Hello!!!!
I see you still remember me!!
All going well here, POTC is right and I have been manic lately so no time to check in but think of you all often. Have cut my hours slightly as I had a very demanding baby who wanted carrying constantly (which is tricky when I also have 6 other children (inluding my own!) aged 9,7,6,5,4 and 2 to entertain, observe and do planned activities with!) with a mother who whenever I tried to discuss that the baby was being clingy and crying and what the problem might be and what I could do to help seemed to take is as me saying her pfb was a difficult baby and I didnt like her. I can deal with a demanding child if I have a parent willing to work with me or a difficult parent if they have a problem free child but I decided both together was just too much so gave her notice and I am so much happier since I did!
Am still working over 30 hours a week though and paperwork on top of that so still pretty busy!
OMG I've just noticed the biscuit face, how long has that been there?!
Maia seems to have skipped a few years and turned into a teenager since her 9th birthday and is full of stroppiness and attitude. She has a slightly older friend (whos mum is my new drinking friend!) who she goes into town with on a saturday morning and apparently sits and chats in Costa without buying anything and wanders round Claires and Primark!! But in some ways its nice and we're getting on better as we can talk more and the relationship is changing slightly to more of a friendship than mum and child iyswim. When shes not driving me mad that is!!
Nathan is doing brilliantly at school now and has just gone up a reading level to 'Gold Star' books which apparently is the highest level they have in the infants! I'm so proud and so relieved after all the worry he gave me before. He is struggling slightly with the writing side of things however, not badly but slightly below where he'd be expected to be for his age and so has 10 mins every morning in a small group with the Senco who is trying to establish why there is such a big gap between his reading and writing levels. jamie has dyslexia so obviously that has crossed my mind and I've mentioned it to his teacher but so far they don't think its that. It could just be that hes not quite so interested in writing as he is reading.
Dylan was being absolutely lovely but the last week or 2 seems to have turned into the devil child and is having tantrums, being stubborn, destructive, argumentative and generally a little sod rather testing!! He has been poorly though and hac now had a massive flare up of his eczema so probably down to that (I hope!). Toilet training is going brilliantly though. We left it late as he's known what to do for some time but preffered to wear a nappy as it meant he didn't have to stop what he was doing to have a wee!! But 2 weeks ago he decided he wanted his Thomas pants on and has not looked back since! No accidents for about week now I think although he did try and wee standing up at the potty earlier which got a bit messy!!
Have skimmed through the thread but nothing before this one. How is everyone? Any big news I've missed?
SPB - did I know you now have an A as well as a T?! I knew you were pg but can't believe 9 months have gone by already!! When how who what where?!?!