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In our experience Thai airways, Malaysian airways, singapore and cathay are all absolutely brilliant with children. Our latest trip with Malaysian saw the air hostess cutting up tiny bites of both daughters' meals and then periodically checking on them! Pm if you want details of where we stayed at these locations. If you do a night flight from the uk you're bound to get a few hours of sleep! As above cape town also brilliant with children but ocean is pretty cold even in high summer. There was a load of recommendations on south Africa recently...

I can personally recommend Thailand, Malaysia, or Indonesia (Bali) all with great child-friendly resorts. We've recently been to Langkawi Island off of Malaysia and our youngest was 13 months and it was fab, sandy beaches, swimming pools, mangrove tours, lots of kids activities and sightseeing. We had a beachside villa which was great for evening dining with the children. My son was a bit too young to be left alone in the kids club with his older sisters but there was the option of having a nanny for a few hours and certainly a babysitter if parents wanted to go out in the evenings by themselves. The weather in April starts to get warm (30+). I too have heard very good things about Sri Lanka and families, but haven't been yet. Good luck and have fun!

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Yes bugaboo transport bag fits frame/chassis and carry cot. The carry cot has to be flattened. My husband practiced once to get the hang of it before going to the airport and having to do it under duress. It fits quite snuggly around the larger wheels, but the bag is generous enough to carry other bits and bobs as well.

We too used the travel bag several times for the chameleon and carry cot and didn't have any problems. It's just classified as oversized luggage. Our son also slept well in the cot so was well worth taking on the few long haul flights we dragged it on. Good luck.

You can also ring the Boots at Heathrow (T5) and reserve some cartons of ready made formula to purchase after security. I would bring enough pre sterilised bottles with you on the flight. I too have done as above and had enough plus some individually wrapped in plastic. You can heat milk by using one of the 'sickie' bags which are apparently waterproof with the hot water (which is VERY hot) from the tap in the galley - I had an air hostess heat baby food in one for me before. Obviously you'd have to leave it to heat in the galley and not do it at your seat! In our experience, Singapore Airlines is very accommodating. Good luck!

We've been to Ickworth House in Suffolk with the children and it is great especially as it's very close. It is also part of the luxury family hotels group. HTH

We've used Tuscany Now for villas in Italy for the last 5 years. They have villas all over italy and not limited to Tuscany. Great service and you can add extras to your holiday like wine tours, chefs, etc. Hope that helps and have a lovely time.

I get so confused as to why formula preparation directions on the box will state use boiled water (boiled to rid the bacteria in the water, presumably) that has cooled for 20-30min - time varies but assume this is the temp that can be given to babies without scalding them. This to me suggests that using boiled water is not to sterilise the formula. I have no idea though and have always used previously boiled water on formula that is not necessarily at boiling point when hitting the powder. I'm not trying to cause controversy but am genuinely confused. I'm sure I've prepared formula incorrectly as well!

Just saw this that's great news silly woman. I've never met you ( and I myself am certainly done with having children!!) but you always seemed like a level headed person with good advice. Congratulations!

Cuppatea I think you have had the booster as it's only two jabs ( the mmr then the booster after). It's amazing how the jab schedules vary from year to year- for my first child the booster was a preschool booster at 4 years, then second child booster was at 2 years and now it's practically within a month of the first mmr jab.

Oh, I'm not disagreeing and also feel it was deserved, after all, he could have been some psycho with a knife or whatever and I would have the same response if someone was walking towards me like that ... just think the ref thought it was excessive force. Also liked that the team walked off the pitch in response.

Yes, but the goalkeeper did have a few extra heartfelt kicks at the spectator. Don't ask why I'm even commenting on this thread... I just happened to see it.

For what it's worth, my three have had their MMRs, the older two with boosters already. My youngest who turned one this week just had his and so far no reaction from him and none from his sisters before. I didn't hesitate at all, but can understand your concerns. Good luck with the decision.

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