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Took my little girl to school this morning and bumped into her best friend who then told her mum she "didn't want to walk with her (my daughter)". Made my daughter instantly cry, never wanted to boot a child as far as I could as I did in the 10 seconds after that!
 
Beasty said:
Took my little girl to school this morning and bumped into her best friend who then told her mum she "didn't want to walk with her (my daughter)". Made my daughter instantly cry, never wanted to boot a child as far as I could as I did in the 10 seconds after that!
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Ha, that's annoying. Don't take it personally. I've started bumping into 2 people in my girls class and my little one quite clearly prefers dad and daughter time to walk to school.
 
dl8860 said:
Was going to respond to your post before saying every single parent of a 4yo will have had similar feelings at somepoint so don't worry. But that's pretty mental hauling him out of school for 10 days right at the beginning of school like that. You must have had a really good reason, because those early weeks are crucial for getting to grips with things, getting to know their surroundings, the teacher, their classmates, the routine.Yeah
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Yeah it was a big mistake on our side tbh we had booked a family Holiday 2 years ago and not Realised that he would have been starting school because he was 4 years old. but its not something we would have wanted to do but having payed so much for the holiday it wasnt something we could change.

He went again for the last 2 days has come home saying he loves school still abit hyper but defo Calming down.
 
Beasty said:
Took my little girl to school this morning and bumped into her best friend who then told her mum she "didn't want to walk with her (my daughter)". Made my daughter instantly cry, never wanted to boot a child as far as I could as I did in the 10 seconds after that!
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Yeah, kids are funny creatures. My boys absolutely have favourites which can last for between 10s and a day or so. Sometimes its me, sometimes its my partner, 99% of the time its grandma and we can't quite figure out why...
 
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66% out of 100 isn't exactly great numbers :D. The issue I have observed is a lot of my friends are still messing around now with sleep - their kids are 4/5 going to school but still require mum to co-sleep to get them to drift off. If it works for you, great, but no chance I would allow it to get to that stage.
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Priapus said:
Am I correct in saying our son would need to start reception, in September of 2027? He was born in Mat, 2022? Seems a long way from now - but will prob go quick.
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It's the September after they turn 4, so for him it would be September 2026
Fringe said:
Yeah it was a big mistake on our side tbh we had booked a family Holiday 2 years ago and not Realised that he would have been starting school because he was 4 years old. but its not something we would have wanted to do but having payed so much for the holiday it wasnt something we could change.

He went again for the last 2 days has come home saying he loves school still abit hyper but defo Calming down.
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Oof yeah lesson learnt hopefully. I bet the teacher was even less impressed than me. Hope he continues on the right track.
 
dl8860 said:
Oof yeah lesson learnt hopefully. I bet the teacher was even less impressed than me. Hope he continues on the right track.
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Teacher was fine with it surprisingly turns out because he has no legal obligation to be there till he is 5 but is defo the last time that happens. Just have to pay the silly amount for a holiday next year in the summer hols NVM
 
Fringe said:
So my little one has just started Reception hes 4 , He seems to be misbehaving a lot at home , like rage then hyper bouncing off the walls and not listening to what me or the wife are saying.

Is anyone else in the same situation or is it just me lol
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Same thing with our daughter she's 4 in January.
Just plain ignores us at the minute.
 
I'm officially declaring our daughter a bio terrorist.

Went down to visit my parents for the weekend on Friday and she was sick just as we were taking her out of the car (if she'd waited 10 seconds the car seat and car wouldn't have been covered in baby sick), it had been a warm long journey so we weren't too worried.

She was then sick a couple more times over the weekend but seemed absolutely fine otherwise so we assumed she'd just eaten something that had irritated her stomach.

Got back on Sunday night by Monday morning me, my mum, my dad and my sister had all come down with it and then by Monday afternoon it had hit my wife as well (daughter has obviously been absolutely fine since her last sick on Sunday afternoon [again all over my car 2 minutes before we arrived home]).

I've only just gotten over the hand foot and mouth she gave me two weeks ago :o
 
dlockers said:
Son arrived last night. Wish me luck :cry:
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Enjoy the rollercoaster, it's ace.

First time posting in this thread, but christ what a day. My sons mother and I are no longer together, I've always just used the Gov UK Child Support calculator and my payments were due review this month. I sent her the new amount with my pay rise that also came into affect at the same time, she wasn't happy.

They also requested back payment from the previous year due to missed 6 nights caused by last minute work commitments and post surgery sick leave.

So I called the Child Maintenance team, god they were helpful. After explaining my case they said the missed nights were abnormalities and they wouldn't enforce them if it came across their desk. They also advised that I should set it up formally via them for the free Child Maintenance option, as they can also deduct things like fuel expenses to go get him and other things I paid for with the home improvements whilst we were together. So if its agreed with them I will pay less than what the calculator says.

So my application is in, I honestly thought I'd be speaking to a bunch of Karens who'd think I'd be the devil. But it was completly the opposite.
 
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Mad_Jay said:
Enjoy the rollercoaster, it's ace.

First time posting in this thread, but christ what a day. My sons mother and I are no longer together, I've always just used the Gov UK Child Support calculator and my payments were due review this month. I sent her the new amount with my pay rise that also came into affect at the same time, she wasn't happy.

They also requested back payment from the previous year due to missed 6 nights caused by last minute work commitments and post surgery sick leave.

So I called the Child Maintenance team, god they were helpful. After explaining my case they said the missed nights were abnormalities and they wouldn't enforce them if it came across their desk. They also advised that I should set it up formally via them for the free Child Maintenance option, as they can also deduct things like fuel expenses to go get him and other things I paid for with the home improvements whilst we were together. So if its agreed with them I will pay less than I actually should.

So my application is in, I honestly thought I'd be speaking to a bunch of Karens who'd think I'd be the devil. But it was completly the opposite.
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Pleased to hear they were very helpful with you.

I think they see you were obviously trying to do the right thing.

I don't think I could ever trust being amicable, I'd have to get it all laid out in a contract/government approval etc as it takes just a short phone call form it all to turn really nasty


Trust no one
 
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Normally have one of those little Fruitshoots to give to my daughter when I pick her up from nursery, but alas, in my haste yesterday I forgot to pick one up on my way out the door. So, suffocating under the crushing weight of expectation as my wife yaks incessantly with the teacher, a mere ‘quick word while you put Anna in her car seat’ that morphs into nigh on 20 minutes, and having found the empty from yesterday in the footwell, I pour some of my own bottle of water into the now misappropriated Fruitshoot bottle, put the lid back on and hand it to her.

The withering look of betrayal I got in the rearview mirror when she took a sip from that bottle of lies will indeed haunt me to my dying day.
 
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