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NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps a gluten free and dairy free cake, sweets > and bread /pastry stall could be a good option. > Good luck! That is a stall that they already have. Sweet Carolina does gluten free, dairy free and vegan treats including cakes. I'm not sure if she is there every week, though.

The main issue with all the pod coffee makers is the waste. The pods aren't easy to recycle and unless you send them back to nespresso they just go to landfill. Have you looked at the Areopress? It makes nice coffee, and it's quick.

Like the others have said, we went straight to pants with our 3 as well. We did briefly use training-pants type pants with our second (she refused to wear a nappy from about 14 months), but ultimately they were useless and unnecessary. In my experience, the accident stage is over with quite quickly(a week or so) anyway if your child is ready.

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > On your last paragraph, Sorry, you are wrong here. > The rules for this referendum were quite clear. > yes or no, the most votes win. Most people > understood that. Yes, constitutionally the result > is advisory. Whoe betide the politicians, like > David Lammy, who decide 17.4m voters are wrong and > they know what's best for them The rules of the referendum were quite clear. It is advisory. Yes or no, and the vote show the popular feeling on the issue. David Cameron said that he would go with the majority vote, but now he has backtracked and resigned. His successor and Parliament are not bound to act on the result. It might be political suicide not to, but it is not undemocratic. I personally don't think that the U.K. has any other option now, and I think that there is no going back, even though by the time Brexit could in two years or more, the majority of the electorate may well not still want it to happen. But Brexit is not inevitable even after the current result, and trying to stop it happening is not in any way undemocratic, as explained above.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hang on, I thought they didn't need Parliamentary > approval for Article 50, doesn't it come under > executive powers or something? > > I read this only the other day, how the hell can I > not remember it or where it was? It's actually not altogether clear, with legal experts on both sides of the argument as to whether an Act of Parliament is needed or not. It's certainly not explicitly required. There's also the uncertainly of whether the devolved governments get a say in how Westminster changes their relationship with the EU. Particularly for Scotland: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/25/12031254/no-brexit-article-50

Are you so sure that you understand how democracy works in the UK? The U.K. has a parliamentary democracy. The electorate send representatives to parliament, and they make laws on our behalf. The act of Parliament that permitted this referendum did not incorporate legislation that made the result of the referendum binding. It is, therefore, advisory. It would be completely democratic, within the rules of the U.K. democracy, for parliament to vote on, and reject, invoking Art 50 of the Lisbon treaty. It might not be popular, it probably would be morally wrong. But it would be democratic. Petitioning your MP, or whinging as you put it, about a decision that you don't agree with is also a large part of how U.K. democracy works. If we lived in a plebiscite democracy, or had proportional representation, then you would be correct that a minority simply has to accept a majority vote. But that is not the case here.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone have any actual real upsides, rather > than this bollocks about having our country back, > hoovers and English wine... Yes, but I still haven't quite managed to work out how to express them in polished form... If nothing else, this referendum has exposed just how disenfranchised and alienated over half of the population felt. People voted in the referendum because, at last, their vote would count. People are more politically engaged than ever. It is painfully obvious how little the current set-up in Westminster is concerned about running the country for the majority of people, and how it is really about the personal ambitions of a privileged few. So, now is the time for reform. Reforming the electoral system so that every vote counts, every single time it is cast. Reforming education so that the electorate can never be sucked into believing such transparent lies again. Reforming taxation and public spending, so we don't have to rely on the EU to fund obvious needs in areas that Westminster wouldn't. I voted to remain. I still think that would have been the easier option. But I am starting to suspect that it might not be the better option in the long term. Practically, what can we do? Join the electoral reform society (http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk), join the Green Party, join the Liberal Democrats, campaign for an education system that puts more emphasis on citizenship and critical thinking than on compliance and grammar... I don't really know. But everyone should get up and do something. Anything that makes their vision of a bright and better future more likely to come to pass. As for immigration, I don't have any good ideas. I would love to see it more open than it is now, and to reach a point were people don't feel threatened by immigration, but see it as a reciprocal boon whereby they could also choose to emigrate and broaden their horizons. I suspect that is a pipe dream.

citylover Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The upside? Ooo, so difficult, one has to take a > while...democracy back, having a vote that counts, > being a sovereign state again. All that pales in > comparison though to simply being able to tell > Juncker and co to get lost and for it to really > mean just that. No, democracy is not back. There hasn't been any electoral reform. The first past the post system, unelected second chamber and unelected head of state that would be the country's government after Brexit actually happens is hugely undemocratic. If you want a vote that will count spy his much ever again, the only choice is to start campaigning for electoral reform. Or move to a swing seat. As for telling the EU to get lost, only if you're hoping that the UK (or England as it may be in 2 years) won't enter the EEA or any other bilateral agreements with the EU. We have actually just lost the option of expressing a view on new European regulations that have any bearing on our future trade agreements. And sovereignty, in an ever more globalising world? Every trade agreement, treaty, membership to any multinational body like the WHO, the WTO, UN, NATO etc. requires that we trade off the ability to make sovereign decisions and act in the best interests of multiple nations. There are upsides, but none that the leave campaigns esposed.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g187871-d1515190-Reviews-s1-Massimago_1883-Verona_Province_of_Verona_Veneto.html We stayed here last summer as a family with 3 small children, and it was excellent. My extended family where there at the same time, and it is a small hotel rather than a villa. However, there is a separate room near the pool that feels very private.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So unless we vote to remain Osborne is going to > put 2% on basic > rate of tax and 3% on higher rate - and cut NHS. > > Can he actually make threats like that ? He quite clearly can make the treat. Whether Parliament would allow it to happen in reality is a totally different question. That seems pretty unlikely, given that the Shadow Chancellor doesn't support this, and there's a sizable Tory rebellion (57 MPs I think). However, if the economy shrinks, which most experts think it will, austerity measures would almost certainly increase under a Tory government.

Often I think that children can hear the right sound, just not themselves saying it wrong. I can distinctly remember this myself at around 6 or 7, and being very surprised that everyone thought I had a lisp. I just couldn't hear myself doing it, though I could hear the sounds "s" and "th", and could say "s" once I was prompted to think about it. My middle child always made me laugh, too, when saying "it's 'Y' for Lellow". And now, almost all her sounds come out correctly. It just takes some of us a bit longer to get tiger than others.

Try looking for a family- or play-therapist.

Get the most washable, durable paint that you can. And then repaint in something lovely once they are out of the drawing-on-walls and sticky fingers stage.

Latchmere Leisure Centre in Clapham/Battersea. With the added benefit that Wandsworth pools allow you a 3:1 child:adult ratio too.

Same here. My youngest is in the phase where she declares that she doesn't like every single meal before she's even seen it. I've taken to serving her and saying "This is the meal you say you don't like, but once you try it you remember that you do"! We aim to eat food that is varied, balanced and at least 60% of us don't have on our official list of food we don't eat. I do permit my children to keep a list of foods that they don't eat. I'm a fairly picky eater myself and genuinely dislike a number of foods. So I don't make my children eat anything, but I don't provide alternatives either. sillywoman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My goal is to place a balanced meal on the table > that will meet their nutritional needs and look > appetising to at least 50% of family members. > Whether they eat it is up to them...can feel my > blood pressure rising just thinking about it...

It will be fine. I have 3 close in age (4 years from oldest to youngest), and as everyone has said, the key is to be organised, calm and realistic. Also, you need your older children to be as independent and helpful as possible. Even if it takes longer in the short term, I really value the fact that my children are very independent now (my youngest is 3). Good luck.

There's a lot of regulation to comply with for cosmetic products before you can sell them to the public. I'd look into that before you go too far down that route.

Some of the schools indicating that they made offers to all on time applicants had quite small last distance offered last year, so it seems like a huge change. ARF Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The sibling column is zero where all applicants > were offered a place for that school so it's > likely that it's just because it was immaterial to > allocating places.

I think this might be imcomplete data, as quite a few schools are listed in the table as having 0 sibling applicant, which is unrealistic, to say the least.

We saw a massive improvement in my then 6-year-old's writing by doing adult colouring books together for 15 minutes before bed. As an added bonus, we both really enjoyed it too.

Most schools do this already, as they can't close the school for an extra day. The LEA sets the number of days that children must attend school in any academic year, and polling days are taken into account. I expect you'll find that this is being used as an INSET day, or for other training. kristymac1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bugs me too - if it is the only suitable place, is > it not possible for the teachers to arrange one of > their INSET days to coincide with the school being > closed to children? At least then across the year > it remains the same....

The school strongly discourages parking on nearby roads at drop off and pick up, because the additional car traffic impacts on the safety of children walking to and from school. However, there is (or has been for the last 2 years at least) an agreement with the Dulwich Hamlet Football Club to use their parking lot (near the big Sainsbury's). It's less than a 5 minute walk to the school along Greendale. The school also has a great team that can help you plan a sustainable journey to school. Many children and parents cycle, walk and scoot (yes...even from the far side of East Dulwich). Southwark Council can also help with planning a cycle journey, and providing cycle training, if you contact them directly. kate h Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > V up for a meet up anothermother. Got a place a > for our son this September and very happy this end > too. Like Crystalball we loved the school when we > looked around. Was really impressed by the head, > the quality of the teaching we saw, and all the > lovely space. > > Sorry, a bit of a boring question, but we live > down near the Rye, so just wondering whether > parking vaguely near the school is a no go at drop > off time...? Already thinking about routes!

I also moved house while pregnant with #1. It wasn't a problem at all, in fact I get better midwifery care through the new surgery.

As far as I know, only one has been crash-tested. It's one of the Nextbase ones.

We could do with a bigger fridge and freezer, and I don't even have teenagers yet... I really like having an induction hob, and wouldn't be without the pull-out larder. So much storage in quite a compact space.