So besides signing on, filling in the tax credit forms, applying for every job locally that I feasibly can, trying to claim mortgage payment protection insurance, trying to communicate with my ex-boss and friend (FAIL), working out what cake to make for Harry's party (eek) and the many many other things I find myself doing these days, I have come to a decision.
Working with children is the way forward.
So as I mentioned before, I am definitely pursuing childminding (and possibly nannying in the interim) as my most logical option. I have sent off the form and a deposit cheque for the initial briefing and I am hoping there will be a course nearby in the not too distant future. I will call them and chase it all up tomorrow. So I will be needing more equipment (double buggy - quite fancy the Jane Powertwin, but second hand of course) and I am starting to think of activities. The latter may be jumping the gun a tad but I am keen to do creative things. I feel this aspect is important as well as all the early years guff you have to cover.
I think this childcare path is right because the panic has eased off a bit since we decided this was a viable option. And that has to be a good thing.
My very good friend has just qualified/registered and I hope she doesn't feel I am treading on her toes. We are a little over a mile apart from one another, commuters would use different stations for each of us and we will probably offer different environments too. I hope you don't mind Net, if you're reading this. I am coming at it from the same angle as you. I get to be with Harry and earn money at the same time. I hope we can do some stuff together. Music and arty things maybe... :)
Monday, 25 October 2010
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Milestones
It's coming up to Harry's first birthday and therefore it is a time of much reflection for me. I find it amazing to believe he is nearly one. This time last year I had already been on maternity leave for almost 3 weeks as I just couldn't keep heaving that lump of a bump up into London. I was beginning to get bored and frustrated, wanting to have my baby with me NOW! I think we had just finished our NCT classes which I am so glad we signed up for as I now have 7 fabulous mummy friends who all gave birth pretty much within 2 1/2 weeks of one another other so we coped with the madness of childbirth, sleepless nights, feeding problems etc together. I couldn't have coped without them!
It has been a wonderful year of change. Everything possible has changed really apart from where we live (mores the pity but that's another story!).
The change having a baby causes to your relationship is quite incredible not to mention challenging at times. It becomes accepted that the third person in the relationship is the one on the pedestal, loved with total unflinching, unconditional love by the original two, while the latter play the loyal supporting roles, thinking only (mainly) of this new gleaming, shining light of a child. It is only really toward the end of this first year that we have more time for one another again I think. Whoever said having a child could save a relationship is clearly insane.
The change to me both physically and mentally is immense. If I told some of my oldest friends that I was considering becoming a childminder they would laugh so violently the chardonnay would shoot out of their noses. Yet I am; I had to give up my London job as I could have been away from Harry for 50 of his average 84 hours of waking hours a week. Something that seemed ludicrous. So childminding will mean I can be with him while he gets to spend time with other children too. A perfect scenario. Physically I am so much stronger. Carting around a 29lb-ish (not had him weighed for ages) wriggling child has made me that way. Being able to pick him up with one arm (my left!!) and get to my feet from the floor unaided strikes me as almost chimpanzee like - I suppose we regress in our primeval roles.
So lots of change, and even more to come as we wind our way through the next year and the next and the next. Preschool starts next September...what a thought.
Onwards we march, but with love in our hearts.
It has been a wonderful year of change. Everything possible has changed really apart from where we live (mores the pity but that's another story!).
The change having a baby causes to your relationship is quite incredible not to mention challenging at times. It becomes accepted that the third person in the relationship is the one on the pedestal, loved with total unflinching, unconditional love by the original two, while the latter play the loyal supporting roles, thinking only (mainly) of this new gleaming, shining light of a child. It is only really toward the end of this first year that we have more time for one another again I think. Whoever said having a child could save a relationship is clearly insane.
The change to me both physically and mentally is immense. If I told some of my oldest friends that I was considering becoming a childminder they would laugh so violently the chardonnay would shoot out of their noses. Yet I am; I had to give up my London job as I could have been away from Harry for 50 of his average 84 hours of waking hours a week. Something that seemed ludicrous. So childminding will mean I can be with him while he gets to spend time with other children too. A perfect scenario. Physically I am so much stronger. Carting around a 29lb-ish (not had him weighed for ages) wriggling child has made me that way. Being able to pick him up with one arm (my left!!) and get to my feet from the floor unaided strikes me as almost chimpanzee like - I suppose we regress in our primeval roles.
So lots of change, and even more to come as we wind our way through the next year and the next and the next. Preschool starts next September...what a thought.
Onwards we march, but with love in our hearts.
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
dealing with disappointment/worry
things to be disappointed and worried about:
no job
no money
things to be happy about:
harry <3
simon
lucy
caravan
there might be some warmer weather at the end of this week
and many other things including a new kick ass cv
money worries? I laugh in your face...
no job
no money
things to be happy about:
harry <3
simon
lucy
caravan
there might be some warmer weather at the end of this week
and many other things including a new kick ass cv
money worries? I laugh in your face...
Thursday, 9 September 2010
silence is not golden
Argh we've had lurgy in the house....:(
Had a lovely day meeting some other mummies and babies but one of the little ones passed on hand, foot and mouth disease to Harry so he has been poorly. Horrid, starts with a fever, sore throat and achyness, then you get spots on your hands, feet and sometimes then mouth which turn to mouth ulcers. I think he skipped the latter and is much better thank goodness. I have a nasty sore throat and had a dreadful fever yesterday and on Tues night, but feel much better today.
So the 'van has gone by the wayside a bit but Simon managed to spend 24 hours in her last week (yes, he slept in her, woo hoo!) doing the vital stuff needed so we can have a weekend in her next weekend. She won't look pretty yet but she is cool, so we need to find somewhere to trundle off to - 'cited!
Had a lovely day meeting some other mummies and babies but one of the little ones passed on hand, foot and mouth disease to Harry so he has been poorly. Horrid, starts with a fever, sore throat and achyness, then you get spots on your hands, feet and sometimes then mouth which turn to mouth ulcers. I think he skipped the latter and is much better thank goodness. I have a nasty sore throat and had a dreadful fever yesterday and on Tues night, but feel much better today.
So the 'van has gone by the wayside a bit but Simon managed to spend 24 hours in her last week (yes, he slept in her, woo hoo!) doing the vital stuff needed so we can have a weekend in her next weekend. She won't look pretty yet but she is cool, so we need to find somewhere to trundle off to - 'cited!
Sunday, 22 August 2010
a week to work and dream
We have a week to do what we want/need to do to Doris starting tomorrow. I shall be making curtains and cushion covers, cleaning the inside, painting the inside and adding some homely touches while the man does the outside: brushing off rust from underneath and painting with Hammerite, spray painting the brown bits sage green, and whatever other man jobs I decide ;)
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Whoop whoop happy days
Doris passed!!! She needs some work underneath which we knew - to say she is rusty would be an understatement, so she needs brushing down and attacking with the trusty hammerite, she needed one new tyre and new back lights. She does have damp but we knew that - I'm sure him indoors can fix it but we're not hugely concerned at the moment.
I went to Ikea yesterday with the boy to look at material but the ones I liked were out of stock. However we did buy lots of nice things for home, including some fabric vegetables!
Hoping the fabric comes back in stock soon or I'll have to get back on eBay... trouble is I haven't seen anything as nice. And the Cath Kidston catalogue has landed through my door, that could get me in a whole HEAP of trouble.....
I went to Ikea yesterday with the boy to look at material but the ones I liked were out of stock. However we did buy lots of nice things for home, including some fabric vegetables!
Hoping the fabric comes back in stock soon or I'll have to get back on eBay... trouble is I haven't seen anything as nice. And the Cath Kidston catalogue has landed through my door, that could get me in a whole HEAP of trouble.....
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