Moos

Bloody love this time of day. Not that I can rely on Twosling to stay asleep even till my bedtime, but still - the moment when all the smalls are sleeping ... Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

*slopes in, snaffles spare spot on sofa* *nods amicably to all* *long, luxurious stretch preceeds unladylike snoring noises reminiscent of child-size chainsaw*

Nannyshare.co.uk (I think) allows nannies and families to advertise: you put in your postcode and search your area for compatible families.

Isn't he already on his way to Venezuela to bunk up with Chavez? Or was that just a rumour?

How far are you prepared to go in the name of investigative journalism, Mr. Lush?

Morzine in France is beautiful. We stayed in a catered chalet but there were lots of apartments and chalets around.

I'll buy you a coffee, MrTwirly!

St. John's has a parent-run cr?che and a Sunday school - there's an expectation that school age kids will be in the latter, not the former. The vicar and the administration are very friendly and inclusive, and there are people in sashes who are specifically there to greet new congregants. The parents, like all groups, are some friendly and some not.

Hey hey hey Back off people. I'm obliged to remind you all that RosieH and I have dibs. Honey and hats, that was the deal. A woman with more soul might say that there's plenty of Hona to go around, but I'm all about me me me.

Seems to me those that say 'I don't do Valentine's Day, it's commercial nonsense' better have a rock-steady record in spontaneous non-commercial unreminded romantic efforts for their loved ones. A thoughtful message in a card is a lovely thing even if not anonymous. Still, it's not really celebrating Valentine's Day if you're not surreptitiously getting married under threat of death. Anyone?

It seems sadly true that people often shun others in their grief: surely the worst possible reaction. After my father died, very few of my friends contacted me to commiserate. I was terribly upset, and later several of them confessed to saying nothing rather than 'saying the wrong thing'. I'd have thought that almost anything would be better than nothing. My utmost sympathy to all those who suffer the sadness of miscarriage.

ClareC, it's standard ante-natal care.

I feel I must add that my experience of the staff at King's was wholly different from that described by Emily. They are professional, supportive and smart.

Sounds as though you'd like to have your baby in his or her own room, but for what it's worth I've found nights so much easier with Twosling than I did with his big brother, as he sleeps in a 3-sided bedside cot. I personally find night feeding much more bearable scooping him up and sitting up in bed (and later lying down in bed as he got big enough) than plodding next door and feeding in a chair. Downside is that you have to sneak around when you go to bed, and I'm positive we disturb each other at night. We often end up co-sleeping, which I'm very comfortable with at the moment but don't want to do long-term. So in a few weeks we're going to gradually transfer him to his big cot in his own room: first naps, then early evening sleep (ie settling in own room at his bedtime but taking him back to my bed from the first night feed, and afterwards back in bedside crib), then full transition. However you do it, best of luck!

...I couldn't eat a whole one. Oh come on, someone had to.

As Rosie, I'm a bit of a minxlet. But it's only when I'm Quids that I get reeely filthy.

I usually post as RosieH or ????. Or Mockney Piers when I'm feeling a bit, you know, slow. I save my finest work for my incarnation as Moos, of course. In the future I may be posting as Quintapol or WhizzoBoy, but I don't know when.

Shush.

Get a room, you two. ...oh.

As it happens, I believe the lovely Crasher and I are both in Camberwell ward. But there're plenty of ED'ers on the forum who'll be horrified to hear that!

Fella at Chener tells me we in Peckham Rye are in East Dulwich parish. Obviously, PGC and I vehemently denied it an skanked him.

So interesting to read of everyone's experiences and perspectives. Can anyone offer the perspective of what it's lime to be one of three, though?

Yay Quids!

PeckhamRose, am I losing my marbles or did you just take legalbeagle's thread wishing the Australians luck in surviving a horrible cyclone and make it about whether you do well in your play tonight? Just seems like a weird thing to do.

Thanks Saffron, that's very interesting.