly the same way as you did previously. Maybe after a while you adjust to the new pace and stop asking yourself the impossible. boh again.

for camo Look at jack Forbes in shorts and cannotta, isn't he hilarious !

I much preferred quando si ama to beautiful (though I watched it anyway for quite a long time ) as more things happened during a single episode. It was more similar to latin american telenovas (which I liked a lot - some 0f them )

I think you are so right pippi in your analysis.

I love my morning when miniPippi is in bed and I sit at my desk looking out at the park and MN do the laundry clean the house think intelligent thoughts!

How old is she? Very good if she still has a morning nap !

I've had a very productive morning, which is always good for the mood. I've even made soup! (and found clips of incantesimo 1 on youtube )

1 1/2 franca. She only sleeps in the morning though. Both my dds did the same - back to bed at 10am. Maybe because we wake up at 6.30 and walk all the way to school. It suits me fine as I need this time for myself to organise things. Then in the aft I am all theirs.

Let me go and do smthng as well.

18 months? Already!!!!
Yes it is very comodo when they sleep in the morning. Mine skipped the morning nap at around 12 months, but kept a nap in the early afternoon, say 14-15.30/16.
But then my aim has always been to not have anyone around in the morning before 8 o'clock [evil cackle]

you cannot do such a late aft nap here as they go to bed too early I find and my main aim is to have nobody around after 7.15pm and in the morning when my brain is still disengaged.

lol, you anglophile
I see your point, but 7 pm bedtime has always seemed too early to me (we have dinner together at 7, usually), but most of all both me and dh could never cope with a 6.30 start of the day. So at your dd's age (more or less) bedtime was at 8, all asleep by 8.30.

well yes I have become one. I had lots of argument with dh where I insisted that 7 was too early and 8.30 was better. Truth is we never had time for ourself and normally after 7 I'd had enough of children and was not a nice company for them either. So his way it's much better as we now have the evening for mn roadwars ourselves.

Yes, I can totally see the point of going to bed at 7, especially in a northern countries, with long dark nights... but I was never able to overcome my resistance in eating any earlier than 7.
I know that most british people have different mealtimes, but I've never get used to it, so I've always stuck to 7.30/8 breakfast, mid morning snack, 12 lunch, 16 merenda, 19 dinner...

Ohhh, I love it when they sleep!!! Mine only does lunch nap, but we are up at 730, actually I have to normally get them both up, otherwise there is no movement!!!! With dp i litterally have to kick him out of bed, lazy b.....

mmm, sorry Penthe, very stressfull, I thought the all point of a nanny was to be able to work/live in peace, she should offer maximum protection...dunno, obvioulsy they get ill though. unless she was really chucking it, i would expect her to come in though, good work ethic and all that, and maybe use more the telly to entertain dd, basically do what a normal parent would do if ill with a kid, put the telly on and wait for time to pass....is the nanny otherwise great?

Had a day to myself today, and feel rejuvenated! Havent' moaned to dp. Yet.