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Spirael · 01/06/2012 11:26

Here we go again...

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MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 27/06/2012 21:08

When I get in from work (usually 5.30/6pm) I cook tea, bath the kids, give them supper, finish cooking and eat tea, clear up, then walk dogs. I can find the time more easily before work than I can after to be honest!

The boys have gone to sleep together again so will no doubt be up early even though I'm off work tomorrow. W's godmother has asked for the boys tomorrow afternoon for a couple of hours so I get some time to myself, woohoo!

W knows yellow always, sometimes gets blue and red but never gets any other colours right. He loves 'painting' (drawing) though. I have to drag him away from Ewan's chalk board but he just does straight lines all over it, endlessly. he loves scribbling on paper.

It's sooooo humid here. So hot that even at 8.30pm the dog nearly collapsed on our walk Confused

memphis83 · 27/06/2012 21:32

Hmm maybe i should push the drawing? We always have crayons out o his table he just isnt interested, he stacks blocks (and knocks them back down) though, funny how they are all so different and are good at different things.

memphis83 · 27/06/2012 21:32

Hmm maybe i should push the drawing? We always have crayons out o his table he just isnt interested, he stacks blocks (and knocks them back down) though, funny how they are all so different and are good at different things.

MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 27/06/2012 21:56

I wouldn't push it but then I would have crayon all over the walls if I left them out all the time They'll do things in their own time.

I have just fallen off the low carb bandwagon by demolishing a full bag of onion rings Nevermind, tomorrow is a new day an' all that

Woodlands · 27/06/2012 22:36

I got an appointment through for J's 2-year check but it was for a day I'm at work, so i called up to ask for another appointment, but she couldn't find one so said they would send me another one in the post. Prob won't be for months now... I wouldn't mind if it was one of my half days working from home but it was smack bang in the middle of my full day in the office.

No-nap day here today (yet again)... gah.

Gosh our nursery only has two rooms, the baby room (up to 2) and then the 2-5s room. J is staying in the baby room at his current nursery until he moves nursery at the end of August (we're moving him to one that's the same organisation but across the road rather than a mile away). He's kind of getting to be a big fish in a small pond - I think he's ready to move up. However it will be a bit scary with him being with so many kids including great big four year olds!

memphis83 · 27/06/2012 22:38

L just opens the crayon box and thats it...apart from sharing one with the dog!
I love those onion rings but ant have them in the house or I eat them all! But I did send dh to get me a mint feast!

Its going to be a bad night, L has already woke screaming head butting the cot!

MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 28/06/2012 07:08

When I looked around nurseries after having ds1 he was only 7 months and I was really uncomfortable with my tiny little pfb him being in a room with big burly two year olds. So one of the appeals of the nuresry they're in was they split 6wks to 1yr, 1-2yrs, 2-3yrs and 3+yrs. there are two rooms for 1-2yrs (tweenies and weenies) because one of them can only hold 6 due to the size (I never had either of mine in that one)

Another 6.15am start, I'm furious with E. I am happy they like sleeping together but I won't let them if they keep taking the piss on a morning. Worst thing was I put my Davina DVD on and they kept asking, asking, asking for stuff so in my temper I turned it off. So I still have to muster the energy to do it later in the day :( Will probably aim for lunchtime whilst they're eating.

Roll on 3.20pm when my friend has the boys for a bit

Spirael · 28/06/2012 09:06

Eek, I shall get training at once, Chul! Wink I don't know Cantonese though... Will Japanese do??

I expect what'll actually happen then is M will show off the scratch on her side and declare "Mummy Scratch Watch!" in her loudest voice, like she has been doing to everyone else. Blush She was writhing in my arms so much one time that her t-shirt ended up round her neck and my watch strap nicked her side.

Either that or she'll hold out her arm and tell the HV something along the lines of "Spider Arm! Spider Gone... Mummy Spider Arm!" as she's been obsessed ever since she met a spider in the bathroom and it crawled up her arm. I found a different (tiny...) spider to demonstrate that was ok, and ended up making her obsession worse...

Wow, all the nurseries are so different! They don't have a specific age here for the different rooms, it goes more on each child's readiness with confidence/abilities/etc.

M was in the baby's room from 9 months until about 18 months, when she was finally walking relatively confidently so not going to be trampled by toddlers - and by moving not going to trample the babies. Wink

She's been in toddlers since then, where they've been waiting for her speech/understanding to reach the point where she'll be able to join in confidently with the tweenies room activities.

They've been making murmurings that she's nearly there, so I expect in the coming months she'll start doing some split days between toddlers and tweenies for certain activities in readiness to move completely. I'm not sure at present what the criteria is for moving up to the school-room.

M's 2 year appointment was right in the middle of the working day too, Woodlands. I phoned up though and they moved me to the first appointment in the day, which means I can take it as appointment time from work. :)

I'm finally starting to feel more human - M has slept perfectly overnight since we got home. Why couldn't she do that on holiday?? Grr!

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MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 28/06/2012 09:16

Yes they do that at ours too spirael, age is just a rough guide. W has moved up to toddlers but isn't two yet, but he was ready and much older than most kids in at the younger end of the spectrum so he moved up.

I'm having an upsetting time at the moment with E there though. He has said he hates it there for such a long time and at first I thought it was a phase. When he didn't stop saying it I raised my concerns with them and they poo-pood it saying he was fine. His room supervisor admitted to me on Tuesday that she now believed me that there was in fact a problem and admits she knows he's not happy there [cry-ey face emoticon] But I don't know what I can do :( We have no family who can help for more than a day a week and all the local childminders are full. All I can hope for is that over the summer some childminders 'lose' some kids who will be moving up to reception and I mightbe able to find someone who could take him :(

Chulita · 28/06/2012 14:09

Ack mlisc, poor E, is there any reason for him not liking it? or is it just a general thing?

Both my older dc have hayfever really badly at the moment, red streaming eyes, streaming noses, grumpy, itchy...I feel so bad for them but other than piriton there's nothing else I can do for them. Our AC is gone in the car so I can't even stick them in the car and give them that for an hour (not that I would mind you).

MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 29/06/2012 07:19

My friend's childminder might be able to take him. Dilemma - my friend hates her, but her kids love her and seem very happy there...

MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 29/06/2012 20:10

Ok so nobody (except chulita) wants to discuss my woes about E (who co-incidentally had his finger bitten by his so called friend there this afternoon )

So, erm, Tom ans Katie to get divorced. Discuss.

WhatSheSaid · 29/06/2012 21:21

Well according to the thread in Chat it was a sham marriage anyway to disguise his, ahem, true inclinations.

He is a bit weird, old Tom. Never ever found him remotely attractive.

viksam · 29/06/2012 21:28

Not a surprise is it, don't know why she put up with him so.long. I'm on my phone so forgive the shit typing. I'm soooo full of misery its untrue. I'm so sick of f not settling and being such hard work in the day. And my so called friend is out tonight and didn't think to ask me, I'm in.brum right now so have babysitters on tap. How fucking thoughtless, I don't understand, she said it was a last min decision and she didn't think I'd want to go! So im in bed feeling very sorry for myself because some other friends happen to be out too and it seems they are meeting up. Left out.com!

viksam · 29/06/2012 21:45

Oh shit mylife I just read back about poor E, why doesn't he like it there do u think?What has the school done to help him if they knew he was unhappy? Poor E, when do they break up? Who's having him over summer whilst ur working? Why does ur friend hate the child minder? Questions galore,sorry but more details are needed to discuss properly.

MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 29/06/2012 22:08

I'm sorry you're upset vik...that's pretty shitty of your friends :(

It isn't school he hates it's private nursery. He hated it from 2yo but I thought it was just a phase. Turns out at 3.6yo he still hates it. It's prob too long a story to post here unfortunately but my heart is breaking for him. I need to do something ASAP. My friend hates her because of her attitude and I have to agree with her (I know her through sure start)

memphis83 · 30/06/2012 01:24

vik thats pretty shit of your friend, when your next in brum message me and we can meet for lunch.
mlic what is it with the childminders attitude? Do you think you can see through it to get him from nursery?
And is it true about TomKat?
Ohh and im DRUNK and due to go to MIL's in the morning

WhatSheSaid · 30/06/2012 06:50

mlic do you think it's that nursery in particular? Or would it be the same anywhere? Worth thinking about changing to another? Would be a PITA though, I know. A went through a phase of not liking kindergarten, I had to bribe her to go, I felt horrible. She's fine now though. I did a sticker chart and every week she got a little toy/magazine, whatever for going.

Chulita · 30/06/2012 07:00

Yea, life wss said, is it just the fact of being at nursery or that particular nursery? I'd feel awful if I found L hated nursery and I'd been merrily sending her for ages. Is the cm an option or are you really not interested in her? does your work provide anything?

I'm not online much simply because I'm not sleeping hardly at all, I'm at my wits' end with S who just won't sleep beyond 5/5.30, L's up in the night, B's on 3-5 feeds a night. I don't know what to do but I'm now ill and I just don't know how to be patient and loving when I feel so shit.

DesperateHousewife21 · 30/06/2012 07:02

I had my 20 week scan and she is doing absolutely fine I'm so relieved :)

Now we're off to Spain! See u all in a week Grin

WhatSheSaid · 30/06/2012 07:10

Have a great holiday dh

chul I've said it before but I actually have no idea how you function on a day to day basis with so little sleep. I am so looking forward to when they are teenagers and I can Hoover outside their room at 6 am just to get my revenge

TheSecondComing · 30/06/2012 08:02

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memphis83 · 30/06/2012 08:36

tsc welcome back! Glad work is good, sorry about granny, What will happen with that? Will she stay at yours? Is it treatable?
chul if S was in his own room would he play on his own for a bit? L plays on jis room or looks at books til 8 even when I get up.

MyLifeIsStillChaotic · 30/06/2012 10:28

Sorry about Granny tsc

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