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mixedmamameansbusiness · 03/03/2011 12:59

It was getting desperate and since MrsMCJnr suggestion came in last and I was being lazy I just went for that - hope that is ok.

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simpson · 15/07/2011 00:02

funnily enough she has had loads of attention today and has not done it as much Hmm

Also the threat of me cancelling dance class if she is naughty has helped!!

She said goodbye to her keyworker at nursery yesterday Sad although this was the "teacher" that she hit Blush Blush

She is leaving her nursery next fri She has been there for 18mths. Her keyworker is now on holiday so she will not see her again.

latrucha · 15/07/2011 08:04

Ah, it's an emotional moment, Simpson. They gave us a memento book which was nice.

simpson · 15/07/2011 08:22

they are writing a "report" for M which I will get on friday, goodness knows what it will have in it as her behaviour is not the best sometimes!!

LuckySalem · 16/07/2011 19:55

Just a quick hello,

I'm sorry that I've not really kept in touch. I really am.

Speak to you all soon

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mixedmamameansbusiness · 18/07/2011 13:18

Just popping on to say have sorted the fancy dress for Wedn.

He is going to wear his suit from BIL wedding cravat and all and I need to find a suitable stick of some kind and ta da we have ourselves a conductor..

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Fillybuster · 18/07/2011 18:13

MM - can you wrap a length of garden cane in black tape? then just some white masking tape on top and bottom and you are sorted. or you could add a cape (large black scarf thing tied around shoulders would do it) and make him into a magician?

3 year olds....sigh....why is everything such a drama at the moment? Tamara swings between being totally wonderful/delightful/sunny to being in floods of tears at the smallest thing. Excuse me whilst I scream....

simpson · 18/07/2011 20:46

M has decided she doesn't like her name anymore and now wants to be called Cheryl Hmm

JustKeepSwimming · 18/07/2011 21:06

PMSL Simps!

Conductor's stick more tapered than a magician's

All good here, not finding much time to get on laptop as much for some reason Hmm

T is 2 weeks into his sch holidays already and whilst I don't want to be one of those parents who hates sch holidays as i like spending time with my DC, I can see why 5 year olds go to school

H had his end of year assembly today, too cute, he was a chicken! Well really his little class sat on a bench whilst dressed up and their teacher sang :)
Got to show his classroom to T though which T wanted. And M behaved herself :)

H crashed out on the sofa straight after sch though so think he was worn out, only slightly later to bed tonight though, fingers crossed for tomorrow morning - he has been more on a 6-ish timescale than 5 recently.

AIming for an early night, so best make a move :)

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mixedmamameansbusiness · 19/07/2011 11:55

I just found an old aerial from a stereo.. he will love that it goes up and down. He has no idea what the stick is supposed to look like- he actually made one with a bit of wood and some screws at school yesterday but it looks quite dangerous.

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latrucha · 22/07/2011 13:03

Fell off the end here. Back later.

latrucha · 24/07/2011 21:54

Any ideas here would be appreciated. Smile

madmouse · 26/07/2011 11:33

LaTrucha I seem to remember that you had really bad sickness with S? Can you offer some advice here?

latrucha · 26/07/2011 21:52

Can I ask, who here did any shouting today? I did, just at the end. We made it up but just wondered if I was the only one?

JustKeepSwimming · 26/07/2011 22:01

Lol LaT - i'd love to sound all virtuous and say i didn't shout at a single DC today but....DS1 is away with PIL, DS2 spent most of the day with DH and M doesn't deserve shouting at just yet! SO not as virtuous as it sounds.
T does normally get me going, H is just behind the curve though he does get shouted at occasionally. So give it time....Grin

latrucha · 26/07/2011 22:12

S is adorable but everything has to be so perfect: every tiny spill of food on the table has to be cleaned immediately, the tap has to have the right amount of water coming out of it to wash her hands, all her cutlery has to match and be shining, the zips on my changing bag have to be done up, no clothes must ever have a mark on them. She's prefectly happy otherwise but she is just so eagle-eyed and has strong ideas about the best way to do things, so thinks they have to be done like that every time. I'm much more easy-going so it's something of a personality clash, I suppose.

Ususally I take it in my stride, but at bedtime when she came to me for the fifth time needing some minoar alteration while washing her hands (which she usually does very well on her own) I just couldn't take anymore and turned into 'Just wash your hands, it doesn't have to be perfect, it's not that hard' etc etc shouty mode and did everything for her (which she finds deeply insulting). I almost put her to bed with no story, song etc but we have such a lovely time doing it that I relented and said sorry for losing my temper. She hadn't really done anything wrong.

I always feel foul for shouting but sometimes I just find it a bit much.

JustKeepSwimming · 27/07/2011 21:30

Lol LaT - i think that would drive me batty as i'm pretty lazy laidback about how most things are (though i have my anal moments about how the dishwasher is filled for eg!).

Not quite the same thing but - there was a study done a while back with teachers who never showed any emotion in front of their pupils, no anger or happiness. The kids got freaked out apparently, they need to know that adults are human too :)

simpson · 28/07/2011 19:30

Think getting M settled into nursery school in sept is not going to be as easy as I thought Hmm

She started a "step-up" programme this morning which is run by her playgroup (so she knows the staff well) as the playgroup feeds into the nursery school iyswim.

Anyway, most of M's friends weren't there for some reason and she got into a fight with a little boy over some toy skittles and kicked him. She was then told off obviously and lay on floor screaming "I want to go home, I want my mum"

She also says she does not want to go back Hmm

Took DC to nandos for tea today and had to put M on naughty step in ladies loo Blush as she blatently bit J on full view of me

Wine anyone???

latrucha · 28/07/2011 20:06

Sounds like a rough day, Simpson. Definite Wine for you. I don't know which way to play the new nursery. You don't want to get into a battle every morning, do you. Do you trust the staff to handle it well? I'd maybe insist and then have a stunningly boring weekend lined up for her so she sees what a good deal nursery is.

When Sabela doesn't want to go to school (unless it's a good reason like avisitor, becasue actullay ahe doesn't want to go), I make a big show of all the cleaning I've got to do that day and how she'll be by herself as Daniel will be asleep, give her a piece of toast, ignore her, don't mention anything until leaving time and she usually comes without much of a fight. But that's me and her!

I must say we've really had a lovely few days considering Daniel has visible holes in his gums where his molars are coming, Sabela and I have coughs and DH has now been away for ten days (back tomorrow night). I had to read the riot act a couple of times in the moring to get the day on a good footing but after that we've had a ball.

Daniel is responding to the 'no' and placing away really well. I did it as soft play today when he went to pull a wee friend's hair and placed him a bit too far away and you should have seen the look on his face. Poor little sod. I quickly started a ball game with DD that he could get involved with, so it passed over.

latrucha · 28/07/2011 20:09

Oh, I've also started very clear rules about choosing cutlery etc to cut down on S's demanding. It's good so far. We'll see how it goes when Papa comes home.

And Daniel will now sit on command. I trained him to do it as we've had a lot of friends about so snacks have been on the floor picninc style and I don't want him walking and eating as he's a climbing maniac. I told him to do it at soft play today and he obeyed like a dog and some mothers gave me some very worried looks. Felt a bit Blush

JustKeepSwimming · 28/07/2011 20:22

Yey LaT Wine for you :)

And Wine too for you Simps, a tricky one, you know her best, what kind of strategies have worked before?

Had a good day here; went to St Thomas' today to meet the milk bank lady, got blood taken for tests, now already to start expressing and freezing tomorrow :)
Then went to Ikea on the way home, exhausting!

latrucha · 28/07/2011 20:40

Oo Lovely JKS. Good for you. I'd like to do it here, but the hospital isn't allowed to because of transportation costs to suitable refridgeration, being in wild west Wales.

My word. IKEA. Heaven.

simpson · 28/07/2011 22:59

Ooh I love Ikea!!!

I have to go there soon to get J's birthday present, he wants a cabin bed with a desk, wardrobe & book case etc underneath.

It will be good for him to have somewhere to do homework away from M as she keeps asking him to write her name when he is supposed to be writing homework etc....

Fillybuster · 02/08/2011 19:44

Simpson - we found something like that for A when T moved into his room last year from a random small bed shop somewhere like Watford, and it was a lot cheaper than the Ikea version....might be a good idea to check the options online before you go?

So tired, sorry not been on this thread much lately. Tamara is a complete joy, 99% of the time, and I (remain) totally besotted with her, but my other 2 have both been pretty demanding recently, especially Mia, who continues to be clingy-screamy-nightmare-baby lots of the time, with some lovely bits of giggly, cuddly, happy moments every so often, just enough to give me hope that at some point she will outgrow whatever teething/non-crawling/whatever pit of despair I feel a bit stuck in at the moment and she will turn into a happy little girl. Maybe..

Sorry to vent. Obviously she's fine and lovely, she's just been a bit of a 'mare the last 8 weeks or so. But we all had the cold from hell (seriously - over 2 weeks, and properly vile), plus a tummy bug before that, plus she is really teething. And she still isn't walking or crawling. I guess I wouldn't be happy about all of that if I was her, either...Hmm

OK, off to find wine and food before I collapse. I've just spent 48 hours clearing my grandparents house in Manchester with my dad and aunt, and found the whole thing very emotional and challenging. That's probably affecting my mood, right? Blush

simpson · 03/08/2011 22:15

thanks for that filly

Need to get my finger out and have a look as his birthday is pending Blush

Had a fab day out today. Local childrens centre organised coach trip out to local petting farm (only cost me £3) so loads of my friends came with their kids obv. and we had a lovely day with picnic etc.

And M even behaved Shock

latrucha · 04/08/2011 21:47

Fell off the end here again. Back soon.