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Not really got any advice, but good luck with it. It may be that they are more I was hoping for a similar birth centre / pool vbac at st helier (I moved out of ed when heavily pregnant) and after dicussion they said it'd be ok if everything went smoothly. but in the event I had to be induced on the ward ( and eventually had a second unplanned c-section) after waters went but nothing else happened for days. Even if you do end up on the ward it needn't mean being strapped to a bed and you can discuss what the options are at each stage, the hospital midwives were eager to help rather than tell us what to do as I feared they might! I found a book called "blooming birth" v helpful second time around, it had a big section on vbac. Kings gave out vbac factsheets with helpful facts on risks etc. Hope the appt goes well.

Every time I go past Kings I want to go and do something to help the ladies on the postnatal ward, e.g. Bring cake, try to help if baby crying, clean a bathroom!

Don't feel bad sparkle, the thread is entitled what it's REALLY like having a baby, people who can't deal with other's stories can choose not to read it!

Been there done that to the extent that my first daughter's nickname is "Shoosh"! Didn 't work for us, even the sight if this thread made me feel sick! Littlest daughter is either fed to sleep or settles herself, she is a different baby.

V impressive ladies. I too am making progress, home cooked meals every night for last 2 weeks, yum! Who is this flylady?

"Welcome! lily bonie, sweet, wee dochter, Tho' ye come here a wee unsought for, And tho' your comin' I hae fought for, Baith kirk and queir; Yet, by my faith, ye're no unwrought for That I shall swear!... Lord grant that thou may ay inherit Thy rnither's person, grace, an' merit, An' thy poor, worthless daddie's spirit, Without his failins, 'Twill please me mair to see thee Than stocket mailens...

I go in cheam with my almost-3 year old, is a singing/role playing class but with stuff to climb on, they have really good equipment and props. It's like little bubbles in dulwich but with more stuff.

Sorry, no offence meant karter ( am postnatal in case you can't tell!)

Am sorry to be snippy, but this thread has derailed from what it's really like to have a baby to what to buy for a new baby!

My daughter had this at similar age but got better by itself. We just kept up with the calpol, lots of bottles, rest etc. Horrible, hope your little one feels better soon.

i don't think ther's anything "unhealthy" about co-sleeping per se, but it isn't for everyone. With DD1 I hoped that introducing solids aroun 6 months, then later switching to formula would help with sleep, but didn't, boo hoo. With DD2 am ignoring all advice on when to introduce solids and doing what I feel like, none yet (5 months now).

Pickle, just seen that you were the one who set up the meal ideas thread in 2009, you could be the next Nigella (but slimmee, with the WW and all!)

Bumping again as kind of follows on from a discussion in another thread ("is there a market for it?")

Wow pickle! Can we have tea at yours, sounds fab! Dully and fuschia, wow, that must've been tough, it is a disgrace that there still isn't support for kids with heavy caring responsibilities, services being cut etc. Should we resurrect the recipes thread? And rename this one the good housekeeping thread!

Good for you Ruth, hope it goes well!

My dd was almost the same age when her baby sister arrived, decided to see how we got on without a double buggy, just got a buggy board ( lascal) for our bee, and has been fine, she either walks or goes on the buggy board.

Was brill when, as a way to pass the time during the induction maxwell was reading aloud from the book of facts about people's sex lives, eg 50% of couples say their spouse isn't their best lover, and his partner asked him which 50% he was in and he evaded answering!

A lease being there doesn't necessarily mean it's a separate enterprise. Think that the directors of the old company who were in charge of the nursery were members of the congregation and were not being charged rent on the premises. I don't mean to be negative and am glad that the premises are being used for a nursery again, just had a bad experience with the closure of Bojangles, where there wasn't transparency for parents about the ownership of the nursery and involvement/non-involvement of the church.

Is anyone part of the trial at Tommy's Evelina where they are introducing certain solids at three months (their hypothesis being that it may help to reduce the incidence of allergies)? Got a letter about this when my daughter was born in August and thought it looked interesting, but didn't take part.

redjam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not only do I get the 'NO! NO! NO!', my > three-year-old also specialises in the 'GET MY > DRINK! NOW! NO, NOT THAT CUP! THE OTHER ONE! NO I > DON'T MEAN THAT ONE! THAT ONE!' while I scurry > around apologising like a nineteenth-century > :))

See previous threads re Bojangles and "sure and firm" nursery, and find out who owns / runs it!

Is it on the church site where the Bojangles one was, or is it somewhere else entirely?

That's not quite right: independent providers can provide the jab to kids, but many (e.g. Boots, supermarkets) have decided not to. Saffron, a couple of weeks ago places like BMI and the other private chains were providing it to children in central London, also some private travel vaccination places run by GP surgeries.

Am enjoying it much more now am not pregnant!

The nannytax website has some stats on salaries.