tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post4364228093504319273..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: But are they HAPPY?Potty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-44340972913564548942009-08-30T20:08:44.515+01:002009-08-30T20:08:44.515+01:00Mummy McT, scary, isn't it, the hold these pla...Mummy McT, scary, isn't it, the hold these places have on our kids? Or is that actually comforting - that they will almost always be able to find a constant, even if it is based on a love of rubbish toys and fries?<br /><br />BwB, good question. I think a realisation that they do need western input to supplement Russian business, after refusing it for a few years. Oh, and people (like my husband) seeing opportunity...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-74371973042593333522009-08-29T18:32:36.122+01:002009-08-29T18:32:36.122+01:00Moscow is clearly the place to be.... Our friends ...Moscow is clearly the place to be.... Our friends (with a 2 and a half year old boy and 9ish month girl) have literally just moved out there. What's going on?!Babies who brunchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544240605254105392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-88397918615064452782009-08-29T03:35:32.957+01:002009-08-29T03:35:32.957+01:00They sound like my boys, as long as they have an a...They sound like my boys, as long as they have an assurance that the new place they are going has a McDonalds they can cope with just about anything.Mummy McTavishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06971283362730213835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-47210181845340489372009-08-28T09:58:20.727+01:002009-08-28T09:58:20.727+01:00Thanks Brit, great advice an information. And are...Thanks Brit, great advice an information. And are you trying to tell me that Ben 10 is in Eastern Europe too? Blast it.<br /><br />Thames, well, obviously!<br /><br />Thanks CM!<br /><br />HMHB, thankyou. Although not sure that my energy levels will hold out for long without plentiful supplies of G&B...<br /><br />Sharon, plenty of chocolate, yes. But plenty of good chocolate? Not so sure and I haven't had the nerve to find out as it might weaken my resolve if I don't get the answer I want!Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-77712313083487205102009-08-28T05:02:07.312+01:002009-08-28T05:02:07.312+01:00Good luck with th move. I'm sure it will be fi...Good luck with th move. I'm sure it will be fine. Kids are so adaptable.<br /><br />And hey, you can be totally non PC and get f u r s !!! <br /><br />PS Have you checked out the available chocolate supplies?sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-55814131382615184542009-08-27T23:35:08.982+01:002009-08-27T23:35:08.982+01:00I admire your courage and energy. I'm sure you...I admire your courage and energy. I'm sure you will make it work.cycling through vietnam: my cancer diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071327937054542403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-17707948133147120722009-08-27T23:20:38.844+01:002009-08-27T23:20:38.844+01:00How exciting...what an experience you will all hav...How exciting...what an experience you will all have. I'm sure the children will be fine.Chic Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803588856685163353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-50064461156859887822009-08-27T22:41:57.914+01:002009-08-27T22:41:57.914+01:00You'll be fine. And I'm looking forward to...You'll be fine. And I'm looking forward to your contribution to expatmumsblog!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424852811523341436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-80495163204384006002009-08-27T22:16:03.502+01:002009-08-27T22:16:03.502+01:00A move to eastern Europe with 2 small boys. Hmmm. ...A move to eastern Europe with 2 small boys. Hmmm. For once this is something I feel qualified to write about, rather than the normal codswallop that I dish out.<br /><br />There'll be good times, there'll be bad times, there'll be great times, there'll be desolate times. There'll be times when you wish the whole of the Russian nation could just go and drown itself in Vodka and times when you can't imagine how England got it so wrong and why isn't it more like Russia in every way. <br /><br />For all the ups and downs, one year into our Eastern European adventure we wouldn't have not done it for anything. The boys have certainly found it difficult at times (the first few months in a non-English speaking nursery being one) but ultimately they don't really notice that much. When we went back to the UK in May nothing had changed, they slotted straight back in with their old friends, didn't even seem to notice the difference in country. This is the age to take them, after all if your play involves running around at high speed pretending to be Ben 10 and shouting at the top of your voice, it doesn't really matter what <br />language you are doing it in. <br /><br />Like Nappy Valley Girl says, it is probably going to be you who notices the difference the most. However, it does sound as if you already know quite a few people there, so that is a huge start. <br /><br />What an adventure! Do it with style in cashmere. x<br /><br />PS. People always say kids will pick up the language in no time. Our experience is that this isn't necessarily true, our two being a long way from being able to speak Bosnian despite being the only English speaking children in nursery, but that doesn't seem to matter all that much to them really.Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-40270755388305026812009-08-27T22:11:34.488+01:002009-08-27T22:11:34.488+01:00Lisa, yes don't worry, we'll have internet...Lisa, yes don't worry, we'll have internet so I'll still be wittering away and complaining about the supermarket / the gym / the traffic / etc. (Are you sure that's what you wanted to hear?)Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-59757514202538142882009-08-27T22:10:14.241+01:002009-08-27T22:10:14.241+01:00Mwa, don't worry, I'll certainly keep blog...Mwa, don't worry, I'll certainly keep blogging - have to stay sane somehow!<br /><br />Thanks Tasha, and I'm sure you're right, before long the Boys will be able to chat to each other in yet another language I can't understand!<br /><br />Iota, don't worry, wasn't thinking that at all, and Martha Washington was clearly a very wise woman.<br /><br />NVG, absolutely on the thermal underwear. Damart here I come. Or can you suggest anywhere else? (Since, as I understand it, NYC is not exactly tropical in winter?)<br /><br />BM, there you are. Fabulous advice, which I shall print off and wave at my husband when I come home with ridiculous purchases from Brora and Marilyn Moore.<br /><br />Thanks Paradise, and it looks like we are doing it. (Gulp) Although I think our culture shock will be less than yours; you've made a much bigger leap than we're contemplating.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-19733063987454272912009-08-27T22:10:00.631+01:002009-08-27T22:10:00.631+01:00I think they are going to be fine, as are you.
Yo...I think they are going to be fine, as are you.<br /><br />You are going to keep blogging aren't you? Do they have service in Moscow? We can't go without you, you know. We have to know how you, the Hubby and the boys are doing!Lisa @ Boondock Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430994283914399581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-5946727129864233892009-08-27T21:54:13.509+01:002009-08-27T21:54:13.509+01:00SOrry Potty, been out of circulation in the UK for...SOrry Potty, been out of circulation in the UK for the summer, but exciting news. Do it do it do it. I'v eexperienced every emotion doin g this but at the end of the day it IS an adventure & much as I hate to admit it,my husband was right, that it is a great experience (in hind sight ha!) & certainly exciting & interesting. As for you rboys. At their age home is wherever you are & that will be their security. And living in another culture makes children amazingly adaptable, tolerant & flexible. All th every best anyway!Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-25059761762294349882009-08-27T19:44:10.851+01:002009-08-27T19:44:10.851+01:00Potty, are you actually off then? I think I'v...Potty, are you actually off then? I think I've missed something in my dazed state. Wow! How exciting and WHAT an adventure. <br /><br />It will be fabulous and the boys will remember it with relish when they are older, I'm sure. As long as they are with you both, they will be fine.<br /><br />Invest in A LOT of cashmere.<br /><br />BM xBush Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527939624765411649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-31235186162262292332009-08-27T19:25:23.715+01:002009-08-27T19:25:23.715+01:00I am sure they will be happy. When they are that y...I am sure they will be happy. When they are that young, I don't think they see it as a huge change, because everything that happens in life is pretty new to them. The Littleboys are aware that we have moved country, but don't seem to mind that we have left everything familiar behind. <br /><br />Obviously it's harder for us mothers, because we don't, unlike the husbands, have work out there to get us into the culture straight away. But I am sure you will be fine - once you have invested in some thermal underwear and ski gloves.....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-15907711234240449502009-08-27T17:26:57.016+01:002009-08-27T17:26:57.016+01:00Martha Washington (wife of George) said:
The grea...Martha Washington (wife of George) said:<br /><br />The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. <br /><br />So will they be happy? Maybe Moscow doesn't have a lot to do with it (though please don't think I'm dismissing your concerns...)Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-68743570024835617362009-08-27T16:20:18.332+01:002009-08-27T16:20:18.332+01:00Children are remarkably adaptable, especially when...Children are remarkably adaptable, especially when they're young. They'll be chattering away in Russian before you know it and will probably have a ball. <br /><br />We moved to Spain for a year when I was 10 and it was a fantastic experience for me. I was sad to say goodbye to my friends and my cat, but it was such an exciting thing to do, all that disappeared the minute we got on the coach (yes, we travelled 36 hours on a coach to get there!). I was fluent (at least in the things children talk about), within a few months, and loved exploring the city with my parents and making new friends. <br /><br />I would not have too many qualms about doing something similar, especially when the children are young enough to adapt - once they're teenagers, I think it probably gets a lot harder - and am actually a little jealous. (Though I think I would also be having qualms about the cold!)Coding Mamma (Tasha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17374751246656722167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-20062656773867127842009-08-27T16:01:57.735+01:002009-08-27T16:01:57.735+01:00I think you're amazingly brave. And please do ...I think you're amazingly brave. And please do keep blogging, because I'm sure you'll have very interesting stories once you move.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.com