Friday night thread (it must be night somewhere? - NZ?)

[StarlightDicKenzie]

Hi all,

Gambados for us again tonight so thought I'd start early. Also just wanted a chat really!

Moose Good idea . Just caught up with this page.

Oops - last page!

Moose sorry about your DS :(

I haven't been able to read the rest ... Hope all is having a lovely eve

That's settled. I'll go to the Edgeware Birthing Unit. By hook or by crook. And pray the the M25 is clear the day I need it!

Star if you're anything like me you'll be going in the middle of the night. I did both times. (2 dcs)

Thanks folks. He's had a pj day today and spent much of it watching endless Clone Wars DVDs. It think it probably just what he needed.

Dd had just climbed on my knee and informed me its time to buy her some new wellies and they have to be purple - apparently! Would have been cuter if she wasn't accompanied by enormous snot trails.

I have given up with 'support' too.

WTF is 'support'?

Support with what? With coming to terms with having low expectations because of low budgets and low training levels of the people paid to help?

Lord my typing is bad today. Thought I'd proof read that one as well.

ah yes, K is on my official list.

apparently it's better than some of my alternatives (as in a LOT better)

hmmm.

have a consultant appt next week - am going ot go for pushing the 'medically necessary' angle to my CS (midwife didn't hesitate when I mentione dhistory before saying 'oh yes, a CS then') and then health insurance can pay, and I might get to choose a decent hospital

aaaaaaaaaasssssddddddddddfffffg nnnnnnnnnnnnmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Eek! That was dd not me, my typing's not that bad!

Moose that made me lol. Thanks needed it .

Was wondering if it was some strange code I didn't know yet

Problem is she's got a taste for it now, so its like wrestling an octopus trying to get to the keyboard.

I've had some great, "support", but agree that it's usually from folk who get how great our dcs are.

I've also had some shall I say, not so great support!

I'm beginning to think the key aspect of support is being on people's caseloads. A peripheral and less important aspect is having them look at you sympathetically if you share any of your high expectations for your child.

And it kind of ends there.

I've never really bothered with support for myself, apart from family members, as I find that I'm ok if someone is supporting my DS. Though in saying that I was signed off with stress in Sept/Oct and told to give myself until after Christmas. Lack of funding in this area and not really knowing the best type of support for me stopped me trying to get any .

Best unofficial support I had was from folk and lecturers/tutors on my course.

I give them Mozart and Einstein examples if they don't think our dcs can achieve much!! Like you I have very high expectations for my ds.

star, can't you just set your tent up outside so as to avoid the m25

we've had some pretty good support over the years, really very much appreciated when a few professionals had words with the lea when they originally said no to dd3's ss application. I loved the portage group we used, was meant to be for the kids, great activities but talking to the other parents was invaluable.

Even if the m25 is clear, k is a pain to get in and our from, I miss living there but don't miss the traffic ESP on weekends.

Silver frog - didn't know you were expecting too, congrats!

Oh well. Never been there!

Not had a bad week this week - my worries have been eased away by a very caring friend who gave me some great advice.

Although, the charity shop I was volunteering in closed forever today, and I wasn't able to go in because it's soooo icy round my way :(

Still, will get to see all my friends elsewhere, and obviously my lovely boyfriend. Was walking around town with a daft grin on Wednesday as I went and bought his Valentine's present and card (first time I've been able to celebrate it). Will post a link to piccies next week (he knows my Flickr name so can't post them yet). I got him a mug, personalized, with a cartoon to go along with this quote:

"If I could hold a star for every time you've made me smile, I'd soon have the night sky in my hand."

Uni news, my film has been given the go ahead, yay! Now, how to do my health and safety thing where I tell people, "Don't let me wander into a spinning propeller, because I'm blind as a bat and easily distracted."

The best 'support' I had recently was when I was chatting to my brother (who is a kind uncle) about whether he would like kids, he mentioned the risks associated with older parents, I said there was a risk he would have a 'quirky' child like DS2 and he immediatley said " oh I wouldn't mind THAT".

That was last week, this week DH's Granny and my washing machine died! So I have had to tidy myself up for a funeral and clean the kitchen for the engineer, could have kissed the man, only phoned this morning and he assesed it, got the parts and fixed it in under 7 hours!

If only all services were as efficient.