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Thank you Emski - very well said. I am in the same position and did the same as you. The system in my opinion is unfair.

if I don't get a place at a school by next Jan then I guess I apply for a place in year 1 for him? all very confusing . Maybe worrying too much in advance . Just feeling things are looking rather bleak.

If you don't get a school on your list and still don't get one on all the waiting lists do you stay on the waiting list for as long as it takes to get into a school. Does that make sense????

Gina , I am in the same boat as you . I think maybe I am slightly closer to Goodrich and you are closer to Eliot Bank than I am but think I am in the same black hole as you - maybe we are neighbours!. I know how you are feeling it is so so stressful. I am praying that I will get one of my choices as on all thee waiting lists. I can't get to Langbourne as etc.

just wanted to say I know how you are feeling and you are not alone.

Hi everyone I am 21 on the list for Goodrich - please someone tell me I stand a chance? I am so worried. Not been offered any of my 6 and Goodrich and Horniman are my closest schools. Just a bit of hope might keep me going !

Hi, does anyone have a experince of Peckham Harris Free School or a child currently attending the school?

Hi Cora, you have answered my questions too - thank you. I have decided to decline my offer as it is also really hard to get to . Just two quick questions - do you decline the offer online ? and how on earth do they rank people on the waiting list? Sorry maybe asking really silly questions.

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> Just over 450 yards from Goodrich and did not get

> in. Have been offered Langbourne.

me too. but not as close to goodrich, but close to 4 other schools amd get one 3.5 miles away that is trick on bus and then long walk !

just seen mine . none of my choices and a school miles away I have never heard of . crying

thank you x

Really silly question but does anyone know what time the email letting you know what school place you have for September 2013 gets sent. It says that you will get an email on the evening of wed 17th. Only reason I am asking if that we will be travelling on Wed late evening.

I know this is a silly question but just wonder if parents for last year can help ?

Can anyone come to the playground? I have 2 children 3 (almost 4) and 1 year old. ? x

I am totally fed up with constant coughs and colds in our house. My son seems to pick up every bug going at nursery and then passes it onto his 1 year sister and sometimes myself. We have got through so much calpol and snuffle babe since October and none of us get any sleep !

It has started to become a joke now - once he seems to get over his cold and cough then another comes !

Anybody else having this problem and any tip on how to help the cough etc and for us all to get some sleep!!!

any magic cures !!

xxxxxx

Thank you very much all . trying to fed her up more in the daytime. She is not a great eater though so quite tricky. x

Hi , can anyone help me or give me some advice. I couldn't breast feed my first child but my second took to the breast straight away . Unfortunately I developed thrust in my breast and feeding was very painful, so painful I almost gave up. But after 10 weeks it got a bit better. Now 13 months down the line I am still breast feeding which is great BUT at night he wont stop and sleep ! he also is not a great eater in the daytime and want the breast for small snacks!.

We have just moved him out of our room and in the study but we need to put him in a room with her brother asap as my husband works from home and needs the room to work in. I am worried that if I put him in with his brother he will wake him u as he wakes up about 7 times a night ! He is now 3 and sleeps well so I don't want to mess his sleep up.

I have tried a bottle and he wont take it but messes around with it then tries to feed from me. I wouldn't mind if he just woke a couple of times a night but 7-8 is just crazy and I am shattered.

Because I struggled with breast feeding giving up totally seems hard.

I really don't want to do controlled crying and wondered i anyone had any magical ideas!?

Any advice welcomed !! x x x

I had the Lanes Midwifes this time last year and they were amazing! I had an awful first experience at st Thomas's hospital as they were so under staffed I almost gave birth in the waiting room . I suffered a 4th degree tear with my first. I was terrified about giving birth naturally again and was told by St Thomas's I was have to have a c- section. But with the experience, and wonderful Lanes midwifes I had my second naturally and safely and at home.

I had Mary delivering but all the visits after were from different Lanes midwifes and they were all fantastic. And through the 9 months I was so worried all the time about various things and worried I would tear again etc but Yvonne (my assigned midwife)supported and guided me so well and took all my worries seriously and helped me in every way she could!

I would go with the again if I was you ! Good luck !

Sorry big ramble - still sleep deprived !!

Gosh - now I am worried . Think there is a strong chance this will be our allocated school.

Hi Can anyone recommend a good music group for my 12 month old. In either Forest Hill or East Dulwich on a Monday.

Thank you x

Hi have a collection of nappies , mostly newborn size. I was wondering if anyone knew of a local charity that might find them useful? or anyone needing them?

Could anyone recommend safe, good vitamins to take whilst breast feeding. Feeling the need for them in these winter months ! x

I had a very bad tear the first time (4th degree tear) and was very worried about having another. But 2.5 years later I had another and only managed a 2nd degree tear. I think the body recovers quickly and 2 years is a good gap but psychological you can take longer. I was so worried about tearing again and when it came to pushing a was very scared. Had it not been for an amazing midwife (Mary from lanes midwifes) I think I could of had an awful experience. Due to her attention, care and amazing skills she calmed me down and guided me through the brith. Both labours were quick - first 4 hours and second baby was just under 2.

Guess what I am saying is a think if you feel ready to go again and you feel psychological prepared then go for it. From the small amount of research I did about how the body repairs itself after tearing etc then I think over a year is fine - but I am defiantly not expert!

Good luck x

sounds yummy . thank you x

thank you very much everyone. just a quick question - with the apple do you fry it in olive oil? x

Hi everyone, I have just had an awful weekend in hospital with my 10 month baby girl. We have all had the dreaded sickness bug . we (adults in the family) were all sick lots and rushing to the toilet but my son (3) had an awful cough and cold that went to his stomach and made him sick lots. It totally wiped him out and he still has a nasty cough a week later.

But little girl got very poorly with it and could hold anything down not even calpol . She had a temperature or 39 so it was off to A&E.

Anyway to cut a long story short she was eventually admitted after our second visit to A&E on sat evening.

She is now home and holding most breast feeds down and seems a lot better despite sounding like she smokes 100 a day !

My question to all you lovely, wise people is - do you have any ideas as to what to give her in the way of solids as she seems hungry . She seems to want finger foods and I struggled before she got with ideas for healthy (easy as I find it hard with my 3 year old too) finger food that avoids choking . Then she starts to cough that is when she is sick!

Anyway this is a total ramble so will stop. Looking forward to hearing any suggestion x x

where is that strabws ? having a nightmare with sickness bug and DMC is impossible to get seen at !