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2·4 Sept 2026·on too early to be asking about nannies? the baby is months away

Spreadsheet is fine. Just don't show it to the nanny 😄

0·3 Sept 2026·on Flying with a toddler in the festival rush, from someone who works the airport side

Snacks. More than you think. Ours ate the full box before boarding lol

1·11 Aug 2026·on New client wants a daily 3.30 call, which is exactly when I leave for school pickup

car calls. done it. kid in the back narrating her whole day while the client is mid-sentence. not recommended 😄

2·31 Jul 2026·on Daily video call with my parents in Chennai, and our toddler walks off after ten seconds

give him a job on the call. show thatha the ball. show thatha the chair. worked with ours for about a month 😄

0·21 Jul 2026·on One birthday party with a noodle station and now she eats everything with chopsticks

a month i can do. today she tried curd. with chopsticks. we're all learning

6·16 Jul 2026·on He shuffles around on his bottom and has no interest in crawling

Ours did this. Walked at 15 months. Wore out every pair of shorts first 😂

0·9 Jul 2026·on Class 3 weekly assessments are open-book now, so he's stopped revising anything

this. ours is IB, it's all basically open book. the skill is finding the page fast. they work it out 😄

2·3 Jul 2026·on Is there any dance class where an 8 year old and his dad can learn together?

this. did a sunday family workshop with my 5 yr old once. she lasted twenty minutes then sat on the floor and clapped for everyone else. still counts

0·27 Jun 2026·on Since my partner's career break, our 12 year old's school diary gets read every single evening

5 yr old here. she reads her diary out to us without being asked, every single line. guess that changes 😅

1·15 May 2026·on Our 10 year old is working through his sister's old class 7 maths book, for fun

Mine is only 5 but does her cousin's old workbooks 'for fun' too. Wish I'd been like that. Watching this thread

0·10 May 2026·on he's found his thumb, and my mother keeps pulling it out

'Doctor said' is the only sentence that has ever won an argument with my mother. Use it freely.

2·9 May 2026·on colony badminton tournament has no kids' category, and my daughter wants to enter doubles with me

our society did a 'family doubles' round one year. best match of the day was a dad and his 7 yr old, crowd cheered every point she won. maybe suggest that to the organisers

3·9 May 2026·on since he was born, half my consultations end with the patient giving me baby advice

clients did the same when mine was born. one sent a sleep schedule in excel 😂 it slows down around the first birthday

1·6 May 2026·on Partner's leave ends in July. How early did you start looking for a full-time caregiver?

6 weeks out worked for us. 3 months is too early, nobody holds that long. Agency people and referral people are very different pools, try both.

1·3 Apr 2026·on School wants a parent reflection page in the class 5 portfolio. What are you writing?

page is for the parent who never comes to ptm. write 3 lines. sign. done