Advice needed from forum mums
- 26 February 2012 16:47155942Tomorrow sees my eldest child go away on her first ever trip away from home with her school for the week, she has never stayed away without myself or family before and i must admit its hard going for me . Ive always been strict on my children but this time i wont have the comfort of phoning up saying goodnight to her or checking she is ok . She is going onto to secondary school this september and i realise i have to loosen the parental strings a bit but ive worked hard since being a teen mum nearly twelve years ago to get this far . Just wondering how other mums have coped when faced with stages of life such as this ..........
- 26 February 2012 16:55155945I blubbed like a baby, but not when they were around!!
- 26 February 2012 16:57155946Yeah been doing plenty of that
- 26 February 2012 17:07155948It's so tough - every new development can be tough! Each step that takes them towards independence is both thrilling and saddening. But if we do the job half-way decently they will bounce - it is us who weep!!
- 26 February 2012 20:34155991I out the flags out and tried to get the Mrs to go as well.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble! - 26 February 2012 22:45156019My two went on a school ski trip together and my wife decided to go visit an old schoolfriend the same week, it was the first time I had been by myself in 15 years.
She left me with enough frozen meals in the freezer for the week and a fridge full of beer to keep me happy - the day they left I got put on antibiotics that stopped me touching alcohol until the day they got back, now that's miserable - 26 February 2012 22:57156025Ray - how disappointing!!
- 27 February 2012 00:01156039Distraction worked well for me, as well as the thought that my kids were probably having far too good a time to miss being at home, and if that was the case then I had nothing to worry about. It does get easier.
- 28 February 2012 09:50156366Yes my baby girl left yesterday, no phone calls so im guessing she is loving it , just me being soppy seeing her empty bed
- 28 February 2012 10:06156369...and imagine the look of utter joy upon her face when she returns to such a clean and sparkly room?
Oh, too. When she tells you how much she missed you.
The week is sure to fly by Mel.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 28 February 2012 16:35156450I hope she would of missed me
