Vickster

I feel for you, as I am suffering terribly already and am only 22 weeks. Gaviscon is my friend - bottle on bedside table and tablets in handbag. I second the little and often suggestion, as food does seem to aleviate it temporarily.

I don't think there are any plans to remove the traffic lights and not replace them with anything. Prior to the lights bring installed there was a well used and functional zebra crossing in their place which enabled safe crossing of Forest Hill Road whilst not interfering with the flow of traffic. Plently of others school journeys involve zebra crossings rather than traffic lights and children and parents seem to be satisfied with this. whisteria Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, > > My kids use the traffic lights to get to school. I > would like them to stay. Homestall is busy during > the school run and traffic lights mean the cars > and buses have to stop. We are having real > problems with traffic at the Harris Girls end of > the park. Cars come around the corner very fast, > parents u-turn on the junction, or on the bend and > traffic often backs up. In my mind, if cars have > to stop, then it's better for pedestrians. Oh and > I agree, getting onto Forest Hill road was easier > before traffic lights - in a car - but as a parent > with kids who would like to walk to school on > their own - my vote would be to keep the lights.

I have sent a letter along the lines of MM's (thanks for the template). VikkiM let me know if you would like me to send you a copy.

Hi everyone I am back from hols and looking forward to seeing you all and growing bumps on Sat. Victoria

"- If the traffic signals were to be removed there would, at busy times, be significantly more delay to side road (Dunstans/Colyton) traffic - so it?s the Forest Hill Road traffic that will be the main benefactors of the removal of the signals." "- These delays might increase possibility that drivers emerging from the side road would force their way out into the main road at inappropriate times, making accidents more likely." In the four years I lived in the immediate vicinity to these junctions, prior to the installation of the lights, I don't recall either of these things being a problem. What is a problem is that the lights cause some drivers to jump up the side roads and around the lights to avoid them, increasing the traffic on Dunstans, Rydale etc and Underhill (where I live) as a result. These drivers are not aware (or do not care) that they are going from a 30mph zone into a 20mph zone and rarely adjust their speed.

18th good for me, I'll let you all come up with a plan while I am on hols and see you then!

100% agree with this, the traffic lights are a nightmare, and they were always supposed to be temporary. I also think they are contributing to the extra traffic we are experiencing on Underhill Road as people cut up round the lights. Traffic on Underhill Road near the Dunstans Road junction, as I have previously mentioned, seems to be increasingly travelling at excess speed, as there do not seem to be clear road markings to let traffic know that they are moving from a 30moph zone to a 20mph zone. Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It seems, perhaps, that the reservoir work on > Homestall Road and close to the Harris Girls > School is about to complete. > > See: Homestall Road - Humps > > If this is the case will the council make good its > promise to remove the traffic lights at Forest > Hill Road / Colyton Road junction. Their > installation created endless traffic queues where > before there had been none, but did nothing to > improve safety.

Hi Yes feeling much better thank you, seems to have been a 24 hour thing. I am on holiday for the next three weekends so will not be able to meet up unfortunately, but am back for 18th Sept. Have fun all if yuomeet up in the meantime! Victoria

Hi everyone sorry not to have made it today. I have come down with the lurgy and didn't want to risk infecting you all! Hope you had a good time and look forward to seeing you all soon victoria

Yes, spanakopita here I come! Usually I am not worried about the cheese thing, as there are so many other things to eat, but in Greece as I am veggie the options are already a bit limited.

Thanks very much Sanne Penne

Thanks very much supergolden88 Looks like I should avoid all restaurant feta then :( Do you know what the translation into the greek alphabet is of pasteriasmeni, as I guess that is what will be displayed on the packages. I guess I can always ask in the shops as well.

Hi everyone I am 17 weeks pregnant with baby number 2, and ate feta cheese throughout my first pregnancy. It was always on every 'safe' list I looked at. We are going to Greece on holiday in a week's time, and someone mentioned to me yesterday that certain types of feta in Greece should be avoided as they are made with unpasturised milk. Does anyone know if this is true, as I was planning on Greek salad being my staple diet in the tavernas! Also, any Greek linguists out there that could send me the Greek for 'pasturised' so I know what I am looking for in the supermarket if I buy it myself. that would be fantastic. Victoria

Does anyone need to bring a toddler? If yes then I think Green & Blue is the better option, if no, upstairs at Le Chandelier again would be ok. I am easy either way.

Green and Blue sounds like a good plan. If others are bringing their toddlers, I might do too, but don't want to be the only one with a tiny handful!

I always thought the rough rule of thumb was walk at 1 and talk at 2, so I don't think you have anything to worry about. I do think boys take a bit longer as well. My son point blank refused to say any words until around his 2nd birthday, but it was clear he understood everything we said to him. Soo frustrating. Mind you, he is a torrent of words now, so once they get it they REALLY get it!

10.30 fine with me, if this works for others. Also happy to go to Le Chandelier again as I can leave toddler at home, but if there are others that need to bring them, we might need to rethink. Susan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Le Chandelier (sp?) was good last time, plenty of > room upstairs...wonder if people would like to do > slightly earlier 10.30? or if 11 still suits most > people? > > Susan

Try Mothercare, seems they have a few n stock still and at a reasonable price. Mothercare

Hi Julia, the more the merrier! Does anybody haev any suggestions for time/venue this Saturday?

James Thanks very much for your response. I will PM you my details. Victoria

Hi James Any chance of responsing to my query, it was above tiger ranks and Tony Quinn's on the page before. Even just to say, I am looking into it, or it is not within my remit? Thanks Victoria

My 2 1/2 year old (not a baby but hope this helps) has short bursts (15/20 mins) of things like Chuggington, Peppa Pig ro Roary Racing Car in the mornings while I run and have a shower. I Sky+ and series link them, so I always have a ready supply. I initially felt a but guilty, but I actually think he does learn from them, and it is the only way I would get us both up washed, dressed and out of the house in time in the morning!

Hi James I am not sure if this is in your ward, but was wondering if you could point me in the right direction of the best person to speak to at Southwark about traffic calming on Underhill Road. In recent months the speed cars are travelling on this road outside my house (in the middle, up from the junction with Dunstans Road) has been quite frightening. The speed humps seem to make little difference, and we constantly hear cars scraping their chassis on them as they are going too fast. I have had to jump outof the way on several occasions while puttingmy son in the car as cars are going too fast and getting too close. Yesterday there was a serious car crash outside my house at rush hour, resulting in two cars being practically written off as the driver was travelling at such speed. Luckily it was a parked car and not a pedestrian that he hit. I would be extremely grateful if you could suggest how best to get some help with this, perhaps a speed survey to see if our concerns are valid? Many thanks Victoria

Hi Was lovely to meet those who were able to make it last Saturday. I am also free on 21st, so look forward to seeing you all then. Victoria

Hi Fidgetsmum, sorry for posting off-topic above. I just wanted to respond to a common misconception. What I should have gone on to say was I too had opted for a home birth, and transferred to Kings as I was failing to progress and exhausted after 2 days of labour. I have only good things to say about the experience, even though it was not what I had wanted or planned for. From wanting a non-medicalised birth, I ended up deciding to have an epidural, and actually it did not turn into the cascade of medical intervention that I had feared. I finally gave birth a further 12 hours after getting to hospital, and it was a natural delivery despite the epidural. I felt in control of the process the whole time, as the epidural had given me some breathing space from the exhaustion of the contractions. It was frustrating not to be able to move around, but I was so exhausted by that point I cared less about this than I thought I would have done. Midwives were fantastic, but they were the Oakwood team who came with me, so can't comment on the Kings staff. Downside for me, as with so many others, was the post natal ward, which was compulsory after an epidural. Something I had stupidly not factored in when I decided to transfer in.