LauraHW

I'm keen to meet and pretty flexible next week, with or without toddler in tow! He's at nursery Wednesday to Friday.

Hi ladies Hope you're all well. Just wondered if you're still interested in meeting up?

Phoned Vodafone this evening and they've acknowledged there is a problem with their mast again and their engineers are working on it. Will get a refund for every day there's no reception and backdated two weeks

Yes rubbish reception on Cheltenham road for past week or so. Will give them a call tonight

Second for oak tree. We love it!

Anyone know if it's on this week?

M3, a303, a30. Takes about same time and prettier route

I was under the impression that the vaccine wouldn't offer you full protection but that you'd get a far milder form of the illness and wouldn't have the nasty side effects associated with the virus eg encephalitis. I'm sorry but those blogs posted by te44 look like opinions founded on belief rather than facts

I can do that day (assuming nothing spectacular has happened by then....)

I'll have finished work by then (giving myself a long break!) so would love to meet up on either of those dates!

Hi there We're not doing primary school applications until next year so am watching the primary schools thread with interested. We really want to get ours into Ivydale (being by far the nearest school and really like it) so will stick this as our top choice. I'd be interested in hearing from people that haven't got into Ivydale when it was their top choice and how far away they live. I know they've bulged for past two years so there might be lots of sibling places next year. Many thanks

Yes we've been fairly recently. It's very nice and clean but I'd say best for toddlers under 2.5 years.

Hi there We are looking to replace the front door on our Victorian terrace. We've had a quote from a nearby company that was a lot more than we were expecting for a wooden door (albeit a v nice one) and wondered if we were being unrealistic. Could anyone give us their experience and recommended a company? Many thanks

We're in the middle of a conversion with loft life. Very happy so far and much less disruptive than I thought it would be. V considerate and tidy builders

As I understand it the green deal was always intended for any measure that leads to an improvement in the energy efficiency of a home, not just insulation. Agree that with an interest rate of 7 - 8% the Green Deal could prove more expensive than taking out a home owner loan / remortgaging

Our son was in the SCBU at Kings for 2 weeks when he was born and he required surgery. The care that he received was truly outstanding and the compassion that the doctors and nurses on the ward showed us was amazing. We felt so lucky to have the hospital so near us, especially when parents were travelling every day from as far as Hastings. Some sections of the media (esp Mail) love to have a pop at the NHS and portray it and all health professionals (esp nurses) as uncaring and unprofessional but this couldn't be further from our experiences. Not saying that it doesn't have its faults but how lucky we are in this country to have such an amazing service, free at the point of delivery. Hurruh for the NHS I say.

Sorry that you've been feeling low. I've recently heard that there's a link between stopping breastfeeding and depression so am not sure if this applies to you? All the best

You're right - the op raises some good points in relation to closure of police station. But how exactly is this the fault of council workers? I'm a bit sick of public sector worker bashing.

Punctuation please! What a load of rubbish! Exactly how is a perceived increase in crime the fault of council workers? Agree - I suspect the work of a daily mail journo.

Hi Ladies I'm expecting my second in mid june when my son will be nearly 3. Would love to meet some more second timers too.

Maybe we could put in a Cleaner, Greener, Safer application for the next round for upgrades to the Children's Playground http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200256/cleaner_greener_safer

Can I go off current topic and throw my hat into the ring with: there is no place for faith schools (especially state funded) in a modern day, multi-cultural Britain. They just promote differences between children from a very early age. We should move towards a secular model like the French have.

Agreed. I think it's a really important issue that can greatly affect the quality of your local environment. If you find these posts a little tiring, then don't read them!

I guess this is the one. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21347281

antantant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why are they never run on weekends? How are > working parents meant to utilise these council > facilities? I guess because there's only so much council resources to go round and council workers need time off too. You need to pay overtime to staff if they work weekends which may compromise the viability of the free centre. Plus some of these facilities (certainly at Peckham) are part staffed by volunteers and it's more difficult to get people to give up their time at weekends. That said I think some Children's Centres so run sessions on saturday mornings. I just feel so lucky that we're in an area that has so many free activities available!