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I know I am pretty livid. Cos she hasn’t replied to my email I am going to say something when I get him. The one who forgot is the one in charge!!😭. It’s not the first time he’s come out with a poo in his nappy either. I hate the thought of him sitting there soiled and them not noticing!!! Bloody hell it’s their job
 
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So his key worker brought him to the door when I got there and I mentioned it and she said they will start checking. But I wasn’t really impressed with her response. She said well he doesn’t come to tell us. Well obviously not cos he can’t and he isn’t potty trained. Jesus wept
But she said they will start checking more and have a word with everyone else to do so as well
 
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So his key worker brought him to the door when I got there and I mentioned it and she said they will start checking. But I wasn’t really impressed with her response. She said well he doesn’t come to tell us. Well obviously not cos he can’t and he isn’t potty trained. Jesus wept
But she said they will start checking more and have a word with everyone else to do so as well
Please please make sure it's all documented on emails etc... personally I'd ask for a review and more routine checks. Where my little girl goes they have an app where the document everything, potty tries, nappy changes, naps, what she eats etc, do yours do similar?
 
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Please please make sure it's all documented on emails etc... personally I'd ask for a review and more routine checks. Where my little girl goes they have an app where the document everything, potty tries, nappy changes, naps, what she eats etc, do yours do similar?
Yeah they do. They have a record of it all written down. I’ve seen it when I’ve been in to change himself. Thankyou ❤
 
My 3 year old is having my life at the minute, they are being do challenging . Running off is a big thing at the minute. Apparently he only runs off when I'm there . I feel like my husband should be telling him that running off for me isn't acceptable. Being out in public is a nightmare, I dread it sometimes.
 
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My 3 year old is having my life at the minute, they are being do challenging . Running off is a big thing at the minute. Apparently he only runs off when I'm there . I feel like my husband should be telling him that running off for me isn't acceptable. Being out in public is a nightmare, I dread it sometimes.
My 3 year old is having my life at the minute, they are being do challenging . Running off is a big thing at the minute. Apparently he only runs off when I'm there . I feel like my husband should be telling him that running off for me isn't acceptable. Being out in public is a nightmare, I dread it sometimes.
We live on a busy street that’s for a school at the top. One morning a few weeks ago, I opened the front door and mimi A went running near the road (thankfully a car wasn’t coming flying down) this is the only time in her life she’s ever ran near the road. Usually she stops and says “check for cars mummy” ….. the time she went near the road I absolutely went mad. To the point where she cried. I used harsh language like “do you want to die?”.. I made it clear she could get hit by a car and potentially die. Scaring her to a point where she knew she shouldn’t have done it worked.

also - if we are in Asda or anywhere else and it’s busy and she goes to run off, again I say things like “do not run off somebody could take you and then I’d never see you again” (abit dramatic I know although it doesn’t happen but she stops doing it..!!!!)

I think you need to sit him down and explain what may happen if he runs off and it’s not safe etc, or can you say to him if he runs off he’s going on reins?
 
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My 3 year old is having my life at the minute, they are being do challenging . Running off is a big thing at the minute. Apparently he only runs off when I'm there . I feel like my husband should be telling him that running off for me isn't acceptable. Being out in public is a nightmare, I dread it sometimes.
It’s so frustrating when you know something is just done with you.
In this case I would say something like “it’s not safe to run off. If you won’t stay with me I’ll have to start strapping you in to the buggy” (which presumably he doesn’t use any more?) and follow through with that. The loss of freedom may help stop it.
Personally I don’t think at that age they really understand danger a lot, so keeping it simple is best.
 
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We live on a busy street that’s for a school at the top. One morning a few weeks ago, I opened the front door and mimi A went running near the road (thankfully a car wasn’t coming flying down) this is the only time in her life she’s ever ran near the road. Usually she stops and says “check for cars mummy” ….. the time she went near the road I absolutely went mad. To the point where she cried. I used harsh language like “do you want to die?”.. I made it clear she could get hit by a car and potentially die. Scaring her to a point where she knew she shouldn’t have done it worked.

also - if we are in Asda or anywhere else and it’s busy and she goes to run off, again I say things like “do not run off somebody could take you and then I’d never see you again” (abit dramatic I know although it doesn’t happen but she stops doing it..!!!!)

I think you need to sit him down and explain what may happen if he runs off and it’s not safe etc, or can you say to him if he runs off he’s going on reins?
bleeping hell 🤣 You’ll be putting Final Destination on for her next 😂
 
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😂😂😂😂😂😂

its harsh langague but if it scares her she wouldn’t ever do it again.

And it’s true she could be taken - it happens!
I see a lot of my younger self in you. I was a single parent when my daughter turned 1 until I met my husband not long after her 4th birthday, and those days were tough, and the worst days of my life. Please remember she is still only little. Asking her if she wants to die, will put the fear of God her, and she honestly doesn’t need to be hearing it so young. Even if it works and she doesn’t do it again
I also have a runner, especially when we went on holiday, and I had to be diplomatic and just say ‘we don’t run away, you need to stay with mummy and daddy’ he doesn’t need to know he may be kidnapped and never see us again.
I’ve also started to change the way I talk to him, and stopped saying naughty (I’m awful for it). He’s number 3, and I’m still learning what works and doesn’t for each of these kids
 
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Is scaring the right thing to do 😳😨
I agree. I certainly don’t want my children to be ruled by fear at all, especially fear of death. I think that’s absolutely crazy, personally.
Never mind a 3yo had no concept or understanding of what death actually means.

It’s not death she will be afraid of. It’s her mum.
 
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I agree. I certainly don’t want my children to be ruled by fear at all, especially fear of death. I think that’s absolutely crazy, personally.
Never mind a 3yo had no concept or understanding of what death actually means.

It’s not death she will be afraid of. It’s her mum.
If my mum told me when I was younger I could get kidnapped I think I’d be traumatised 😖
 
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If my mum told me when I was younger I could get kidnapped I think I’d be traumatised 😖
I know! I wouldn’t tell my older kids that at the ages they are now! I honestly feel traumatised for the little girl having to hear it. Stay close or you’ll be taken. Stay close or you will die.
 
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If my mum told me when I was younger I could get kidnapped I think I’d be traumatised 😖
When my aunty used to go to the shops without the kids, if her kids asked where she went, the answer would be ‘she ran off with another man’. The kids were always distraught. This was 25+ years ago and I can still remember them saying this. But Mr B said this was also said to him, so I think it was a generation thing, but definitely not something I was say to my kids now
 
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Whilst phrases mean one thing to us as adults, who can process and interpritate sentence structures and pick up on tone of voice, they mean something completely different to a child who's imagination drives 95% of their personality.

Words like this, or to this effect is why we now have adults riddled with anxiety, because topics such as these were broached exactly like this in the 80s/90s.
 
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We live on a busy street that’s for a school at the top. One morning a few weeks ago, I opened the front door and mimi A went running near the road (thankfully a car wasn’t coming flying down) this is the only time in her life she’s ever ran near the road. Usually she stops and says “check for cars mummy” ….. the time she went near the road I absolutely went mad. To the point where she cried. I used harsh language like “do you want to die?”.. I made it clear she could get hit by a car and potentially die. Scaring her to a point where she knew she shouldn’t have done it worked.

also - if we are in Asda or anywhere else and it’s busy and she goes to run off, again I say things like “do not run off somebody could take you and then I’d never see you again” (abit dramatic I know although it doesn’t happen but she stops doing it..!!!!)

I think you need to sit him down and explain what may happen if he runs off and it’s not safe etc, or can you say to him if he runs off he’s going on reins?
He doesn't do it near roads really. It's in the supermarket , in the school grounds and on the school run mostly. I try and bribe with saying he can watch the ipad when we get home . Times he has been good and he's had the ipad I say isn't that so much better when we are all happy?
 
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I agree. I certainly don’t want my children to be ruled by fear at all, especially fear of death. I think that’s absolutely crazy, personally.
Never mind a 3yo had no concept or understanding of what death actually means.

It’s not death she will be afraid of. It’s her mum.
I can still remember learning about death when I was about 5 and my grandad died and I became obsessed and used to cry myself to sleep so many nights terrified that my parents or I would die. I think topics like that if not approached gently can really affect young children. 🥺
 
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