Summer Uniforms and Not-So-Summer Temperatures
Past the middle of May...
Last week I got up at 5.
50 am.
It felt bitterly cold in the house.
I jumped under hot, five minute shower.
So much better...
At 6.
05 I was downstairs preparing breakfast.
Kettle on, coffee in the coffee pot, tea bag for my tea in my cup, another tea bag in my son's cup.
Toasts on.
It started getting warmer, plus the heating went on.
And it is May.
I glanced at the thermometer hanging outside, a present from my mum, which comes in so handy, especially, if you are used to checking the temperature and not relying on sun only.
Bloody zero degree Celsius! It was the same for the last three days last week, since children went back to school after the break.
They were asked to come back in summer uniforms...
hee, hee.
Summer uniforms, if you are not aware, polyester (in most cases), short sleeve dresses for girls plus ankle or knee high socks and polo T-shirts for boys.
I forgot to mention acrylic jumpers or cardigans, which give as much warmth as an ice cube.
Brrr, I shivered and fetched myself a hot cup of tea.
Morning was unfolding slowly...
as slow as a day.
The sun was lazy and took its time to come up.
Must have been cold himself...
I had my cereal and pushed down a slice of toast with strawberry jam.
That's better, rumbled my tummy.
I started feeling blood circulating around my body.
I checked the temperature outside: barely 5 degrees above zero.
I went upstairs to wake the children up and get them ready for school.
I faced the dilemma: how to dress them at these freezing temperatures in summer uniforms.
It sounds silly to me to "announce" summer and demand summer uniforms when it is cold.
As far as I know, people don't have fur like animals, but are supposed to wear sensible clothes.
I have lived in the UK for more than decade, but I still find people dressed inadequately to weather.
I witnessed women wearing flip-flops and heavy coats at zero as well as young girls wearing winter boots and light vests when it was plus 18.
I have seen children getting frost bite because of not having gloves, hats and scarves when the temperature dropped down to minus 5 or 7.
"Arthritis is a very common condition in the UK, affecting over nine million people...
" The causes are not confirmed, but wearing socks and short sleeve tops when it is cold must contribute to the illness development.
My own grandmother, bless her, suffered from terrible arthritis, developed because of cold conditions she used to live in.
Her fingers were malformed and aching.
She was, despite her medication, in constant pain, often unable to move her arms.
As I do not want the same thing happening to my children, I refused to send them to school in "proper" summer uniform.
Instead, I sent them in proper winter uniform on the coldest day.
Complete uniform, up to the hair band colour.
No disco clothes...
Last year, I fought (on my own, as other parents are too afraid to speak) inadequate summer uniforms and got my reward: girls are now allowed to wear tights, when it is cold.
By all means, I support uniforms with all my heart, but sensible ones...
One cannot dictate the weather conditions.
Another reason I stand by my decision about my daughter wearing tights is the fact that any cold she catches due to inappropriate clothing is passed on to me.
Being an MS sufferer means I cannot fight it off as easily as "ordinary" people.
I went through a few MS attacks and ended up unable to walk for a while.
It took me a lot of time and determination to get better.
If I fall down with an illness, I will be totally relying on my husband for children's care, school runs, work etc.
I believe it is a better situation if I take as much care of myself as possible, work and pay taxes...
If your child feels warm, let him or her wear t-shirt and socks...
but don't decide that my children are warm when they may not be.
I am their mother, I think I know what is right for them.
Taking into consideration my feeling cold at all times, I always ask them whether they are not overdressed.
Besides, children in socks and t-shirts, at whatever the weather, are these, who constantly spread colds.
So far, my daughter has never had antibiotics and my son had them only on a few occasions.
I have seen children ending up in hospital due to the cold brought from school.
Whenever I talk to other parents, I hear about sleeping problems due to blocked noses and visits to the doctors because of nasty coughs.
Colds spread anywhere the crowd appears, but some can be avoided...
Why pretend it is warm, when it is cold and the children could do with some extra layer.
Since it was so cold last week, I insisted on my children putting long sleeves under e.
g.
dress or a T-shirt.
They did not object, they were more than happy to do so.
I do not know about you, but I cannot concentrate on any mental work if I feel cold or too warm...
When I entered the school yard last week, all the children dressed in summer uniforms were shivering like leaves or running wild to keep warm.
If you were to pop in on any school, you would hear everybody sneezing, coughing and complaining about ear ache.
Who puts a burden on NHS if antibiotics have to be dished out as kids get ear infections? Don't overheat children, but at the same time don't insist it is warm, when it is cold indeed and all the parents are dressed in nice, warm jackets.
Yes, we should toughen up our children, but toughening up does not mean keeping them shivering in thin coats and socks when the temperature drops down.
I look at such children and feel sorry.
Sorry for the parents too afraid to use their common sense...
Last week I got up at 5.
50 am.
It felt bitterly cold in the house.
I jumped under hot, five minute shower.
So much better...
At 6.
05 I was downstairs preparing breakfast.
Kettle on, coffee in the coffee pot, tea bag for my tea in my cup, another tea bag in my son's cup.
Toasts on.
It started getting warmer, plus the heating went on.
And it is May.
I glanced at the thermometer hanging outside, a present from my mum, which comes in so handy, especially, if you are used to checking the temperature and not relying on sun only.
Bloody zero degree Celsius! It was the same for the last three days last week, since children went back to school after the break.
They were asked to come back in summer uniforms...
hee, hee.
Summer uniforms, if you are not aware, polyester (in most cases), short sleeve dresses for girls plus ankle or knee high socks and polo T-shirts for boys.
I forgot to mention acrylic jumpers or cardigans, which give as much warmth as an ice cube.
Brrr, I shivered and fetched myself a hot cup of tea.
Morning was unfolding slowly...
as slow as a day.
The sun was lazy and took its time to come up.
Must have been cold himself...
I had my cereal and pushed down a slice of toast with strawberry jam.
That's better, rumbled my tummy.
I started feeling blood circulating around my body.
I checked the temperature outside: barely 5 degrees above zero.
I went upstairs to wake the children up and get them ready for school.
I faced the dilemma: how to dress them at these freezing temperatures in summer uniforms.
It sounds silly to me to "announce" summer and demand summer uniforms when it is cold.
As far as I know, people don't have fur like animals, but are supposed to wear sensible clothes.
I have lived in the UK for more than decade, but I still find people dressed inadequately to weather.
I witnessed women wearing flip-flops and heavy coats at zero as well as young girls wearing winter boots and light vests when it was plus 18.
I have seen children getting frost bite because of not having gloves, hats and scarves when the temperature dropped down to minus 5 or 7.
"Arthritis is a very common condition in the UK, affecting over nine million people...
" The causes are not confirmed, but wearing socks and short sleeve tops when it is cold must contribute to the illness development.
My own grandmother, bless her, suffered from terrible arthritis, developed because of cold conditions she used to live in.
Her fingers were malformed and aching.
She was, despite her medication, in constant pain, often unable to move her arms.
As I do not want the same thing happening to my children, I refused to send them to school in "proper" summer uniform.
Instead, I sent them in proper winter uniform on the coldest day.
Complete uniform, up to the hair band colour.
No disco clothes...
Last year, I fought (on my own, as other parents are too afraid to speak) inadequate summer uniforms and got my reward: girls are now allowed to wear tights, when it is cold.
By all means, I support uniforms with all my heart, but sensible ones...
One cannot dictate the weather conditions.
Another reason I stand by my decision about my daughter wearing tights is the fact that any cold she catches due to inappropriate clothing is passed on to me.
Being an MS sufferer means I cannot fight it off as easily as "ordinary" people.
I went through a few MS attacks and ended up unable to walk for a while.
It took me a lot of time and determination to get better.
If I fall down with an illness, I will be totally relying on my husband for children's care, school runs, work etc.
I believe it is a better situation if I take as much care of myself as possible, work and pay taxes...
If your child feels warm, let him or her wear t-shirt and socks...
but don't decide that my children are warm when they may not be.
I am their mother, I think I know what is right for them.
Taking into consideration my feeling cold at all times, I always ask them whether they are not overdressed.
Besides, children in socks and t-shirts, at whatever the weather, are these, who constantly spread colds.
So far, my daughter has never had antibiotics and my son had them only on a few occasions.
I have seen children ending up in hospital due to the cold brought from school.
Whenever I talk to other parents, I hear about sleeping problems due to blocked noses and visits to the doctors because of nasty coughs.
Colds spread anywhere the crowd appears, but some can be avoided...
Why pretend it is warm, when it is cold and the children could do with some extra layer.
Since it was so cold last week, I insisted on my children putting long sleeves under e.
g.
dress or a T-shirt.
They did not object, they were more than happy to do so.
I do not know about you, but I cannot concentrate on any mental work if I feel cold or too warm...
When I entered the school yard last week, all the children dressed in summer uniforms were shivering like leaves or running wild to keep warm.
If you were to pop in on any school, you would hear everybody sneezing, coughing and complaining about ear ache.
Who puts a burden on NHS if antibiotics have to be dished out as kids get ear infections? Don't overheat children, but at the same time don't insist it is warm, when it is cold indeed and all the parents are dressed in nice, warm jackets.
Yes, we should toughen up our children, but toughening up does not mean keeping them shivering in thin coats and socks when the temperature drops down.
I look at such children and feel sorry.
Sorry for the parents too afraid to use their common sense...
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