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oooo, this sounds exciting, what sort of age group is it good for?

What has also worked amazingly for us is the grobag clock. When he goes down at night we say night night to the stars and reiterate that we won't see him until the sun is up. It doesn't work necessarily for the nighttime games but for the morning games. We're pretty lucky with his length of sleep however he had started waking about 30 mins earlier than normal and we started running to him at the first murmur cos we didn't want him to wake new born. however after a bit we decided to put new born (well 6 months old at this point) at the top of house so she woldn't wake up and said to him when we put him down we won't come to you until the clock is yellow (ie when it's time to get up) and we had 2 mornings of screaming (not crying) but screaming our names and then since then nothing. he has some books in his bed so i'm not saying he goes back to sleep but he now happily "reads" to himself until the clock is yellow. I didn't use the sticker chart as I did for potty training and after a few days he was just a little bored by it - unfortunately smarties worked better for us with potty training!!!

Hi, our son was nearly 3 when we put him into his own bed and I firstly told him that if he ever got out of bed he would have to go back into his cot so cross fingers he still hasn't got out of bed however he too played that game and made us run up and down the stairs. Cleverly used the I need the loo trick so we would rush upstairs to take him as we had only just potty trained and although was wearing nappies in bed didn't want to ignore him if he asked but after a few weeks when we realised he was playing with us i'm afraid we played the tough love game and basically said to him one night that we wouldn't be up again once we said goodnight and we had our names screamed for about 20 mins and him saying he wasn't very happy however that was the only night and since then it has been silence. One of those difficult decisions about coping with the screams but I felt he was old enough to talk if something was truly wrong. Good luck. This parenting just keeps on throwing us curved balls doesn't it!!!

Sorry me again, just seen where you got your 94% stat - GCSEs

I've just looked on their website and it says 79% got a or a* grades at a levels

I'm not 100% but i'm pretty sure that they don't submit their results anymore - they did up to few years ago i think. Not sure why cos surely this is their best marketing tool? Am also intrigued....

I don't want to get involved in this "debate" however I do want comment about Elderflowers comments about MakeHQ. I did a sewing course with them before the summer and I have just signed up for another one of them. This is my choice. I don't mind paying as I believe it is totally worth the money they are asking. They have bought about a passion that I didn't have before and what they are offering to people (who are interested in it) is great - I can't rave about them more.

I would make sure that I fed every 3 hours during the day so I didn't worry about waking at night. However i only felt comfortable about not waking at night as both were good weights - if they were not good weights i'm sure i would have woken!! Well done you for not saying anything - very hard i imagine

I dont know with regards to epidural however I also had appalling postnatal back pain (some days dare i say i was in more pain than labour!!) however at 2wks old i took my baby to see a cranial osteopath and he commented on how i was walking so i explained. I had 2 sessions with him and I was good as new. After the first session i found i could move and turn over in bed like i had before. I can't recommend him high enough. His name is Naval and is based in Clapham - his number is 02077389199 - I can't remember the name of his practice. If you have any further questions please just ask Good luck with your new baby

Mine is OBSESSED with Bob the Builder and basically DIY in general. He won't play or talk about anything else. I quite like that he has an interest but talking about it non stop drives me to distraction. When we go away I won't take any of his tools away but he'll make tools out of sticklebrick or just use spoons and forks to do the business for him!!! It did come in useful when the World Cup and Wimbledon were on. I'd bring out Daddy's big ladder and climbing up and down that kept him occupied for hours. In answer to your question how long will it last I have no idea but mine has been obsessed since about 1 and he is now nearly 3 and doesn't seem to be going off it.

I'm an ex JAGS girl from 11+ (went to Dulwich Hamlet before). I didn't get into JAPS because at the 4+ interview I refused to talk, not even a word, even though trust me i'm a HUGE chattabox and at 7+ i think I had to do a few maths questions and I told them I had never done maths before (i had and apparently from my mother was quite good at it!!!). Thankfully at 11+ I didn't freak and took the exam successfully!!!

DM - sorry another question If my daughter gets in at 4 to JAPS will we have to reapply at 7+ and 11+ or will she automatically get in as she's already at the school? Thanks in advance

I had same problem with my boy and did lots of research and came across this book on lind. I have to say I didn't actually use it as maltesers actually worked their magic after a few weeks however I have heard great things. Good luck

SB - I totally feel for you and understand. My now nearly 3 yr old was a great baby to wean and then literally at 15 months things changed and he literally refused everything except for pasta and pesto and marmite on toast. No matter how many people said just chill he's trying to get a rise out of you i continued to get stressed EVERY SINGLE DAY. Basically I just used to puree all vegies and put it into the pesto (i tried to tell him tomato sauce was red pesto but he was having none of it). We tried eating with him regularly, blar blar blar but nothing worked. He was a bit better with grandparents when we weren't there but stil not great. HOWEVER it does get easier. We now have a 9 month old baby who i've been doing a bit of puree but probably more "finger foods" and now that he sees his little sister eating vegies and pasta with tom sauce and meat that hasn't been mashed into something to hide what it is suddenly literally about 2 weeks ago things totally changed. I think also it has to do with the fact that i'm concentrating on her so he's being ignored with his throwing food everywhere antics Keep breathing deeply but from my experience it's a long old nightmarish experience!!! Good luck

in a church - not sure what the form was getting them out under God's roof!!! (sorry, I hope I don't offend anyone with that comment)

I totally agree with Pickle. We have "locked" our under sink cupboard as it contains poisonous stuff however other than that it is a case of teachign them no and what not to do. as soon as our no1 was able to crawl up the stairs we never carried him down (unless we had carried him up in the first place if that makes sense) - it was a case of saying turn around turn aroudn turn aroudn and pysically turning him around - i know this sounds like quite a while but it took us less that 4 weeks and we never had to say it again, if he was upstairs he would come down backwards - i was lucky to be at home so was able to inforce this i suppose it also helps cos he will go round to all his/my friends houses and will never go for cupboards, drawers etc cos he knows he can't go near them at ours however the friends of his (my friends kids) who have every cupboard/door/room locked will take first opportunity to open them at others houses and then accidents happen - if that makes sense my advice woudl be - be sensible but don't go overboard

totally agree blackout blinds or binliners - a must for toddlers - don't take anything, just buy a bucket, spade and ball out there (will a lot cheaper buying out there) food food food food food for the aeroplane - even if you are a parent that doesn't agree with snacks - make a fabulous fruit salad (you can take it through as baby food as long as you taste it) and it'll shut them up for AGES toddlers - stickers books and (sorry, please don't yell at me) portable dvd players for just moving, crawling, wandering babies - just a strong back as you wander up and down and up and down and up and down that aisle!!! honestly, don't panic cos they will be quiet and fine as long as you are prepared for them to entertain the rest of the people on the flight we have just come home from our hols - don't know who is more mad - mrpebbles who had to sing bob the builder non stop for 3 hours or me who had to crawl up and down aisle with miss pebbles non stop for 3 hours!!! - well worth the travel though - hols were fab good luck for everyone's summer hols - it'll be worth it

my 8m old is in a 30 degree room says therm (windows have been open ALL day so i can't actually believe how hot it is up there) - currently in nappy and 1 tog gro bag and with windows and door open - think will close window when we go to bed but keep door open 2 1/2 yr old in shorts and tshirt and under a duvet cover but no duvet (ie i took the duvet out) no idea about temp of his room all i know is i'm still in shorts and tshirt and am hot - i'm sure i don't worry this much on holiday but then again i'm sure i have fans and air cons on hols!!! another thing i think is warmth makes kids sleep better - lets all hope for a good nights sleep

me again!!!! i know i could just phone them up so sorry for all these questions - can non members pay that amount and still take their kids?

Pls ignore my last message - have just reread the website adn it looks like there is also a footy course for 1-4 yr olds - yipeee

JAGS also sounds like a fabulous option cos although we are still happy with Little Kickers however we inevitably get booked up on a Sat and can't make it. Just looked on JAGS website and it looks like it's from 4 upwards which is too old for us - prdarling -can you confirm this age - thanks

Oakwood must have changed their policies as i had no.2 with them and was given their pager number at my booking in appt. I know we have to give midwives a break as i can't imagine how busy they must be sometimes HOWEVER there is no way not one person didn't hear these messages and therefore to not respond - even just to say we can't do anything go to hospital - is appalling. I don't know whether you can change F however I had phenominal service with Oakwood and they always responded - the hv however are a different matter!!!!

Thinking of you, pray all is ok and you have been seen

We rolled towels and put either side of misspebbles. i'm afraid it lasted for a while - and to be honest she still doesn't roll back but is now happy to sleep on her front. good luck - very annoying stage

yes chocolate buttons definitely worked a treat with no 2's