Countdown
One more day to go until the big return to school. Big girl daughter is oscillating between total excitement and absolute anxiety. She won't go to sleep without being cuddled…
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Articles tagged with childcare
No more nursery fees
Yesterday was the last day of nursery ever. Big girl daughter has graduated. I would have felt excited if I wasn't so completely exhausted from the cough from hell, which…
First day at school
It was big girl daughter's first two hours at school yesterday. She still looked a bit like a strawberry from the slapped cheek syndrome, but was very perky so she…
Medical report no 2,0001: slapped cheek
Am I having a midlife crisis? I feel increasingly like throwing in the towel, buying a caravan and heading round the world. My partner suggests fishing in Ibiza, but I…
Medical report: part 10
I have been told that the bug going round the nursery is not swine flu, which is great. But apparently the child who was hospitalised had meningitis. There is also…
