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1·27 Oct 2026·on Landlord wants our renewal answer before Diwali, with a baby on the way

We moved house when our daughter was about three months old. Hard, but easier than I expected, because she slept through most of the packing and I wasn't the one lifting anything. Moving while pregnant I'd avoid unless family can come and help. Six months where you are, then the move, sounds sensible to me.

6·16 Oct 2026·on daughter's choosing between a master's abroad and one here, and i don't know what to ask

We asked the course-level question last year and it was worth it. The website talked about thousands of international students. Her actual course had six. Not a reason to say no, but it changed how she thought about the first month. She hasn't fully decided either, so I'm reading this thread with interest.

2·13 Oct 2026·on grandson may move to stamford grammar in shaikpet. what's pickup like at closing time

When my daughter was around that age, what lasted was one message from whoever did pickup and a call only if something was off. The separate check-in calls usually come from each parent feeling they should be the one who knows. Once they trust the message, it stops.

0·4 Oct 2026·on What should the person staying at the hospital pack for themselves?

Keep a separate folder with the ID cards, the insurance papers and the doctor's file, not buried in the clothes. My daughter is twenty-two now and that's still the one thing I'd tell anyone. You'll be asked for those papers at the worst possible moment.

0·29 Sept 2026·on Daycare says my 18 month old 'won't sit for circle time'. Is she supposed to?

This was a long time ago, my daughter is in college now. At her playschool the toddlers who sat through circle time were the exception. Her teacher once told me the walkers usually listen anyway, they just do it moving. I'd ask what they want instead of the walking: sitting, or just staying in the room?

3·1 Sept 2026·on Small neighbourhood school to a big campus like The Premia Academy at 10. How did yours cope?

My daughter moved from a small school to a much bigger one at about that age. She was very quiet for the first term and I worried. By the second term she had found two or three girls she still talks to. The size of the campus bothered her far less than the bus ride did.

2·28 Aug 2026·on What house rules still apply to a 22 year old living at home?

Mostly the food, though my partner wouldn't have put it that way. We've tried 'tell us by six' for two days now. On Thursday she forgot. Yesterday the message came at 5.50 with a thumbs-up and a photo of the canteen menu. Small steps 🙂

1·27 Aug 2026·on What house rules still apply to a 22 year old living at home?

That split is useful. My partner and I have been arguing about the 'only affects her' list without realising it was a list. Did the car turn into a problem? She has started asking for it on weekends.

1·26 Aug 2026·on School pickup rota with two other families keeps breaking on the same family's day

I'd do it in person first, not on the group with dates. In a group it reads like a charge sheet even when it isn't meant that way.

1·17 Aug 2026·on Our office wants to donate books to a school in the old city. Iqra Mission High School came up

Falaknuma side is not far from us. A practical point: getting cartons delivered in those lanes is hard in the mornings, so fix a time with the school and come in a smaller vehicle. And go once yourself before the drive, have a chai with whoever handles it. It makes the rest easier.

3·13 Aug 2026·on School applications want a report from her preschool, and the preschool says reports only come out in March

This was some years ago now, so things may have changed, but when our daughter moved schools the preschool wouldn't give a report either. In the end they agreed to a short letter on their letterhead saying she was enrolled and attending regularly, and the school accepted that along with the previous year's report. It might be worth asking your preschool for a letter rather than a report, since that's a smaller thing to agree to.

3·28 Jun 2026·on Offered a lead role, but the 8 am calls start before our caregiver arrives

Ask before you accept, definitely. I negotiated a 9.30 start when I took my first manager role. Nobody had ever asked, so nobody had ever said no.

1·21 Jun 2026·on How heavy is the foundation coaching for class 9 at Sri Chaitanya, Cherlapalli?

Years ago our daughter went through a school with weekly tests in 9 and 10. What helped her was knowing which tests counted and which were only practice, so she didn't treat every Saturday like a board exam. If he goes there, sit with him and sort that out early.

0·16 Jun 2026·on Four years of hostel, and now our daughter calls our flat 'your house'

The shelf is a good thought. Her old room has quietly become where the ironing goes, which I hadn't noticed until reading this. Clearing it this weekend and letting her decide what goes back in.

0·11 Jun 2026·on At every check-up the paediatrician explains things to my mother, not to me

It's not only fathers. When my daughter was small my sasubai came along and I got the same treatment, and I'm the mother! Doctors read the oldest person in the room as the one in charge. I started taking the chair nearest the doctor and putting the file on the desk in front of me. Sounds silly; it worked.

2·10 Jun 2026·on A colleague moving to LB Nagar asked me about Krishnaveni Talent School for his daughter's class 1

My daughter had a couple of friends from there in junior college, but that was years back and tells you very little about class 1 now. What helped us most with schools on this side was going at dismissal time and talking to two or three parents at the gate. Your colleague could do that in one afternoon.

6·24 Apr 2026·on Final semester, nearly four years of hostel, and she called to ask how long to boil an egg

That's exactly what she said when I laughed. She sent a photo later: one perfect, one cracked and leaking. She's calling it a 50% success rate.

0·23 Apr 2026·on My partner's school holidays start soon and they want to take over the baby days. The family isn't convinced

In my time this would have needed a family meeting. My partner did the evenings with our daughter when she was small, and my aaji was certain the baby would forget me. She didn't. The grandparents came round once they saw the baby was thriving. Give them a role in the plan, not just an opinion about it.

1·22 Apr 2026·on grandson has decided i need an afternoon nap. he puts me to sleep now

Enjoy every one of these. Our daughter used to do this to her ajoba with a bedsheet and a story she made up as she went along. She's finishing college now, and he still tells it at every family function.

6·18 Apr 2026·on Looking at a flat in Saroornagar, and Sagarika High School is the nearest. What is class 2 like there?

We're in Bandlaguda Jagir, not far from there. A neighbour's grandson goes to Sagarika and he seems happy enough, but that's the extent of what I know. Hope the flat works out.

1·8 Apr 2026·on Anyone done a summer childcare swap with another working family? Two 8 year olds, alternate days

A fixed end date is the bit I'd underline. Years ago we did a school-holiday swap with neighbours for a 'whole summer' and it ended awkwardly in week four over something small. A planned stop would have saved everyone's pride.