Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

f1widow

May - how comes you managed to get a picture of me :rotfl: - lovely to see you xx
dawn and elaine - please take care we dont want you seriously hurting yourselves big hugs xx
elaine - I cant believe there is only 11 weeks before DDs baby comes wow - where has the time gone - the coffee, cake and wool sound nice - wish I was there xxx
seakay - sorry to hear you have been feeling rough - how are(I think it was you that was going through it the same time as me) the dentist trips? good to see you back xxx

Well we found out the reason for DS's tummy, distress and not sleeping - and I cant believe its started up at school again - how bad a Mum am I - it started before xmas - he suddenly blurted it out became hysterical last night when DH said school tommorrow! so he is home today until I can speak to the school

So had better go and do battle - hope you all have a good day and for those feeling like Torville & Dean - please take care !!! xxxx

chalky_75

Good Morning to 1 and all.
I managed to stay up late and finish 1 puppy except for the features-- picture later. Quite a relief to know I can manage the pattern. Will probably go back to the other crochet pattern and try that again now I am feeling more confident I can get 12 done.

Maytaurus those booties are wonderful. I will make a pair for little Salome next door. She has grown over Christmas and is a real little sweetie.

I am so sorry to hear about the acrobatics some of you are having to enjoy!!!! Please take care and nurse those bruises!

F1 -- What a worry. Poor little chap. Life for little ones can seem a bit of a jungle out there cant it. Imagine going to school every day with a washing machine tummy. I think I hace said before I taught Nursery and Reception children nearly all my working life and they don't deserve to be frightened. So Good Luck !!

Well I am just off to put a Weetabix cake in the oven to take to friends who have invited us to lunch.

Before that DOH and I have got to go to the bottom of our hill. The town council have been improving a bit of waaste land of late and we have returned to a wonderful new facility. First they built 4 petanque areas. Then 4 tennis courts. Then a walking loop around the outside. Next a choldrens play area and lastly an area that has 12 exercise machiunes. It is brilliant . The instructions are in Spanish but heyho its easy to grasp what to do.

It is so lovely because apparently the village doctor has been sending evryone with aches and pains there to exercise so yesterday when we went down there were 2 quite elderly Spanish ladies all in the usual black with skirts!! doing all the exercises and thoroughly enjoying themselves. So we are going to try and do a session of exercise every day to shift those mince pies!!

Be back later

mioliere

Oh, Jacqui - poor DS. I do hope you can sort it out. I hate it when I hear that a child is having his school days spoilt. Please give him a (((hug))) from me.

Ouch to all those who have been having nasty falls on the ice. I really really hope that the bad weather goes away soon; it's so dangerous, isn't it? Please take care.

Elaine - I was shocked to realise how soon the new baby will be with you all. The time had really flown! I hope DD is keeping well.

May - what lovely patterns! I'm tempted by them all so thank you so much for posting them. I hope you and your family are feeling well and coping with the weather.

It's been raining here and the temperature has risen above freezing for the first time in what seems like weeks. From what I've seen on the UK news, we've been very lucky here and have hardly any snow.

Well, today I shall be doing a bit of housew**k (yawn) because I didn't do any yesterday apart from wash the kitchen floor before we went out. Then I shall sit in our new sitting room on one of my proper sofas which have been in storage since we moved here and crochet while watching the TV - hopefully without dozing off!

Well, (((hugs))) to everyone who has been feeling unwell, or sore and bruised. I hope you all have a great day. See you later.

KathyXX

Chalky - just reading about your new facility. We have a new one here, too, with everything you could want for the entire family, and a wonderful swimming pool, too. The setting is gorgeous - on the edge of a fantastic lake with lovely walks. We shall certainly be spending a lot of time there and it will be an ideal place to take the grandchildren. Wouldn't it be wonderful if every town and village in the UK had the same?

SunnyGirl

F1Widow ((big hugs)) to you and your DS. We went through bullying trouble with DS2 so understand how you're feeling. How old is your DS? xx

f1widow

Hi ladies thanks for your posts it means a lot - DS is 8 and this just keeps reoccuring - have spoken to school they are going to call back but after I had spoken to them and come back in the room DS has said oh they will get away with it they always do they will just say they did not say anything and now because I want it to stop and you have said something bullies always bully you more if you tell of them - oh happy days - the school have said in the past that he should not be so sensitive .......

Anyway the outdoor activity places sound a great idea if we had one here I would definately use it - oh I think France / spain sounds a lovely option at the moment

Hugs to you all and thanks for being there xxxx

ALWAYS_POOR

Chalky and Kathy - we have one of those training areas near our house in Cardiff. I think they are becoming more common as I saw an item on the news last week. Much nicer in your neck of the woods though!

F1Widow - I do feel for your DS, I know what it's like to be told not to be so sensitive all the time.

Well, looks like the snow and ice is starting to thaw at last, I'll be glad to put my wellies away.

mioliere

Jacqui - your DS is certainly not being too 'sensitive'. Even fully-grown adults crumble when they are bullied. I thought all schools had a bullying policy but it seems from what I've heard on the OS Daily now and again that this is not really the case. On that thread, several Mums have posted about the same problem over the last couple of years. It may help if you posted on there about it. You will get loads of support and maybe some great advice, too. It's about time the schools took things seriously. I was bullied at school because I had a dreadful stammer so I know just how horrid and destructive it can be, and my DS1 was bullied briefly when he was about 12 years old. My DH talked to the school and they actually took it seriously and it was resolved in no time - if only all schools were the same.

KathyXX

Seakay

F1 - just have two appointments to go and should have new tooth - not been painful in itself but painkillers have hangover effect and travelling's a bit of a pain.
I do hope that your son's school takes action on the bullying this time. So often it seems that a school's idea of an anti bullying policy is to prove that there is no bullying ie to undermine the credibility of the bullied. Hope that this is not the case for you.
Always Poor - didn't realise that we had an outdoor gym in Cardiff - whereabouts is it? Might be fun if it ever warms up!

chalky_75

F1 Its a pity we dont have MORE sensitive people in this world not less!!!!

When my DD1 was being bullied we found distraction techniques helped, She started Horse Riding and it did her self esteem so much good and seemed to find a place of peace and solace with the horses that she coped better in school.

Sorry to suggest an expensive thing but maybe something similar might help. Has he a pet of his own. Sorry if thats another no no but even a hamster can give a worried child a friend to talk to.

Having her Grandma as a penpal helped too as they had such fun writing and sending things to each other and the excitement of a letter on the map took away those horrible questions about how was your day which are not alaways helpful.

A cuddle stone in the pocket helped for 1 little boy I had. A lovely shiny one that he could just feel if he was worried but kept safely in the pocket out of sight.

One other thing that used to help was visualisation techniques, Draw a target with lots of concentric circles or just a few may be best for a little one. Just like an archery target, dRAW YOUR ds IN THE VERY MIDDLE AND THEN GET HIM TO NAME ALL THE( Sorry caps!!) people who love /care for hime and draw their faces all around him in the circles. Then ask him to draw a face of a SAD bully ( they usually are sad or angry !!) outside the circles and try and get him to see that if when he is being bullied all his loved ones are really with him and will help him it might help. If he can draw on his own little bit of strength he might learn to be able to ignore the bullies and sadly they will probably go and bully someone else -- or maybe hopefully they will stop.
Good Luck and a big hug for little one x Linda

mrs-moneypenny

F1 hugs to your DS i hate bullies and 'sensitive' children always seem to get the brunt of it dont they. im proud that my 2 boys are sensitive (that reads to me quiet polite well behaved and reserved) Eldest seemed to gain confidence when he joined the church choir and then went to high school and found a love of singing and drama. youngest is in the choir but im still waiting for his confidence to blossom.
schools are supposed to by law have anti bullying policies if the school office wont give you a copy say you want the address of the head of govenrors so you can write and explain the situation to them and request one- that should shake things up a bit;)
Tell the teacher you refuse to accept that your son is to blame for blame in their words sensitive and ask what action they plan to take -easier said than done i know.

hugs to everyone espically those who have had falls or have illness or people they are worried about
seakay hope you are feeling better soon
kathy hope your 'virus' goes soon

got to get a wiggle on its almost time for work

managed a few more rows of my fishermans hat last night - the rib part is now complete im about to start the stcking stitch and crown.