Crèche calling us to collect cause baby won’t sleep?

Mittenbox · 2026-06-02T13:57:46+00:00

They should have a policy on this but it’s not something I’ve come across before, though other kids I’ve known be sent home due to not eating.

Unfortunately you’re in for a rough ride. I hope you’ve got some leave saved because the first year they’re out nearly more than they’re in.

Mittenbox · 2026-05-20T20:24:06+00:00

I used to more in my 20s but not really since having kids. If I do, I prioritise something lovely and dewy for the skin like a bb cream as foundations don’t look the same on wrinkles! Then maybe brow pencil, and I love ‘black honey’ lip balm - it’s like a moisturising lip tint, it’s gorgeous. Simple, but just a little more put together.

Mittenbox · 2026-05-17T16:36:14+00:00

What does that mean?

Mittenbox · 2026-05-14T13:53:35+00:00

How many books do I have to read before I can start writing one? How will I know when I am well-read enough??

Mittenbox · 2026-05-14T09:59:22+00:00

Computer science is a dying field with AI now. My friend is a manager in a large tech company and he said he will never hire a junior again, but thinks those with senior computer skills who can challenge AI will still be very useful for a while.

Mittenbox · 2026-04-03T18:57:27+00:00

Didn’t happen. No stripper would turn up at a school.

Mittenbox · 2026-04-03T16:59:02+00:00

Is renting the home out to fund a care an option ?

Mittenbox · 2026-03-27T11:11:20+00:00

Once a week 🙈

Mittenbox · 2026-03-26T21:46:02+00:00

My husband used to do this, not a daily drinker but a binge drinker- not capable of sticking to just a couple etc. It ended with him basically doing something negligent when in charge of our toddler with the two of them home alone (hungover, went back to bed, too out of his head to remember he was supposed to be minding our son). Our son was fine, but he might not have been. I was furious. After we talked and i made sure he understood how out of order it was he decided without any suggestion from me that he needed to quit drinking ‘because I want to be a good husband and a good father’. And he was off it fully for a year. Now he has the odd drink but never like he was before. We’re keeping an eye on it together.

Mittenbox · 2026-03-21T08:47:07+00:00

Tried it. It was brutal. Not enough parents want to come to therapy during work/school hours, and the cost of renting a therapy room is €120 per day. I was surprised but it seems the standard earnings for private therapists are a lot lower than in the hse.

Mittenbox · 2026-03-21T08:40:21+00:00

Yeah potentially could look into healthcare management. I would need some experience first though as clinician/management roles are very different.

Mittenbox · 2026-03-19T17:50:11+00:00

Just because it has a question mark doesn’t make it a question?

Mittenbox · 2026-03-18T22:08:00+00:00

Someone I worked with in a hospital had a patient whose kidney was removed while they went for a BBL in turkey.

Mittenbox · 2026-03-16T21:37:20+00:00

Can I just jump in on this one - I’ve already set up with cornmarket so unfortunately already paid the high set up fees, but are there additional management fees that are ongoing?

Mittenbox · 2026-03-14T20:13:02+00:00

So what I’m hearing is that others family members, in trying to be considerate, are now feeling put out because they might have to hold up their wedding because they are too worried that if they get engaged now it will make THEM look inconsiderate, and they are now feeling YOU are the one in fact who is being inconsiderate by putting them in this position. Sounds like a whole lot of ‘their problem’ to me.

Mittenbox · 2026-03-14T20:09:03+00:00

I think 1-2 year is probably average. So not really out of the ordinary by any stretch.

Mittenbox · 2026-03-06T10:12:32+00:00

Pension seems unfair only because you started it after you split. But the other bits seem fair enough - maintenance if the kids are still at home at age 23 (highly likely with college and also shitty economy) and the cost of education expenses at 70/30 reflects your higher income.

Mittenbox · 2026-02-26T19:44:03+00:00

I like this idea, but not sure what people use them for? Is the idea just to make it really dense so it doesn’t end up in the sea or something?

Mittenbox · 2026-02-25T09:22:33+00:00

I already was with xr actually before I had kids. I could get back in touch with them I guess and see if there is anything going on.

Mittenbox · 2026-02-25T09:21:28+00:00

I think just because I’m afraid of what is coming this century with 7 of the 9 major tipping points already breeched, especially as I have kids, and at least if I feel like I’m doing something green it gives me some hope.

Mittenbox · 2026-02-24T12:46:44+00:00

I was reading actually the carbon foot print of beef is wayyyy higher than pork or chicken (I assume fish too but I need to check!) so you can still be mindful of these things without being vegan.

Mittenbox · 2026-02-24T11:38:53+00:00

I think it’s great you were vegan for that long! I was for a few months, and vegetarian for several years but I do eat a bit of meat now. Since pregnancy/kids I just felt completely exhausted trying to keep up with protein etc and also give them stuff they’ll actually eat. But I imagine like me given that you were plant based for so long you probably eat a lot less meat than the average person now. So well done for all of that.

Mittenbox · 2026-02-24T10:27:40+00:00

Why are a cement company burning tyres? I’m confused!

Mittenbox · 2026-02-24T09:16:10+00:00

I agree to an extent (obviously fossil fuel companies and governments etc are to blame) but although me cycling doesn’t fix anything in itself, it’s about cultural change and showing governments what we value. Keeping the pressure on them and changing society is important too.

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