my boys are at daycare!!!
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Topic: my boys are at daycare!!!
Posted By: k&jsmum
Subject: my boys are at daycare!!!
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 11:02pm
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The boys started at daycare this week on the 9hrs that i get from WINZ. Wow i can't believe how much they love it and how much i get done when they are not here!!!!! Yesterday they were there for 6 hrs and when i went to pick them up at 3 i got a quick cuddle from both and then they ran off to play again!! So glad they have settled fine. In a few weeks time I will be leaving one of the boys in daycare for 3 hrs and take the other lad out to spend one on one time maybe go to the pool etc then swop around the next day. I really want to hang with each of the boys on their own and cant wait to do this. Also i think they will learn abit of indepence from each other having time away . ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 12:53am
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kool go Keegs and J!! I think the one-on-one is a great idea mars!! opps,i will post the fridge thngy tomorro, man i am soooooooo slack.its been like 4 weeks lmfao ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 8:24am
jack started daycare this week too! 
i'm working part time so he's there from 9.30-3.30 and i can't believe how well he's settled in. i drop him off and barely get a goodbye wave and when i pick him up i have to chase him to get a cuddle!! 
i don't like not spending as much time with him, but it's all for his benefit so its gotta be good....right?? ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 8:26am
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I know it can be hard on Mummy, but having some time away is good for both of you.
At least they are all happy!  ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 10:09am
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Jake and taine are off to care in march. I'm really looknig forward to it (bad mum!), but Jake just LOVES other kids so it will be great for him. Taine will be with my nana, whcih will be good for her!
Good on the boys for loving daycare. it is so much worse for mums rather than the kids (well, usually!) |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:14pm
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oh kool james starts on monday 3hrs twice a week and i cant wait (me bad mum 2) ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 9:38pm
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i know i know its great to have time out. Yay for me. When I save up some $$ am going to go to the hairdressers and say "take your time" lol. That is what I am looking forward to the most yayay
Yeah is worst for the mums -although I wasnt too stressed but did ring to see how they were settling in. It was feeling alittle lost at home and it was sooooo quite lol ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 10:32am
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well with twins it would be relax and enjoy i will be ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: AnnaD
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 10:37am
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Quinn starts daycare in a week too!! I am SOOOO excited but I suspect that I will be a it of a sook for the first wee while!
Although we have been for several 'trials' and he seems to love it! Doesn't care if I leave but packs a wobbly if we have to go home!! Good sign right?! ------------- Anna and Quinn 10 July 2004 www.quinnariki.blogspot.com and one more on the way.... http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 10:46am
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absolutely Anna lol. I think kids can really thrive in that environment. They will learn things that we may not know. By that I mean new songs etc.
On the boys first day they walked down to feed the deer a) i would never had made them walk the distance cos well its a mission with the 2 of them so they are tightly stapped in the pram lol and b) i didnt even know they had a deer park in waipukurau lol. Also they had a gymnastic thing on for the littlies. I think its just great and my boys love it. When I went to pick them up on thurs Keegs didnt event notice I was there he was too busy having a chat with one of the carers. Jaidyn came and said a wuick hello them he was off. So yeah its gotta be good gor bubs and mums  ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 1:37pm
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Hey that sounds great Marlene!
I'm finding it really hard to keep Hannah entertained at the moment. She's happy playing by herself mostly and it's just me being lazy but it'll be great when she's back at creche so I don't have to be to worried about her not getting enough stimulation. She goes back for a visit tomorrow and I can't wait. She'll be so excited to be back there! |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 7:43pm
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aw, Ayja has just got to the separation anxiety stage - and has now started crying when i leave her at daycare - it's like she's never been there before!! i know it's just a stage but still feels bad. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 8:53pm
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Just run like the wind when she isn't looking. They soon get over it.
I used to hang at creche heaps last year and the mothers who were concerned about their children crying used to hang round longer which made the kid even worse. So brutal but necessary... like ripping of a plaster, if you do it fast it only hurts for a little while
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 9:25pm
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oh i not looking forward to that but i will try this is the frist time at childcare so hopefully he,ll love it ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 10:56pm
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I have been lucky as the boys were really good about gonig to daycare. I think it helps they have each other and also we go lots of places and meet heaps of ppl. I think playgroup has helped too.
Good luck with James at daycare and Nikki I can so relate to the stimulation thing. I run out of things all the time to do around the house although they have now started to "help" me around the house with things like the dishes and vacuuming and folding the washing lol. I kid you not they love to help and I LOVE to clean up the mess after lol ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 10:58pm
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oh and Janine i hope ayja gets settled in daycare soon. It does break your heart when they get upset. Im sure she will be fine soon and just do what nikki said.....run janine run!!! ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 7:34am
| i watched a programme in japan about a family with quads. (the children, not the farm bikes) Mum used to take them to daycare, and honestly, the kids weren't even in the door before Mum was driving away in that car so damn fast!!! It was all in Japanese, but extremely easy to undersatnd. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 9:03pm
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i think it's just hard cos she's been there so long, since she was 12 weeks old, so i never thought i'd have to go through this - but no - i don't stick around - i don't sneak out either because they say it's good to teach them to trust you.. so i always say goodbye, kiss, cuddle and say i will be back at..., then leave and wave at the door. same routine i always had with paris.
here's a tip though, with older kids sometimes if they don't settle well - make a routine of doing something with them, the same thing every day - and they will get into the routine of knowing that after they have done that 1 puzzle, or read that 1 book with mummy, that mummy will go - and after a while it actually works, they get used to it, . ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 11:01pm
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Sounds good!
Hannah didn't even notice me today while she was playing at creche but at about 10.30 she seemed to get really tired all of a sudden and did her tired routine of falling over and acting like it is the end of the world. I think it was too much running round for the little tyke! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 3:55pm
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Just wanted to say that those of you who said you are 'bad mums' (ie. Lizzle and Lu!) you are SO NOT! I put Maya in care at 5 mths because I had to, but it is the best thing I could have done for her, she loves it, and she has so many little friends.
Maya is starting a new kindy next week - Montessori. It will be a huge change for her as she has been in teh centre she goes to now since she was 5 mths and is now old enough that she has made little friends that she will be leaving. So it's a tough decision, but I think the right one as she will get more 1 on 1 time at Montessori, and they have a bigger focus on literacy and learning than the daycare. Plus it's not as expensive as I thought it would be - basically the same as daycare. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 6:29pm
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well i did it james had his frist day at childcare and he loved it he cryed a little before i left but was fine within ten mins i cryed on the way home (i,ma wuss) but he relly enjoyed it and was asleep when i went to pick him up ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 8:07pm
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Well done Lu!
Sounds like you both coped OK It'll get easier
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 8:23pm
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Yay James! You're so right Lu - it's harder for us Mum's I reckon! I cried every day for the first week that I left her, now I can't wait to get out the door! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 8:35pm
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good on you Lu. James will be settled in no time but I understand the tears and separation anxiety - for us mums that is lol.
You will get used to the time out for yourself very quickly. I have already. Had to go see someone today and she wasnt there so had to go after daycare. Anyway took the boys and let them walk ( i have them on the harness leases much safer). Well Keegs was running along the footpath and fell and hit his head. So I cuddled him and carried him so Jaidyn decided he wanted to be carried and decided to sit n the middle of the footpath (in the middle of town might I add) until I did. So picture me carrying 2 screaming toddlers thru town quitely saying under my breathe "if you dont shut the bloody hell up you will be in your prams until you leave home!!!!" Anyway we went to chemist - which might I add is full of ppl - to get somethime for Keegs head. Jaidyn threw self on floor again, I picked him up to leave keegs ran away went to chase him smacked Jaidyns head on the makeup stand in process sending makeup flying. Sales lady says dont worry about it and Im thinking "dont worry lady Im not" lol. Go to bank...sweet they have lots of pieces of paper to write on. Yay. Go to leave Jaidyn wont get up both boys screaming at this point and Keegs telling every1 hes hurt - good look for me haha. Old man tries to help to no avail. Walk out without him - bugger that doesnt work anymore. He just laid back on the floor and screamed louder. Picked him up - so again carrying 2 toddlers and bribe them with a toy at the $2 shop. I am the best mum lol. Anyway they have never behaved like that before so I put it down to still adjusting to daycare. But gotta say love it for when i can do those town things without the lads. ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 8:36pm
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sorry about the novel - just had to share my interesting day lol ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 9:12pm
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It made me laugh!! - The times you rarely get to do things on your own you feel "lost" with out them, yet when they are there in their "bad" moods you want to get rid of them for a while so you can do it in peace...
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 9:21pm
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oh your poor lady (i,m trying not to laugh) i thought it was hard with one james is theething so wanted him to go to childcare (badmum) lololol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 21 February 2006 at 10:47pm
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oh no, two year olds, please help us lol.. mine will be too soon enough, little miss likes to test us now and then @ almost 20 months
arg Marlene, can't imagine having 2x two year old, you sooo deserve the time out from them you get! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AnnaD
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 7:59am
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Oh Marlene!! What a rough day!! Did give the rest of us a wee chuckle tho!!
My only tragic tanty-in-public moment was a MASSIVE wobbly at the zoo, I was so embarrassed that when a nice old woman stopped to ask if she could help, I told her that she could keep him!? And back to the daycare countdown! Quinn starts on Monday! He has his first trial without me being there last Monday, I dropped him of, give him a kiss and a cuddle and he couldn't wait to be rid of me! No crying, barely even a wave or glance in my direction! I wasn't quite sure what to do with myself, so I wandered around the shops for half an hour by myself! BLISS!! ------------- Anna and Quinn 10 July 2004 www.quinnariki.blogspot.com and one more on the way.... http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 9:07am
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Oh Marlene, Maya on her own is bad enough, I can't even imagine having two! Big hugs to you for being such a great Mum!
Anna - Glad to hear Quinn settled in OK on his own. I enjoy the time to myself too - even tho I have to work it's sometimes nice to just be able to go to the toilet without getting "MuuuuuuuM" ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 11:06am
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I'm getting really nervous at the moment - Kiya starts school in 5 weeks... my little girl is getting big! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: AnnaD
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 11:47am
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Yay! I didn't even think about being allowed to go to the toilet by myself!! What a novelty!!
When I went to the drs for the pregnancy test Quinn insisted on following me in there as well!! Never mind the oodles of toys they had, he wants to come with me while I pee!! ------------- Anna and Quinn 10 July 2004 www.quinnariki.blogspot.com and one more on the way.... http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 12:38pm
The things I have to look forward to...  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 1:29pm
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Yeah. I haven't been toilet by myself since Han started to crawl.
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Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 1:47pm
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My toilet is in the laundry - one of those old style houses so the boys dont follow me in thankfully. I just have to pee fast so I can get back to them before they get into anything!!!! So I guess my bonus for when they arent here is I can relax on the loo (TMI!!) lol.
Go Quinn for the daycare. The boys are the same and although at first I was sad that they didnt care lees about me going Im glad as Its so much easier for the mum not to have to leave a sad child. ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |