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Hi Amy, my view is that its too soon (different if you have to because of work though) and dylan can always go to toddler groups and mix with other babies his age there. I'm a bit of a worrier though and don't think that anyone can look after max the same way that I can and I would only leave him with a relative or close friend.
I went back to work full time when my daughter was 6.5 months old and she went to my inlaws , my ex husband was part time also and when she was 2.5 she went into nursery part time just for the interaction but I felt by then that she was old enough to go.
This is just my opinion though, I'm sure there are some brilliant nurseries out there but for me personally I just don't think I could trust anyone else to look after max yet!
I'm so glad dylan is feeling better and enjoying the sunshine :-))))
How are you feeling did you get some antibiotics? xx

i agree with you, we dont have any good baby and toddler groups near us, but i might travel by bus if i can find a good one, i just dont want a stranger looking after my baby, think she was trying to help but there are plenty of baby and parent classes you can go to like swimming,

yes they are still out now got a park bang across from us so its handy, im just cooking us all a sunday roast so it nice to be able to cook without dylan running me over with his walker or oh asking how long it will be lol
yes ive got some anibiotics to take been getting abit of blood with the milk ive managed to get out, got told off for not going sooner, lesson learned :)
how are you, has your bleeding stopped? xx

hi amy, riley didnt go until he was 2 and a half. i think he was right at that age, and enjoys it much more now.
i tried him briefly at 18months and he didnt like it. each child develops at their own pace and there is nothing wrong with him being at home for now with daddy, especially whilst he gets better. glad hes ok xxx

thanks i just thought id ask as i though i was doing it wrong by not taking him (thats the way it was made out) i deffo not putting him in yet then, not ready for it myself. and thankyou he's fine now full of energy just not aloud to let him overtire (going to be hard) xx

Oh glad you've got the antibiotics hopefully you'll be feeling a lot better soon :-))
My bleeding has got worse started pink now brown (sorry tmi) don't know what's going on!
Riley sounds like jessica Claire, she wasn't ready till she was that little bit older but then once she got going she really liked it and I think it helped for when she started school (they didn't have pre-school places then).

ive got no idea buffy, do you think it could be an early period? brown blood is old blood isn't it? and it doesnt matter about tmi we have all probably seen or heard worse seen as we are all mums lol, its wierd how its inbetween your period, can your fibriods get agitated say in like the very 1st bit of pregnancy or could they have got worse?
xx

Well my period was 5 days early last month but even so it can't be my period yet, I do get bleeding the week before my period but its even too early for that unless my periods are getting closer and closer together - so it was 23 day cycle last month and who knows this month! My fibroids can cause bleeding inbetween periods but its usually just the week running up to my period - they got bigger in my last pregnancy as they feed off hormones and sometimes they can shrink back down again but in my case they haven't so if I do get pregnant I'll be starting off with bigger ones this time and they'll grow again. Bloomin things!
I suppose I shall just have to be patient and wait and see what happens lol!
Am gonna jump hubby tonight just in case it is ovulation bleeding though ha ha!!!

Hi Amy, I put my little girl into Nursery full time when she was 10 months old due to having to go back to work. My little man will also have to go into nursery when he is 10 months as I still have to work (unfortunately I went for good looks rather than wealth and I have a better job than my rather hansom hubby!!). I agree that if I didn't have to go back to work I would have kept my little ones at home longer but just wanted to give my experience of nursery. I looked round a few and found one which I was really comfortable with and which fit in well with my parenting style. There were some which I would never have left my kids in in a million years. My little girl really loves nursery. She is a very confident and sociable little girl who is very popular. She is also really bright and forward. Has been able to count up to 100, knew alphabet, shapes, oolours etc since she was two. She is now three (nearly four) and is learning phonics and how to read. She can also write quite well. It may be that she is just clever like her mum (lol only joking!) but I put most of it down to nursery. I feel better about leaving her at nursery than with family (even her dad!!) as I know she is being stimulated all the time and interacting with her peers whereas if I left her with her dad she would probably be sat in front of the tele half the day watching starwars!! She has always been happy to be left at nursery as she was so young that she didn't really know the difference! The ones at nursery who seem to struggle with being left at those that are left for the first time quite late when they are about 3 years as it is such a big shock for them. Fees are a bit of a pain though. When I go back to work in January I will have to pay _1400 per month until my daughter goes to school in September!!

hi boden, im in the same situation as you i earn more money so i went back to work, my original idea was dylan was to be looked after by his dad til he was 2 or unless he got a good paying job before then we would get a childminder then go to nursery for 1 day a week or so then gradually build up, but then the health visitor mentioned this and got me thinking, but i dont feel ready for it yet, so i might wait and see, dont want other people seeing his milestones 1st would rather it be me or james plus i worry he cant tell me whats wrong if he doesn't like the people/nursery xx

Yes, I totally understand why you feel that way. I was really lucky with my daughter because she took her first steps etc in front of us but I was worrying that we would miss them. Also the way my little man is going he will be able to walk before he is 10 months! I think anyone who puts their kids in nursery worries a bit about them being harmed etc. but to be honest i've always felt better about nursery than a child minder because at nursery the children are never left alone with only one member of staff. I think you have obviously thought carefully about it and your plans sound sensible. I would just ignore you health visitor. It seems like an odd thing for her to say anyway.