Haha, brilliant - can't wait!
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Wait until nursery and school and they are in a constant state of illness as a result.
Joys.
Yup, ours is 9 months and he's a proper PITA during nappy changes, it's a two person job at times trying to keep him distracted as all he wants to do is turn over. During feeding I think he wants to feed himself, but he's not able to and ends up grabbing/smacking the spoon so food goes everywhere. Then the dog is hovering as he drops food (and pretty much anything on the floor). When you leave his eye line he starts having a tantrum. Great joy.
It's when you are not paying attention and his foot ends up in his own poo, then it gets everywhere and an unscheduled change of clothes, cue more turning/tantrums.
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We never had that. I think it gets overstated. I reckon both mine were ill a handful of times during their stint. I think that had more days off in covid (when nursery when we're closing anytime a staff member had it) than normal sickness.
My biggest gripe with school years is that I feel like I need a PA with the amount of stuff that goes on.
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Going to be a touchy subject, but many of you affected by teacher strikes? Me and the mrs a annoyed, as she's a pharmacist and hasn't had a payrise for 2 years, and they don't strike.
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maybe she should then?
No I'm not annoyed, a few days off work is not a big deal, we all do it when our kids our sick.
I'm not going to sit around grumbling that they shouldn't strike when I have absolutely no experience of the daily slog it must be for some of these professions that have been brought to breaking point by substandard government policies.
I'm 50/50 on it, my sister is a primary school teacher and isn't striking - but she does think some of the salaries offered to the teaching assistants / support staff are pretty terrible and for her it's more about the quality of facilities / equipment that has stagnated massively over the last 5+ years.
At the same time, with 10+ weeks of holiday a year it's sometimes hard to feel too sympathetic...
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Unrelated to this but our daughter slept through the night for the first time last night with no night feeds or settling! All the way from 6:45pm to 6.30am - we feel like completely new people!
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They were discussing the teacher strikes on Radio 4 yesterday. It seems that the teachers union has misled the public a bit with its statements. They are using RPI (pretty much no-one uses this as it overstates inflation) and a senior teachers salary to generate their "shock numbers". Junior/entry-level teachers have had a real-terms pay cut just like everyone else, but it isn't a catastrophic 23%.
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just had the email from shool about the 4 potential strike dates for our area. they said only some of the staff are union members so they are still exploring their options.
just recently the school had a huge push with letters and what not saying parents WILL be fined £60 per child per day for every school day the kids are not in when they are not sick
i wonder if we can turn that on its head and fine the teachers £60 per child per day for every day they are not sick but not teaching them?
(not being serious................. closing the school is going to be a problem for us, as per other people but i dont know enough about their situation to have a strong view either way on the strike...........)
my sister inlaw is a teaching assistant. am seeing her at the weekend and am interested to hear where she stands on it.
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I know its tongue in cheek, but it annoys me as they make it out to be so bad for the child's education if they miss school. Wonder if they cover hypocrites in the curriculum. I thought heads and assistants weren't striking?just had the email from shool about the 4 potential strike dates for our area. they said only some of the staff are union members so they are still exploring their options.
just recently the school had a huge push with letters and what not saying parents WILL be fined £60 per child per day for every school day the kids are not in when they are not sick
i wonder if we can turn that on its head and fine the teachers £60 per child per day for every day they are not sick but not teaching them?
(not being serious................. closing the school is going to be a problem for us, as per other people but i dont know enough about their situation to have a strong view either way on the strike...........)
my sister inlaw is a teaching assistant. am seeing her at the weekend and am interested to hear where she stands on it.
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Will still be cheaper to take them on holiday mid term.
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Just time it with the strikes. Win-winWill still be cheaper to take them on holiday mid term.
.Schools / Academy's - Are they all ran by condescending *&*$£ wuggles?
My son has been given a 45 minute detention for 2 lates this term, I know, I took him/was the reason he was late. There are some very exceptional circumstances, family related. The school are already aware however seem to be going out of their way to persecute a young kid during a tough time with zero consideration about him, just as long as their own policies are followed.
They are toxic individuals.
In such a "woke" era, they have no clue about supporting a child when times are tough, just hitting them with their stick and if you try to reason with them, they have zero interest and act like they can do as they please with your child, be they right, be they wrong.
My son has been given a 45 minute detention for 2 lates this term, I know, I took him/was the reason he was late. There are some very exceptional circumstances, family related. The school are already aware however seem to be going out of their way to persecute a young kid during a tough time with zero consideration about him, just as long as their own policies are followed.
They are toxic individuals.
In such a "woke" era, they have no clue about supporting a child when times are tough, just hitting them with their stick and if you try to reason with them, they have zero interest and act like they can do as they please with your child, be they right, be they wrong.