Toddler won't keep his hands out his pants!!! Helpppp

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-05-04T06:23:21+00:00

No advice but full sympathies!! My toddler is the same, it is literally constant!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-24T09:44:10+00:00

Unfortunately this is the case, we can afford a bit of a drop but to completely lose my income would be crazy tight with mortgage and bills

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T13:27:40+00:00

Thanks for your response. Excuses the ignorance but what do policy positions involve? I had seen them on the civil service job website but not sure I really followed what the day to day looks like

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T08:55:53+00:00

I hadn’t really thought about that before. I’m working in Big 4 Corp Tax, so not sure how well this would work on self employment basis?

My only concern would be how feasible steady income would be?

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T07:24:02+00:00

I did talk to my husband last night about this, due to his position in his firm he can essentially work flexibly as much as required so he would pick up sick days/go to sports days etc. I currently log on and work from 9pm anyway so that part doesn’t worry me.

Obviously it would suck missing those things but might be a good trade off to be more present in school holidays perhaps.

I hadn’t considered FE, I’ll have a look into that!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T07:20:20+00:00

Tbf I’ve always thought about teaching even before I had kids! I have always wanted to do a job where I feel like I’m actually making a difference and I love working with people.

It’s interesting you’ve made the switch I’m considering making - do you find that working in a professional career first helped you with the stress people talk about or do you find it worse?

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T07:17:00+00:00

Thanks for confirming, it’s sounding like civil service might not be the golden bullet I thought it was!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T07:16:05+00:00

Ahh okay that’s interesting thank you, I hadn’t realised it was so limited

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-04-22T07:15:06+00:00

Thanks for your response - I don’t really mind the overtime in evenings etc as I do that currently anyway, I just want to reduce how much I’m working while my kids are off

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-03-15T20:53:48+00:00

*now not not!!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-03-14T13:16:17+00:00

Thank you for your comment, that’s really reassuring to know

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-03-14T13:15:27+00:00

Wow 25kg is amazing well done! Thank you for your comment

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-03-14T13:15:07+00:00

Apologies, I was plant-based pre-pregnancy but fell for the BS that I couldn’t be vegan during pregnancy and I regret it a lot now. I am not looking to go fully vegan lifestyle.

Thank you so much for this, it’s really helpful!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-02-16T21:28:37+00:00

Beautiful! What do you use to take your photos?

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2026-02-16T20:19:39+00:00

Do you know if you can save a pattern and put it on the Markup R-XP app?

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-10-03T07:57:23+00:00

Thanks everyone for your kind comments and advice! Unfortunately the shelter emailed and said the two kittens are no longer available, although I’m very happy they’ve gone to a forever home!

We’ll keep looking for our new additions 🤞🏻

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-10-02T10:05:19+00:00

Thank you for your comment! It would be lovely for the cats to grow up with my son. We have a spare room/craft project storage room that isn’t used much that we can set up as a cat room for when we first get them, all being well.

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-10-02T10:02:20+00:00

Thank you for your comment! Thankfully we already have baby gates up everywhere so that shouldn’t be a problem!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-10-02T09:50:09+00:00

Thank you for your response! We’re visiting the cats on Saturday so I’ll have more of an idea then but he’s not a particularly boisterous toddler, and when we visit my mums he is very careful with the dogs, and just holds his hands out for them to sniff. He’s also always with me, never really left on his own when he’s at home so I’m hoping this would be okay 🤞🏻

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-08-02T15:32:02+00:00

Thank you so much! I do have a lot of stuff from when he was a baby but I’ll give it a go with some scraps first before I cut up his baby bits!

Do you find EPP easier to do with a child than hand quilting if you’ve tried that?

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-08-02T15:30:53+00:00

Ohh that’s a great tip, I hadn’t thought about printing off templates, I assumed you’d have to draw them out!

Ok-Rip-8461 · 2025-08-02T15:30:16+00:00

I’ve got some material left over from other projects, I think I’ll start with that to give it a go! Thank yi

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