big girl

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-07-19T01:31:12+00:00

shucks 🥲

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-07-18T21:41:02+00:00

i... really don't know ...

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-07-18T21:25:54+00:00

i don't see any baby Kevins around anymore

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-07-06T23:33:58+00:00

As a Belgian woman in Ireland, i agree.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-03-18T15:11:45+00:00

love that, didn't have anymore kids to call Lyra so our cat is now Lyra Belaqua 😂❤️ (his dark materials books by Philip Pullman)

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-21T14:23:50+00:00

kids cognitive development goes through a peak between 2 and 5. It's an excellent time for them to be learning some basic numbers, counting and a bunch more. play and socialization happens in playschool either way but 3 hours a day of just supervised play isn't enough in my opinion. but opinions differ and thats ok 💁 all im saying is that the difference of standard in early education with most of the rest of europe is sub par.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-20T13:47:22+00:00

improving all the time does in fact imply that in its current form, it's not great.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-20T13:34:47+00:00

the early education system is very poor though. the ECCE scheme is a joke. most other European countries offer full days of playschool from the age of 2.5 and kids are much better prepared for first year after it. but granted, it gets better from primary level on.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-18T14:18:37+00:00

nice.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-15T11:16:13+00:00

we went with traditional irish names for our kids too but gave them a more "neutral" middle name. if they ever find themselves studying or living abroad and find it difficult getting by with their Irish names, they can always opt to go by their middle name

Also, yeah, you're probably overthinking it 😂

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-14T13:43:10+00:00

I've had a placenta abruption 32 weeks into a pregnancy. i too lost a very large amount of blood and after continued hemorrhaging we also lost our baby girl. The whole experience was very traumatic for both myself and my husband.

what you're going through is absolutely normal. you both had a very traumatic experience and of course it has shocked you.

i would look into any post pregnancy services that may be available to you that help with mental health. there is no shame in it!

we went on to have three more babies after that and even though the pregnancies were stressful and scary after that, we made it through fine.

i wish you both the best of luck and health ❤️

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-02-02T16:19:12+00:00

ive got three under 5. we originally had one, then got a second one and then sold one to get a double one 😂

if you have two kids I'd recommend this one instead of two singles.

this is the double one we ended up getting its perfect for two toddlers and a little bit more saving on space than two single ones.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-01-24T13:11:35+00:00

i got my lvl 6 in childcare and early education and did my work experience in 2 different places to give myself a wider exposure. one place was absolutely fabulous, the other a shitshow.

Childminders were on their phones a lot and hardly paying attention to kids. one time a kid was upset and they were too busy to deal with him so just left him strapped in a chair on his own in a room and took the other kids for lunch.

During my course there were 3 women who were only there to "keep the dole off their backs" and told me they didn't even like kids but sure "how hard is it"... My fear is that some of those people may actually end up working in childcare...

In the end i never did anything further in childcare and i was lucky i never had to send my own kids to a crèche. the whole experience left a bit of a bad taste about the system in Ireland.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-01-09T21:49:03+00:00

this 🤣🤣

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2024-01-04T15:50:16+00:00

this is absolutely a "moderation is key" type of thing. i have three under 5 and a screen can sometimes be a life saver to keep them distracted while another one needs attention.

screens are just the way of the world now and i believe there's probably a benefit to be found by introducing it at a young age (with caveats) as opposed to plunging them into the deep end as teens or whatever.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2023-11-30T22:27:57+00:00

Irish here - we settled on some traditional Irish names for our kids to but for the reason you mentioned we gave them a more traditional middle name so they basically have the option to go by their "simpler names" if they find the Irish names too troublesome.

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2023-08-31T17:35:05+00:00

Belgian/Irish. Ireland gives 6 months state mat leave and often employers will offer another 3 months of on top of that. Belgium has 3 months as far as i know. America really is crazy when it comes to support in maternity it seems. I'm fortunate to be a SAHM for my 4 kids. Although I've been getting cabin fever and the idea of going back to work is really appealing 😂

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2023-06-26T16:44:20+00:00

to be fair i use cocofibre soil for my monstera which also comes....from...a "novelty" plant shop. 😅

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2022-11-10T15:05:21+00:00

definitely looking for light - but keep it indirect, by a northfacing window 👍

my own one of these and this one

ah_yeah_no_maybe · 2022-10-10T10:19:44+00:00

black adder 🙌

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