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Please give hazelnunhead first dibs on these, it seems only fair! If she doesn't take them, I would love them.

Agree with the above, my youngest goes to Magic Moments, and her older siblings were there before her. It's a bit of a hidden gem in the area, and I'll be sad when we finish up in a couple of weeks, the end of an era for our family. Give Lynda a call, her details are on the website.

I'll admit to not following this thread at all, as we will be on the other side of the world for secondary education. However, the lobbying outside our school in the last few days had been aggressive and rude. Having a piece of paper thrust in your face, when trying to get kids in the school gates with an abrupt "you have to sign this" is not pleasant. I get that it's important, but please, those who are lobbying for signatures, please understand that not everyone has read this thread and knows what the issues are. Two days in a row the same man has taken this line with me, but never even attempted to explain what he wants me to sign.

I read this, expecting to be entertained, but found it a really annoying read. Did anyone else just want to shout "get out of bed, you lazy cow"? Just me? There's the source of her "problem", right there!

I've never had allergy tests done, but I am highly allergic to cats. I grew up in a house where we'd always had a cat, and my experience is that you get "used" to your own pet. We have a cat (he's 8), and for the first few weeks after we got him I was a sneezing, runny eyed mess, but pretty quickly it stopped. If I visit my Mum, I find I have the same problem with her cats. Unless your children have asthma, which could be triggered by an allergic reaction, personally I would say don't worry too much. A few weeks of anti-allergy eye drops may be all that is needed for your daughter.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think they have the skills to appreciate > what they need to do around web design. So yes I > appreciate the craziness of even having to suggest > it but it needs doing ASAP. I wont this sorted > ASAP. Do you? Agree, they probably don't have the skills. But they have the money to hire someone who does have the skills, just like any other business needing assistance with their website!

Phoenix looks really good, thanks for sharing, my kids would love it.

My 8 year old loves the good old Beano, reads it from cover to cover many times every month. Not sure if that's what you're after (I don't know what the DFC is?).

Is it this one? http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1528664,1528664#msg-1528664

Adding my recommendation for Lou's screen printing parties at Captured on the Rye. We had our daughters 7th birthday there earlier today, it was great watching the kids faces as their designs were put onto t-shirts. Lou and Maya were great, and it's brilliant from a parents point of view - I just took drinks and some nibbles, and pizzas were ordered in. The candy floss machine was fired up at the end, which the kids loved. Really good fun, and the t-shirts are great for the kids to take home with them.

I send all of my parcels from that branch, and have never had one go missing (I send lots of business related items, as well as items to family overseas).

The group meets on College Rd (SE21) - as a card carrying atheist I assure you it's free of "you must be catholic" requirements (surely that can't be the case with cubs/scouts anyway? That's terrible!). My son went on his first camp over the bank holiday, absolutely loved it. He's one of the youngest in the group, all the children have been really welcoming and Nigel is an excellent leader.

No! My son goes to this cub group, it's brilliant.

The section between Upland and Dunstans Rd is closed.

I joined in June 2007 after lurking for months beforehand, my first official forum activity was to give away an old tv. Some dodgy bloke called Keef turned up to collect it :) Like the idea of a 10th anniversary party!

Congratulations on the impending new arrival! I also found it all a bit confusing at first, as I'm from NZ and it seems simpler there. So, when you return to work you have these options: - nursery, generally they cater from small baby to pre-school age, but you need to put your name on waiting lists - childminder, one person looks after your child and a few others, at their house - nanny, home based care Once your baby is 3 they have the option to move into a pre-school (either private or one attached to a primary school - to confuse things the school ones are called nurseries), or stay put in their current arrangement. You get 15 hours a week for free at this stage. You register with the nurseries directly, in advance. Then they start primary school the September after they turn 4. State school applications are well publicised, you apply online listing your schools in order of preference, and this is done at the start of the year in which your child is due to begin primary school. Private schools are different, I don't have experience of them. Once you're in a primary school that's pretty much it, unless, in the case of DVI, you need to apply to a different school for year 3+. To get into a particular school you need to make sure you live right on the doorstep, but there are no guarantees. Hope that makes sense.

Dr Laleh at the dentist near the Herne Tavern (Forest Hill Rd) is great with children. She's been seeing my older two since they were toddlers, and I recently took my shy 3 year old for the first time with no problems at all.

Just to add, Enjoy is correct, a fife would be much harder to get a decent sound out of than a flute - smaller doesn't mean easier when it comes to woodwind instruments unfortunately.

If she wants to play flute, you are best to start her on recorder. Much easier to play, and many of the fingerings are similar to flute, so when she's old/big enough the switch isn't too difficult. I played recorder for 3 years before moving to flute aged 10. My son started recorder at 5, and will move to his choice of main instrument at around 9/10.

No, I've never had this problem with sheepskin, I would send it back and try another one.

I've got 3, when I had my 3rd my other children were at school - one in reception and one in school nursery (9-12). Routine was the key for me. Baby was fed and changed before the morning drop off, again before nursery pickup at lunchtime (and then would be put straight down for a nap when we got home again), and the same again before school finished at 3:30pm. The rest of the time she pretty much just got dragged everywhere. Ballet lessons, music lessons etc. Bath time involved perching on the edge of the bath feeding baby while supervising the other two. Bedtime, either baby was put down first, or if she was unsettled she would feed while I did stories etc for the others. You'll be amazed at how quickly you adapt. It's crazy, loud, messy and tiring - but worth it :)

I've got a 3.5 year old thumb sucker too. I've been told not to worry too much until they lose their baby teeth and adult teeth start appearing. Out of my three kids, she is the only one that's a thumb sucker - made for pretty contented baby/toddler years, which is worth a bit of orthodontic treatment in the future in my books :)

We have taken our Bee to NZ and back 4 times now (6 flights each trip!) without a travel bag and it's been fine.

It's only a 10 min (brisk) walk down to Lordship Lane from the Langton Rise part of Underhill. Worth it for more space at less cost!

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hate myself for having taken the bait. Last post > on this thread. Ha, me too, but I was bored.