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Post by serrakunda on Dec 18, 2019 19:56:18 GMT
we are both looking forward to the break. Simba has just finished his mocks, I have a new job which I didnt want and hsve ended up managing a team of 8, extra day a week, and impacted by Brexit
Off to Liverpool for the weekend for the family christmas stuff and catching up with various friends over the two weeks. Simba mosr excited about meeting up with his lady love at Kew Gardens.
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Post by rosie on Dec 18, 2019 21:49:03 GMT
Looking forward to a break from work. Finish tomorrow thankfully. Dd finished today. Hoping that away from the pressures of college both academic and social we can have a calmer few weeks with her. It will be really nice not to have the college bus run. Worry we are going to miss the bus every college day as Dd is never ready on time. Stressful as I know I do not have time to take her all the way to college and be on time for work myself.She is already asking us to watch DVDs with her which she hasn’t wanted to do for ages so am keeping my fingers crossed. Boyfriend is not available for a few days over Christmas so hoping we can reconnect with her . The last few months have been tricky, partly because of therapy.
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Post by mumiam on Dec 19, 2019 11:24:59 GMT
Looking forward to 2 weeks without having to deal with school, the education welfare officer, GPs, therapists and the early help team. And not having to juggle all of this with working and caring for my son who has been unable to attend school following a badly handled transition from primary to secondary. But also knowing that in January it is all going to start again and I am going to have to find the courage and energy to be my son's voice to make sure he gets the school he needs, not the one that keeps letting us down.
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Post by chotimonkey on Dec 20, 2019 14:23:27 GMT
We are in better shape then usual... I think having the week off school for intros just as silly season kicked in really helped curious george and squirrel and howler are always delighted not to be at school. We were in the middle of nowhere... and although mr monkey and I were coming and going my mum and dad were there, so for most of the week it was pjs/ nesting/ playing a lot of dobble/ twister/ pie face etc so they arent as knackered and end of termy as usual. Kids being amazing with their baby bro... so proud of that they have such big hearts! Mr monkey is still off work and is till mid jan, so they aren’t missing that much attention as usually during the week he doesn’t get back till late, it’s just me. II guess the fun and games will begin in mid jan. silverback is a very special little boy... he is adjusting really well, we are really letting him set the pace and with the kids being in school for the last two weeks has had a little bit of quiet adjustment time. He’s wonderful, very brave little boy. Very communicative. It’s lovely for me... having one baby at home during the day if so much easier than 3... makes me think I have no idea how I managed 3 tiny ones before... so we are cautiously, surprisingly calm ( I was prepared for full on carnage!)
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Post by mudlark on Dec 20, 2019 14:40:11 GMT
Builder has packed up until the new year, so we have extension with new kitchen 95% compete, that's good enough for me! Peewit and Lapwing are about to come home from last day at school which will, be as usual, fraught with sibling problems but we have given in and bought them tablets for Christmas, their first technology, so I am rather guiltily looking forward to some peace.
I love Christmas and every year I hope a little of my love for it rubs off on them, they are such lovely children and I am very lucky to have them. I shall though be relieved when Christmas day itself is finished and Mr M and I can sit with a glass of wine and mince pie!
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Post by flutterby on Dec 22, 2019 4:30:43 GMT
Got everyone at home for Christmas including my "half adopted" boy and his girlfriend. (It's a long story, not for the open boards, all I can say is he's 27 now and doing well). They've been so good with LO and she's taken a real shine to the girlfriend, which has made things much more pleasant while they're here. So I am actually looking forward to Christmas now. We've done all our Xmas shopping. The tree is up with only the angel missing at the top.
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Post by runmum on Dec 23, 2019 6:32:45 GMT
Monkey Boy has taken a huge downturn. He has not been at school for 2 months. He has stopped eating, refuses his supplements has deficiencies that now have clinical presentation but is requiring intensive intervention to do anything about it - it's a form of self harm and a dig at me we think. We need to use Christmas to re-set his body clock so he can be more a part of the real world. He is also depressed and frequently refuses his ADHD meds and then flips out and smashes holes on his walls and door. We have to carry forks in our pockets to open the doors upstairs as he has taken all the door handles off. We have an emergency EHCP review in January. Jealous Dog (who is "not bad enough" for an EHCP) did not pass any GCSE mocks despite having readers and scribes etc. He just can't cope with exams owing to his executive functioning difficulties. He really needs 3 x grade 3's to do what he wants to do at college and he did not even get near that. School just told him to "work harder" - seriously they are deaf to us. I can't believe it's all gone so far backwards as we were doing ok-ish. Hoping for a more positive chapter but then I was hoping for that last year. We will just try to keep our spirits up as far as possible and soldier on. Hugs to all.
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Post by mudlark on Dec 31, 2019 23:27:54 GMT
Just catching up. Runmum life sounds horrendous for you at the moment, I felt so sad for you all reading your post. The awful trauma our children have to carry and the effect it has on them, and us, is devastating and nothing we could have ever expected or imagined. It isn't fair, not on our children or us. It is only our patience, determination and love that gets us through.
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