Hey!! I’m sorry I’ve been a little absent lately, we’ve had a few things going on at home but all I’ve wanted to do was write. Well, here I am and I’m back with a tag because, who doesn’t love a good tag post. The wonderful Charlotte tagged myself and some other lovely mamas in this. I do love doing a tag now and again, I love to answer questions and I’m so nosey… I love finding out about other people through them too! So here, have a nose at mine haha!
You’ve done it. The hunt for a nursery is finally over, and you can rest easy. Or, perhaps not. Sorry to break it to you, but a similar search for a school should follow that nursery hunt. It may seem early, but the sooner you find a place, the more chance you have of bagging the perfect position. Besides, you should know from your nursery efforts that finding somewhere isn’t easy.
Before I even became a parent myself, I would see how others parented their children or see how society was changing and things becoming more mainstream etc and think “I would never do that with my children”. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this either. And it’s not to be crazy judgemental or to doubt anyone’s parenting skills. Before you become a parent, I’m sure most people don’t even have much of an idea of how children are at different ages; what they’re into? how they act? what will they be like? and so when we see others in passing or on our Facebook timelines with children, we’re simply observing and making our own ideals and how we would like to parent from what we’ve seen; maybe we’ve seen something really incredible which we feel will be amazing with our children, or we’ve seen something we immediately think “no, I couldn’t”.
From when we found out we had a tiny human on the way, we had thought long and hard about childcare (after all of the other baby related stuff that clouds over your brain). We came to the conclusion that when our child turned 2, we would look for a childminder as we thought we would also get the 15hrs free. Unfortunately (in some cases) we don’t qualify for the free 15hrs but also, the decision on childcare has taken a turn.
As a mum of an almost 2 year old (no, YOU’RE getting emotional) I feel like I’ve adapted pretty well to the parenting business. I’ve also learnt a bloody lot. About pregnancy, newborns, babies and toddlers (though not all toddlers of course haha!) Though I’ve found as tough as parenting can be, there are some brilliant moments and each day is never the same.