oh dear, you noble lot you!
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Topic: oh dear, you noble lot you!
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: oh dear, you noble lot you!
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 9:12pm
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I have just read about fattartsrock's aspirations, we have mum2paris training to be a midwife, many of you have set up websites selling your own unique products, heaps more are doing training of some sort to further themselves in early childcare and/or education, andie with her fabulous way of getting more support for allergies etc, paws wanting to be a policeman.
so many noble ambitions and aspirations! Where do you get them from?...makes me feel like a lazy bum mum! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 9:28pm
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meh, its just looking for ways to not go back to work, lololol.
For me, I just can't say no, is how I got to here. I had HUGE bad problems with BF, and had a great experience with our lactation consultant here, who later on asked me to help run the BF group I now help run (I went along to it from when J was a baby) and I can't say no. then the DHB rang and asked if I wanted to help out with this other thing, and I just can't say no. I figure it will help me get to my goal in a roundabout kind of way. For me, the whole lactation thing is cos I was one of the 2 to 5 % of women who couldn't physically BF, but I did and if I can do it, any bloody one can, so I want to help. Plus I love it. Its about Passion, like anything in life. You know what you do Deb? You make BEAUTIFUL children and you ar a geat advocate or BF and Cloth nappies. And you are fantastically honest. You could do something with that? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 9:35pm
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For me it's been something I've wanted to do for 7 years...I had just put it off when I got married and became a mum...now I'm at a point where I've realised I still want it and I want it badly...that's what keeps me motivated and focused.
I sure as heck don't think you're a lazy bum mum though! Wrangling 3 kids...you're a legend! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 9:44pm
me too! ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Bizzy wrote:Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:14pm
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Me studying is me not wanting to go back to work. For me changing to Health Sciences is a big thing as I hated really hated science at high school but as I do want to one day become a MW I need to get over that and start now. And I want a challenge. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:30pm
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Oooo you forgot me. I hav planned to be a midwife since I was 14 and still on my journey to get there. Decided on the nursing background first which suits a young family esp a single parent one hehehehe. Althou Im not noble LMAO ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:31pm
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bugger, i did too... and you were in my head just before i typed it too. plunket nurses get so much flak too, definitley a noble path. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:36pm
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Oh yeah forgot about that too. Yes I have to say it can be embarasshing admitting im a plunket nurse IRL.... Not a very liked profession. I never knew how much flax plunket nurses got until I became one. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:50pm
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lolol.... midwife? nooooooooo. MAYBE one day, if i get over the fact that i now have the "us and them" mentality towards them. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:53pm
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Lol i feel like a lazy bum compared to all these working/studying mums.
I would be studying right now if i didnt miss the course i want to do. wish i knew there was only one a year cause now i have to put off going to england. BUT next year ill start studying to be a Vet nurse! Yay! ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 10:54pm
 ooops did i get it wrong janine - knew i was bound to somewhere. but you are in nurse training tho arent you? international nurses day was this week just gone and it was celebrated on florence nightingales birthday. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 11:01pm
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well i aint studying to be anything ,except clairvoyant so i can figure out the winning lotto numbers,id like to say i will aim high and achieve great things, but quite honestly , i would like to just sit at home and never go to work again .
But hell, im hardly a lazybum, before i give myself too much flack, i HAVE worked fulltime for the last four years, and am NZ qualified in what i do . Im just sick of work , having to work is what im sick of :-P |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 11:24pm
I'm planning on studying midwifery next year (If they take me  ) I would love to stay home with my kiddies a bit longer but I would like to earn some money some time in the future. I've always wanted to be a midwife and I figure why not do it now.
You SAHMs are definately not lazy bums I'm actually looking forward to having a wee break from the kids while studying. |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 7:31am
LOL me too...sick of working, sick of having to work, and trying to win lotto is exhausting LOL! 
I was in education of some sort for 22 years there is no way I am ever going to retrain for anything now after all that! I just "upskill" every now and again - thats enough!
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 9:18am
i want to be a kindy teacher am in the proesse of getting to study i want a better life for me and james and i love little kids soooo i better start getting everything in order then ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:03am
James, I am a kindy/ECE teacher and it is the BEST!  I have always studied part-time and worked and there are so many colleges now that offer correspondence, or online learning, or going to classes one day a week. I currently have the Diploma of teaching, but am thinking of studying towards the Bachelor in the next couple of years. Good luck!
PS...which college etc would you be looking to study through? -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:18am
hi there i,m thinking of going thur the dunedin collage as that will be my best way to do it at the mo ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:21am
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Lazy bum Mum here too!
I'm so envious of all of you who know what you want to do and are going for it! I'm lucky enough to be able to stay home for now but I know I don't want to do it forever and I have no idea and no confidence about what I want to do once the kids are school age! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:53am
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No more study here ever either, I'd rather walk on broken glass. For me it was always a means to an end, and now I've got the end I don't need the means anymore!
I really admire those of you who are in training/study with kids, having been there myself it's really tough, you guys are an inspiration. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:42pm
| I want to study or work in a maternity or neonatal ward in a hospital witth my qualifications but may have to study so that I can do that |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:51pm
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None of you are lazy bum mums! You don't get the chance with kids to run around after!! so many aspiring midwives here - I had no idea! How cool. If it weren't for the fact that the room spins whenever I see a cut, I'd seriously consider the same. ------------- Andie |
It must be such a honour. And who doesn't love a good midwife? Mine was so amazing I keep in touch every now and then with pics of Ella still! Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 5:11pm
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ive been puting my studies off for a while now, i have 4 papers left.
but to be honest i dont even know if its what i want to do!! i mean when im finished i really cant see myself working in that field :( i was going to be a volcanologist did a year of that then along came sarah and didnt go back to uni. :( id LOOOOOVE to be a vet or a school dental thearapist but theres no way i can move away to study "sigh" ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 6:57pm
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hehehe Deb, nope. not any more. I finished my nursing training nearly 2 years ago now. Have been working in neonatal unit here in palmy with all the tinys... Always doing more learning and projects and bothersome stuff though, lol. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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