MSE Parent Club - Part 2

chocaholic110

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Well you will be pleased to know that at 2yrs old Chris can undress himself completely almost get dressed himself, has a very good grasp of listening and talking, can count actual objects up to 4 and knows how to count to 10 and recognises a few written words :cool: (does it matter that the words he recognises are; tesco, asda, boots and argos :rotfl:):o
He tells people he's a genius (don't know who taught him to say that :whistle:)

Lol, my eldest recognised Nescafe and Cadbury's (what does that say about my influence) and DD used to be able to "read" Barbie, Bob the Builder an Tweenies.

Sounds like he is a genius. Often we get Reception children who can't do all that. This year's bunch are a lovely little group though and picking everything up quickly. And yes, reception, Y1 and Y2 are all in together as we're a tiny village school with only three classes. Planning can be difficult (You'll often find me grumbling and groaning over it on a Sunday) but luckily I have a fantastic teaching assistant.

chocaholic110

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

Hi all!

My cousin (Deputy and Y1 teacher) was only telling me yesterday that PE is her least favourite time - 30 children all waiting to be dressed by Miss as their parents have never taught them how! :eek:

xx

Sounds about right. Though we are quite mean and make them try themselves. They can usually soon do it without Mum to help. I think a lot of the problem is that it's quicker for Mums to just do it than let them struggle on themselves. I did the same with my eldest. DD was of the "My do it" genre though and insisted on dressing herself (and doing everything else herself) from around 15 months.

chocaholic110

It was Tom's birthday today. I'm not sure how as I swear it can't be a year since I had him but as it's January 18th I suppose it must be. We've had a lovely day with lots of family and friends and scrummy food. Tom must be shattered though as he went to bed without a single murmur and was out like a light in seconds!

Agutka

Joseph has been trying to figure out how to take his pants/tights/nappy off when it's bathtime and he just can't wait to get in. But today was the first time I saw him take off a sweater (unzipped). He shook out one arm, wriggled it off his shoulders and pulled it off the other arm, just like a proper grown up . Bless.

SB - I heard the same thing today. Girls wanting their LOs in nursery because they see how well the kids there are developing. I thought my childminder would be better, but I don't think she does anything with the kids apart from watching them play safely . As OH said - he's got a perfectly able mummy at home who can do these things with him like painting or sticking :rolleyes:. And the socialising is going to toddler groups two or three times a week.

Although I must say my son seems to be turning into a limpet. Whenever we go somewhere now he holds onto my leg and doesn't relax for ages, although when he does it's all fine and dandy.

Agutka

Oh choc, sorry we missed it. Tell him HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow morning! Glad you had a good day. Sound's exactly like J's birthday, including the glorious bedtime!
And btw, if you thought the first year went quickly...

Sami_Bee

aww *whispers* Happy B-day Tom!

We were at a Bday party today for Charlie but he was 2, bit of a manic weekend as we had a party for Chris yesterday coz he was 2 in the week, we were/are both totally pooped!

SB I hope I didn't make you feel bad about thinking about sending her to nursery I'm a bit against nurseries in general. I don't think it would help Chris coz he's a bit of a performer - not sure he'd like to be around so many other kids he did love being at the childminders while I worked but she didn't do anything particularly educational with him.

chocaholic110

Agutka wrote: »

And btw, if you thought the first year went quickly...

Oh, don't say that, I'm enjoying him being a baby. My two big babies are 14 and 10 and I'm sure I haven't had them that long either. Where does the time go?

SeptemberBaby_2

_party__party__party_ Happy First Birthday Tom!!! _party__party__party_

xxx

Becles

SeptemberBaby wrote: »

Right, ladies, can I ask for some advice? We're thinking of sending Poppy to nursery for maybe two half days a week to mix and play with other children. Do you have any advice as to what to look for/ask when we go and visit and look around?

Have a look round and go with your instincts. I'm not keen on nursery's and childminders and I've only ever left my children with my parents.

However I did do some nursery mystery shopping with Charlotte when she was about 10 months old. I had to pretend I was going back to work and nervous about leaving her. One I visited was lovely.

The points I liked were, the baby and toddler area was done out like a sitting room with armchairs and a sofa. They said they did stories on the sofa and they all cuddled up together with books which I thought was lovely. They showed me some food, which was all organic purees and it smelled nice. Each child was given a drawstring changing bag and they would buy in whichever brand of nappy and wipe you were using in case of allergies, leaks etc. Each child had a notebook and they would write down when nappy changes had been done, how much they had eaten and drank, and anything else they thought you might like to know such as things they'd really enjoyed doing, if they'd been upset about something etc. You could view the page when you went back. It just seemed really nice overall and I think I could have been happy leaving Charlotte there if I had to.

Happy belated birthday Tom. Pleased you had a good day

daphne_descends

I wasn't going to say anything and maybe I shouldn't, but seeing as most of my parenting decisions are being judged, one more won't hurt - I thought this thread was supposed to be about support but every time I read it there are more and more comments criticising different ways of doing things, and it's turning into a bit of a snob-fest.

Agutka and SB PM me if you ever want a chat - SB you have two babies under 18 months and quite frankly if you manage to get up and get everyone dressed that would be a massive success in my book! Poppy will love nursery and I am sure you will enjoy the time alone with Jamie xxx

I'm unsubscribing, so bye everyone