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Garsons Farm in Esher, Surrey. My two had a lovely time picking pumpkins there this week as a half term activity! However we are in Surrey now, so might be a bit far from E.D. Lots to do there, however.

I wonder if anyone can help me with advice regarding a colicky baby. My second baby is 3 months today and suffers terribly with colic in the evenings, all wind related, poor little chap is in agony from about 7pm to 10pm. He is really good the rest of the time, sleeps well in day and happy when awake and he actually sleeps pretty well at night once he has passed out from exhaution. My problem is that I am stressing about his bedtime routine and longing for my evenings back,I just want to eat a meal with my husband! My eldest was going down at 7/7.30pm by 3 months and I am getting into all the terrible habits I said I would not do this time-feeding to sleep etc! I have tried everything in order to ease the colic-medicines, oesteopath, change in diet etc nothing helps him. It has been suggested that colicky babies react well to routine, but this seems impossible to me when he is at his worse at bedtime, I do the bedtime routine every night but he either won't go down, or does for a while then wakes up screaming. He goes down happily for his naps and sleeps well, which is obviously very telling. Someone has suggested to me the crying could be cause he is overtired (which I am sure his is after a while of trying which obviously makes everything worse but wind is stopping him settling) and a routine will help. So I guess I am just asking what other mums with colicky babies did, if I should keep going with trying a bedtime routine or just wait till the colic passes, which hopefully will be soon! Would be great to hear any other experiences with unhappy babies! Many Thanks

Sorry, I did not mean to offend here at all as I truely think ED is a great place to live, I was merely trying to be helpful to Snowboarder by telling her we had made the move successfully. There are pros and cons and I suppose it all come done to what is right for each individual family.

You might think it is really odd posting on here now we have moved, but still look on forum as ED has a big place in my heart! We lived in ED for 5 years and loved it, but after our son was born two years ago,we like you started to really think about his future and if we wanted him to grow up in such a highly populated area, the scrum for school places and safety particulary worried us. We moved at the end of last year, only to Surrey but it is the best thing we have ever done. We have so much more space, a fantastic school at the end of the road, without the worry of a place and beautiful countryside and fresh air. There are just as many baby groups and activities and our little boy is thriving. One thing I miss is being able to walk everywhere, we do spend a lot more money on petrol now! Just thought I would let you know it works for us but I also think we are probably not city people although ED is fab and still miss it now.

Thank you, think I will just go for it

Does anyone have any tips on how I could get my two year old out of his beloved sleeping bags and used to a duvet? I think the time has come to change but as he is such a wriggler, plus he sleeps on his front with his bum in the air, I am worried he will throw the duvet off and get very cold. Plus getting into his bag is such a sleep signal for him, I think this is going to be hard. Thanks for any advice or experience.