whinegums Fraser has his MMR on the 10th too. I just want to get it over with! Your holiday sounds fabulous.
ktpie I?m impressed you?re camping while pregnant ? I was only ever pregnant over the winter months so never did that but I was such a wuss about being pregnant and feeling lousy that I doubt I?d be motivated.
neenz Fraser is completely manipulating DH at the moment, lying on the floor and writhing like he?s in pain to get what he wants. I finally convinced DH to ignore him and he was amazed to watch Fraser give up after a couple minutes, get up, and start happily playing. It?s easier when their older and try to manipulate you with words rather than emotions.
BDQ can you tell your DS that the TV is broken? Turn it off at the wall and let him try to turn it on himself? I had DS1 convinced that I was too stupid to work the TV for a while. (I am only marginally smart enough around fancy electronic things so it wasn?t that much of a stretch). Now DS1 can work the TV himself though so I have had to use another approach.
sybil It took me a bit to realize you?d meant to type SAHM instead of sham the first time. I think that?s my unconscious kicking in, I feel like a bit of a failure with the whole leaving work thing. I should be able to manage, but I?m not coping?
My boss has now suggested I talk to his daughter about her becoming a childminder for my kids (she has two of her own, a 6 yr old and a 1 yr old and is a social worker who?s on a career break). This is pretty farcical really.
I just worked three full days in a row though and didn?t enjoy it at all, getting home thirty minutes before bedtime. I missed them, the house was a disaster (DH was in charge although we hired a babysitter to help him so he could get some work done as well), and the entire evening felt panicked. I?m sure it?d go better if we had to do it on a regular basis though.
neenz you mentioned that ?if it weren't for the union you AND the person with four years seniority might be earning 25% less? Unfortunately our union, when faced with a total budget for everyone?s raise, chose to push for the maximum uplift to the top of the salary bands rather than raising the bottom. They said the bottom doesn?t need as much of a lift as we get large raises anyways, but that doesn?t take into account the fact that we need to live on our salaries for the 6 years before we get to the top. I?m on considerably less than someone who was in my position 5 years ago. So that?s why I?m anti-union? I?m sure other unions are a bit more effective.
allnew it does seem to be the woman doesn?t it? A colleague told me yesterday that he took every other Friday afternoon off to babysit. I was very tempted to ask how on earth he could consider himself to be babysitting his own child.