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I am upset that the nursery my daughter goes to has refused to give me the names of the children she loves spending time with. Her birthday is coming up and I wanted to leave messages for their parents, inviting the children to my daughters birthday party, but the nursery has refused, I donot understand their reasoning, I am not asking for personal information, I just want the name to address the invites to and I will leave them on the message board for the parents to pick up.

Don't know if we are high flying but we both work full time (both have pretty demanding jobs) and daughter goes to nursery, i drop her off 4 times a week and pick her up the same number of times while my husband does both 1's a week to give me a break. If she is sick (when she had chickenpox), we shared out the leave, i took 3 days off and he took the other 3 days. Her nursery is all year round so no holidays except taking her off nursery when we take family holiday. Trying to work out how we will manage when she starts school, the plan is one of us will start really early say 7-3 and the other start work 10-6 or in hubby's case 10-8, but thats a plan at the moment, assuming we do not have another baby etc. But as SB says not power just tiring

Thanks Kristymac, looked at the website and it looks promising, my daughter currently uses armbands and I deflate it a little every week so that she is relying on it less and less. Don't know if I am actually helping at all but she seems confident enough in the water now. Should probably take her swimming more frequently as she is always better while on holiday cos she gets to swim daily.

Sorry to hijack you thread, but you said your child just learned to swim? How old can they be before they start lessons and does anyone know of a good local place to go for lessons and how often do they need to go.

I first took my daughter to a cinema when she was 2.5. Croydon Vue does kids am on Saturday mornings and the films are usually short, and there are lots of kids. Its also very cheap so can leave when she gets tired without feeling too terrible. My daughter shocked me as she was alert for the whole hour and narrated the story after. Thinking about taking her to Toy Story as she loves it, but wondering if the 3D version would be too much for her.

I think Jags now has a Sunday as well as saturday football class

I could potentially do Saturday Just worried that I am going for paintball shooting and I have been promised some bruises therefore might not be my charming self :). So I am a definite for Friday and a Maybe for Saturday and the plough is great.

Sorry been out of the loop for while, holidaying. Thanks Millie, but I am trying to put myself in my daughters shoes and I just think she might want some other friends outside nursery to play with and talk about. Thanks Fuschia, I am sure she would love to play with them, I'll PM you and see if we can arrange something. Thanks Clare for bumping it up and Alibo,if your 9 Month old does not mind being bossed and ordered around I am sure she will love to play with him to.

Thought I was confused. Saturday is the 5th. Can't do Saturday since I'll probably be all bruised from paint ball shooting but can do Friday 4th, if people are up for it.

Hello, My 2yr 9 month old daughter is in need of friends. She goes to Nursery and has friends there but needs weekend friends, someone(s) to share her toys with, go to the park with and things. I know this is a strange request, but when she meets other children at the park she cries and wants to go home with them. She is an only child and I feel sorry for her, so if there is another lonely child (or one who just needs another friend) out there, please have your mum or Daddy get in touch with me. She is a good girl although she will not agree to fall forward so that you catch her (a boy tried this at the park and she refused). I work full time and she goes to Nursery full time but can do weekends,mostly dulwich park on saturdays.

If you could declare yourself as a company, your house would be your premises and therefore an expense, the nanny could also be an expense and you could even through in groceries as an expense then you could pay tax only on your profits which would be nothing in most our cases. I think the nanny salary scheme needs amending, its ridiculous to pay their tax and NI from one's gross.

Lucky for me its always my turn in the week so never my turn in the weekend, not that I ever go anywhere but the rare occasions that I do I get to sleep until a cross lady walks in 'seriously mummy, you are not still sleeping', that's usually about 11am and extremely embarrassed to be told off by an 2.5 year old, I usually slowly wake up, apologise and slowly walk to the bathroom with my head down.

Reception staff at MGMP are terrible and you never get to see a DR. You get a nurse practitioner whom i personally don't mind because they are very good and nice. Opening hours are misleading in the website as they open at 8.30 and I think close early I always have to take time off work for an appointment. Disadvantage of the nurse practitioners is that they make phone appointments as well (not while dealing with you though) therefore are even busier. I am generally not satisfied with their services especially since I have a small child.

Just looked at the dream tubes and they look great. My 2.5 very tall daughter is out growing her cot and I have been wondering wether to buy her a cot bed or move her to the single bed which is already in her room as a guest bed. Moving her to the single bed would make her room more spacious. Do these work on all single beds my spare one is IKEA single.

I have FedEx day at work Monday, very tempted to join you and try and put up a case on how my productivity has thus increased.

Hi Ruth, Just to add my voice to the many, I had to go back to work, to finish my contract, when my daughter was just 2 months. I was lucky I lived fairly close to work and was able to come home 3 times a day (including lunch time), to breatfeed. My boss also allowed me to block book the meeting room at certain times each day to express milk. Found this very useful. Used the office fridge and everyone was understanding about it I was allowed a whole shelf to myself, although I also had a cooler bag with me just in case. I successfully managed to give my daughter breast milk exclusively for 4 months. So it all work out. I thought I could not do it but I did, you find a routine that works best for you and you polish and perfect it.

We definitely should do it again. Lots of fun lovely to meet everyone

Count me In would love to come although can only make it after 8pm

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Had to take my daughter's when she was a month old. We basically put down a white sheet and lay her on it then we took several pictures. They do make some concessions for babies, i think their heads don't have to be straight up as long as they have their eyes open. All in all it was a nightmare, could not get any decent ones from a photographer.

I have been struggling with finding a babysitter (where to start that is, actually done nothing yet). I currently use friends and family (who i have to arm twist), they all live far from London and can only baby sit on weekends. My mother in law is always going on about babysitting circles and how useful they were when she was bringing up her children. When I lived in the country, I had arrangements with 2 mums who would baby sit when i wanted and I would reciprocate when they needed me too. Sorry I seem to be writing aimlessly, I find it hard trusting my child with people I don't know (I tend to be paranoid). I feel that the process of finding a sitter involves my daughter meeting them several times with me there, it feels like interviews and stuff (sorry off the mark again). Anyway I think baby sitting circles were a good thing because i would trust someone with my child if they trust me with their child as well, and its also a cheap alternative. Might not be practical for the working mum as I have to leave my child whom i have not seem all day to look after another child,and days when I am around I might need to go out as well. Don't know why I started this thread, probably because I am struggling with the sitter thing and being technically a single mum does not help much, issues like what happens if I become ill, like I am today hubby is 3hrs drive away. Well just life I think. Sorry no point to my post just thinking out loud :)

I was induced at 40weeks +2, was induced at around 3pm and I gave birth at exactly 6.55am. Was given one pessary and everything went as normal, it was a looong labour. Still remember it 2 1/2yrs later.

I took my 2 year old to a party for a 4 year old. The parents bought a card board castle from the net and the kids got to paint it. They seemed to have alot of fun, but that was summer so maybe not very practical at the moment.

Phew, It helps to know i am not the only one. My husband works in Gloucestershire so he stays there weekdays and comes home weekends. I feel better knowing others are going through it as well, if not having it worse. I am lucky I do not have to commute far as I live in East Dulwich and work in Denmark Hill. I still feel guilty about going back to work full time, but at the moment we both need to work. I have move my 2 year old's cot to our bedroom, i know its a bad idea but i just love seeing her there when i go to sleep and when i wake up. Thank you so much for sharing your tips and stories with me.

Hello, I have recently gone back to work fulltime. I have a 2yr old who goes to nursery when I am at work. I wonder how other mother working fulltime are coping on their own. I leave with her in the morning and pick her on my way home. I then have to make dinner, give her, her bath and and put her to bed. She should be in bed by 7pm but i rarely manage that and she is in bed by 7.30pm most nights. I am drained and never get to spend time with her except weekends as i have all these chores to do. Would really like to know how other mothers working fulltime manage their time.