Miss P

mostly KS2, ex-SENCo, currently on mat leave #2

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@xAimieCrewex @mtptproject With my first - 1.5hrs sleep total for me regularly and I just rode it out. You do get uses to it somehow. I also told people around me to not expect much from me and they were kind, and accommodating, and that helped! With my second, shifts and cosleeping as others have said.

[sarah @sarahradz_]

I feel I would be a much more effective caregiver during the day if my children would simply let me sleep during the night

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@missdcox I tend to blend in that situation. Most lessons have natural stopping points built in throughout. Alternatively in an emergency I skip the tasks that seem less relevant!

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@TabitaSurge I was at an all-girls school paired with an all-boys school in the 00s. It wasn't this school but I can confirm that they absolutely did pay the boys if they beat the girls and no, we didn't get paid if we did better.

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@AMccormick961 @MrTs_NQTs Resistance work? E.g. carrying heavy things, pressing against the wall, press ups, using a resistance band?

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@hannahmary8890 Bereft is normal but you might find you adapt quicker than you think. Plus picking them up from nursery is so exciting!

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@hannahmary8890 I don't know you but wanted to jump in and say this will be fine! The thought is so much worse than when it actually happens. I felt the same, but love seeing my daughter relish her nursery experience and have things that I can't give her at home. Good luck!

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@DeputyGrocott Yes! Y3 made their own lift the flap versions of 'Dear Zoo ' to share with eyfs

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@scottreecemusic I always wonder why we feel so strongly that it's part of our remit to do something for mothers/fathers day. What would happen if we just....didn't.....? There are always children who will have tricky circumstances.

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @JoaquinaSp14769 @Mumsyme E.g. if reading diaries signed then they can do non uniform once a term, or a house point for completing homework, that kind of thing. Not perfect. If it was up to me I think I'd remove all rewards for completing it because I just don't think it's their fault if they can't do it!

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @JoaquinaSp14769 @Mumsyme For KS2 it's a piece of maths and SPAG related to that week's learning, plus reading. For KS1 there is reading and also we send home phonics games, and provide a 'menu' of curriculum based activities to choose from each half term. As I said, incentivised but not punished!

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @Mumsyme Exactly. And what if you go away one weekend, and what if you work and don't get home until 6?

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @Mumsyme The more I think about it the crosser I am on your daughter's behalf

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @Mumsyme Yep, again at my school we offer it for children who want to come but I can't imagine making it compulsory! Definitely punitive - how could it not be?

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @Mumsyme I'd love to know how on earth a ks1 child is responsible for whether or not they can complete homework at home

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @Mumsyme Even if legal it's still a bit mean IMO!

[Miss P @tealady_p]

@teachermumdone @Mumsyme This bothers me- I'm not sure this is legal? I would be raising it in your position. Our school offers homework throughout because some parents really want it - similar to what you're getting - and it's incentivised but not at all compulsory and certainly not punished like this!

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

So, as someone who dated:
Often when young men say they want children they mean they want to do the fun uncle thing they do at family parties now and again. They have no concept of what being a parent actually is between short bursts of playing with their kids. This may be what

[Sue Haddon @sue_haddon]

A good piece on one of the risks of exclusive breastfeeding*: severe sleep deprivation 👇

My NHS hosp encouraged a situation where long latent labour + ebf = 0 sleep in nearly a week.

*Could do with more outrage about women being systematically lied to and put at serious risk!