tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post5825178330837529831..comments2023-10-12T15:24:41.977+01:00Comments on The Unmumsy Mum: Here We Are, Then (Henry Starts School)The Unmumsy Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04094380010913263266noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-54366915185381031822016-10-29T23:01:14.513+01:002016-10-29T23:01:14.513+01:00as a teacher and will be going through this in a y...as a teacher and will be going through this in a years time im dreading it. Homeschooling very much appeals to me for this reason alone i couls see my daughter every day but also for reasons of education and what is happeneing to schools in the UK. argh! its hard enough dropping her off at nursery. Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285389185792857062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-54159601846967638192016-10-14T08:14:02.864+01:002016-10-14T08:14:02.864+01:00I've only just come across unmumsy. I have a 6...I've only just come across unmumsy. I have a 6 month old but also 2 older ones. I love all of my children more than I ever thought was possible but I'm a bit like you. I didn't get emotional when they started school and wondered a little bit what was wrong with me. Certainly no tears here. I dropped them off and got on with my day. That certainly doesn't make me any less mumsy or unmumsy than anyone else. We just deal with things differently :-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-49728739121190655622016-10-13T10:22:56.090+01:002016-10-13T10:22:56.090+01:00My second son started school this year. It was at...My second son started school this year. It was at least twice as bad as when the first one started. Losing my baby to the school system! On the plus side, all the other mums in the new class are the bike-with-trailer kind, just like me (not). thegreatbritishhousewifehttp://www.thegreatbritishhousewife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-78842960704894995352016-09-18T21:23:31.670+01:002016-09-18T21:23:31.670+01:00Absolutely perfect! I have been feeling the same w...Absolutely perfect! I have been feeling the same way with the boy starting pre-school. Elation at a little free time, but also heartache at what I'm losing and for the times I should have enjoyed more! Beautifully written. XMummy and The Boyhttp://www.mummyandtheboy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-77539485168774871432016-09-15T10:12:09.962+01:002016-09-15T10:12:09.962+01:00Love this blog! Just had my son. Harrowing experie...Love this blog! Just had my son. Harrowing experience at baby group singing class yesterday...I am just not that sort of mum! Been told off a few times for swearing by other mums too. I used to write about animals but now find myself becoming an 'unmummsy mum, littleVet.blogspot.co.ukLittleVethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08245922578216008966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-80650007998980880632016-09-09T19:31:18.482+01:002016-09-09T19:31:18.482+01:00Discovered your blog the other day and like so man...Discovered your blog the other day and like so many others on here, am thinking "thank fuck it's not just me". I am the mum that forgot Xmas jumper day and stands alone in the playground because I'm shite at small talk, especially child related small talk. Spent a long time beating myself up, thinking I wasn't giving enough at work or at home. Your posts have eased some of the guilt. Thank you! I look forward to the school posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-48595783788746280312016-09-05T21:34:10.210+01:002016-09-05T21:34:10.210+01:00I love this! My two are 7 and 9, I'm still bum...I love this! My two are 7 and 9, I'm still bumbling through parenthood. I make a terrible school mum and everyone knows my business too because of my blog...and hate me cos I post pictures of food I make! Hey ho. PS I've just discovered you through Exeter Living. Nice to come across another Exeter blogger!Vicki Montaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090101716936638827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-51477258024735651092016-09-05T19:45:58.621+01:002016-09-05T19:45:58.621+01:00I feel this sad feeling at the end of every school...I feel this sad feeling at the end of every school holiday. I stop sleeping through the night 2 days before term starts and don't get a full nights sleep again until the next school holiday. I hate school. Mum of 4https://www.blogger.com/profile/13132698214669330471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-68835466020654779922016-09-05T12:51:36.986+01:002016-09-05T12:51:36.986+01:00Good luck Henry (and Sarah). It takes me back to w...Good luck Henry (and Sarah). It takes me back to when our oldest first started school for years ago, when we had much the same mix of feelings. (A little secret: dads can get all emotional about it too.) Of course, by the time subsequent kids hit the same landmark - our third, Kara, starts next week - it's a bit more knowing nods and "yeah, whatever" but that's for later. <br /><br />But don't worry about it all being a bit too much - I think that's perfectly normal, and the odds are H will settle down faster than you will. Fingers crossed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-44881688863144599232016-09-05T12:05:18.606+01:002016-09-05T12:05:18.606+01:00Ok, so I have two years to go still until I reach ...Ok, so I have two years to go still until I reach this milestone but I just wanted to say that after getting choked up on my drive to work this morning passing all the tiny little dots with their backpacks bigger than themselves, you have well and truly destroyed me after reading this.<br />Currently sitting at my desk holding back the tears restraining myself from grabbing my car keys to dash and give him a hug.<br /><br />Thank you for always saying it exactly as it is but also for making me appreciate every moment. I can guarantee I'll either laugh or cry every time you write (mostly choke on my coffee with laughter)<br />(cold coffee that is of course) xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-83782210135143492932016-09-05T08:44:15.148+01:002016-09-05T08:44:15.148+01:00Sums up my summer perfectly, glad its not just me....Sums up my summer perfectly, glad its not just me. We're in Scotland so my little girl started a few weeks ago, I still feel terrible as I miss her but she's having the time of her life! Your wee boy will do great I'm sure. XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-22575509293573629422016-09-05T08:40:54.479+01:002016-09-05T08:40:54.479+01:00Brought it all back - sobbing my heart out on the ...Brought it all back - sobbing my heart out on the changing room floor in John Lewis, trying his school uniform on - he's 24 now and there has been a few of those days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-31937114390596969692016-09-05T08:18:09.073+01:002016-09-05T08:18:09.073+01:00I hear you. I felt this way for each of my four ch...I hear you. I felt this way for each of my four children when they started school. I remember being in hospital after the birth of my eldest son and reading a magazine article about starting school and sobbing as this tiny blond boy, just a matter of days old, will leave me.......... That was 28 years ago now. Now I sit at the other end of the scale. 2 eldest boys gone through uni and left home and eldest daughter leaving for uni in a few weeks. My baby will be starting her final year of A levels. I have only one child left at home for one year. I've already done the sobbing and there will be a lot more to come. Just as you say I fear I have wasted time together, busy all the time, jobs, hobbies; frantic life. So now just one year for me, with just one child, then it's done.............<br />You will get used to school run life and be able to fill your wonderful blog with new funny accounts of school gate related drama. Keep writing. XxVegan fattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128472483405232140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-39505078210141630122016-09-05T07:54:41.525+01:002016-09-05T07:54:41.525+01:00Good luck to you both. As a seasoned mum I can tot...Good luck to you both. As a seasoned mum I can totally get where you are coming from. My eldest started Uni last year and prior to this he had endured a very reluctant move to the countryside with us all from the town, voicing his disgust on a daily basis!!! I was absolutely dying for him to leave home so that calm could be restored but found myself completely out of the blue sobbing on my drive back from Wilko's with student supplies!!! I even used to go and sit on his bed once he had gone and sniff his pillow !!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621673262347679612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-88553553228025915282016-09-05T07:32:55.651+01:002016-09-05T07:32:55.651+01:00Sobbing now reading this! Feel exactly the same. C...Sobbing now reading this! Feel exactly the same. Can't wait for my boy to go to school on Thursday coz I love him but my word he is demanding. But on the other hand, he's my baby & I'll miss him & it's so weird. The uniform got me too. Still got my little girl at home 2 & 5 months but won't know what to do with her, it's always been the 3 of us during the week. Good luck Sarah & Henry xxBeckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-86548367680531297662016-09-05T06:56:37.693+01:002016-09-05T06:56:37.693+01:00Shit, i was just about holding it together til i r...Shit, i was just about holding it together til i read this! Conception of son was prompted by our big girl starting school 5 years ago, and here we are again but this time without the option of popping out a baby replacement. Am distraught and proud in equal measure and am sure i shall spend the first 2 days sculking behind cars, spying on him in the playground, crying into a kleenex, checking he isn't standing all alone with noone to play with. Just like i did with his big sister.....sigh....emmafrostiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425928388999526204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-11514791335479602662016-09-05T00:37:07.253+01:002016-09-05T00:37:07.253+01:00You rock. You'll be fine. And you'll cry. ...You rock. You'll be fine. And you'll cry. http://www.andthensheclicked.com/a-guide-to-surviving-the-first-day-at-school/Lisahttp://www.andthensheclicked.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-49255134053856371202016-09-05T00:07:30.785+01:002016-09-05T00:07:30.785+01:00My first is in year 2 (roll on Tuesday), but I kno...My first is in year 2 (roll on Tuesday), but I know I will feel exactly the same all over again when my second starts reception next year. Good luck Henry, and you. XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-86167033578550759582016-09-04T23:36:19.769+01:002016-09-04T23:36:19.769+01:00A seasoned school mum here - my youngest starts se...A seasoned school mum here - my youngest starts secondary tomorrow and I'm feeling all these bloody emotions all over again! It's never bloody ending! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982416492827251243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-53261459365647332862016-09-04T23:22:56.533+01:002016-09-04T23:22:56.533+01:00Wow I didn't think I'd cry but you goto me...Wow I didn't think I'd cry but you goto me. I can tell you that it does get easier and by next year or certainly the one after you will be skipping into school with him as I will my 6 year old who is about to start year 2, however I am just as much of an emotional wreak over my daughter who also like Henry will be starting reception tomorrow, maybe it's because she's my baby or maybe it's just because those rare just mummy daughter days are gone but I'm sure I'll come home tomorrow and cryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-6119382572387822772016-09-04T23:20:59.600+01:002016-09-04T23:20:59.600+01:00I'm guessing you'll fare just fine as a sc...I'm guessing you'll fare just fine as a school mum... guessing coz my girls are only starting reception tomorrow too and they are my first (and only) children. You're post is making me feel the unmumsy one though... why don't I feel like this when everyone else seems to?! I've even got this week off work as am between jobs and I'm celebrating the fact our school doesn't force you to do half days to start with! I love my girls to pieces but can't wait for them to start!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-59932122155238259382016-09-04T23:08:15.648+01:002016-09-04T23:08:15.648+01:00You didn't enjoy it as much as you could have,...You didn't enjoy it as much as you could have, not should have. There is no guideline governing how much an individual has to like any aspect of parenting any aged child! (not a criticism, love your work) You'll all be very fine at school, love Nicky (mother of four, one starting primary tomorrow!) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251363020963792751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-81126526612107438852016-09-04T23:07:45.229+01:002016-09-04T23:07:45.229+01:00Pretty much how I felt a year ago! I'll never ...Pretty much how I felt a year ago! I'll never forget leaving him in the classroom, I saved my tears for the car and then went and had coffee and cake to distract myself. It's bloody hard but it does get easier day by day. And he'll come out at the end of the day happy and smiley and your heart will melt and you'll relax a bit. Be kind to yourself tomorrow and get some wine in for the evening. Best of luck - we've all been there! XxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-65473754570582321352016-09-04T23:07:24.854+01:002016-09-04T23:07:24.854+01:00Bloody hell you just multiplied my pregnancy hormo...Bloody hell you just multiplied my pregnancy hormones by 1000 and I have just sobbed my heart out for a full 34 minutes and mines only starting preschool! XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941752338886548224.post-82266223156403577912016-09-04T23:06:57.825+01:002016-09-04T23:06:57.825+01:00It never gets easier. A year ago I sobbed in a mul...It never gets easier. A year ago I sobbed in a multi storey car park after dropping my son at college for the first day. The tears dry but the pride in watching your amazing, perfect firstborn go out into the world never goes away. Good luck Henry, and unmumsy. You are strong and brave, and cheese always makes things better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342458546320120174noreply@blogger.com