I started care of that little 11 month old boy on Monday and today the care was stopped. These 3 days have been some of the worst of my life. He was so upset the whole time. And I was too. I burst into tears this morning, sobbed my head off and nearly did it [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 27, 2008
Acorn Fairy
I start working at home tomorrow with that 11 month old boy I mentioned. He’s never been apart from his parents before, so I suspect by the end of day 1 I am going to be an exhausted mess. This may be the last craft project I have the energy to complete for a while. [...]
April 22, 2008
When babies attack
Parents that read this will laugh themselves silly at me. I’ve cared for kids since I was 16, in their homes, in centres but never in my home. This is just so different. Their homes are set up for them, centres are set up to be safe for all kids to a point. My home, [...]
April 21, 2008
A Moment
A moment to myself, a moment to breath and regroup. My home based childcare course ended on Friday (amazing how 10 sessions over 3 weeks began to feel like an eternity) and we go back on May 1st for a morning tea ceremony to get our certificates. We slogged our way through a 6 hour [...]
April 15, 2008
Elephantitis
I used to collect elephants. I still sort of do, except that the large majority of my elephants (approx 100 of them) have gone missing. Not good. They’ve just vanished off the face of the earth. I have lost two full boxes of them including ones bought by family, ex-boyfriends made of crystal, resin, glass, [...]
April 6, 2008
Freebie pattern
I was fiddling with a pattern this weekend and thought I would share it with you. I’m not actually a cross stitcher, but I do like creating patterns. I have no idea how this will look stitched up, perhaps someone will do it and show me? Either way, here’s a free little something for anyone [...]
April 4, 2008
Dreams coming true
My dream of working at home with kids is coming closer to fruition. I suspect I won’t know whats hit me when it does happen but I’m doing what I can to prepare. I am doing a 3 week training course at the moment and between that, being sick 4 times in 3 weeks with [...]
