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Looking for someone to do some digging and levelling in the garden. Have a slope to a deep border and need someone to dig down (and shore up) and redistribute in one corner to level off. Maybe some chopping off of low branches on a tree above the area also. A morning or afternoons work I would say. Looking for someone not opposed to a few hours labour and someone who is tidy also and won't mind ensuring areas is left clean, i.e. not mud everywhere!. Please PM me if interested and let me know your availability and prices. Im in West Dulwich beyond the toll.

HI does anyone know of anywhere local that hires out disco equipment such as sound systems, lights, dry ice machines etc? looking for some for a childrens birthday party. thanks

Hi I think it's more a question of why did he feel the need to hide away to eat it? Why didn't he feel confident enough to ask for some when he came across it. I have a niece who used to do that sort of thing when she was a lot younger and it turned out that she wasn't allowed sweets a lot of the time or was promised some that never materialised so whenever she saw an opportunity she just took it and used to hide to do it so they weren't taken away. I think its important that he understood it wasn't the right thing to do as it wasn't his to do it with but at the end of the day he is still a child and thats the kind of thing they do, its part of the learning process of whats right and wrong...

Christopher at Dulwich Dental Clinic on Lordship Lane.Great with adults and brilliant with kids. Mine look forward to going to see him!

Hope it's going ok LSB and that you are finding your routine that suits you. I second all the other mums comments, there are tough times and for me I have to be organised, prepared and a little bit strict with them all from time to time to get them to where we need to be and a bit selfish at others - i.e. dumping the smallest in his buggy when he really really doesn't want to be in there but I need to get to school drop off etc for the other two. I try to get them all involved in helping each other and they know that there's certain routines we have to stick to on school mornings etc. Patterns will form and fall into place. I still find certain things I just can't manage with 3 logistically, they are all young still, 2-4 -6 and sometimes what the youngest wants to do the other two don't and vice versa so we have to compromise and i can't always take them places alone such as soft play that has a difficult older section as the youngest will invariably try to climb and cause mayhem!. But you do what you can when you can and plan other events for when the other half is around etc. I do it without any childcare other than school/pre school and a couple of mornings of nursery for the little one, no childminder/nanny or any family around at all. I take up any offer of play dates from friends to get a bit of breathing space and plan carefully for when we host playdates!. Its hard but rewarding. Good luck and hope more than anything you are enjoying your time with them. x

Simon from Amigos magic was fantastic at my kids 5th birthday party, had 30 kids enthralled for two hours.

Bit random I know but if anyone on here is a 'Stilt Walker' or knows one who does Childrens parties please pm me... thanks

HI looking for someone who can transport a 2 seater sofa from Oakhurst Grove to West Dulwich before thursday. please pm me if you can help thx

HI Looking for a recommendation for a local accountant who can deal with LTD company accounts services, Tax, PAYE, Corp tax, self assessment, all returns and filings etc for a one man LTD comp contractor. Please PM me, many thanks.

Hi Looking for someone local to unblock an outside small drain - it gets clogged up every few years and is now!. Can't afford the likes of Dynarod etc so looking for a local tradesman who can help out. West Dulwich. Please PM me or call/text on 07977 953388

James Barber are the police going to enforce the rules of the road to the many Dulwich Cyclists that do not stop at Zebra crossings, red lights, do not indicate or even look around them when changing direction, mount the pavement when it suits them to aid their journey, ride without lights etc in dim/dark conditions, ride two/three abreast when not appropriate......and so on.

Im all for more schools in the area to alleviate the nightmare each year of parents not getting local schools for their children. My three are a few years off needing secondary school yet but I'm already aware that if we don't get more schools built or extended then we will yet again face a bun fight to get them in anywhere so I have emailed my support for The Charter Schools proposal.

hi I had a phil and teds explorer with double kit (baby cocoon as well) for when i needed baby and toddler in pushchair and i used a Baby Jogger single with maxi cosi cabriolet baby seat for when i needed just baby in a pushchair and now use that as single pushchair as its amazingly easy to fold with large shopping net underneath, only downside is its width doesn't fold but it will stand on its side in my boot when its folded if i need extra space otherwise i put it in flat and pile shopping on it when i don't need it..

Hi! I had my first at 38, 2nd 8 weeks before my 40th and 3rd just before my 42nd birthday. I was very lucky and had 3 good pregnancies and 3 healthy babies so I'm a big advocate of babies when your older but everyone and every pregnancy is different and risks do obviously increase as you get older but I used to sit in the midwifes waiting room with ladies in their twenties with far more problems than us 'older' mums seemed to have so its swings and roundabouts. I was far more tired with my 3rd pregnancy but i had two toddlers to look after as well at the time so who wouldn't be! :) xx

Hi We have 3 kids, Five, Three and a half and a 21month old. Cons: I find it hard as we have no real support network and absolutely no family nearby or whom we visit that much or visit us to help out so it can be tough. Husband works full time and I am a SAHM. Logistics is always my bugbear especially now the toddler never wants to be in his buggy and wants to 'walk' everywhere and we have to do 3 school runs in the car everyday. Food bills seem to be massive, someone always needs new clothes/shoes, we live in a two bedroom flat and all 3 now share a room. Squabbling, bickering and inability to share..cost of taking 3 anywhere! restaurants, cinema... anywhere you have to pay for them individually it adds up quickly and can put you off venturing to some attractions etc. Having to get a bigger car that properly accommodated 3 different car seats and had big enough boot for pushchair and shopping!!!. Taking care to ensure all 3 have their own needs met and individual time with me and hubby and not always treating them as a troupe. Pros: I love all 3 to bits, they are very different to each other and I'm fascinated by their developing charters. When they are getting along and playing nicely its a joy to behold and they entertain each other really well on occasion and I can't imagine any of them being an only child. Now we have them I can't imagine any more or any less but I'm definitely sticking at 3. They are very protective of each other when out and great company for each other. Its a very personal decision. It can be done in all sorts of circumstances, you just make it work but all I would say is that if you don't have lots of help or the access to nannies/au pairs etc then do think about how much you yourself are giving up. As a couple we hardly ever get to go out now, not many friends want to babysit for 3 and by the time we've paid a babysitter we can't afford to actually go out !. My week is spent entirely driving the kids to where they need to be and entertaining them when at home etc so there is very very little 'me' time. It can drive you crazy but everyones circumstances are different and each day is different!. But after saying all that which all seems a bit negative reading it back I can't imagine life any different and for us 3 is the perfect number!. We have some pretty strict routines for mornings and evenings which is the only way i can cope with getting all 3 out the door and to bed and we have to be far more organised than we would have ever have liked to be to make life easier but once you've done it for a while it just becomes a way of life and as the kids get older they start to understand those routines and help out a bit. Good luck with your decision. x

Another thumbs up for Bessemer!. It was our first choice last year for Sep 2013 entry but we never got any of our 6 choices, we stuck it out on Bessemers waiting list, starting off last April at 29th and then mid August we were offered a place and she started with all the others in September. She absolutely loves it and so do we as parents. We have our other daughter in the nursery there and she has flourished. Our little one will go down on the nursery waiting list later this year also!. Good luck for September and enjoy the Picnic for new parents in June!

hi we have the expedit units too and have pull out material storage boxes in them so the toys are out of sight when needed but easy to take down when the kids want to rummage and play. we have one in the dining room with their craft bits n bobs in and one in the lounge with most of their other toys but come night time we can tidy away and it doesn't look like a creche!. you can leave a few squares without boxes as well and put your own bits in to make it more grown up, some books, stereo, vase etc. we have a smaller one in the hall as well with same boxes in and keep their shoes in their so its easy pull out and again tidy and out of sight.

Their is an 'interim head teacher' their since they went back after the Feb half term with the previous Head having left rather abruptly. I haven't heard of any teachers being 'asked to leave' though. I have several friends with children there.

I parked on double yellows once, i got a ticket. I use that road all the time so how dare they!!

Hi I found Sunsense still bought my girls out in a rash after a few days use, theres a brilliant one by copper tone called water babies Pure & simple, its SPF 50 and broad spectrum, oil, fragrance and dye free. its only available online, you have to hunt it down but amazon uk often stock it in summer and also Neutrogena pure & free liquid sunblock spf 50 broad spectrum. comes in small bottles and is pricey but great for faces.

Hi Looking for an activity for my 16mth old and thought id try out Whippersnappers. Their websites not been updated since Dec so does anyone know if Tuesdays 9.30am are back up and running and cost and if you have to pre book? thx so much

Hi I need a local gardener willing to do a day on Monday doing lots of weeding and tidying/cut lawn. looking for someone to start around 9am and do up to around 4pm. can pay ?60. please pm me if interested, im in west dulwich - you would need own transport as not great transport links near me and I have some tools but nothing great or fancy but can get by with it if you dont have your own..

I've never seen these spoken of wardens! Are they hiding in camouflage in trees so as to not take up valuable ground space??

Well that's told me!! A simple question and now I'm Dulwich's answer to 'swampy'. Surely by asking the question some of you could have reasonably assumed I was not oblivious to rules, regulations and etiquette and rather than just rock up and do as I pleased I have actually considered this. I now fear even setting down a picnic blanket or two with friends to celebrate our sons birthday and 'hogging' any public park space that I clearly don't personally own will end up with my incarceration for crimes against freedom of use of a public space! I agree that should the park be full of gazebos all on the same day it would be rather tricky to enjoy the area for anyone not invited to one of the events in said gazebos but if you knew how damn heavy and awkward even a small one is and would be to actually get from the car park to anywhere within the park you would understand its unlikely more than one antisocial group of individuals would try to erect one at any one time. I shall break the news to my not quite one year old that his party will be al fresco, and a little disjointed as I will have to ask his friends and parents to spread around the park so as to not appear to be creating a 'gathering'. I won't even ask the other question about caravans, fire pits and a bouncy castle !!

Does any kindly folk know if you need any kind of permission to put up a gazebo for a few hours in dulwich park? thx