tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post3384796780819414613..comments2024-02-24T21:40:35.321+00:00Comments on somewhere between facebook and flickr sits fiona: boys in tightsfionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284847952437148628noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post-75841905269867186062011-08-24T13:21:12.193+01:002011-08-24T13:21:12.193+01:00Are the boys in tights yet? I also want to avoid t...Are the boys in tights yet? I also want to avoid the subtle hints I missed last year where they started leaving woolly hats and gloves in Hamish's cupboard to indicate that it was high time to wrap my son up to the eyeballs (October)fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284847952437148628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post-64229152395445467682011-08-24T08:21:01.886+01:002011-08-24T08:21:01.886+01:00My husband works at a Kita and I have been fascina...My husband works at a Kita and I have been fascinated by his tales of children's wear, layer by layer. Good luck snapping up the winter wear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192879773898298306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post-43959155176940377052010-09-09T19:55:11.954+01:002010-09-09T19:55:11.954+01:00Yes, I know what you mean, I've witnessed the ...Yes, I know what you mean, I've witnessed the German approach to learning to swim. This though seems very different. The kids seem very insecure when it comes to joining a nursery. All the 'newbies' in Orla's class who are now in wk's 3, 5, and 6 of which there are 3 all around her age have cried NON-STOP every day that I have been there. I don't think the staff do enough to distract them from their crying - most nurseries we know of in the UK tend to take the crying child to see the fish tank or whatever as Mummy leaves and then that's about it. But here, given that there's a 7 to 1 ratio they just don't seem able to do it. <br /><br />The most ridiculous thing though is the whole wk 3 fiasco where you can watch your heart broken child through a glass door, which in my opinion is just making it worse for them.fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284847952437148628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post-26448956085286873702010-09-09T09:16:59.731+01:002010-09-09T09:16:59.731+01:00At the risk of sounding a bit xenophobic, I though...At the risk of sounding a bit xenophobic, I thought the German approach to childcare was a bit more 1970s/laissez-faire? I'm basing this on a holiday in Greece three years ago, where I watched German families blithely chatting as their tiny toddlers struggled not to drown in the pool, or wandered out of the hotel complex into the road. I was rather in awe of them as I hovered over my milksop kids with the factor 50.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post-27875050134513737782010-09-07T13:24:30.508+01:002010-09-07T13:24:30.508+01:00Day 2: caught the staff looking at me and talking ...Day 2: caught the staff looking at me and talking about me as I glimpsed up from reading my book blissfully happy and child-free. I am a bad mother; the kids were happily playing with other children having a great time. The staff disapproval was entirely justifed.fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284847952437148628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477029443287536038.post-83810040333131940852010-09-07T10:04:49.935+01:002010-09-07T10:04:49.935+01:00Bloody hell, you're not allowed to leave until...Bloody hell, you're not allowed to leave until week 4? Lindsay Lohan served a shorter sentence than that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com