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It would be so great if we could arrange something Sue. I am after alterations in particular (doing pretty ok with basic hand stitching) so that would be my preference if at all possible.

Strawbsy, i have a ton of trousers you can practice on 😉

Hello, yes please!! I would like to learn simpler alterations such as taking up trousers/skirts/dresses as well as mending split seams, change zips etc. Evening or weekend would both work timewise

Frankie, I agree. The nursery that my son went to is very highly regarded and many children and parents are very happy there. It was just a bad fit for my son and us as a family. This parenting business is not straightforward is it? But we learn as we go along, make decision and unmake them if needed. Wishing you guys all the best

Frankie, that made a very sorry read. I am so pleased that your son is thriving in his new environment. We have also had experience of a setting completely ruin the confidence and happiness of my son and I would not wish that experience on anyone, it was a heart breaking and very distressing time. Like your son, mine is now thriving in a different setting. Sending a well done for acting on your instinct and best wishes for the future!

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You just need wunderweb and an iron to take > clothes up.😉 Ha!! I do use those but I prefer it stiched. X

Thanks nunhead mum! May I ask if the course was useful for things like shortening trousers/skirts or was it more tailored (no pun intended) towards crafty stuff?

Thanks everyone for all these tips, there are plenty of places out there it seems!

For me the most important thing is creating family tradition and fond memories as well as a healthy relationship with food. For example, my husband and son go and get fresh croissants every Saturday morning and we all sit down and eat them with nice coffee etc whilst making a puzzle or playing a game together. It has become a tradition of sorts, which hopefully will help to make fond memories for my son when he grows up. The nutritional value of said breakfast is obviously terrible but I choose to ignore that for the time being. It is only one day a week, and I make sure it goes with plenty of fresh strawberries and blueberries. Food is something I always feel guilty about if I am honest. We both work long hours and somehow I always seem to fail at the "homecooked" bit. I just do not have time most days. I try to make sure that the food that I do provide is still healthy though. Lots of vegetables and fruit (although due to high sugar content moderate this to a greater extent). Fish fingers may be processed but with added broccoli and cauliflower the overall result I think is acceptable. It has to be because at the moment, that is the best that I can do. I am lucky that my son is not a fussy eater and he always eats what he is given, veg and all. Our challenges have been allergy related but we seem to be coming out the other side now.

Thank you everyone, plenty of "research" to be getting on with.

Blue tit by Pedler I think are pretty cool (not that I would fit in the cool category) but the people I have seen working there could def be described as such. x

Is there such a thing? I am forever spending a fortune on tailoring clothes mainly shortening trousers/skirts/dresses. I have always done this, I have ridiculously short legs. Anyway, with school uniforms coming up I was thinking that surely I should be able to learn to do this myself. Spending ?10 plus on shortening school uniform trousers just seem a terrible waste to me. I would like to learn. Have this (highly unrealistic) view of me pottering away at home late at night and enjoying it. So, any classes for this sort of thing? Highly practical ones like I describe above?

It is interesting points, all of them. Lou if you saw me in the street you probably would snigger at my pram pushing(although now more scooter pulling), sunglass clad self. You would most likely NEVER see me without a coffee in hand(or wine if you saw me past 12 noon). Lou, in many ways I look like the person you describe (although I AM the banker, not married to one). However, looks are deceiving, and provides just a snapshot of someone's life. It does not give you on iota of insight into who that person are. If you saw me on maternity leave the sunglasses would be there because of painful rosacea and lack of sleep (My son did not sleep for 12 mnths, it nearly broke me.) Ditto the constant coffee drink was because, somehow, I just had to get through the day. I am a "banker" as in work in one, but like so many I fight most days to keep my eyes above water in terms of my financial commitments. I too, am more of a TK maxx girl than Sweaty whats her name, and I spend more than I should in Space NK. Like you I think it would be a great asset to the community. I am sure my partner would disagree. What I am getting at is that there are many many of us sunclad, coffee drinking, pram pushing types that care deeply about our community too!

I had this 5 years ago and it was terrifying, I too ended up seeking help privately in the end. It was awful at the time.

Hi, Does anyone have a little one starting reception at John Stainer in September? My son is starting reception and it would be lovely to meet with other children before then, so it is not all new for him in September. Please PM if you are interested, Thanks!

Little kickers football at nunhead community centre!

Having only read part of this thread (lunch break nearly up!) and realising that most of you have prob moved on weeks ago (need to venture to the lounge more often). I just out of interest wonder about the Sweaty Betty/ Space Nk thing. If one is against Sweaty Betty as it attracts the coffee drinking, sun glass, pram pushing whatever else the description was then how is the targeted demographics any different for Space NK? Genuine question, please explain (not that you have to obv Lou, but as a fellow space nk lover I am genuinely interested). Having just returned from the Space NK on Liverpool St this morning, I genuinely wonder how a shop like that can be described as "serving the community"? That argument seems flawed to me that is all, the chains of high end somewhat aspiring shops that are so detrimental to the community and our area, are indeed ok - if they are make up shops??? Or because it is a shop that you like? I fail to see how Space NK would serve the community in any other way than Sweaty whats her name would.

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Not HH or DV but have you been to the crooked well in camberwell? It used to be the highlight of my week when on mat leave.

A very disheartening read indeed. Children with asthma and other health issues are particularly vulnarble

Hi Renata, you are right of course, my mistake!

Happy to participate in any focus groups/ feedback sessions. I would say there is a need for nursery provision in the area.

Renata, what does all offered mean? I know a few parents who have put Bellenden as a first choice but have been unsuccessful yet it says all offered. Just curious, thank you for posting!

I am terrible and have zero tolerance for blasting music. I would go around. It is rude. But then I asked a neighbour to turn down their music at 7pm, on new years eve (!!) when I was pregnant and hormonal. We have lovely, considerate neighbours and I still cringe at my intolerance that time.

What great advice, Belle I had never heard of the clinic.