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Hi ladies - sounds like everyone has been having good and bad weeks this week.. Well done everyone's LO's for having less tears.

Mini moodlum is fine, I think. Completely exhausted in the evening and so grumpy, but fine really. So far.

Anyway - I have the completely awful task of having to strip off down to my swimmies this afternoon with all the other reception mums, because the school do a swimming lesson after school on a Weds which parents have to accompany the children in. AAAGGGGGHHH.

I think I will be the one in tears on the school run this afternoon!!

Psssst - nearly all the Mums wore t-shirts over their cozzies at one school I worked in and who insisted on much in the pool parent help like this too!

LOL tea

T-shirt it is then!

Moddlum - Good luck with the swimming - tee shirt over the top sounds good to me! Glad mini moodlum is fine.

Grammar police - I think it's a big thing to go in to the classroom all by themselves.

My dd had to go in by herself today, I made sure she was near the front of the queue & she held hands with the teacher & walked off, crying & looking pleadingly over her shoulder at me. Don't think she's have gone in had she not been holding hands. A few of the more confident ones had wobbly bottom lips over their mums staying outside so I suppose my dd's upset was understandable. Really wish here was more communication btw the teacher & parents, I know it's hard as there are so many in a class & not the staffing levels of nursery but I think if I knew more what was going on I'd be able to word dd up about it. We've not even been told what days are pe days, other than that it is twice a week. Also they've been allocated their tables & dd is on a table with 4 others all the youngest ones in the class. From what dd says they don't really speak to each other as 4 of them are very shy & dd says the other tables have lots of fun & are noisy. Seems like the yongest ones are struggling socially, early days I know but feel sorry for them sitting together being too scared to speak much, think it's making dd feel even more left out, in a way they need a few older ones to spend time with them to help in the conversation etc.
Hope your lo's all have a good day

Hi all. Just flying through - school runs, a party and a christening to organise. Plus dd2 [8 months yesterday] has a cold and is sad.

I could have written that post roundabout, I really could.

Th eidea of wearing a swim suit in front of other mummies would be fine as long as I could send a body double.

No tears today that I saw [had to say bye in playground too] but a whole load of lip wobble. Then went to music class with baby that dd1 loved and felt utterly rubbish. She should have been there enjoying herself too. How long before they can have a duvet day?

Am also suffering from weird rule acceptance difficulties, like not being allowed to take yoru cardi of and spliting boy sand girls at lunch. Some sort of new Roman Catholic family planning??

Be back for a good catch up tonight. x

hi

roundabout - glad things are getting better

tree - sounds like progress

i am glad that i am not the only one who has a child come out covered in paint she has splatters of paint on her face and glasses and usually on collar of shirt to

she is very happy no problems first full day tom

is it normal for new school shoes to leave marks on feet dd1s are just leaving tiny marks on small toes from shoe opening. guess they will wear in.

what do u do if they dont like sandwiches.
my dd1 hates them keep trying ti give her them but she really doesnt like them she usually has marmite on toast.
tomorrow is her first day of lunch was going to put in the following :-

2 small savoury eggs
2 batons of cheese
a very small square of sandwich
packet of pom bears
2 biscotti biscuits and a banana

at dd1s school u can drop off anytime from 8:15am the bell goes @ 8:35am
it is really handy i get dd1 in by 8:30am go in the classroom with her to help her hang up her coat and take her jumper off and put tabard on

Ah tea - you make me feel guilty for thinking about the launrdy consequences when I see dd come out of school. I have bought an extra set of uniform and thrown a shirt out already!

I don't think the dc ever line up to go in here - parents just stop going in as and when ready. I think I might try staying in the playground next week.

Swim suit Oh no! Dd's school has a pool but I think it's outdoors and only used in summer. Please tell me I'm not expected to go in too.

I do wish dd would get to sleep at bedtime - she must be tired but isn't getting off to sleep.

Reception-swimming sounds like my worst nightmare! Mostly because son howls in swimming pools - he had lessons a while back which I gave up on in the end as the whole swimming pool used to look at him, howling.

Boy is really hard work in the evenings - he alternates between lying listlessly on the sofa, running around like a Tasmanian devil and bursting into tears for no reason.

Tinksbiggirl - that sounds like a delicious lunch - can your girl open bananas though as I discovered that my boy can't!
Does she like rice cakes? The marmity ones go down well here. How about carrot sticks?

I really miss not doing the school drop-off and pick up. I'd like to get the "coming out of school" kisses.

Hi Tink - DD1 will only eat butter sandwiches . We use good granary bread and good low salt butter so I'm cool with that. They are usually cut into a gingerbread boy shape. I open everything now, I even cut the top off the biscuit packet.
SHe has has 'I ate all me lunch' stickers every say sinc Friday. Am very pleased as this is a small chink of light in this dark tunnel.

No tears today, but really had to try you know? She just hung in there.

Ours have to line up outside, by class, boys on the right, girls on the left. All very strange. When the bell rings they are led in.

I'm sorry you are missing the srop off's Golgi, I can understand that. Think of the trauma parking that you get to miss! Blooming nightmare.

Have enlisted teacher for help with birthday party guest list, we have 20 in total. DD has loads more she wants but am taking the teachers list as 'the word' as she observed her so prob has a better idea than dd herself. It was nice of the teacher to do that for me.

PTA meeting tomorrow, was going to go suss it out. It clashes with a balloon meeting for dd's party and for dd2 Christening, so I might have to miss it which is a shame.

So glad things are a bit better, newspaper. Good luck with the party planning - but wtf is a balloon meeting??

roundabout - my stomach lurched horribly reading your post. You must be so worried about her. I'm sure she and the other little ones on her table will start to chat to each other soon, though.

How was swimming, moodlum? I don't envy you, though I'm pretty well used to the whole ghastly swimsuit/changing rooms/small child thing as I only recently stopped going in with dd1 and now have to do the whole thing again with dd2! And I hate swimming and am no good at it. Grumble.

Other mums keep suggesting that we start taking turns dropping off / picking up each others' kids. Am I weird for not finding this an appealing prospect? I don't mind taking someone else's child with me, but I don't feel ready to let someone else take mine! (Strongly suspect dd1 would agree on that point actually)

Aranea - I so know what you mean about other mums. There is no way my dd would go off with anyone other than close friends & unless I really know someone I'm not sure I want them to take my dd. She's only just 4 & tbh I want to spend all the time she's not at school with her!

Newspaper - Glad a better day was had by all today. My dd's school does that boy & girl lining up thing.

Tink - My dd's shoes really bothered her for the first few days, she had marks on from the strap even though it wasn't tight. She won't take them off now so I gather they are now comfy!

Golgi - Poor you missing the kisses, it is lovely when my dd comes running out of school towards me looking so pleased to see me.

My dd seemed to have a very good day today, there were a few tears according to dd but none at lunchtime. She says she ate quite a lot & played with girls out of her own class at breaktime rather than the older girls. They got changed for the first time for pe today, she was dreading the getting changed thing but was fine. She's got a classmates party after school tomorrow til 6.15 dread to think what she'll be like after that, probably full of that awful over tired behaviour. Just hope she joins in at the party, it;s at a soft play place & normally she only really has fun there when it's a bit quieter.

Aranea - I hate swimming too. Gah. Not as much as I hate changing rooms though. A balloon meeting woould appear to be when a lady comes to your house to show you balloons, choose colours, invent themes and so on. I was kinda hoping for a few to pretty up the room, so there may be a mismatch in aims between me and the balloon lady!

I'm not ready to have anyone do school run either, although I woul dlike driving as I am bored of the parking wars. I also want my own car back, have my mum's ancient one and it makes strange noises.

Nice thought about the parking, although school is only five minutes walk away.
(I still see people drive, from our street. I am slightly shocked by this but expect they have their reasons!)

Aranea - I don't think I'd go for the "other mums dropping off" idea either - because I'd love to do them myself! Also wouldn't want to wish the boy and his dawdling ways on anybody else.

Horrified at the thought of having to face the other mums in a swimming cossie Moodlum. How did it go??

What a hideous, hideous thing to have to do Moodlum - my worst nightmare having to strip to a swimming cossie in front of all the other mums!

How did it go?

oops sorry for double post - thought the first one got lost.

Golgi - ahh. 5 mins walk. Erm, you escape the dawdling? Sorry, it sounds fab and its a bummer you can't do them.

I'm very very lucky to be on mat leave at the mo. As a part time shift worker I will never see dd when I go back, as there is a strong weekend/nights theme to pt work in my field! So I'll maybe see dd after school and thats my lot!
I may possibly end up with 6 children

Although the thought of doing this 5 more times......shudder! I think this last week has been the hardest of my parenting life. That includes labour and establishing bfing

hello ladies - I'm still here, and have just about recovered from doing an impression of a large pale beached whale in front of all the other reception mums.

It wasn't our finest hour as a family, it has to be said, and it is quite odd exchanging Reception parent chit chat whilst in a pool. DS desperately wanted a shower afterwards, whereas I just wanted to get dressed and get out, so he had a complete paddy, so that added to the overall hideousness of the occasion. I did not care how wet I was, I literally speed dressed to get out and then legged it with dd and ds in tow

And no-one wore a t-shirt and everyone was no more than a size 12. Honest. And I should have worn waterproof mascara (doh). So by the end i resembled some wet mutant cross breed panda/hippo.

Going forward I think our attendance will be occasional at best...

bravo, moodlum! Some sort of extreme parenting award is in order, I think. And the worst is over, surely? They all know what you look like in your cossie now, so you can just fine-tune the mascara and shower-expectation issues, and go forth and swim (or wade, which is what I do with my dds) with confidence.

I'm glad I'm not alone in not wanting to hand over the drop-off/pickup to other people. I was beginning to think I must be quite strange. It's not that I don't trust the other mums - some I've become quite friendly with and like very much - it's just that I relish those moments with dd1 and I want to see how she is in the classroom.

Thanks.

rofl at extreme parenting award.

Sounds like hell in a heatwave mate. Nightmare.

wow moodlum you did do well

thanks for anserws

she ahs her first full day today