dulwichmum

I am sorry sweetie, but the London Borough of Lewisham is taking it far too far!

Dear Craigy, Your health visitor may have been asking you the question with regard to family history in order to ascertain why you were anxious - she won't have been. Also, the neonatologist cares for neonates, often premature and ill - even ventilated, a higher proportion of whom are formula fed, so the advice given regarding a sedated, ventilated, formula fed neonate is different to that for a full-term healthy infant. If you want well informed, researach based advice on this subject you should ask your health visitor.

Sweet Cate, Let me assure you that Waitrose shoppers do not enjoy manky "pound stores" or dodgy cheap pizza fillings (laughs socks off). Cheap food is cheap food, and there is plenty of that on Lordship Lane in Iceland. You don't need take a day trip to find a chicken tikka lasagne. Why dont you skip the market in the gutter under Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre and motor up the road to Borough Market at London Bridge; Monmouth coffee, Neal's yard cheese, Konditor and Cook cake and more Schnitzel, raclette and speciality olives than you can shake a stick at! Now that is a good day out.

craigy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I do not wish to speak to a health visitor or GP > about this at the moment as they will say she is > constipated which I do not think she is and tell > me how to treat that. > Has your health visitor indicated that she thought this was abnormal? If not - and you haven't said she has, why won't you give her the benefit of the doubt and ask for her opinion? My health visitor told me that this was typical and not to stress.

*vomits*

*faints*

You should never try to use an aupair as a nanny. About 5 hours of childcare a day - ideal for the school run and to care for your children until you return from work. Aupairs are not cheap nannies and should never be left unsupervised to care for babies - I think the minimum age is something like two and a half. They come here to study. If a child is older than seven, think very carefully about the level of English you expect from your aupair as if they need to support your child with homework, good English is essential. An aupair is a great big sister for little children - especially if both parents wish to avoid trampoline duty... I wouldn't bother with agencies, I have used both of the local ones and they are both rubbish. I find aupairworld.com to be a great little website. We have found our last two aupairs on there.

I always find it useful to spray a fly with hairspray - his little wings get stuck, and then I whack him with my Philippe Starck fly swatter. The next step must always be to fire the aupair - clearly!

daizie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would hazard a guess he was a self important > freak. That is exactly what I was thinking.

Oh sweetie, is that it? The way he announces "A rasher of bacon please" as though he owns the shop. My seven year old looked up and said: "Is that it then?" And while we are on the subject of politics - would someone please give Ed Milliband a Vick inhaler?

Lovely emc, Could you possibly have murdered somebody and left their rotting corpse in one of your spare bedrooms and it has just slipped your mind? Think carefully now...

There is quite a bit of local strangeness too though, to be fair. Twice I have been queueing in William Rose, to find someone has queued up to purchase just one "piece of bacon" and for clarity, I am talking a rasher of bacon here. What is going on? Only in Dulwich...

For 25 hours of babysitting, no driving, no housework but full board and lodging, broadband, own bathroom and every weekend off, from ?70 to ?80. A driver who speaks good English and works weekends or extra hours and duties will cost up to ?100.

YIKES! Poor you. Get thee to the offlicence sweetie. I think a nice bottle of white Burgundy is prescribed!

Dear nikki73, What did the GP say? Is baby dumpling OK?

Lovely Narnia, I wonder who "The Master" is. Has your son told you that someone is up in front of "The Master"? I don't ever remember any such title being used in halls at any uni I attended in London. In my experience The Deans or academics do not get involved with issues such as this and the caretaker has no clout at all. Food going missing from halls is sadly very common. The current state of play at every university in the UK means that people are far more concerned with keeping their jobs and generating research income than becoming involved in student politics in halls.

The community midwife who came to see me after my first poppet was born called me a Dulwichmum...

Hi nikki73, I had heard that a red ear, pulling of the year etc would be indicators - and I am sure they are, but to be honest, I didn't notice any of those signs with my tiny boy. I remember him howling for hours non stop, banging his little head, not settling. It was all so out of character - he is such a happy little chap. My mother in law insisted he was having tantrums and suggested controlled crying. Whenever his behavior went off on a tangent it was always his ears. Good luck tomorrow.

Hi nikki73, Have you asked the GP to look in her ears? My son did this and he went on to have a perforated ear drum. I still feel guilty about it now. Teething, the colds that they pick up at nursery at this time of the year and ear infections go hand in hand. It will only take seconds for your GP to check her ears but she could be in pain.

I am not sure at all about the name of that nursery. Bojangles sounded like fun, "Sure and firm" sounds like a Romanian orphanage, with slapped legs and dunces hats... What about "Happy and warm"?

When I needed one, a couple of years ago, I got it from London Recumbents in Dulwich Park.

How dare he accuse you of "The pregnancy crazies". He is undermining your self esteem. You are busy growing a baby and looking after a four year old and working full time. If I was you I would give him a good row for that...(stomps foot)

It is such a shame that Medised is no longer recommended for children under 6. It was a miracle worker with babies suffering with symptoms like this. Not only is it a painkiller (contains paracetamol it has an antihistamine in it that dries up secretions and aids sleep - I would have bought you a bottle myself if it was still recommended. I think that Medised saved my sanity - or did it...

I have one in my airing cupboard next to my bedlinen and towels. No problem at all with condensation - not that I care. I would just have the housekeeper re-wash the lot. I am a complete bitch you know (smirk).

I had a small fridge in my room. In my experience, it won't stop, people come and go in shared student accommodation - even overnight visitors will steal food. I once witnessed a backpacker (who turned out not to know anyone in our halls at all) from New Zealand make a stir fry with a Dairylea triangle, an apple, a pack of chinese noodles and some Bovril. LOCK EVERYTHING AWAY.