MSE Parents Club Part 9

Sami_Bee

Carla, Em is right, once you find a nice CM/nursery you'll feel much better about leaving them. Who had Katie before Christopher was around?

carlamagee

Sami, my mum and my sister took her for me until robbie got home from work.
Cant do that this time round ad my sister has a new job now which she works Thurs and Fri all day.

I was doing 2 days 12.30-9, but now ideally, i want to work a few hours each mornin, so that i am here for them going to bed and having tea etc....everything just seems so complicated at the minute. I dont even know if work will allow me to do the hours I want.

scruffy96uk

Sami how is Ed doin?

Sami_Bee

Carla you need to get your hours request in ASAP! will it be worth you going back though? will you get WTC to cover the childcare?

Scruffy - Ed hasn't been sick since he brought up the bit of blood this morning after being sick so hopefully he's through the worst *touch wood* thanks for asking

I'm off to bed been falling asleep all day, really should have gone up after I was nodding off at 10pm!! Hubby working tomorrow aswell stressful for me

SugarSpun

We're just trying to pack everything ready for shipping. Impromptu trip to Ikea for hardcore moving boxes and a hot dog, now Husband is knee-deep in all our stuff in my parents' living room and it all has to be done tonight or else the dog will pee on it in the morning. I've just started a second load of laundry, have organised loads of the stuff for the boxes (he packs; he worked as a roadie for concerts when he was a student and has an excellent eye for packing things) and am making our to-do list for tomorrow. It involves a secret trip to the charity shop to rid ourselves of some excess stuff, a run to the tip to recycle a pile of unusable cardboard, post office (closed today ), returning some sale clothing, climbing up into my parents' loft to make sure there's nothing left of mine up there and dropping up Christmas presents for next year, last of the duty visits, rescuing that load of laundry, packing for Chester ... and I think that's it.

Molly's finally asleep. I'm so annoyed with my brother, who also has the nasty cough my mother has - but has been spreading it all around the house rather than confining himself to one room. She has on her black skeleton sleepsuit and looks heartbreakingly cute.

Goodnight everyone

ladybirdintheuk

Morning all. Hugs to all the poorly babies and mummies. :grouphug:

DH is in charge today while I go to work. I keep giving him instructions and he is getting fed up with me now - he hasn't looked after her for a whole day on his own before!

pinkpig08 wrote: »

ladybird - can I just ask you, if she has formula when you're not around is your supply still there? Caitlyn will be goin to the childminder in April and I'm hoping to send her with formula but still feed her myself in the afternoons and evening/nighttime. Oh, and breakfast. SO I suppose really she'll be having 1 or maybe 2 (if she's really hungry) formula feeds per day in the week.

Izzy has milk with me at bedtime (and sometimes an extra bit when i get in too), and 2 formula feeds during the day, and there is pleanty for her. I think your body works it out.

carlamagee wrote: »

i feele like crying.
i need to start thinking about childcare arrangements for going back to work in february.............i dont wanna leave my babies with a stranger!!!

I think everyone feels that way (not that it makes you feel any better knowing that!) You will be ok when you find somewhere. We visited a few nurseries and once i found the right one it was a huge weight off my mind - i knew she would be having a fab time at nursery, I just sometimes wish I could go to nursery with her instead of going to work Izzy has 2 days at nursery and 1 with my mum and she loves it.

SugarSpun

Ladybird, I've just realised that I forgot to say Hurray! for Izzy and her new walking skills. Hurray!

So tired. Molly's up and babbling away happily, Husband's now seeing about the weird-sized moving boxes and running interference with my father, who hates having all our stuff all over his dining room and keeps attempting to shove an oar in WRT our parenting. I'm biting my tongue, but he disapproves of breastfeeding and keeps telling me so :rolleyes: and given how he raised his younger child and is raising their dog I'm just not listening except to think on how lucky I was to have so much of my grandmother's influence.

tiamai_d

Woohoo for walking Izzy's!

Boohoo for poorly mummies, can I join you? Trying to get through to the GP because I have swimmers ear!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Good morning! I haven't been on in the daytime for ages

I am supposed to be going out dancing with my mummy friends from Booby Club and Big Booby if she is well enough but it is supposed to snow loads this afternoon

Going to dye my hair and shave my legs in the hope that the snow misses us again.

My_Fathers_Daughter

Carla - it's tough isn't it? I cried loads when I was trying to find childcare, even just the thought of making phonecalls made me cry

You need to sort out with work what hours they will let you go back so you can think about your childcare options. Do you have a preference?