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:))saffron. I really, really do not want to know what gina has to say about sex, yeuch. Another way to avoid the deed following stitches would surely be to refer to gina during foreplay.

Our 3yo did this, reckon the co-sleeping with the baby was a big factor, she didn't want to be the only one to sleep on her own. Almost a year on and she still doesn't like it, is a disadvantage of co-sleeping.

Ignore a few close friends without children who tell you how important it is to "have time for you" (meaning late nights out with them), not "focus too much on the baby and lose yourself" (meaning don't change in ways they don't like) or that "everyone gets tired, don't be so boring" (when leaving early 18 months int sleep-deprivation). :(

Fab! We have a local "boobie group" at the children's centre (not ED) and someone made some great nipple peppermint creams!

How cheeky. Get'em cinema tickets to War Horse and feign ignorance of a stage version!

Renata's post on this subject on another thread is quite mealy-mouthed IMO.

What do the local councillors have to say about this?

Went last year for a wedding. Nice, but very, very, very expensive! Can recommend an accommodation company called "cocoon". We stayed in a family flat in central stockholm, v convenient and got everywhere on foot and boat. It's impossible to buy booze, they sell it through state shops of which there aren't many and they close at 6pm. Oh, and lots of flats said there was a washing machine but turned out there was a shared one in thr basement for the whole building, and you had to book timeslots, I nearly had nervous breakdown about being parted from my laundry-woman life!

I had the jojo maman bebe one, was v good, bought in a crisis in ED!

Why is the campaign "mothers at home matter", not "parents"?

Don't think I can watch at the mo, am in phase of seeking escape from pregnancy/birth/postnatal drama! Oooh pickle, not long to go, best wishes!

Yak, that's quite grim, is it all curly and horrible? :))

Hey Pickle, has the littlest pickle been for a ride on your Dad's truck yet?!

This thread warrants reviving for festive tales of parental oddity. My mum put strange things in our Christmas stockings. We would wake up to find them at the end of the bed and were allowed to open them alone, which was the highlight of our Christmas day. I would open stuff and hear rustling coming from my brother's room, and we'd eat all the chocolate together at 5am. Every year there would be the standard stocking stuff: chocolate, little toys etc. And some practical items like socks and lip salve. Lovely. But also random things like school maths equipment (including a pointy protractor (?) on which I pricked my finger); a glove that I'd lost months previously; cat toys (our cats having died ages before). But the weirdest was a cheese and pickle sandwich wrapped in tin-foil, then several layers of paper. It had been crammed in near the bottom and was all squashed and smelly. When I complained she said I should be grateful it wasn't tuna-fish or egg!

Oooh, what'll it be? I know a baby called Hektor, because upon hearing the name discussed (along with many others) his older brother insisted that it was the baby's name, and it stuck.

This is awful. Have got lovely photos of my then 2yo daughter peeking through the middle of it. :'(

Congratulations, great news!

30 mins is surely too long to leave a 7mo to cry at a time?

Yes, it is stressful. think nurseries should record and share on request info on levels of sick absence.

Not read whole thread, but would really really like some serious booze this eve, bad week :(

Am reviving this thread as a close friend is having fertility problems and am after any more tips for private doctors for fertility tests. She is 33 her partner is 42 and sperm tests have come back abnormal. Ttc for 2 years, made lots of lifestyle changes, had a pregnancy after 18 months but miscarried :'( They have had an appointment with a specialist through the nhs, but feel fobbed off, were basically told to keep trying and take vitamins, and sperm stuff and possible treatment options weren't explained. Also that having conceived and miscarried meant they'd have to wait another 2 years for referral for ivf and that if further (optional) sperm analysis in 6 months showed improvement, this would also put them down the list. The consultant also sounds like a stereotypical doc with no interpersonal skills, made comments like "why haven't you tried vitamins, you can get the, in sainsbury's!" and when when my friend got upset about the waiting and uncertainty and cried, said that there was no need to be "overemotional" about it. Am really upset for her. Any tips would be appreciated (she doesn't live in ed and doesn't know am posting).

Another one who thinks could be thrush. Timodine cream from GP worked for us. Egg white tip sounds interesting, might try, lots nappy rash when teething. Ta for tip!

I still love my old bee, only buggy have had, was great for nipping around and on buses and stuff. Folded up small to keep in communal hallway. When second baby came bought a lascal buggyboard for eldest so have used it again and am still using, will get upset when have to pack it up, hoping can give to a friend. It is no good at all in countryside, on beaches or stones, mud. City pram. Big wheels comfier here. Am now living somewhere with lots of mums but no bugaboos so people often takes the piss (gently) out of my designer buggy. Still love it!

This is bringing it all back. Eldest daughter screamed all of her first night, and I mean all night, on the postnatal ward, no-one would help, finally someone took her away for a couple of hours and just felt massive relief! :-$ same happened the second night. Problems feeding. Take more baby clothes than you think will need. Went through about 6 in first 24 hours with littlest daughter who was sick everywhere. And have some spare stuff for both you and the baby somewhere easy to find at home eg or you'll be stuck with whatever inappropriate stuff your partner grabs when sleep-deprived, a friend ended up in the scbu wearing an off-the-shoulder t-shirt of a punk with a big spliff! Yes yes yak, lots of stuff ready at home, causes strife to be nagging blokes to find stuff whole time! I had lots of cartons of drinks. On cooking, Cook frozen meals are good, also have many sandwich ingredients in fridge and those part-bake baguettes.

My daughter was not great with naps but always slept fine at nursery, as others say they just do what the others do. She is older now and when popping in and out of her new nursery at different times in the day to collect her there were often babies sleeping soundly. Nursery didn't help with sleep at night much though, maybe cos she was overstimulated and exhausted, and sometimes got too much sleep in the day.