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Had a lovely roast dinner there this afternoon - probably the best I've had in East Dulwich and this was at nearly 5pm. Service was brilliant too. Over and out!

Exactly what Jeremy said. I'm not offended, I just think it's a really, really, really, really, really crap name.

YES, every time. The relief at handing over your keys in the morning and going out for a leisurely breakfast while they do it all for you is immense. I just wish there was some sort of unpacking service you could use at the other end!

Oi Otta! I'm married to a ginger dad and he'd never do anything like this. Joanna how lovely of you to have helped him and I'm sorry your kindness has backfired. I really hope you get your buggy back.

I'm afraid our experience with the Berdec team was less than positive. The guys on site were really great, they helped out with other elements of the loft conversion and were really friendly. However, the paint finish we ended up with wasn't great. Sloppy attention to detail, left things in a mess, missed bits. We did let Dave know we were unhappy and to his credit he tried to get it fixed but we're still left with odds and ends that we're just going to do ourselves now.

I'd like to echo this - Dave is brilliant. Turned up to quote when he said he would, quoted instantly, turned up to fit the carpet when he said he would and did a brilliant job (fitted a carpet in two new loft rooms and a stair runner). Great price and a thoroughly nice chap. Polar opposite experience to another carpet fitter who is recommended highly on the forum who I had to chase to come over, chase to quote and took ages to respond to my follow-up queries - needless to say I couldn't be bothered to chase again to actually get the work done so thank goodness we found Dave!

Ours has just been finished (tiny bit of snagging left) and in contrast to monkey our experience with Classic Lofts was pretty good. Good luck with it :)

Well said Londonmix. I fall into that 2% - my daughter was born after IVF treatment 18 months ago. I am incidentally, 35 and a company Director, so I'm sure that this would be cited by some media sources as the big issue - not that we'd been trying for years and nobody could actually find a damn thing wrong with either of us!

Can someone please define for me what a 'vibrant' area of London is. I read about it on these threads a lot and would be interested to know the definition.

Agree wholeheartedly with Missee22 - the Albrighton Centre was the perfect venue for my daughter's 1st birthday party just before Christmas. The soft play they set up was brilliant and the staff were so helpful. I hired the kitchen too - great to warm up some nibbles for the adults and to keep the beer and wine cold!

Sea Cow delivered to our door in 20 mins flat (order placed tonight-Friday-just after 7)- fantastic! Will definitely use again.

I'm having a go tonight - they deliver Sea Cow too. Will report back!

Thanks everyone. Fab idea glamourbug!

Have been umming and aahing about what to do with all my maternity wear, baby kit and baby clothes for ages, and as we've just had our loft converted, been forced into action! I promise this isn't a stealth 'sales' pitch - I'm genuinely interested in how you would shift it. I thought about going to a NCT sale but from what I understand it's not cheap and can be really painful logistically (I think they insist on certain things, like a fully completed inventory on what's for sale, all the clothes hung up individually on white hangers etc.!). I've got a fair amount of Isabella Oliver maternity wear which I thought I'd ebay, some 'big' baby bits like the Bjorn bouncer, maxi cosi, moses basket that I thought I'd sell on the forum, then lots of baby clothes from John Lewis, Gap, JoJo etc that I thought I'd sell in bundles on ebay or individually for some of the nicer/ less worn stuff. Is this how you'd go about it? I'm not bothered on getting 'top whack' for everything - I just want to sell it as painlessly as possible for a fair enough price.

What Otta said.

Hi Eva I started my daughter on formula loads earlier than you at 3 months, but I do remember looking into it and drawing the conclusion that there isn't really much difference between all the variants/numbers e.g. 1/2/3/first/follow-on/hungry. So my daughter just stayed on first milk (1). I think the marketing blather says that there is a slightly different concentration of nutrients but if your daughter is well established on solids most of the nutrients will be coming from her food. I think at 9 months 2-3 sippy cups full/ bottles of formula are about right. We used Hipp organic until I switched my daughter onto cow's milk but it can be a pain in the backside to source. Most other formula feeders I know went for Aptamil. Good luck with your return to work! I did it in January - but as I'm guessing you did it before with your eldest you probably know just what to expect :)

Hello My baby daughter keeps getting conjunctivitis. The GP at DMC took a swab last week and I was asked to phone in for the results today, which I did. I was told it is 'normal'. When I asked what this means - do I carry on with antibiotics, do we need to do any further tests etc., I was told that the earliest a Doctor could talk me through it is next Friday (!) or I have to join the 75 million other people in the triage phone queue tomorrow when the lines open at 8am. Putting the shambles that is DMC aside for a moment, can any medics using this forum give me their qualified opinion? Caveat - I won't treat it as gospel/ will seek medical opinion from DMC when I eventually manage to get through. Thank you.

Hi Abbie Been three times now - twice in the adults-only 'Red Level' section and the last time in March of last year when my daughter was 4 months old. To answer some of your questions: - It's about a 10 min walk to the local village. Not the most picturesque but perfectly decent. The supermarket on the square does a good range of really tasty but very cheap red wines (they sell the bottle that the hotel charges 22E for for 4E!) - I think since Jessica went the beach has been tidied up - as buggie says it's black sand but nice enough - In March of last year at any rate - the Thomson creche and playroom area could only be used by Thomson guests rather than those who had booked directly - worth knowing - We also booked direct when we went the last time as we wanted a one bed suite with separate living area and they didn't have any rooms like that through Thomson - Agree with everyone that the restaurants are very good. The main buffet one is mammoth but very efficiently run and always plenty of varied, tasty food. Italian OK. If you fancy a night out on your own, I can recommend the restaurant in the Red level section - that was very nice - Treat yourself in the spa. I had probably the best massage of my life there, and I'm a sucker for them so have had lots. If you think of anything else just shout! Funnily enough we're going back to Tenerife in a fortnight but decided to broaden our horizons and go somewhere different this time - mainly because we fancied a villa - so have found a resort where the accommodation is all villas but then you have restaurant amenities, big pool, etc etc.

Bellenden Belle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Happypuppy's second ever post.... > Don't feed the trolls. Well said.

Which nursery, out of interest? Just being nosey.

Go and see Hollie - best money you will ever spend. My birth story is on the website but would be more than happy to PM you any details. x

Hello - like Bonfire2010 we had a tumble party at the Albrighton Centre and it was brilliant. Highly recommended.

My parents in law took several Uber cars over the Christmas period as sadly we didn't have room for them here. They were staying in Greenwich, near to the Cutty Sark. Their most expensive fare was ?14 (because the hotel was hard to find so there was a bit of aimless driving around) and the cheapest ?9- that was the one they took on Christmas Day!

Another great call-out from Steve - my dishwasher wasn't getting things as clean as it used to. Called him at 9am, he was here by half past and the problem was dealt with on the spot. Highly recommend.

A second vote for Nicola Watson. She's fab. I also have someone in mind for your bottle dilemma too, a maternity nurse I worked with. Will PM you.