My ex husband, who hasn't paid a penny in maintenance or anything else for 5 years, is sending my 16 year old daughter packets of tobacco in the post. Some parenting, eh?

Is why can't they all be nice at once? Normally Ralph is an angel, and one or both of the girls is giving me grief. This week the girls are mostly being angelic and it is Ralph who is flexing his naughty muscles. I know from growing up in a family of four that there is usually only room for one to be in trouble at any one time, and that you have ( Read more... )

Florence is at home, ill. This is the fourth cold/flu/virus she has had since New Year, and she has been mostly in bed since last Friday evening. She is still only four; she has been going to school full time since September, and she is, I think, absolutely shattered ( Read more... )

and i really got the feeling that they didn't like me *at all*. I talked to the staff more than the person showing me around liked, for a start ( Read more... )

I am sure this is a dense question, but that's nothing new for me when it comes to parenthood. How do other people clean their potties? And dry them? Do you keep a dedicated tea towel? Do you do it in the bath?

I have kept most of Child's baby books; the idea was that he could eventually enjoy reading for himself familiar things he's heard 108,000 times. As he has a lot of books this doesn't mean he is bored ( Read more... )

1. What's your name ( Read more... )