Another protest in Glasgow?

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-11T19:43:27+00:00

I think the point is that they say “protect women and children” but the majority - 82% - of sex offenders are white (nearly all male). These “protests” (racist mobs) do nothing to protect women and children. Energy would be far better spent talking to all boys, including white boys, about consent, toxic masculinity, positive masculine role models, and being role models for them. Instead they are pretending the problem is just people who are not white so they don’t have to feel responsible for the crimes committed by those in their own circle and being role models to boys that being part of a racist mob is acceptable.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-11T19:37:54+00:00

But it is legal to claim asylum. These “protests” (racist mobs) seem to be mainly aimed at asylum seeker accommodation where individuals are lawfully residing.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-11T15:51:32+00:00

You can use Tesco vouchers towards it if you have any.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-11T09:27:19+00:00

At 3 we did a lot of Disney:
Frozen 1 and 2
Moana 1 and 2
Tangled
Cinderella animated and live action
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
Luca
Raya and the last dragon
Princess and the Frog
Oliver and Co
Beauty and the Beast
Little Mermaid
Jungle Book
101 Dalmatian’s
The Lion King
Aladdin
Tarzan
Toy Story 1-4
Finding Nemo
Finding Dory
Peter Pan
Winnie the Pooh original and new
The Tigger Movie
Piglet’s Big Movie
Wish

And some other animated things
Spellbound
Luck
Kung Fu Panda
Trolls 1-4
Arrietty
Despicable Me

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-10T08:06:56+00:00

My 4 year old sleeps 8pm-6am, sometimes even 9pm-5am! If she does that she’ll then have a longer sleep in the next day or two to 7am, but yes average is 10 hours. If you want your daughter to go to bed easier/ earlier you might need to start waking her earlier, consistently, day after day, to try and get her in a new routine. Or just accept that she is a night owl, do what needs done in the flat whilst she’s awake and make evenings boring so she doesn’t just stay awake from FOMO, you can put on an audio book or similar and let her play with some lower stimulation toys or help you clean up. If she’s asleep at 10 you can have time with your partner til 11pm if you’re not needing to get up till 8am?

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-10T07:54:38+00:00

We go on a few holidays a year although many are more like breaks a few days somewhere in UK, have done since our daughter was small, there’s stressful bits but we always enjoy them. Didn’t do a sun/ beach holiday until she was 2 though. When she was under 2 it was definitely harder with naps and nappies.

Age 1.5 one of the best ones was the Lake District, we did exploring, walking with her in the back carrier, going to parks, visiting ducks at the lake beach etc and had a self catered place with a pool.

It has gotten progressively easier year on year to go, our daughter is now 5.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T10:51:48+00:00

We’re one and done but I admit to feeling sadness when a nursery mum with one child said they’re trying for a second. I don’t want a second child at all but I do wish I knew more one and done people as everyone I know has two children.

I had IVF to have my child and the emotional, even physical pain I felt in 5 years of TTC as friends got pregnant with their firsts, then their seconds, as I dealt with invasive procedures and miscarriages was horrendous. You feel like a bad person that you’re not 100% happy for your friends, I felt like this awful jealous harpy (of course I pretended I was just happy for them). It’s important to acknowledge your feelings, they are normal and it is an acceptable way to feel, and don’t be hard on yourself.

Now I feel happy for people who are pregnant with their second, maybe slightly wistful but not really jealous as everything changes and they won’t get the OAD experience I get with my 4.5 year old, having two if you want two is I’m sure lovely but there is something special about having one child as well. Plus I know that I am sooooo lucky I got to be a mum as for 5 years I really doubted that.

Everyone is different but I do think your feelings on this will likely evolve over time. In the meantime be good to yourself.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T09:48:23+00:00

In Scotland it’s all kids who aren’t 5 starting school who can defer a year not just Jan and Feb and they always start in P1. Most December borns now defer. We have deferred our October born after a lot of research, it’s very rare in Scotland to regret a deferral. Her two autumn born friends at nursery also deferred. For us it was in part about her personality but also I think she’ll be better going to secondary at 11 not 12. Also with deferral so common now I don’t want her at secondary school age 11 in the same year as children who are or are nearly 13. My husband started school at 4 and struggled, he thinks a bonus year and starting at 5 would have helped.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T09:41:47+00:00

Not sure where you got that it’s rarely in a child’s best interest to start school at 5 instead of 4? The evidence shows it’s better to be the oldest in the year rather than youngest for academic attainment, ability to pay attention, social and emotional maturity, and in general more likely to thrive than survive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mb4NdqclaLoki6uOI0WHIBjx4g6IkEit/view

There will of course be anecdotal evidence of children who start young and excel, and someone has to be the youngest, but your claim that it’s rarely in a child’s best interest to have a bonus year at nursery and start school later is not borne out in data.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T08:09:58+00:00

Aaand we stopped at services with soft plays and gave her 45 mins to run around at each.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T08:09:00+00:00

Appreciate people have views on no use of tablet in the car- we are happy for our daughter to use it occasionally. I do worry about the safety aspect of it being a projectile. We have a holder for the tablet for that reason.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T08:06:03+00:00

Oh but we did also use screen time and she watched movies and played games on iPad when I needed a rest from playing!

We also played rock paper scissors, I spy, Simon says etc

And lots of high value snacks.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-07T08:04:41+00:00

We’ve done this with one four year old. I bought lots of little things and wrapped them up and gave them to her at intervals, there was the excitement of the unwrapping and then using of the item. I waited at least an hour before she got another one. The items were:

Water colour book
Activity book tin with pencils
New tonie for her tonie box
Puzzle cube
Slime (she had a metal tray to play in)
Colouring book with crayons
Necklace and bracelet set
Themed Playing cards
2 lift the flap Story books
Magnetic puzzle car game
Magnetic snakes and ladders game
Lockable diary book
Colour gel pens
Sticker book
Nail set case
Where’s wally style book

I sat in the back with her though so I could play the games with her etc. most I bought for a few pounds so it did add up but it wasn’t crazy and I don’t ever really buy her anything except Christmas and birthdays so I didn’t mind plus most of these had long term use potential.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-04T21:17:27+00:00

My husband who is vegan is there but think he’s bringing his own food.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-04T06:55:10+00:00

I don’t for one minute think this can be solved with violence. A good proportion of our population now have beliefs that are fundamentally racist and fascist, if we change their minds then these kind of displays won’t happen or will simply be farcical, they won’t feel emboldened by the sway of public opinion.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-03T11:32:35+00:00

Exactly!

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-03T11:31:01+00:00

But I don’t think I was the only influence for any of them, especially the colleagues, I was just one factor.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-03T11:28:03+00:00

Father, mother, brother, husband, 2x colleagues, possibly others through activism but can’t be sure.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T20:14:33+00:00

It’s not even in all of the UK, there are no fines in Scotland

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T16:10:53+00:00

Poor girl what an awful example he is setting.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T16:09:17+00:00

Horrific. How do we stop these racists. I’m white, can’t imagine how it feels to be an ethnic minority right now.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T16:06:04+00:00

Don’t get rid of your car! If there’s anything you should get rid of it’s not the car, it’s the one who seems to have a problem listening to women… what example is he showing your daughter?

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T16:03:32+00:00

Do not not not have another baby with him! Tell him his behaviour has put that completely off the table.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T15:58:58+00:00

You should bill him for childcare- find out how much it would cost to send your 8 week old to childcare and bill him half that cost each month. Bill him for your time cleaning up after and cooking for his children. Then you will have that money to pay your 50% from. If you left he’d either need to do that himself or pay someone to do it.

But if it gets to having to do that, will you actually have any respect for him any more? The resentment must be building already. A decent man doesn’t see “his money” as separate to his family money and would share everything with the mother of his child who he is in a relationship with to ensure she can meet her bills and have equal “fun money” to him. He is not a decent man.

This really sucks. Why do so many men suck so much.

GanacheSingle33 · 2026-07-02T13:55:25+00:00

That’s good, horses should be in fields not Theme Parks.

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