(Like it, PCF!)
Right. Both dses in bed (for the moment), so can I have 5 mins for a rant please?
I have to go back to work on 6th August. Unfortunately, my child minder is on her hols from then for 2 weeks, so I have been scrabbling around trying to find people to fill the gap. I only work mon and tues am and all day weds. My mum works mon & tues so will do the wednesdays. My dsis has v kindly offered to do the second tues (despite having a toddler and baby of her own!), my dad the first monday. This only left the first tues and the second monday (with me so far?). Now, will be the first time ds will be without me, he'll be newly on solids, may not manage without a bfeed, new to cup feeding EBM etc so cannot just get a 14 year old to babysit IYKWIM, so options limited.
Asked mil if she and pil could manage. She sucked her teeth, thought for a week, decided they could do it. Fine, I tell work all's ok (they're a bit mardy as it is because I'm taking an extra month to get ds2 to 6m before going back - his fault for being so blooming late!). But she was a bit funny about my mum doing two full days and kept saying she could do the weds if I needed.
Fecking mil phoned last night, oh we're not sure about the first tuesday after all, don't think they can manage it. Oh but they could do the wednesday so my mum isn't doing it. WTF?!!! If she thinks she can bloody manage the whole wednesday (just to spite my mother and stop her from doing it) then WTF is the problem with just the tuesday morning?? They have no other commitments. She said if we really couldn't find someone she'd consider it....we only bloody asked because we really can't find anyone else! Seems it's ok for them to offer to look after ds1 on their terms, but when we ask a favour it's a no-no. And she just slipped into the conversation that they aren't after all taking ds1 to his cousins b'day party like they had demanded 2 weeks ago, they've decided not to go. Thanks for the notice. I wasn't 100% chuffed about them taking him, but had been going to spend sunday trying to cluster feed ds2 since dh is working all weekend. Bloody woman. Grr. Sorry, I know it's nothing like what you've been going through this week, Jodie, just wanted to get it off my chest! At least it's pissed dh off too, since he normally sticks up for her when I'm bitching