did I mention I have a Big Girl?
Yesterday she made pancakes with virtually no help from anyone (and they were good!) and today she made galettes (French, very rich bickies) with me just reading the instructions and did most of the work on some flapjacks too. It’s all very exciting.
She decided that, as all the girls had permission to wear guiding uniforms to school today, she would wear her Brownie clothes all day as it’s thinking day and insisted I wore my guider polo shirt too. Strange really that no one batted an eyelid at the soft play place with us there but then it wasn’t our usual haunt and it was full of Yummy Mummies who probably wouldn’t notice serfs like us anyway 
Was a nice place but a bit far really for regular visits and far too noisy for Aprilia who got really rather frazzled with it all and wanted to go home after not long which we couldn’t do as we had shared a car to get there. Ho hum.
So, tomorrow. Erm…… packing. And baking. And then packing for the Brownie pack holiday that we will lurch onto after Melrose. Never did get those early nights I promised myself.
Oh, and LEA lady phoned to reassure me that it was, in fact, legal to leave a child alone. She had got confused with the locally recomended age for a child to babysit which is 12 although most areas seem to think 14 as a minimum (and I wouldn’t trust anyone who isn’t old enough to have brought up a few kids of their own!) I graciously refrained from going "nah nah ne nah nah" at her as she did sound suitably embarrassed to have given me a brief moment of high blood pressure.
and I was going to provide you with this link :
http://www.capt.org.uk/FAQ/default.htm
Is there a legal age at which child can be left at home alone?
There is no legal age telling you when it is OK to leave a child alone at home. It would be very difficult to make a ruling that would be helpful for every type of home and each situation. Children of the same age can also vary hugely in their ability to assess risks and to cope with responsibility.
Most children over about 10 years old can usually be safely left alone for short periods if there is no alternative. If you do need to leave a young child alone make sure you have talked to them about possible dangers in the home and about how to get help if they need it. Children of this age should never be asked to supervise younger children or babies when in the house alone.
Capt can offer some tips on reducing the risks to young children left on their own – such as leaving a snack so children don’t have to use the oven, removing matches and other temptations and teaching children how to make an emergency call. Top
Comment by Vicki — February 25, 2008 @ 9:52 pm