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Poor thing - i hope her feet have recovered. I always use Barrett but I always check the fit myself as well. On a recent measure, I suggested my son could go up a size as the sizing came up to the same as a fit done a few months ago (elsewhere) which my son had complained afterwards that his toes rubbed and Sandra (at Barretts) agreed he should go up a size but after watching him walk in them, suggested he use an insole (which she fitted free of charge). Shoes fit well now.

What time?

I've been wondering this for the last few years and he's only 13! womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > do you think universities will take undergraduate > teenagers a few weeks early?( on the grounds they > are driving their mum up the wall?)/ what > privileges can you take away from an 18 year old?

Many congratulations to the boys in the first GCSE year at Harris Boys East Dulwich. Great results http://www.harrisdulwichboys.org.uk/28/latest-news/article/212/gcse-results-2014-announced

How frightening! Hope all goes well. It did occur to me when you first posted (after I thought it may be a blood clot) that you may be pregnant. Within a few days of me conceiving I get a lot of pain in the groin and upper thigh (apparently it's ligaments reacting to the chemicals released by your body during pregnancy)which lasts for about a week. Anyway, hope you get it sorted in A&E.

Just come back from Almyrida, Western Crete (40 mins from Chania). Absolutely stunning area. Great for families, relatively quiet and only lightly developed. We got a villa 700m from beach which was a good distance for us (older children who can easily walk that distance). Beach was perfect for young children. Tourists were a mix of Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, French and Greek with a smaller number of British than many other resorts but all shops and tavernas spoke excellent English. Would highly recommend it.

My gorgeous husband - always gets mistaken.

A little curious about what looked like a film crew setting up across the road from Barry House (church top of Barry Rd used as some sort of migration centre) this afternoon about 4pm. Anyone know what it was about?

Definitely dog poo? We have frequent deposits on our path from foxes. Either way, I have tried a medium to weak bleach solution splashed over front path every few days effective. Moves the problem on but keeps it from my kids being welcomed by it in the morning.

I've not seen these boys but think they may well be the same cohort who've hung around the playground since they were quite young. A few years back, rather than appear mildly aggressive (not saying that you did) I engaged them in light conversation and they responded quite positively. A few years older now, they're probably much cockier. All I would say is try and remember what it was like when you were that age and talk to them in a way that you may have 'bothered' to respond to.

Be careful of catchment area of Charter. If you're 'cross the pond' from Lewisham it sounds like you might be outside catchment from Charter.

Anyone else see the predominantly Japanese group of tourists looking at street art today? I saw them in Grove Vale.

It's been constant building works around our way. Surely they shouldn't be allowed to make so much noise on weekends. We've even had to close windows/skylights to block out noise. Owners of all the properties concerned moved out for duration so no one to complain to. When we had building works last year, we asked for no weekend work and warned neighbours of working hours and delivery days so they wouldn't be too effected. Shame they couldn't show same consideration. Laur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes heard the music last night but it didn't > bother me too much, it's the constant drilling and > building works early every weekend that's starting > to get to me!

Of course depends on budget but we went for Brazilian Cherry engineered wood because having natural cheery wood boards was infinetly more expensive. The effect is gorgeous and very different to the oak boards most people go for. Very rich and sumptuous. Influenced by me being Australian and wanting to recreate an Aussie Jarrah look. Looks great in sunlight but equally cosy in winter. Couldn't have recreated look without using engineered would unless we trippled budget.

All sound like pretty normal stages children will go through. Children WILL have trantrums, WILL get cross and WILL be defiant. The key is helping them understand and manage their moods and to identify the boundaries you set. Removing them from situations does not equip them for learning how to cope as they mature. Strategies I've used for one child, have not worked on my other child. Understand them as individuals and you will understand how to help them help themself through these stages in their life (I'm not for a moment suggesting that you don't undrstand you child).

Some unfair comments here but yes, it's true we don't addresses of refuges listed here. In the past there have been a few posters who work in social services or nursing who have accepted items for local refuges and they are always very grateful. I used to donate things via my health visitor. I hope you find somewhere to donate them.

Vauxhall City Farm (great for place for relaxing, calming stroll - some of my colleagues go there when they're stressed at work), Tate Britain - take a sketch pad, walk the bridges - Vauxhall bridge to Westminster Bridge, around House of Commons and back down other side of river.

RSPCA will not attend for a dead fox. Either move it kerbside or pay the ?48.

I hate to say this really because I know how hard it is seeing your child go through what may feel like unnecessary medical intervention but you must make sure she has her necessary vaccinations. I'd even contemplate going in with her and having a tetanus booster myself and showing her how easy it is. I think the more positive and emotionally strong you can be can only benefit your daughter GinaG3. As a parent, our attitude to health professionals is really picked up by our children.

I tried everything to get my very early waker to stay in bed longer when pregnant with second (he's still an early waker at 13!) but gave up and just changed my own sleeping patterns. I was in bed soon after he went to bed and then waking up at 5:50 was not a problem. On the days I didn't work I also took at nap at the same time as he did.

Loving this thread but wish I'd actually started it 8 months ago. We really struggled with getting the right shade for a kitchen/dining room open plan area that had v different light in both (skylights and lots of windows plus large doors) and every grey we tried looked v different in each area. I'd recommend swatching large areas then looking at it at different times of day. We erred on a lighter shade and now want to re-paint. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread

To whoever baked the carrot cake with lime icing - it was amazing. Well done. And, if you'd like to post the recipe, I'm sure I'd not be the only person who would love it.

This will only be the first of many shocks once your child moves to school. School performances in the early afternoon, inset days, parents evening that aren't really in the evening at all, school hols every 5-6 weeks, teachers strikes. The list could go on. Organising between work, life and school in our house is like organising a military campaign! Good luck. You won't be on your own trying to balance all this.

I think my parental instinct might have kicked in too and I would have told her to have some self respect (and thrown over a king size box of condoms 😉. I like KidKrugers' idea of recording it! bawdy-nan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't mind teenagers letting off steam and I > don't really mind annoyingly loud parties just not > midweek. I'm not annoyed with them: unreasonable > and inconsiderate is their wont, especially post > exam. I am annoyed with the parents who obviously > decided that it was perfectly acceptable to let > their kids have a party that went on well after > midnight and outside mid-week. That really is not > ok and its very un-neighbourly. Why not do it on a > Friday or Saturday night - or at least be in the > house to shepherd the hormone addled poppets > indoors at a reasonable hour. > > Not especially keen on the example set by the very > drunk teenage girl who was bragging - very loudly > and very explicitly - to a group of boys about how > many times she'd shagged her boyfriend that day > with rather a lot of unsavoury detail. Felt a > motherly urge to intervene on that one. But > didn't.

My rule of thumb is if it's very occassional or, probably in this instance, kids celebrating the end of their exams, then it's best to not let it worry you. If it was constant or on a regular basis, then I would think it's worth complaining. Let them be teenagers, I'm sure you were one once.