kapaxiana

I'm sorry you were mugged, hope you are okay and thank you for sharing.

Long shot but hoping that someone will have been in a similar situation and can shred some light! We are buying a property in another borough but haven't exchanged yet however my daughter will be starting school next year so I have applied for two local schools to where we are moving to. I filled in the new address and have everything crossed that by the time they look through the application and ask for a proof of address we will have moved already. However as purchases can fall through I wanted a back up plan as in to also apply for local schools here just in case things don't go according to plan. But because I signed up with the 'new' address I think she will be turned down straight away for local schools in ED because its like we live in Wallington and are applying for schools in ED. Not sure what to do. I am worried sick that my daughter will end up being sent to a school that I would have never chosen... sigh TIA

I recently ended up taking my 3 year old to a private clinic after giving up on trying to see a doctor. I tried to book an appointment for 3 days in a row. Would ring in the morning and be asked to ring back at 12am. When I finally got through it was just to hear that there were no more appointments left. The only appointment they could give my daughter was in 2 weeks time. In all fairness the doctor called me back BUT I had explained to the receptionist that I would be at work and not allowed to have a phone on me. Needless to say that I missed 2 phone calls from the GP. I paid ?50 for a private consultation and it was the best thing I did as the doctor sorted my child's problem. I suppose the GP couldn't have possibly helped as he barely looked at her and was with us for all but 2 minutes.

5 stars to this post! I am not a nanny but I was and I totally appreciate what you are saying. Having being on the other side I know that I owe the world to the person who looks after my child and keeps her safe and happy. I buy her xmas, Easter and b'day gifts from my daughter and some of my friends don't get it. I hope those mum read this and feel like they should hide under a rock in embarrassment!

I saw this too, reason why I came here as I thought surely someone would know what the heck happened. First I thought it was a car crash but the car has no marks of a crash except for all windows being smashed and I swear there was a bullet hole through the windscreen but I didn't get close enough to check (was getting some petrol). Had it been a crime scene I would imagine there would be police guarding the scene?? I can only think of perhaps some sort of film being shot in the area. Hopefully someone will know what happened and hopefully not gun crime.

Thanks I will be n the hunt tomorrow!

I want to make the wall decorations for my daughter's birthday so I need to buy styrene sheets to cut out shapes but have been having trouble finding it. My husband has seen them in a crafts shop in north London and I've found a store online but its also in north London. There must be a place not too far where I can find them!

Trying my luck here. Has anyone got the sports section for last monday 17.12? Would love to have it please!

I would be interested, KUP

There is a deal on living social ?54 ;-) http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/58-london/deals/507038-brazilian-blow-dry-or-newborn-hair-repair-system

I take my daughter to swimming classes at Crystal Palace Sports centre, it's great and not expensive, I pay ?15 a month. Very hard to get a place though but worth insisting.

I use Gisele who is amazing, I have been waxing with her for nearly 7 years. Only trouble is that she doesn't do home visits but you have to go to her house in between Brixton/Clapham, just off Kings Avenue. It takes me about 12 mins in the car and how prices are super reasonable. Pm if you want her contact.

Hopefully there will be some more people interested, count us in :-)

What a great idea! What are you thinking?

Are you a stay at home or working mum? If you use childcare a good ideia is to have her with someone who only speaks French to her. I speak mostly English to my daughter who is now 15 months but sometimes I switch to Portuguese without realising it. I have her with a childminder who only speaks portuguese to her 3x wk and the other 2 days she goes to an English speaking childminder. She understands instructions in both languages but all her words are in English at the moment. I also play dvd's and music in portuguese to her.

Due to family death I am flying on tuesday and I would appreciate very much if I could borrow a travel bag for the bugaboo bee until sep3rd. I would be happy to buy or borrow a breezy canopy. Please get in touch if you think you can help. TIA

Sounds great, I am a teacher so i get the long summer hols with little one and not much going on!

Thanks, will have a look at the website again, must have missed the form ;-) jayd5 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I phoned them last week RE: nursery admissions for > Sept 2013. They said you just fill in the online > addmissions form and either post or email no > earlier than Sept 2012 and no later than Jan 2013. > I imagine there will be firm dates posted nearer > the time but the lady I spoke to said please do > not send over the summer as there are extensive > renovations and it isnt worth the risk of it being > misplaced. Hope this helps.

Can anyone tell me how the nursery admission works and when you have to apply? TIA

Wondering if there are any meet ups happening? Have just broken up for the Summer and would love to meet other mums and little ones for some play dates. I have a 1 year old girl who loves being around other children. Gabi

I bet doody! And I can see it could go that way but my point is about how they are treated not how much they are paid. There is NO excuse for not treating someone with respect. doody Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Careful! I raised this issue about pay for > childcare vs other domestic services on this forum > some time back, and got a right earful for it :( > It's obviously a touchy subject!

...because their plants are more important than their children..

I don't understand how some people can look down and treat badly the same people who they entrust their children who are suppose to be their most precious 'things'. And when I mean nannies, I guess I am talking mostly immigrants to be honest. I have heard so many horrible stories of working ridiculously long hours, not being allowed to have weekends off and just generally being treated like a slave. And these poor women subject themselves to that because their need the money, most of them send money home wherever home is. Seriously do some people not realize that we are all equal no matter what you do or how much you need the money? To me the person who looks after my little one, keeps her safe and happy so I can go to work is very important and I always think of ways to show her my appreciation and to me her being happy is also important. Sorry just had to vent.....

her party will be on a Sunday but her birthday is on monday. I have the day off so wanted to do something special but not too pricey. Any ideas? She is walking everywhere so I was thinking London Zoo?

Thank you for your replies, she is 11months and although he does drink water/juice from any beaker she refuses to drink milk from them. I've bought different ones to try but once she realises its milk she throws the cup :-/