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WorkingMummy

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  1. It was Westminster Bridge Road. I've had a lot of success challenging parking fines. They dish them out incorrectly all the time. But this was a fair cop. I checked on google earth. There was indeed an arrow on a small sign on a traffic bollard immediately in front of me as I turned right, telling me to keep left... So I've paid up.
  2. We have three: 4, 2, 9 months. It's chaotic, noisy, exhausting, warm, fun, full, rich and utterly wonderful.
  3. I am so incredibly sad to hear of this woman's death. There was a very moving interview on radio 4 about the topic of a real marriage, in which one party had a sex change, and the marriage not only survived but became more honest and fulfilling for both partners. That couple live in this area too, and Victoria C posted about it here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?27,963747 This news is just terrible. Such a cruel and unfair way to die. And so unnessary. What a waste: to have met all the challenges which being other-gendered from your body must present, and then being hounded into suicide by this kind of idiotic, bigoted, criminal hatred.
  4. Poor Pickles!!! The vomiting bugs this year have been awful. I think this year has been worse than average. For my clan it started last September when first I and then my then 2.5 month old contracted whopping cough. (The vaccine for pregnant women was introduced just after I had him and he had not had a full course of jabs to protect him by the time I got it.) Convalescence from that took ages. I am over it completely now but he is still wheezy. Plus he's had a very runny cold since about early December. Just can't shift it. The girls have been ok, but we did all come down with norovirus about 4 weeks ago - one by one. Not pretty. Oh, and chicken pox for 2.5 yo came right after the vomiting bug.
  5. I agree with the others above. Theming is not hard (only wish it could be avoided, especially for girls) and it's the activity and entertaining where you need the extra pair of hands. Don't want to be toooooo grumpy old man about this, but the whole party thing has already gone made enough. If you are just suggesting a one-stop shop for supplies, the Middletons have that sewn up (with delivery). If you are suggesting a kind of event planning thing, for kids, no thanks. Please don't even attempt to inflict that on us. My girls (2 and 4) went to a party today where the three year old birthday girl's ballet teacher came along to take a 30 minute dance class. The children loved it. Won't be able to re-use the idea in my girls' circle of friends but thought I'd share the idea just in case anyone is stuck. 2-4 yo (who didn't really have parties in my day) can be tricky as they are too small for party games as such to work very well. This really did work well.
  6. Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
  7. You Hurt Me - Eurythmics
  8. susyp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the other parents have offered to pay for a > decorator, but we've already done one coat and i > think it will be ok in the main. and the little > angel apparently missed out on a playdate today as > punishment. And we got a sorry for painting on > your walls card from the child as well this > morning - now THAT will be coming out in a few > years time !! > susypx > and yes working mummy that's what's so annoying > about it - my daughter was so excited as we have > been a bit crap on the playdate front - and it all > just went wrong! she is at one today which is a > return one from last week (which went very well) > so really crossing my fingers and hoping all will > be ok when i go and pick her up in a minute!! Perfecto!!! So pleased the other family were brilliant about it - can't ask for more than that. And hope little SP enjoyed today.
  9. Thank you!
  10. Lambeth Parking have sent me a PCN for a "moving traffic violation" - failing to drive in direction of blue arrow. I'm going to check this out as I'm not sure they are right. They've sent a pic of me tuning right at some lights, but I know the road, and I'm pretty confident right turns are allowed. Meanwhile, anyone know if this means points on licence? The letter doesn't mention this. Fine is ?130, halved if I pay now.
  11. Pass! Very difficult. One reason I would make the offer in the other mother's shoes would be to save Susyp the awkwardness of that horrible equation. Actually, thinking about it like that, f it, I'd say something. "I wondered if you might contribute to the cost re-painting?"
  12. PS: you've had a bad run of luck with playdates, Susyp, what with the other episode with the keener than you were other mum. Not the same people?
  13. IMO, the other mother should offer to help fix this. I do not say this because she "deserves" to pay or it's her "fault". These things happen. But how else to teach her child, this is not what we do, than by saying WE (not Susyp or Mr Susyp or little Susyp) have to put this right. If my child did this, I'd tell her she had to say sorry to you. I'd hold her hand and support her as she did it, but she would have to do it. Then with my daughter there I'd say, "Obviously, let me know what the repairs cost you. How else can we help?"
  14. Love Like We Do - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
  15. I have co-slept with each of my three. Mostly, I did this because I loved to do it. My baby boy is now 9 months old and onto a good amount of solids. He goes down into his own bed at about 7:30 but he still wakes himself every night between about 10:00 and midnight for a feed. I am generally so knackered, that I take him into bed with me at that point and keep him there until morning and he helps himself to what he needs. I may swap sides once or twice in the night but it is all a bit of a blur. I have never woken any of mine specifically to feed them as no 1 was pretty much like my baby boy (woke up regularly in the night would co-sleep with me from the first night-time feed until morning) and no 2 was the exact opposite and slept right through (7pm-7am) from about 6 months (unless she was teething or had a dirty nappy or a cold or something). They are all very different. You might experiment with not waking your baby for a feed, see what difference (if any) it makes. If it makes no difference (as with Pickle's 2nd baby), you may find the solution to your tiredness is to go to bed earlier yourself (if your circumstances allow it). In any event, I have never had a baby who slept through the night at 12 weeks. Like I said, even my no 2, who has always been a very good sleeper, did not routinely sleep through until 6 months and she frequently goes through phases (even now at 2.5) where she will need some care or attention of some kind in the night. (The next phase, I predict, will be when we start to eliminate night time nappies.)
  16. Oh Happy Day - Queen Latifa
  17. My three: 1) crawled at 6 months walked at 10.5 months 2) never crawled, bottom shuffled from 6 months, walked at 22 months!! 3) 9 months old now, neither crawling nor shuffling. Had no 2 been my no 1 I probably would have worried a bit. She's 2.5 now and running everywhere. WMx
  18. My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra
  19. Somewhere over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
  20. I can now second vch's recommendation of Dettol Mold & Mildew Remover. Decimated the mould on first application. There's a tiny stubborn patch left in one corner of the shower, but I will reapply in a few days and am sure it will go soon enough.
  21. He Won't Go - Adele
  22. Back to Life - Soul II Soul
  23. I heard up to three weeks too! Both my girls had it at about 2 yo, when we had a newborn in the house. Both times, the baby didn't get it.
  24. I know...
  25. Appreciate you are simply reporting this EmilyCP, not pushing it, but how on earth does the department of health get to us feeding our babies by 100 calories per day "too much ". Love to see whatever passes for maths behind that statement.
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