Parenting after LT TTC #5

[barney]

cry cry cry i cant see the pics

charlie is getting her ears pearced at 12 today aww shes going to look beautiful ,but i hope she doesnt scream to much other wise ill cry too

[Greenslw]

Smithy you are a brave mummy, I'd be so scared bubs would howl. Can't wait to see when they're not red. I assume you're getting them done with the gun. I think the sound is the scariest part.

[barney]

Smithy you are a brave mummy, I'd be so scared bubs would howl. Can't wait to see when they're not red. I assume you're getting them done with the gun. I think the sound is the scariest part.

omg green did she howl ,she cried the most shes eva cried since birth it was sad ,but i think your rite its the sound of the gun that frightened her more than anything as 2 girls did it with 2 guns so it was quick and easy,as for being red,they were only red for a couple of mins and now there all good youd swear shes had them done foreva.oh boy she looks so dam cute too i got silver to match her blue bird braclett so happy i got them done now though rather than later they look beautiful.

[butterfly_warrior]

Well... two days down into the current school term and I'm already feeling ready for a holiday. Doesn't help that we are dealing with timetable changes, technological glitches and I still can't confirm exactly WHO is in the new class I have taken on this term. Oh yeah, and a couple of teachers stranded in the UK and obviously no work to do with their classes... Not their fault, I know, but it is hard on those of us who have to try to figure out what to do with their classes for now.

Anyway, the chatter of recent weeks is coming to an end, I guess. I just want to make sure people know that it's not because I don't love you any more, it's because I'm just completely swamped at work - and term 2 is always a rough term with half yearly exams and reports to write.

I'll still be reading - just finding the time to reply often will be difficult.

BG - I hope today went ok and that it wasn't too traumatic on any of you.

BW

[barney]

ok so i need some help and your ideas here girls...
well as you know today miss c had her ears done and the chemist here in town has none of that ear spray left,nore did the beauty salon so im useing medi wipes is there anything else i can use ??

[briggsy's girl]

i would just use salt water - alcohol wipes may be a bit too drying on sensitive ears. E had hers done at 12 weeks and when i left the spray at mum's, that is what i used

[barney]

oh thanks bg i really appriciate your help as i had no idead ,and i was truely hopeing you would answer knowing e had hers done ,so thanks hun and salt water it will bewhat about if i even took her down to the beach and used some of that water today ?

[Greenslw]

Smithy I think anything like medi wipes will work ok, did you order some spray too?

BW teaching is hard work, hope it all settles down for you.

BG glad your first day back went well.

Hi To Kelly and Marcellus.

ATM wonder week alert. Linc is very clingy and very fussy, he wants to be fed when he wakes only about 20mls then play for a bit (not long) then change then another 80mls then screaming and very fussy, put him into his sleeping sack then he wants 20+mls while being rocked in his room. OMG I'm exhausted, he also woke up at midnight last night, 3am then 5am and was a big fussy boy till he finally pooed at 6.30 (STINKY) and it's been fussy pot since.

I start work tonight and have nothing organised cos he wouldn't settle for DH last night at all. I'm exhausted. and so is Lincoln that's why he's cranky I think.

[Lenny]

Kelly - sounds like a bit of a bug. Not nice, but the fact that Tara is happy and her behaviour hasn't changed is a good sign. They are pretty good at picking up bugs, but pretty good at getting over them too. Not fun for you though!

BG - aw, I'm sure she missed you lots. But easier to know that you have such a balanced settled wee girl that she is content when she is with grandma and you are gone. Mr L still is funny sometimes when i drop him at ODC, but i know it's good for him, otherwise it's just mummy all day every day.

BW - I want a holiday too - and I don't even work! Teaching's a tough job, and I respect all those who do it, especially with some of the behaviours that teenagers seem to think are acceptable these days.

Green - good luck at work tonight. I'm sure Linc will be settled and fine - they always play up for their mummy!

[barney]

for baby tara and i hope shes better very soon.

green. i sure hope linc settles soon hun.

afm.. well im signing out for a week or 2 as were mooving tomorrow and will have no computer till they reconnect us.i will miss you all and be thinking of you all until then girls i love you all and please take care.
smithy and charlie.
ps..bg the salty water must be doing its thing hun as we have no red ears here and they look great,thank you
bye bye girls im off to do some last minuet stuff awww im sad im gonna miss bb

[butterfly_warrior]

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate having messages of support like that... Some days are rough, and I think today was worse than yesterday, and I'm just exhausted. Teenagers are hard to work with, but the job is rewarding as well. It is nice to hear that the teaching profession is valued by some - even if it's not necessarily the parents of the kids I teach!

Funnily enough, we just had the conversation about how if it weren't for the money we wouldn't do it... but a lot of that feeling here is from the extra stuff we have to do - paperwork and the political nonsense in schools.

Hopefully DH will arrive here very soon to pick me up and I can get my fix of Sam cuddles... and then get back to preparing a lesson to be observed by my HOD tomorrow.

BW