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Thanks everyone! I have bought a green toy submarine for starters.

I second bubbly bees near townley. It's on tues too. Great set up.

I have seen many plants in pots stolen from front gardens round here as I am out early in the morning. There's always a trail of soil to the road, so clearly a van driving up and down the streets.

I am unimpressed with the selection of bath toys out there. Really standard and humdrum. Nothing imaginative. Has anyone seen or got anything fun that the kids love?

Loved the bathroom. Very brave but awesome.

Brockwell lido cafe is lovely of an evening if it's warm

I'm going tomorrow with my two yr old. Check out the white ibiza site, they have a kids section.

We've just installed shaker peg rails around an entire wall to hang fun things like costumes and toys. Gltc.co.uk has some good storage solutions if you prefer not to have things on show.

Yep, my 21mth old too.

ultrauk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm happy with the membership deal. Life is for > living not moaning. Good luck to them. I hope > local people back it & it's a great success. I've > lived in ED for 15 yrs & the area keeps on > improving :) Totally agree.

The words in quotes are the ones from my post so I feel obliged to reply even though I didn't write the incendiary "fuss" comment. What I have said previously is reiterated below in my own quotes. As you can see they are statements. Not inferences. Because I think something, doesn't mean I am inferring people who think otherwise are wrong. Just as you point out KK, you are entitled to your view and right to express it, as am I and Motorbird. We have all expressed our views. So all in all this in itself has been a "positive" and "exciting" exchange of views. Hurrah for the EDF! Boo Hiss to the authoritarian elite if indeed they are trying to prevent such things. Scandalous. "Things can just be done because it's fun, positive and exciting." "Great business sense and a successfully run business that impacts the community in this way is positive and exciting news" KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where has it been inferred something wasn't "fun" > "positive" or "exciting"? My own comments were > simply suggesting that it would have been a good > community gesture. > > I'm well aware about business/marketing/PR > campaigns and I certainly wasn't complaining or > indeed fussing. I simply don't like marketing > where it looks like you're getting a fab deal - as > advertised, for example, in se22 encouraging you > to sign up in a manner that looks like it is > something particularly exclusive, not mentioning > fees until you go to that particular part of the > website (it's a bog standard membership nothing > special) - and you're not really. > I'm allowed to express my views aren't I?

Agreed Otta, they did it to get people signing up. It ensures they will get lots of business and makes the venture more likely to be a success. Great business sense and a successfully run business that impacts the community in this way is positive and exciting news.

If you intend to frequent the cinema it was a great deal. Also able to be used at their other cinemas until ours opened. Also it isn't necessarily about vanity for all. I bought a membership for my little boy so he can see his name up on the screen when he's a bit older. We love films and I think it would be exciting for him. I hope it will also show him we are a community and he is an established part of that. Maybe if he gets older and moves away he will always feel his roots in ED where he was born and his name up in artwork in a community institution compounds this. Things can just be done because it's fun, positive and exciting.

Half an hour. 6.15-6.30 stories and milk, 6.30-6.45 bath, dry off, cuddle, bed.

We have a tiny bathroom and did it a few years ago. It looks much bigger now with a few tricks on the eye. Use big tiles on the floor and have them climb a few inches up the wall as your skirting. Makes the floor look bigger. Keep the vanity off the floor, pick something attached to the wall. Ideally same with toilet. We hid our cistern in the wall. We built a bath panel with an indent in the bottom and put a strip of lights under the bath that makes it look floating..

buggie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MissDumpling Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > LadyDeliah Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > My problem with the mummy-buggy-brigade as > they > > > seem to have been named now, is that many of > > them > > > remind me of the women who, 28 years ago > > sneered > > > at me and made judgements because I was a > young > > > mother. > > > > > > There was no thought at that time, of making > > > things easier for mother's with young > children > > to > > > stay socially involved in their communities. > > > These women wanted untidy young children's > > issues > > > kept out of their way. They had important > > things > > > to do, such as make money to buy garbage they > > > didn't need, but which let them know they'd > > > arrived. > > > > > > Now that they have had kids, the same people > > who > > > made no allowances for me or my > contemporaries, > > > appear to want everyone to notice how clever > > they > > > are because they are now parents and their > > > wants/wishes are expected to be catered for > by > > > everyone else. > > > > > > I don't really feel like catering for you or > > your > > > kids. You didn't care about the mothers who > > came > > > before you and the issues they faced. > > > > > > You need to stop acting like you are > important > > > just because you had a kid. This happens > > thousands > > > of times every day to women all over the > world. > > > Stop shouting 'look at me' and just get on > with > > > it. > > > > How unbelievably depressing and reductive this > is. > > The women you are lumping together here are not > a > > homogenous group with one world view. They are > > workers, sisters, daughters, friends. > > Individuals. The thing they have in common is > > that they're at the same stage of their lives, > so > > have some shared needs. > > > > How can you resent them all? Is it because they > > have nicer buggies than you did, or access to > > better coffee? > > > > In reducing them all to a group to be judged > and > > resented, you are no better than the women who > > judged you when you were a new mother. I > welcome > > the daytime custom many of these women bring to > > our local shops and cafes. They're contributing > to > > the local economy and they have an incredibly > > important stake in the local community. Why > can't > > women be more supportive of each other and > their > > choices? > > > Well done MissDumpling - you've said exactly what > I'd have liked to far better than I could have. Absolutely agree!

We all know the odd child friendly restaurant (thank god), but I found this great place that is child specific, not just friendly. So everyone who goes, knows exactly what to expect. It's excellent. Anyone else know of anywhere else like this? http://nancyspantryrestaurant.com

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ..... >what I find > patronising, is the way in which said companies > tailor their pricing based on who lives in an > area. > > Louisa. Peckhamplex tailor their pricing based on who lives in their area.

The Sanctuary has shut unfortunately.

Oh for goodness sakes people, chill out.

Can't we try to stay positive for once? It's so depressing to follow a thread I am excited about to find it once again (and this time, so quickly), reduced to negative barbs. Everyone is entitled to their say, but gee whizz people, it takes so much more energy to be negative. Smile, breathe, look on the bright side. Life is so much more fun over here.

Bednest. You can raise it at one end if your baby has reflux or a cold.

Ok, got it. Thanks vic.

Thanks Vic. Perhaps I am misunderstanding. This is the standard membership page. At no point does it ask about a specific cinema so not sure if we used that, how picturehouse would track who their first 1000 are.

Does anyone know how to become a founder member? It doesn't say on the site.