December 2012: Everyone loves nap time.

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Started a new thread for us before we run out of room.

I don't think anyone will swap the Tuesday as I start at 6:45 (not a popular shift ) hopefully dp can go to that one. It's really stressed me out but I think I'm so worried about her starting school anyway this is just adding to that worry. It also looks as though they don't have a breakfast club or after school club so that's going to be difficult too! I think the stress is too much and I should quit work or be a dinner lady I'd be good at that!

Feeling for you spotty, although we have years to go before all this.

O has gone off proper food for the last 24 hours but has happily eaten two pouches in a row, but only from a spoon. Thinking it might be the advent of canines as they has also been ferocious hand chewing. ..

Hmm. Scrap that. Massive spew everywhere.

Oh no what is it with sicky toddlers atm?!

spotty it's so hard to juggle everything isn't it. Being a dinner lady is actually not a bad idea - they are crying out for them and its a good route to teaching assistant which can be a route to proper teaching (if that interests you). I know someone who started as a dinner lady and now manages the pre-school.
Poor buba T has had another bloody nose. She tripped in the garden while playing hide and seek with DH and landed straight on her face on the patio. It's totally scuppered bedtime too as once the blood and howling stopped she got a big second wind. She should be exhausted as DH took her swimming this aft too.
utopian hope its a one off vom.

Teaching is my worst nightmare

Poor T!

It must be the day for getting the school letters, ours was waiting when I got home.

The parents' information evening is the day that should have been Dad's wedding, then we get such delights as a 10 minute session one day and 20 minutes the next week. We all go in for lunch one day and then DH will have to cover the day when she does a half day.

We just need to work out what I can cover and what DH will have to cover- we'll need to save something for all the half days I think she'll have in September.

Boo to all the sicky babies. Hope they're all better soon.

Beasty dd has to go half days until October half term when it will be 're-evaluated'. Even if I had any AL that would be a quarter being used up on dd's settling in sessions. All the other schools round here to a parents evening so not sure why this one does a weekday morning

They do lots of half days in September too. Definitely full days by half term though. Until the current reaction class the odd days once a week we're in the first few weeks of September, so it is better than it was!

We might be doing a mixture of half days, working from home, the after school club I think will have them for the half day they aren't in class (for a fee!). So we'll get there but it's hard to plan.

Dp said I should just stop working if it's stressing me out that much. Then we'd be really poor! It's not what I want but I am feeling ridiculously stressed by it. Half days for seven weeks?! I also don't want her going from pillar to post. I'm her mum I (or dp) should be there to pick her up from school

Maybe not then spotty! It's such a hard choice isn't it. Dd1 started full days straight away - at the time I thought it was harsh but now I see how much easier it was! I'm not sure what dd2s school will do.
Are our babies noses still too squishy to get broken? Poor T has whacked hers so hard 3 or 4 times.

J was crying

Oops so I popped in to check on him. He'd done explosive watery diarrhoea out if his nappy, vest and sleepsuit and it was running off him. He's now on my bed on a towel as unfortunately I had to wash the mattress protector after the vomming and it's not back on yet

I know when I started school I did half days until after Christmas as my birthday is in July and they thought I was too young. But in those days not as many mums worked.

After speaking to dd's physio I think I'm going to get ds referred to a speech therapist. The wait is so long I'd rather get him in the system and not need the appt than be waiting months when he really needs it.

WillYou hopefully the diarrhoea was the last of the bug coming out!

Morning everyone. So many sickly babies :( F is one too today, full of a cold and dribble everywhere. More teeth I suspect..

I have a date for my sterilisation op, in seven weeks time. I feel a bit weird about it; it's one of the biggest decisions I've ever had to make. Feeling thoughtful.

That sounds like a good plan Spotty.

Willyou i hope the diarrhoea is a one off J is having a horrible time this week.

WL poor T i hope her nose is ok.

Beasty i hope A has managed to sleep through again.

Nutella yay to not having Diabetes.

Utopian i hope DS's vomiting was a one off.

Our days are getting easier with H's breathing the inhaler is making a difference. However the nights are staying awful, shes coughs, she wakes up she needs a drink. Repeat about 10 times a night and everyone is shattered.

Coffee yay to getting the date for your op.

Does anyone else buy/sell stuff on Facebook groups? I use them a lot for getting rid of Fs old baby stuff, but am getting sick of people not turning up. Someone should have been here an hour ago. Grrr...

Hales I feel your pain.. DS coughed ALL NIGHT. I am exhausted..

Willyou I hope your DS is a bit better today- poor kid has had some bad luck this week :(

So many ill babies where have all these nasty illnesses come from?!

WLmum we were told A's fingers were too underdeveloped to break, so hopefully the nose is too!

WillYou maybe it's the after effects of force fed fruit! Do watch out for dehydration still, even without vomiting.

Hales can she manage a sippy cup herself? We leave one in A's cot (and with DD) so he can help himself in the night when he doesn't fling it out in a strop at being put to bed

Lots to think about Coffee but good luck.

Spotty are there child minders that pick up from the school? Or give up work and start an after school club!!

It's so much harder at school age than nursery age! I know of someone who only became a SAHM when her oldest started school.

And yes, A has made it 2 out of 3 nights sleeping through!

And this time DD didn't wake up either, until (I think) she fell out of bed at about 5.30! But she wet the bed again. Don't know if she's going down with something, or so used to being woken up in the night she isn't used to waking up herself if she needs a wee.

We do leave her cup in the cot, the problem is she goes through 3-4 cups a night and the coughing wakes her to the point shes wide eyed. I love fridays when she stays at my mums or nans so that i can go to work and sleep after

beasty great news about the sleeping through!

hales how much water does h drink? Is she so thirsty or do you think it's sort of a comfort/habit thing?

Beasty there is one but we can't afford it really plus I don't think it's fair for dd to start a new school where she doesn't know anyone and have to go home with someone she doesn't know.

We don't leave that near the school either dd has to her a bus.

Nutella she drinks between 26 and 35oz of milk a night but i don't think its a comfort thing. I think its the cough irritating her throat. I think i may have to go back the Drs as the wake ups are really affecting everyone and her cough sounds horrible as though shes going to vomit everytime.