Arrrrrgggh! My womb has just realised that DD is going to school in Sept..

[mumblecrumble]

Seriously. It just happened today.

We've been really excited about DD going to big school and she is such a sociable, questioning and independant thing we feel she will love it despite being very young in the year (birthday is 28th August).

I work 3 days a week and have marking and preparation to squeeze into evenings and early mornings and I had allowed myself to day dream about having mondays and thursdays with time by myself [baby making postponed while I finish some treatment]. I;m disabled so housework takes forever and I was enjoying the thought of getting house lovely then walking to school to pick up DD, carrying home her pictures and reading books......

BUT REALISED TODAY it means I don;t have my Mummy Emily days anymore after Sept.....

After a hard week we had the most LOVELY day together today [reckon she's getting over a cold and a growwth spurt]. We went to park to see a new wooden rabbit, made some CDs and danced while sorting out her room and washing, made lunch together, Mummy cleaned with DD danced and we chatted, made cakes....

I was quite sure I wouldn;t feel like this... but I really do.

How is it?

Oh that's so sad! I remember that feeling so well, a yearning for that special time before big school starts.

When DS2 started school 2 yrs ago I used to keep him home with me for the odd day - we had duvee days when I felt he needed a mummyday but wasn't really unwell, just tired. We used to snuggle on the sofa and do playdoh and fun cuddly things!

Poor you. But it does sound like Emily will thrive at school. And you'll treasure the weekends and school holidays even more.
On the plus you can get housework / spring cleaning done while she's at school and really enjoy the holidays.
Hope treatment goes well and you can get back to baby making.

My almost 3yr old DD starts playgroup next month and for ages i've been saying to family and friends that I will have 3hrs a day to myself but now that the reality is starting to sink in I don't know if I like the idea anymore. I love our time together and I will miss her so much.:(

DD started school last September and I miss her lots. She's my last and it does hit home that baby and toddler time is over now. On the plus side I'm doing a few more hours work every week and so am getting more pay and also more days holiday to spend with my lovely kids. I really enjoy the school holidays and feel that is the time to do lots of DD things. After school she is just too tired to do much more than cuddle, make and eat tea, watch telly and go to bed - though we do have a fun bath-time most nights.

I can relate to this very well - its a common phenomenon round here - DD was one of 5 siblings conceived the year their eldest siblings started school - recpetion class with a admission of 20 so that's a 1 in 4 parents who felt the same

Yup, I was so upset when dd2 started school - and pregnant within about 3 weeks. Not planned on a conscious level but...

I remember it well - dd started in Sept, and Sept 09, when I realised there was only a year left of our 1.5 days together a week, I felt so sad.

They get to be such good company and then they are gone.

But I have to say I have enjoyed (and needed tbh) the time to myself, and to do stuff that hasn't been done since she was born. And the week isn't so pushed - I actually manage to do my work hours most weeks instead of once in a blue moon.

But half term was great. And I realised that actually I'm glad we didn't go away - it was so important just to have a few mummy/dd days just doing stuff. To reconnect and get our relationship back because she is so tired after school.

My DD starts school in September, DS will start 5 mornings at playschool in September, I am due with my 3rd in early October

Hmm, dd started school sept, dc 3 expected June....but I have to say that I love dd being at school. She loves it and I feel as if I've got more left in the tank to give her when she gets home. Might be different feeling when last one goes off to school .

Oh poor you, I can relate to your words. My son has recently started school (I'm in Oz where term starts in Feb) and at first I felt huge almost waves of feelings. But my son would come home so stimulated, so excited and chatty about his school days that I realised he really needed the stimulation and that school was exactly where he needed to be. So I'm very at peace now with him being at school.

I do want another baby though, but have wanted one for over a year now so it's not necessarily related.