ITs the first time on this site, b nice to chat with like minded people!
Hi Louise, i didnt realise how this worked. lol. I hav a thirteen year old girl and eleven year old boy Both reasonably good kids, but sometimes i thinkhy have had tgrow up toquick becaue i am on my own, my ex lives in South Africa s no support thee with eekends free. I work as a nurse til three most day. My parents live 40 miles away and i dont really see them that much! some days i am so bored with life!!!!! And everyone knows me as happy go lookin with well poite, gorgeous kids. My life looks brill on the outside!
Hi Jaynee, welcome to one space xxx
Hi tiredmum,just browsing and seeing how this works, looks very educating and helpful what i see at moment. And wow its not just me who hs issues! I have the issue at present about my kids 13 and 11 going to childcare when i am at work in the daytime, they reckon they are too old now! HELP!!!
Oh Jaynee, tell me about it, I have 5 children altogether but only one that really needs childcare, 2 teen girls and son of just 10 at home now, but there is no childcare at all here for the over 8`s but the jobcentre insist there is, my friend and I are looking at starting our own business that way we can work arouind the children,
This site is wonderful and as you say everyone has problems from time to time so being able to come on here and see you are not alone really does help xxx
Ha! Thank god there is others i can moan to! We have acivities for the over 8,s at the leisure centre, but it dont start til 9, and i a work for 8,30! just had arguement with 11yr old son this morning that i can not leave him for an hour at the leisure centre in the mornings on his own! And hes refusing to go to the childminders saying he is not a baby and does not need babysitting! Arghh, Just wanted to keep it going to the summer hols as he goes up to secondry in Sept and i wont expect he will want to sit in the childminders house every day! Just another few months pease! Then we can readjust whats to be done in the hols!
Oh yes feel free to have a good old whinge and a moan
It is so difficult isnt it to balance the childcare with a job, and when they get to that age where they dont want to go to a childminders, we dont have the luxuary of any childcare here at all so it makes the job hunt even more difficult. I regularly rant on here about the jobcentre
Hi Jaynee
Welcome to One Space :)
Does your son have a friend who lives close by, who he could perhaps go to before school? Does your daughter leave the same time as you or is she home alone?
hi jaynee welcome xxxx
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Hello again Jaynee
I agree that there is little or no childcare for older children. Anna has made a good suggestion about your son going to someone else's house.
Many of us look like everything is brilliant from the outside but as you have already seen on this site, so many of us have things to cope with and so it is a different story from the inside!
Happy, happy me! Childcare issues sorted for next hols! My son knows the lady really well who runs the activity clubs in the hols and she would be more than happy to have his help to set the equipment out before nine, so therefore i can drop him off before work and pick him up later. The lady does his gym club at 5.45 so even asked if i was happy to collect him at 6.45! Wow, i only work til 2.30 and happy to pick him up around 3pm, but the activity club is 9-5 mon-fri at £10 a day!! Happy sorted me, now i can have free time or work more hours! Oh and last week i was tearing my hair out wondering how to organise this because i work before these clubs begin! After having a chat with the receptionist at the centre i realise i am not alone with issues after issues! My son had a trial day last week and loved it and was shattered too which is a bonus as he never seems to tire out, lol. So don't give up as i have found out there is always a way! whoop, yes things are looking up for me in the hols now, and i can go to work happily knowing my son is happy where he is. Three more days this week going to his childminders and me having to listen to how boring it is, but i can cope with that! I know the childminder is going to be a little sad that he is leaving but you have to listen to your children and what they want! Love from HAPPY ME!
That is excellent news Jaynee, I am so pleased for you!
That's fantastic!
Well done Jaynee for sorting it out and soooooo quickly. You're right, it's always best to listen to your child and hear what they are saying. A teacher in Year 1 told me that over something to do with C. You get rest easy now knowing your son will be happy with the club, and also frees you up too. Have a good day.
Woohoo for you Jaynee, thats great news! Great to feel you so happy and relieved, with a bit of free time thrown in too. Brilliant!
Any plans for the 4 day weekend coming up?
Hello Jaynee
Welcome to One Space. Tell us more about you and your family, how old are your children? Do you work? What sort of local family support do you have? Do your children see the other parent at all?
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