Tara I have to tell you when I was pregnant my children were NOT going to:
1. Go to daycare
2. If I HAD to send them as a last resort they definitely would not go to ABC
3. Would not watch TV, especially as a "babysitter"
4. Would NOT eat junk eg Maccas, sweets, chips, etc until they were 4 or 5 and old enough to reasonably make an informed health conscious decison
5. Would NEVER EVER co-sleep
Ummm... failed on all counts. We do what we have to - every decision we make is for our sanity and peace in the home. It may not be what we originaly planned or what society deems as a good or correct decision, but we make it for OUR family. If you are happy with it, kudos to you. xxxxx
Tara I totally understand. That was my thoughts when I had Matilda, I quit my job and she was not going to childcare until kindy time.
Well that lasted 9 months. She started 1 day a week for a month and then I pulled her out... She started Family Day Care at 13 months 2 days a week. Jovie started at FDC at 9 months 1 day a week until she was 18 months and then started 2 days a week.
My reasons were twofold. For Matilda, because I needed a break and she wasn't sleeping at my work anymore and too hard to handle at work. For Jovie, because she wants to be out & crawling at work rather than in the sling anymore. I took 1 week off work when I had Jovie. Sure it was only a few hours a week but I needed that.
Thanks girls, Nelly i've failed all those too! (well except that its not an ABC centre....but i did used to work for them!!)
I have to do it for my own sanity...like today, i just got so mad with her. how do they push our buttons?!?! how do they know to take it just that one step too far?! i hate myself for getting so mad and its my own fault because i know its because she's bored. *sigh* well, i'm working on it.
I know what u mean Christy, i need a break too. i have absolutely no break..ever. they are both up in the night, their naps NEVER coincide with one another...there is maybe 2 hours between them going to bed and me going to bed that i get to myself. so, i think i am well within my right to be rather frustrated and tired of late
*hugs* Tara - Christy is so much more eloquent than me! Hope you can make it on wed - it would be good if you and Gill live close to eachother bcos her little girl is only a month or so younger than our toddlers and she is expecting no 2.... but I know the coast is like Brisbane and is bigger than just surfers lol!
Tara hun, it is well within your right!! Every job with an award in Australia is given 2 x 10 minute breaks a day plus a lunch break!! If you add all of those up you can get a 6 hour day off a week at least. Don't feel guilty, you will be a better mummy! Its not as if you are putting her into care at 6 weeks old full time in order to stay home and watch soapies. Its completely different.
I don't have time off kids except work atm, and its wearing. Exhausting. Tonight I wanted to take the dogs for a walk by myself, but... alas that caused a huge tantrum from Matilda because it wasn't in the "routine" *groan*. ARGH!
Thanks Christy and Nelly (and msn V ) i am feeling more and more positive everyday. Its also a relief because now i know IF i have to go back to work sooner than i expected then it's not the massive devastating drama that i have been anticipating for the last 2 YEARS!!
Yes, i know i still have chi-chi to look after, but he sleeps so much that i could probably leave him in his cot all day - i shouldnt joke about that lol
Am desperately trying to work it out for wednesday Nelly!!!
Jovie is sooo cheeky. She drew all over our hallway walls while I was reading a book to Matilda. I have no idea how she even got the texta. Then she came in & said "draw mummy" my radar turned on straight away... She was so proud of herself she said "cheese" for me to take a photo!!!! So I did.... soooo cheeky. Luckily I am in a good brain space atm.
) i am feeling more and more positive everyday. Its also a relief because now i know IF i have to go back to work sooner than i expected then it's not the massive devastating drama that i have been anticipating for the last 2 YEARS!!
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