MissTinkerbell
19-04-2010, 02:01 PM
My 4 year old mindee's mum is 12 days away from her due date and packs up work on Friday. She is still intending to send mindee until she actually goes into labour because apparently it will be easier for me to take and fetch her from school :eek: than it will be for her. Despite the fact that she lives more or less opposite the school!!
Anyway mindee was ill last week and had a couple of days at home with mummy. She was extremely tearful on return and didn't want me to pick her up from school and wanted it to be mummy - which is quite understandable. her teacher also said that she was tearful at school and asking for mummy.
I told all this to mum and suggested that perhaps she rethink her plans to still send B to me when she starts her maternity leave (she's not returning to me after maternity leave) as its obvious that B needs some 'mummy time' and soon mummy will be busy with new baby.
However mum told me this morning (in front of B) that she finishes work on Friday but B will still be coming here. She couldn't see B's face but I could and poor little B looked heartbroken :( - I think she was expecting that this would be her last week.
Now obviously I don't mind having B until baby arrives as I have to take my own DD to school anyway but I just think that come a week today there are going to be tears when B realises that mummy is at home.
I'm wondering if this is the case whether to have another word with mum but am not sure what to do. I'm just hoping that this baby decides to put in an early appearance and poor little B doesn't feel left out, which i think she does at the moment.
I will wait and see what happens but what would you guys do if she does start to get tearful and upset? I have already told mum that I will have B when she goes into labour until her mum can get here - she has no family here or close friends who B would stop with.
Anyway mindee was ill last week and had a couple of days at home with mummy. She was extremely tearful on return and didn't want me to pick her up from school and wanted it to be mummy - which is quite understandable. her teacher also said that she was tearful at school and asking for mummy.
I told all this to mum and suggested that perhaps she rethink her plans to still send B to me when she starts her maternity leave (she's not returning to me after maternity leave) as its obvious that B needs some 'mummy time' and soon mummy will be busy with new baby.
However mum told me this morning (in front of B) that she finishes work on Friday but B will still be coming here. She couldn't see B's face but I could and poor little B looked heartbroken :( - I think she was expecting that this would be her last week.
Now obviously I don't mind having B until baby arrives as I have to take my own DD to school anyway but I just think that come a week today there are going to be tears when B realises that mummy is at home.
I'm wondering if this is the case whether to have another word with mum but am not sure what to do. I'm just hoping that this baby decides to put in an early appearance and poor little B doesn't feel left out, which i think she does at the moment.
I will wait and see what happens but what would you guys do if she does start to get tearful and upset? I have already told mum that I will have B when she goes into labour until her mum can get here - she has no family here or close friends who B would stop with.