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The standard response I got today was 'its not the norm' and 'you dont want her getting used to taking medication via suppository' - that was just for the paracetamol. After we left the hospital (where the staff were lovely by the way) The chemist at Lloyds was particularly unhelpful, hence why I'm asking on here.

Hiya, I know the forum has a number of medical professionals registered, I'd be really grateful for any advice on the following: Is penicillin available in suppository form (for children? My daughter who is 3 was admitted to hospital this morning (since discharged thank goodness) with Quincy (sp?) and she has to be on antibiotics for 10 days. Like a lot of 3 yr-olds she will not take meds and even if we do manage to get some down her she vomits it back up. We give her paracetamol via suppository (even that is prescribed reluctantly) - in parts of Europe suppositories are very much the norm. If necessary I would be prepared to pay for it on a private prescription (although would obviously prefer not have to). Any advice, gratefully recieved..... x

My little one was diagnosed with rubella a week before her MMR jab was due - she had a relatively mild dose of it, temperature for a couple of days, grumpy/out of sorts and spotty for a few days. My hubbie on the other hand, who had not had it when he was little suffered much much worse - he was laid up for about 3 weeks - it was completely debilitating.....

My hubbie sang full rendention of 'This Charming Man' by the Smiths when our little one popped out (and I was being 'seen to' upstairs...), our little one was of course a baby girl and I think there were more than a few tears from hubbie. Still, if you ask DD who is her favourite singer, she'll say Morrissey every time......

Hi, Does anyone have their little one at Mothergoose Greendale? I'd be interested to hear any feedback from fellow forumites. Many thanks x

Think the water is turned on for the late May bank holiday weekend.

Hi, I think the free allocation is applied the term after the child turns 3 rather than at 2 1/2. I may be wrong, perhaps other forumites could confirm? The free entitlement applies to all nurseries which are ofsted registered I think - again, happy for confirmation from others....

Hi newtoedf, depends where you are on ED Grove - probably your closest school is Goose Green school nursery, its unlikely you'll get into Goodrich or Heber - the catchment areas are pretty small, no harm in putting your little one's name down though (just wouldn't rely on it)......

Hmmm tricky one - we have just gone through the dummy removal but our little one is 3yrs old. We have contemplated it many times in the past, but sleeping has been a major issue and to be honest we've been too wired to even contemplate taking the dummy away until now. So, how has she coped?? - really really well, so well that I think the dummy was more of a crutch for me and hubbie than for DD..... I do think it's to do with age though, we were able to reason with her and explain to her the dummy fairy: she collected up all of her dummies and put them in a special bag and hung them on the door handle, the next morning the dummy fairy came and she had left a brand new bike in the dummies place (we were planning on buying her a bike and so made it to do with that). If you can bare to wait until your little one is older and so can understand, I'd really recommend it (path of least resistance/dummies do no real harm etc....) Oh and we thought really hard about whether it was the right thing to 'reward' with something so big as a bike, but the dummy was such an important part of her day I really don't think it will set a precendence for anything else (fingers crossed anyway). What ever you decide to do, good luck! xx

snowboarder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- However I also think you can only > keep dealing with continuous broken really bad > sleep because the alternative (ie facing it, > deciding it cannot continue and actively trying to > change it) is much, much harder to face than the > status quo... I find myself resenting this comment a bit - maybe being over sensitive (sleep deprivation - 3 years served) but it implies I'm not up to the challenge of addressing it - seriously, 3 years down the line we have tried all manner of things, numerous 'guide' book techniques to no avail which is why the article resonanted so much, I honestly believe some children are good sleepers, some not - and there's not much (however 'up to the challenge' you are) you can do to change that. I would say that the challenge of staying sane and managing to have a healthy loving relationship with a child that doesn't sleep particulary well is much harder than turning the telly up loud and waiting 40 minutes till your wee one has exhausted themselves to sleep......

Hiya, I'm not saying for one minute that its not hard and I haven't been reduced to tears (on more occasions than I care to remember), but I have kinda accepted that the sleeping is going to be pretty rubbish and to some extent accepting it really does help a lot. Nunheadmum you're dead right there's a big difference between a quick cuddle and an hour long cuddle/conversation/back rub - and my daughter does both (as well as sleep walking....) Last night she was awake for 2 hours (3 'till 5), sort of sleepy/sort of not but affable anyway and then I had to be up for work this morning. Nothing Saintly about it, just resignation I guess and a modification of life's expectation (for the short term anyway)......

I like this article and it definitely resonates with me - my little'un is 3 and I can still keep my socks on if I want to count the number of times she's gone through. Sleep deprivation is bloody hard but you do adjust, a friend (who has 2 little ones who struggle to go through) hit the nail on the head when he said 'you just change your expectation of what you can do' - he's soooo right, very quickly I stopped applying any self pressure on what I 'should' be doing (especially in terms of a child-free social life). My daughter is a very happy, confident little girl, but a swine of a sleeper and I accepted very early on that there wasn't much I could do to change the sleeping - she's always had a good routine but if she wakes in the night and needs a cuddle, then me and her Dad want to be able to give her a cuddle - not weird is it?

Moo Bub Missus As with my own childhood I tend to reserve her full name (Marcie Heather) for more 'fractious' moments.....

You can order the stuff online as well - that's how I've done it in the past crazycakes.co.uk do printed edible icing and I found their service to be very good - there are other places you can buy coloured icing online too......

My only tip would be to 'go with the flow' - don't put any expectations on what time you'll arrive (chances are you'll just be disappointed...). We travelled to South Devon when our daughter was 3 months, took us 6 hours to get there (traffic atrocious) and we made a stop whenever she got really agitated - just taking her out of the car for a change of scenery (and caffeine for us!) seemed to make the next couple of hours in the car perfectly manageable for her. In terms of what to pack - the posts above pretty much have it spot on, I would add if baby is in a cot maybe take hiscot bumper for familiar surroundings while going to sleep. Best x

Hi, My daughter had rubella at 13months (just before her MMR...). It was pretty mild and she was over it fairly quickly - my husband was a different matter - not having had it as a child he caught it and was really quite ill for around 2-3 weeks! Its definitely not good to be around pregnant women, so as EDmummy says best to get comfy at home for the next couple of days. Good luck x

SE21 emcompasses a far wider area than the village, it includes West Dulwich too, that's possibly the reason?

Hiya, Our little one used to get various different illnesses back to back and its a real nightmare so I really do feel for you, when they're fighting one virus they can so easily be blind-sided by another..... Its possible that the new rash is a post viral rash rather than anything new, our daughter frequently gets a rash after a high fever but I have to say I always take her to the docs when she has a rash that I can't fully explain - call me paranoid but I just like to be sure - if its out of surgery hours, Seldoc have always been very good and seen us very quickly, also I've never been made to feel like an over-worrying parent for phoning up and/or taking her down there. If you're worried, give them a call - you'll probably sleep better for it! x

Hi Ann, It's not too bad I'd say - I had 24 individual photographs put onto icing and it was ?14 including postage - I make the cupcakes myself so just the cost of ingredients there (so maybe ?18 for the whole thing?). If you want to do just one photo - the very helpful lady at ASDA told me the cakes start at ?8 and they mount the photo onto the cake for you. The website I used for the icing was crazycakes.co.uk. Party's tomorrow, should be lots of fun..... xx

Couldn't have put it better myself Molly! Thanks to everyone with helpful suggestions - that's what the edf is so fab for - fab enough even to weather the grinches who try to steal, well, everything.... Have a ovely weekend everyone, even you Daizie x

Hooray - they've just been delivered, talk about 11th hour!! I finally got through to ASDA and they do still do it but only on one big cake (and you have to purchace the cake there too). x

Hiya, Thanks for the posts - am trying to get through to ASDA before schlepping up there. Ludoscotts - good idea and if it was just one cake I'd definitely go with it - but its a cupcake 'tree' and each cake has a photo of her friends on - not sure if I have the patience to do all of them...... HoHum it may just be the cupcakes (and I have no doubt the kids won't notice a thing so why am I worrying???) x

Have tried sainsburys, tesco and morrisons but no joy - don't mind driving out a bit if anyone knows of a life-saving bakery...

Hi, It's a long shot but I've been let down by an online order for photograph icing for my daughter's birthday cake - does anyone know where I can get it done TODAY? Party tomorrow and stupidly have held out for the order to be delivered in time but not looking likely now. Any pointers, much appreciated Thanks x

Hi, Sorry to hear you're having a rough time. I had hyperemisis with both my pregnancies, losing a significant amount of weight during the 9 months, spending periods of time in hospital on IV fluids and serious medication and I have to say it was truely miserable. There is a lot more known about hyperemisis now (it's amazing how much research has happened in the last 4 years) and most (although sadly not all) medical people realise it is a very serious, potentially life threatening condition. If you are suffering from hyperemisis, ginger tea/sea sickness bands etc won't work in the slightest bit and you will need to take medication to stop you being sick and possibly medication to repair any internal damage which has been caused by continuous vomiting. I don't mean to scare anyone, but unfortunately because most pregnant women suffer morning sickness there is a tendency to think that hyperemisis is simply 'severe morning sickness', I'm afraid it isn't, there is an awful lot more to it than that - the support group HER (hyperemisis educational research) www.hyperemisis.org is a useful website for information and support. I wish you well with all my heart and sincerely hope you are not suffering from HG. x