MSE Parents Club Part 9

money_maker_3

Hi all
Hope you are all well, but ((hugs)) where needed

tiamai_d wrote: »

The special needs school school looks fab! Very, very impressed and DH is happy too. Lovely staff, nice mix of children, lots of interaction with the main stream schools, both the one it's attatched too and he can also go to visit our local one too. So we are going for it. It's a class of P1-4, so lots of different levels but there is 1 adult to 5 children, lots of support.

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Can you tell I'm excited for you

tiamai_d wrote: »

I can do a guide for surviving the posh nursery when you aint posh.

1, do not expect anyone to have any manors, holding open a door is not theri job and if you do it, you must be staff.

2, children must be quiet and perfectly dressed at all times, any sign of individuality is frowned upon.

3, hat, scarf, gloves, shoes and coat must always match and be of a dark colour. Girls may have a spritzy bit of glitter but no bright colours.

4, children are expected to play only when appropriate and only if it is educational to do so. Colouring is a good activity, but only in pencil. Crayons, felt tips and pens are frowned upon for the messy potential.

5, children must attend singing, swimming, gymnastics, modern dance (slutty as possible for girls) and a music class each week. Mothers must always join in and demonstrate how they sang a certain note and impressed the tutor when in the waiting area, waiting, of course, till the waiting area is full.

6, if a child is seen displaying inappropriate behaviour (playing outside of structured play activities) the parents must be notified immediately by text, email, phone call and sky writer as well as as many people reminding them as possible.

7, one must never acknowledge ones husband standing with his hands down another childs Mother at any time.

8, of course we are privileged enough to use the car park thats clearly states 'no parking except staff and visitors'. Blindness to yellow lines of any sort or shape should also be cultivated.

9, a strict dress code applies to all Mothers at all times. High heels, white carpri slacks, tight twin set, brown artificial tan, dyed hair, a jaunty hat, belt or bag and full make up. Any non adherence to this dress code will result in immediate shunning.

You forgot the necessity to drive a 7 seater people carrier when you have 2 children !!

elle_gee wrote: »

Jealous? I'm annoyed! Nothing good about being this thin. Even Rhys' doc told me off yesterday :cool: I was trying to "excuse" his weight gain patterns by comparing him to me and she said "Yes dear, but you need a few more decent meals - Rhys looks fine"

You need to eat what you are making Rhys !! And steal more of his crumpets :rotfl:

BM, you really cheered me up BTW !!

Oh dinners ready, back shortly

Krystaltips

3onitsway wrote: »

Its my super-duper steam generator iron. It's changed my life! :D
(Krystal have you done your ironing yet?)
(Don't tell anyone, but i've also stopped ironing socks and teatowels and stopped putting J & L in clean, ironed pj's every night!. I'll try to stop ironing knickers and vests next - i've got to do this in little baby steps! )

Well done on working through your addiction there!! I did 1 tank full of water last night, got about 1/4 of it done Would do more tonight but too tired to function...

My sister is still pregnant and hooked up to a drip, they've put it down to low blood pressure and will release her when it has stayed up for long enough which will hopefully be some time tonight...

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Mfd... And get used to Benjamin pulling the emotional blackmail card at the most innapropriate times... They never grow out of that

elle_gee

money_maker wrote: »

You need to eat what you are making Rhys !! And steal more of his crumpets :rotfl:

I've just shared a bag of wotsit-style snacks dunked in a Dairlylea.. does that count? Now he's asleep I'm demolishing a pack of shortbread fingers with a cuppa

3onitsway

emlou2009 wrote: »

I've PM'd you

I think I need to develop a cleaning obsession I used to pride myself on being a Monica but since Seth was born I CBA!! I only really hoover every couple of days, and rinse the bath and sink out every day cos the cats like to get in them and drink the water straight from the tap, I'd be so ashamed if someone came round before I'd had a chance to gut the place!!

I'm sure you meant to say you haven't got time!


Tia Not sure if you've already said, but how far away is the school? Will DS need transport for it?

And while i'm here, i'm going to have a moan.

DS gets transport to his school which is 12 miles from home. The provision of transport is part of his SEN.

Since before christmas he's being a bu66er! He gets on the bus absolutely fine in the morning, links the arm of his escort and goes quite happily. But, when it comes to coming home he goes nuts, kicking, throwing himself on the floor so much that the bus have refused to bring him apart from one day last week.

So, they phone me to go and collect him so i'm getting DD from school and then driving us all the 24 mile trip to get him home. I've spoken to the transport department and the school who both say he may be better in a taxi with escort, rather than a bus setting - but transport babbled on about funding and said to leave it til the end of the month. So potentially I have another two weeks of collecting him, 24 miles a day, 5 days a week (how much is that in diesel?) See, it is a MSE post in a round-about way! :money:

I can't get hold of transport again today, or the school head and the teacher is off sick. Mum said I should keep him off school until transport get their asses into gear and provide what they're supposed to....but i'm not sure. She sees it that as long as i'm there to collect him, they won't bother to get other arrangements in place!

Any opinions?

ETA: I also think me collecting him has encouraged him to kick off - cos he knows that means Mum will come. His TA said yesterday that as they walked down the corridor she was telling him they were going to the bus and signing bus to him. He, with a huge grin on his face signed back 'mum, red & car!'. Little booger!

jillie1974

i only iron the essentials. DH is currently ironing his own work shirts as he needs them as i [STRIKE]cant be bothered[/STRIKE] am too busy looking after Kian.

hi mm!!
was wondering where you were hiding?

feelinggood_2

3, how does he find a change in routine? Is he okay with normal school holidays?

Krystaltips

3, what would happen if you didn't have a car and therefore couldn't get to the school and collect him?

My friends boy goes on the bus and went through a 'phase' last term... It turned out that the bus that takes him to respite care was in view when they were taking him to the bus home and he would throw a fit because he wanted to go to respite... They managed to overcome the problem and he's behaving again, but they never asked my friend to come and collect him over it... Although he is still small and manageable at the moment... I don't know how long that will last...

SugarSpun

3, the next time they call, could you tell them that your car's not running at the moment and they need to get him home some other way?

They don't need to know that it isn't running because you're not in it and it's sitting in your driveway. But it might drive home the importance of having a plan in place for a child who has a long drive each way.

SusanC_2

I almost never iron anything. I iron things for weddings and OH sometimes needs stuff done but since he never decides something needs ironing until he's about to put it on, he just does it himself.

3onitsway

money_maker wrote: »

You forgot the necessity to drive a 7 seater people carrier when you have 2 children !!

Is it acceptable when you have 3 children?

Hope your today was better than your yesterday.

feelinggood wrote: »

3, how does he find a change in routine? Is he okay with normal school holidays?

He doesn't like changes to his routine, but seems to accept the week long school holidays now. He gets really irritated/stressy when they have longer than a week off.

Part of me is also thinking that a taxi & escort isn't going to help because its not me in my red car! Also, its another change which will be totally new to him.
I don't get how the bus is ok for him in the morning, but not at home time. Same bus, driver, escorts and children!