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MN Christian Prayer Thread - Dippy's Back! Prayers for New Beginnings as a New Academic Year Commences ......

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CaptainDippy · 25/08/2011 08:27

I know I would appreciate prayers as I face the prospect that the Littlest Dippy starts school in a few short weeks (w/c 12th Sept to be precise). Feeling a little wobbly to say the least ......

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blackeyedsusan · 19/09/2011 07:49

ds is off to nurrsery.... eeek

DutchOma · 19/09/2011 10:52

Dgrands has gone off to school with his hands over his ears as there is too much noise. I do so hope he is not in for fourteen years of misery...

Bluetinkerbell · 19/09/2011 21:22

BES how did your DS's day at nursery go? He is probably exhausted!

DO how was Dgrands' day?

Prayers for everyone who needs it!

blackeyedsusan · 19/09/2011 22:55

he is a blackeyed boy with bags under his eyes, but would he go to sleep, would he 'eck!

h came for his first day (a grand total of one hour in nursery) so we dropped him off, and went to have coffee for a few minutes before collecting him and taking him out to lunch. we all came home whilst ds had a short nap before turning out to collect dd from school, then going into town for school shoes and fresh conkers (dropping at our feet)

I am off to bed as I am living up to my name with these suitcases bags under my eyes.

blackeyedsusan · 20/09/2011 08:04

dd is off school with a temperature and cough. i have to take her along to nursery with ds though. she is too poorly for school, but not so ill to keep ds off school.

do how did dgs get on?

amberlight · 20/09/2011 08:24

Prayers continuing, especially for dc who are unwell or not coping at school...

Here, still doing ok after operation, but battling silly cough virus now.

DutchOma · 20/09/2011 08:59

I didn't hear about dgs, so he probably got on alright. Dd is going to take him to GP though to have his hearing tested, but couldn't get an after school appointment on a Monday (her day off from work) until 10th October.

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CaptainDippy · 20/09/2011 11:07

Popping by to say hello

Lots of prayers for dear Caz - praying that little one stays in. She must be so frightened right now. xxx

Prayers fory our DD's friend E Mary, so Are they force feeding her this time yet?

Prayers for your mum's heart, MDH. Does she have Atrial Fibrillation? My Foster Mum has it and it makes her so exhausted Prayers it can get back into rhythm normally without intervention. xx

All ok, here DD3 has 1st full day at school yesterday and seemed ok, even if she won't talk about it.

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blackeyedsusan · 20/09/2011 14:13

blu, haave you heard anymore about caz? how are you getting on?

Bluetinkerbell · 20/09/2011 14:29

ooh sorry yes I have! Yesterday she posted to say they are fine but very anxious! If everything goes smoothly she will be induced in 3 weeks time! She will be kept in hospital this week and be monitored very closely. If all ok, she can go home next week with still daily monitoring!
So keep on praying!

I'm ok today, keep getting side-tracked though! (the school PTFA just asked me whether I would like to sell my home-made scrubs and lotions, so now I'm browsing internet instead of working)

MaryBS · 20/09/2011 15:12

Thanks Blue for the update! We've been praying for her at Morning Prayer.

SweetestThing · 20/09/2011 16:10

Praying for Caz especially - glad that little one seems to be staying put.

Would appreciate prayers for a friend of ours who collapsed and is in a coma in hospital in Spain. His wife and daughters are out there with him but we don't know any more than that. He had CPR for 40 minutes (luckily there was a doctor in the hotel) before the medics arrived. As you can imagine, his family is beside themselves and would appreciate any prayers.

We took our DS off to uni on Saturday - sad mum emoticon.

mufti · 20/09/2011 16:52

i applied for a job last week, it was only a relief post, applications closed thurs pm, heard nothing. yet
i am very experienced for this, not knowing is unsettling me somewhat.

PositiveAttitude · 20/09/2011 17:08

Hi everyone. I have been lurking and praying, just not posting a lot recently.

Prayers especially for Caz, Sweetest and Amber.

Any news on how Jently is doing? Prayers continuing for her, too.

I would appreciate some prayers here.

Postponed interview is now next Tuesday.
DD2 is going off for her gap year with XLP on Saturday and we have just found out she wont know where she will be living for the year until after her first week induction. We had been hoping to meet the family who she will be living with for the year. I am apprehensive about not meeting them and just having to say goodbye to her with all her worldly goods and no-where to stay!

many thanks,

gingercurl · 20/09/2011 20:11

Have been lurking a praying for a couple of days.
I hope DS settles in school soon. He's started kicking, hitting, biting and spitting at us during the last few days. I don't recognise him anymore. Where has my happy, gentle, curious, funny, singing little boy gone? I'm told to accept this as being "normal". The way I see it, it's only "normal" in the sense that it is a normal reaction to a situation that they can't handle, but then I get told that I am over-protective.

blackeyedsusan · 20/09/2011 23:00

ginger, it is normal to react badly to school, honest.I spoke to lots of parents when dd started, most said that their child was absolutely awful when they started school. school and nursery both said that it is normal for them to be tired and stroppy when they start. dd reverted to toddler behaviourr and I have a feeling ds will be appalling.

he is tired and just had enough of being good all day,i have had children just lay down on the floor and go to sleep in the classroom. he has had to learn a lot in the last few days and it is hard work. he has had to learn where things are and what he is allowed to do when. he has had to learn to stop playing in the middle of his game or tidy up his half finished model becaause it is time to do something else. he has had to learn to share with an awful lot more people than at home and nursery. he has had to learn where to go to the loo, when he can go where to wash his hands, whether to line up for lunch straight after or back to the claassroom or maybe straight out to play. he has had to learn where to put his coat, his bag, his pe kit, his water bottle, his book folder, his lunch or his dinner money. he has had to negotiate the big playground, where is he allowed to play, where he should line up, what should he do when the whistle/bell goes. what are the names of the mid-days/other teachers. then there is lunch times and assemblies, all with massive aamount to take on board, and if he forgets it he may get in trouble (even if that is only a reminder from the teacher) it is hardly surprising that he is having melt down after school with all that to take on board.

howeverr, you are not overr protective to try and want to sort this. what was he like as a toddler? was he a biter/kicker/spitter then? can you give him ealierr nights forr a bit. do you give him something to eat the second he walks out of the school door on the way home? can you talk about some of the things that may be worrying him.. toilets/big playground/eating his lunch in time/assembly. can you talk to the teacher about how he is settling in at school? have other children been told off for things and is he now worried that he might get told off? how old is he? if he is summerborn he is going to struggle more than some of the others.

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CaptainDippy · 21/09/2011 10:43

Morning

Prayers for your friend in Spain, SweetestThing - do update when you can xx

Hoep you get the job mufti xx

Praying lots xx

Thank you for the update on Caz, Blu So glad she will probably be going home soon. xx

Jently is doing ok - good days, bad days, as you can imagine. She is staying strong for her little one and is an amazing lady I've just sent a load of out-grown girls stuff to her from my DDs to her little DD

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blackeyedsusan · 21/09/2011 16:04

day 3 nursery. he cried, "only for half an hour" ( only? ) and in temper mainly according to the teacher. (only and half an hour don't seem to go together, but hey) probably because i would not let him wear his too small shoes. .. and after he had a strop because his conkers were not on the basin and because I put him in the bath, washed his face and hair and got him out of the bath and something else to do with conkers..and a bit of a cuddle, he asked to go back to nurserry.

I have discovered something, it is a lot less stressful to leave a crying child at nurrsery than it is to teach a crying child. by the time I was half way up the drive and could no longer hear him, i was fine. I think it helps that dd went to the nursery and i have confidence in the staff, especially the nurserynurse who was there when dd went. also have confidence that most children settle down verry quickly having been on the other side. and it is nursery so it is not that long. I suspect if it was an unknown school/teacher i would be more worried, and there is more things to cope with in school. think I was more worried for dd even though she didn't cry because it was a new school.

gc, how did ds get on today?

blackeyedsusan · 21/09/2011 17:48

wow! tea and cakes you made the classics with your wifi thread.

thejaffacakesareonme · 21/09/2011 18:55

Lurking and praying for all, especially Caz.

gingercurl · 21/09/2011 19:09

bes, I've pm-ed you. (Don't want to hijack thread. )

Teaandcakeplease · 21/09/2011 19:39

BES

DD is going to bed at 6pm since she began reception full time. She's exhausted and a bit of cbeebies is all she can manage after school. She's too tired to finish tea at night. Luckily she's having school meals. So she is eating a good lunch.

amberlight · 22/09/2011 09:24

Prayers aplenty for all.

Results day to find out if I need another operation...

MaryBS · 22/09/2011 09:50

Prayers Amber.

Just wanted to share something. Something happened at cubs last night, with DS, and I got an email about it today. It really upset me, probably more than it should have, but it was yet another time when DS hasn't behaved in an age appropriate manner. I went to church as usual, no-one else there. Cried a bit, then wandered around the church. Paused by the piano, which had a piece of music on "Sing it in the valleys", and I started singing it. Then I noticed a post-it note on the floor by the lectern. It was tucked away and you could only see it if you stood in a specific spot, near the piano. God only knows how it got there, as last time I'd seen that particular note was several weeks ago, and it had been in my pocket. It was to me, from a member of our church, after I'd helped her, and it was a few bible verses. I read them, and it was like God was speaking to me, through those verses. It didn't totally fix things, but it did make me aware of God's presence in our lives :)

amberlight · 22/09/2011 14:19

Wheeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! Surgeon very happy and confirms that it's totally gone!!! Still got to have the radiotherapy and herceptin etc but goodness me what a relief. Huge Huge thanks to everyone who's prayed....

xxxxxx

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