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Buggy Pitstop they can collect and re-deliver to/from your home. they just serviced my bugaboo so that i can responsibly sell it on, and it looks so unbelievably good that i am now struggling with the idea of letting it go!

apologies for cheekiness andy alty. would be very interested to attend meeting - thanks again for the info.

blimey - who is hookey? first time user today ... hmmmmm. **leans back to ponder this, in inspector morse fashion** as another PECKHAMITE who also dares to like and frequent other playgrounds in Southwark - just for kicks - I also like the proposed new plans for WG, many thanks for posting these andy alty. the rustic look will blend in with the surroundings and am sure they will be great fun for the older kids in the area. .... trots off to shave truffles on top of pappardelle

hello i agree with Mook. my little one (now 20months) started doing this on and off a couple of months back - exactly the same situations - when tired, teething and sometimes in the middle of a cuddle. it gives you quite a nasty shock at first, which is why you react by telling them off. it's perfectly normal, and lots of them do it. it just isn't what you image they are going to do! also, the fear is that they may do it to other children. i read up on a lot of research - online and books. and you are right in that if you give it attention, they do it again and again. i found the best solution was to say quite calmly, 'no, we don't bite other people. it makes mummy /daddy upset,' and then remove them from your lap and put them on the floor. walk away (not out of room or they get really mad and it all goes wrong!). after a minute or two, look back and ask them to say sorry. at first my little one actually laughed when i reacted by jumping, saying ow and then telling him off. he didn't understand being told off - all he saw was that he had got a reaction which is why he kept doing it - i think. but after a few times of being removed from me and sensing that i was upset, he stopped it. it took a few goes of this over a few days but it worked eventually. there is another theory that they bite out of too much emotion ... so when they are really overwhelmingly happy ie being cuddled by mummy or daddy, they give you a nip. i actually can understand this point of view as this was when it happened! don't worry too much, it does stop :-)

I used it - although had to go into hospital in the end so we didn't end up with a water baby! It was brilliant I thought - good height for hanging onto during a contraction and set up easily. Thoughtful husband popped some old cushions and towels underneath it before filling it so it was more comfy to kneel in. Top tip - make sure you have some hair tie things nearby - when I asked husband if he could please fetch me my butterfly clip as my damp hair was driving me mad he was obviously a bit flustered bless him, as he returned with a cycling helmet saying 'Will this help?' erm ....

hello has anyone had one of the 4 wheeler ones and are they any good for smaller kids?

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Thurs afternoons are great for us too. If anyone fancies there's already a group meeting up for book discussions on bi weekly Tuesday afternoons (next Tues is the first one of 2011). Like you I find the afternoons can draaaaaag. It's something we started up last year; we read 2 books from the Man Booker Prize List between June - Dec (a massive achievement we all felt) and we are starting again next Tues afternoon. I'm hosting the first one at home (SE15) when we will choose the next book. It's a mixed group of some stay at home mums and some part time working mums. Some are new to the group. Some babies are 8 months, some are a year, some are 3 or more. It's nice to get mixed groups as it brings babies on more too. Basically we do anon voting for a title from the shortlist and then each do our damndest to get through it, some weeks we even manage 10 mins discussion before we hit the tea and latest Grazia gossip :-) We take turns hosting at home as it means babies can play safely together in a living room.

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we were given 'your baby week by week' by simone cave and dr. caroline fertleman. DH read it every night before bed and honest to god knew more than me - which was great as i had an emergency section in the end, and he was so proud that he could manage to do things on his own. he bathed baby first, bought all the right bottles and teats etc, was actually great for them to bond that quickly and i'm sure that made a whole heap of difference for us all as a new family. each week also has a section on 'how mum feels' which is truly fantastic - stops you feeling totally mental and helps partner work out what the hell is going on ;-)

congrats on No 2 being on the way Ruth :-) is that 10 - 12 at goose green? i will try and persuade DS to awake from his nap and join on 10th Jan as per your previous posts. or he can stay asleep in pram and i will gossip :-) HNY!

Hello Happy New Year all! I read your post with interest Princess, but am sorry for your news. I am also a SAHM with a 13 month old little boy; I'm in a similar position where lots of my mum friends are on their way back to work now and the weeks can seem long. There are loads of groups to go to but I agree Gussy & Snowboarder, that it can be hard to make good mates there. Also my LO sleeps in the mornings which means we miss many groups at the mo. Anyway, I'm always up for a walk in the park, the swings, or a cup of tea & biscuits on a bad weather day at home with babies (if that snow comes again I may go insania!). I've posted on here before as a while back a few of us started an at home book group which has been really good fun - takes us ages to read anything and we always get distracted! But we made good friends that way. I'm thinking maybe a Loose Women style group could be good for laughs and gossips .... all thoughts welcome. Nx

congrats on your new baby :-) he sounds so similar to our DS at same age - ie wriggly, feet always kicking, arms waving - we called him an electric starfish! I can also vote for the miracle blanket (they are on amazon). they are great for wind and reflux too. Our DS startled himself awake all the time before we found them. there are those babygrows in mothercare that have the turn down cuffs to stop them scratching too. DS more or less learned how to get an arm out of miracle blanket at around 10 weeks, but we just had to ride that out. then he outgrew them at 20 weeks. Then we were into the smallest sleeping bags ... cue strange back-flipping up and down crib all night - sometimes i had to hold his legs still for him to fall asleep lol - i still have no idea what caused it! (well- i say lol now - at the time i think i nearly lost my mind :-) )

I'd just like to add that yesterday Bea (from the post above Beababies) hosted my 1 year old's birthday party at home. We did have a mixed age range of 7 months to 3 year olds present. Bea arrived on time and was really lovely and heaps of fun. She enquired up front which songs my child would enjoy and recognise and included them in her mix. Bea also brought some instruments and toys to encourage interaction and got all us mums up and singing and dancing too. I'd have no hesitation in recommending Bea and would happily ask her to come back again next year. Thanks Bea, you made our day very special.

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i also had a very good experience at Kings. I had opted for a planned homebirth with the brierley midwives (btw - if you have a planned homebirth with midwives in attendance and you have to go into hospital it's never in a taxi through London traffic, you are taken in a prioritised ambulance which is actually quite exciting and a diversion from interminable contractions!) but after failure to progress i was whizzed in, and met with an anesthetist who had been alerted on our way in. he then gave me an epidural pronto - i'd been going for 3 days so i feel this was fine ;-) baby was born around 10hours later after the staff had given me EVERY possible opportunity to have as normal a delivery as possible. but my son was quite happy where he was and had to be brought to the world via a c section in the end! the teams and surgeons were fantastic. they were in and out every 15 minutes checking the monitors and brought me food (weirdly i wanted fish and chips) and water, brought me pillows (which we had forgotten) and even found me a hairband (my husband had brought me a cycling cap - bless him). the surgeon even came to see me the next day and met baby again. she was incredible and we owe her a lot. the after care was also great, the midwives are very hard working and will therefore take no nonsense, but they are so fantastic at explaining breast feeding (which we totally failed at!) and then making me feel fine about bottle feeding that i would go back there without any hesitation. i was there for 2 days and it was ok - not great, but then compared to what other women in the world have to go through i thought it was all fine. good luck and congratulations!!