kristymac1

Hmm definitely bouncers on the door of the Plough 10(ish) years ago. Quite a diffierent place to that which we love now............

This is a point of principal isn't it? and to be honest I'm with DJKQ on this one. It has already been pointed out that the 'certain nights do not affect the local residents but others do' (the folk music vs boom boom argument...) is not a valid reason to smudge the licencing agreement. You simply can't decide that its ok to serve alcohol later/play music later on nights where the music is 'nice and inoffensive'. On the other hand, I'm sure no-one wants to see DH business in jeopardy due to unnecessary curtailment - although this is more likely to happen if they are found in breach of their existing licence. So why doesn't DH apply to extend their licence to fit better with their current practice - they would have the support of lots of people (on here at least it would seem) and those that have concerns would be able to voice them properly - just a thought.....

I used Bamboozles from day-1 with my daughter (too tired to know any different!). I did do a fair bit of washing every other day - Bamboozles dry quicker than most so there wasn't so much need to factor in loads of drying time. We used 2 liners, the washables and the flushables together and to be honest it wasn't necessary to change after every poo - sometimes it was contained within the liners so they could be replaced withough changing the nappy (I had twice as many washable liners as nappies). x

3.59am - Ouch - rough night Ryedalema? I haven't been along to one of these yet but quite fancy a night out (and the Mag is my local;)) I can do the 3rd but not the 10th. x

Many congratulations!

Hi, I had Verona Hall (veronahall.co.uk) and she was fantastic - a fabulous midwife and now a very good friend. I would definitely give her a call, she's incredibly open and honest - a mum of two herself and lives in East Dulwich. I had a very difficult pregnancy and was pretty sure I didn't want to be anywhere near a hospital (unless abs necessary...) so opted for a home water birth. Verona was a massive strength to both me and DH thoughout the pregnancy, it was important for us to have that level of support due to my illness. Good luck x

Crikey ?34 for a body suit for a 6month old - certainly don't think you're being stuck up but I do fear that you'll spend a great deal of time worrying about having to change baby for the 4th time that day (poo leakage/milk vomits/general spit...) into another hideously expensive babygro..... I bought my little one some very cool (and expensive but not that expensive) items of clothes and she ended up hardly ever wearing them - much more bumper packs of babygros from mothercare sadly. Good luck with the remaining weeks of your pregnancy x

crystal7 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I might > try the 11-1 but can't bear the thought of having > to stay in until then- not even sure if E wil be > tired without having been outside! We were such early risers (still are for the most part....) that we still managed to get out and about most mornings - music class, baby gym, park, coffee and then home etc...

reneet Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry to hijack you thread, but you said your > child just learned to swim? How old can they be > before they start lessons and does anyone know of > a good local place to go for lessons and how often > do they need to go. I actually took her to swimming lessons last year when she was 2.5 but she didn't get on with them at all - bit of a waste of money tbh (for us anyway). She actually learned to swim on holiday (every day in the pool for hours!), she can manage a width of a small pool without any aids, but could definitely benefit from some lessons in technique (her current one is pretty exhausting!) so am hoping she can sign up to some weekend lessons at Dulwich Pool when it (finally) opens. Have a look at the website littledippers.co.uk, they have some worksheets and videos that you can download for a couple of quid to use with your little one yourself, we did that when she was very little and they were a great help (and much more reasonable than a littledippers actual course) We checked out Deptford at the weekend and RDMa - they must have moved the slide into a shallow area since you went - its so shallow I was worried DD would break her legs going into the pool! Little one loved it of course (wave machine and flumes were fun) but there wasn't much swimming going on (and the shower system is total cr*p....) - cheapish though ?3.50/adult, little one went free. Will definitely be checking out Latchmere and Woolwich.

I remember when my daughter dropped her morning nap (I thought my life would end....) and she struggled to get to 1o'clock for her normal 2hr sleep, so I moved it to around 11am and then she had her lunch around 1pm when she woke up. It really just meant that we had less time to do things in the morning but more free time in the afternoon, eventually she shifted her nap back to around 1pm - the most important thing for her at that age was that she got good quality and good quantity sleep (so always in a cot unfortunately) rather than the time which she had it. She's always been a rubbish sleeper in the nighttime (was gone 3yr before she went through the night with any consistency), good daytime naps means she's always a fairly happy thing during the day. Hope that helps x

Thanks for all the top tips guys - will definitely be checking a few of them out! x

Hi, Does anyone know where the best swimming pools with slides are? DD is 3.5yrs and just learned to swim, but likes to launch herself off slide first - I'm looking for a pool where the slides aren't particularly massive and we don't mind a reasonable drive. Any info/recommendations gratefully received! Thanks x

prdarling Wrote: > > It's definitely not always a cheaper option than a > nursery but easier to get a place, more flexible > and more 1-1 care > I agree prd, particularly when the little ones are very little.

prdarling Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > About ?40/45 a day per child for a full 9-5 day. > Although some may offer you a slight discount for > a 2nd child I think this is on the very reasonable side - most childminders I know of are around the ?50/?55 for a full day (8 till 6) - not necessarily a cheaper option compared to nursery.....

Hiya, Yes Tintin recently got the planning permission approved for the building changes necessary for her nursery and is on scheduled for opening in January 2011 - definitely contact her, if you have any problems contacting her the forum, PM me and I will give you her contact details

and then he wondered in with 2 enormous aubergines, also fresh from the garden! I met Ryedalema after posting a thread very similar to yours reginak. My 3yr old has just started her settling in this week and although its very early days I am delighted with how it is going. ALL of the children seem to be incredibly happy and confident in their surroundings - and kids don't lie (well at least not about stuff like that!) x

The Mothergoose nurseries do 1/2 day sessions I think - upland road, waveney road and greendale - issue is likely to be finding a spare place. Good luck x

Hi, We have friends with their little ones at Waveney MG and they are very happy - we tried to get our daughter into that one but couldn't get the days at the time. We have just started settling our daughter into the MG at Greendale (same ethos) and I think we're going to be very happy there.

Ahh, I too thought I had food poisoning a couple of weeks ago - it came on really suddenly (unfortunately I was in PR park at the time so spent a good period of time vomiting by a tree - pleasant for all around - apologies if any forumites had to witness it!) and then was completely wiped out for the rest of the day/night and fairly jaded for the next two days. In a way glad it was a virus as the only thing I'd eaten which was different to my DH and DD was at a place we really like to eat, and was a bit sad that it would put me off going there for a while....

That made me laugh out loud! I've always been averse to poo - never minded vomit particularly, but poo has always presented a bit of a problem. Luckily I'm from oop north and DH is from daan sarf so we worked it that way when ever poss!

Lochie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sedative comment noted - valium in bag! > What is 'cruising' by the way? Is it just when > they hold on to the side of things for support? > I can't believe they are more expensive than > women's shoes maybe shopping isn't looking so > appealing after all! Spot on - cruising is when they walk around furniture hold on to 'anything' for support. Unless your little man has very wide or very narrow feet (in which case Startrite shoes may be a better bet), then you can't really go wrong with Clarks - John Barnet's have a sale on a the moment and they did seem to have a reasonable range of 'cruisers'. As an ex-Clarks children's fitter (many many moons ago), I have to say I don't find John Barnet's or Biff particularly good/consistent at fitting shoes well - your best bet is to go to an actual clarks shop, you're guaranteed the fitters are well trained and not just out to meet their sale's targets..... There is a Clarks warehouse shop on Rye Lane (a couple of doors up from Primark), the staff are trained and the kids shoes are at least half the price of 'normal' clarks shops.

chantelle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >Is it a big deal if they go straight into reception? Personally I don't think it is a big deal - I think given the shortage of school nursery places in SE22 (I live on Jennings and my daughter didn't get into Heber nursery, I live literally opposite the nursery entrance gate, no-one can live closer! However, allocation for September was ALL siblings), many children will go into reception class from some other type of childcare - nanny/childminder/private nursery/parental care, in fact I'd even make a guess that most kids entering reception haven't previously attended a school nursery. x

I think there are nanny agengies which offer emergency childcare - not sure of contact details, but I'm sure someone on here must have used a similar service?

Now who's hysterical?? I wasn't referring to the risk of child abductors, I was referring to the risk associated with the inevitable heightened media attention along that route (for the next 24 hours anyway - after that no doubt the 'hysteria' will have moved along). Last week the kids only had to manage one road with a lollypop man, today they'll face a slalem of photographers. david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > kristymac1 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Great, so the precise route that these > little'uns > > take to school unaccompanied is now national > news > > - doesn't that put the children at even more > risk? > > Yes....yes it does. Do you know why? Because child > abductors regularly scan national newspapers > looking for clues as to the routes children take > to school. It's pretty tricky for them to figure > out otherwise. It's not like children have any > identifying clothing that would associate them > with a school or walk the same route every day or > anything is it? Children these days have got > pretty cunning. Often they disguise themselves as > adults before burrowing tunnels to their school so > as not be seen by predators lurking around every > corner. > > My god, the hysteria on here would make Chris > Morris blush.

Great, so the precise route that these little'uns take to school unaccompanied is now national news - doesn't that put the children at even more risk?