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Thank you both for your advice. Very reassuring to know that all kids are not as well behaved as yesterday's lot! I think, from playing with her, observing her and chatting with her key workers, that my daughter is able to follow instructions but just reacts badly to any form of authority. Oh well I was the same and I did ok:)) dear oh dear, I am not looking forward to her teens.

Article fails to mention that any self respecting French baby goes for their bi-weekly "clapping" session. Nothing to do with rythm but a hard core method used by physios to get rid of mucus in the throat each time they have bronchiolitis (aka a cold):)) Pity me, French mum bringing up boisterous tomboyish toddler in the uk and just back from a week in France...

That's what I thought in which case it's fine. But yesterday I saw 14 impeccably behaved little girls whose parents also work (but they might go to childminders for all I know) and my tearaway one. Every child is different I guess. I am just hoping there's not a problem there. Time will tell. Thank you.

Anyone else out there with two-year-olds melting down each time they take them to music, football or dance classes? My litte one's at nursery full-time and the staff only have gOod things to say about her (though they all stress the fact that she is strong-minded) Yet if I take her somewhere at the weekend, she is by far the worst behaved child, screams the place down and refuses to participate. I have tried a few groups now, only one at a time with time off in-between, but it's always the same story. Help, please!

I could be wrong but I remember looking at the number of children sitting for the tests and it's quite low for some reasons (smallish school?). Means the stats could be more easily skewed? Just a thought.

We go to Mark Warner in Bodrum and that's fantastic. They have very good childcare facilities and everything is done to make your stay with kids easy (foog appropriate for kids for example - which can be a nightmare in a more traditional resort)They also have a doctor on site. If you want to holiday in the UK, Center Parcs is fab. Make sure you get one of the new style lodges which have been all done up.

You could call in the specialists. We've used any clean in the past. Will cost you around ?50. They advise not to try anything on the stain as it interferes with their products and might make them less effective. Good luck!

Got info from hubby who says he does not remember where he read it. Maybe it's bs.

You need to use water at 70 degrees Celsius to kill in the bacteria in the powder. Water boils at 100 degrees hence the 30mn cooling time recommended. Mixing with boiling water would kill off the nutrients in the feed.

No i have not. The whole point of the technique I described above is to make a bottle quickly for immediate consumption and avoid reheating.

You should never make a bottle with cooled boiled water. You can use enough boiling water to dilute the powder (killing bacteria) and top up with cooled boiled water.

Definitely not if the baby's already fed from it. If it's a new bottle I think it's fine. I know my husband was not comfortable with it and that's why we introduced the method I described in my previous post, which I think takes only a little bit longer than reheating. We are probably over cautious.

You should not re-heat bottles. This will help bacteria breed. What you can do though is boil some water, pour just enough in the bottle to mix the powder, add cooled boiled water and finish cooling the bottle in cold water if need be. This speeds up the process considerably. For the night, ready-made cartons are really much easier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/education/school_tables/primary/11/html/210.stm Well done, Goose Green.

You seem to have very strong views for someone who just looked around the nursery and heard a few negative comments. Have you got an axe to grind?

If too sore to even get in the ath, I would take her to the gp.

Take a look at the Djeco brand on amazon and also at soup dragon. Lots of lovely crafty things to make.

Did she say why? My daughter had her BCG done last year and has been absolutely fine with it.

No James -better to wait a bit otherwise the council picks up the body and the owners never get to find out what happened to their pet.

Westfield Stratford - 35mns from Forest Hill Station (when it works!). Fab place.

18 months minimum I would say.

Going to hospital is not "risk seeking" behaviour. Due to the chaos on the post natal ward at King's and the complete lack of empathy or desire to help from the midwives, it does expose you to risks that one should not reasonably expect in a hospital. We must not accept this state of play. I wish I had written a letter of complaint to King's in the months after my daughter was born but I was simply too tired.

Lochie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think you are completely right srisky, and your > post was very well put! To be honest the only > reason I am considering a homebirth is because of > your comment about hospital intervention and > postnatal wards, and having had an unpleasant > first experience I don't really want to repeat it. > However I will do whatever is right on the day. Could not agree more. Post natal care at king's is poor and it puts people off. All my cousins and friends in France have had such easier birth experiences. Over there, women don't ask themselves where to give birth. They go to hospital, get given pain relief if they want it without having to beg for it, and are looked after properly after the birth. Post natal rooms have a maximum of two ladies per room and an en suite bathroom. They can give the baby to the midwives for the night if they wish to and get given proper meals. Yes they are tired but nothing like what I have seen and experienced over here. It is a very medicalised environment, yet none of the people i know have had c-sections. I really think that improving hospital care or having more home from home environments are the way forward. Maternity care needs to be improved and in lieu of improvements we're being sold a dangerous (and painful) alternative which to me sounds more like a big "f off" than anything else. > > It is a shame when I compare the options today > with my own mother who gave bith to me and my > brother 30 odd years ago at Kings - an 8 day stay > in hospital after both births (despite not having > any complications) so that the mother could rest > and recover and be fully confident breastfeeding > when discharged. And a strict matron on the ward > to tell any noisy residents to keep the noise > down! > > Perhaps if today's hospitals didn't treat delivery > like a conveyor belt then more women would enter > hospital to give birth with confidence. I'd love > to see more home from home environments locally > attached to hospitals.

Lochie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think you are completely right srisky, and your > post was very well put! To be honest the only > reason I am considering a homebirth is because of > your comment about hospital intervention and > postnatal wards, and having had an unpleasant > first experience I don't really want to repeat it. > However I will do whatever is right on the day. Could not agree more. Post natal care at king's is poor and it puts people off. All my cousins and friends in France have had such easier birth experiences. Over there, women don't ask themselves where to give birth. They go to hospital, get given pain relief if they want it without having to beg for it, and are looked after properly after the birth. Post natal rooms have a maximum of two ladies per room and an en suite bathroom. They can give the baby to the midwives for the night if they wish to and get given proper meals. Yes they are tired but nothing like what I have seen and experienced over here. It is a very medicalised environment, yet none of the people i know have had c-sections. I really think thathis proving hospital care or having more home from home environments are the way forward. Maternity care needs to be improved and in lieu of improvements we're being sold a dangerous (and painful) alternative which o me sounds more like a big "f off" than anything else. > > It is a shame when I compare the options today > with my own mother who gave bith to me and my > brother 30 odd years ago at Kings - an 8 day stay > in hospital after both births (despite not having > any complications) so that the mother could rest > and recover and be fully confident breastfeeding > when discharged. And a strict matron on the ward > to tell any noisy residents to keep the noise > down! > > Perhaps if today's hospitals didn't treat delivery > like a conveyor belt then more women would enter > hospital to give birth with confidence. I'd love > to see more home from home environments locally > attached to hospitals.

A sobering story to mention to persuasive NCT teachers and other people talking non-sense: there was a mix up when we ordered the ambulance. A doctor finally arrived, thinking he had been sent for a resuscitation. It was not - I needed an ambulance to take me to hospital. We had to wait more for the ambulance.