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Hi Frankie77. I had the same thing with my son when he was about 14 months. He had previously been a good sleeper but following an illness he began repeatedly waking up at 4 am. Not particularly wanting anything other than calling for Mummy. I tried the 'wake to sleep' method and have to say that it worked wonderfully for my LO. I think it's the method recommended by the Baby Whisperer. Basically, you set your alarm for about an hour before the time they usually wake, so in my case it was a 3am alarm and then you go into their room and gently 'wake' them. I just used to gently rub his back and talk softly to him - enough to rouse him but not fully wake him up. Then you settle them back down and they go back to sleep. The idea is that their waking at 3/4 am has become a habit so you need to interrupt it. So you break the cycle by half waking them before their natural body clock does. Anyway, for whatever reason it worked really well for my son and after three days of doing this he went back to his previous sleep pattern. I'm sure If you google it you can find more info. Hope this helps - I do still remember how exhausting it was.

Hi. We live in Upland Road and have just this minute got our post. Three Christmas cards and all three very carefully slit open at the bottom. We presume nothing taken but don't know for sure. Who should we contact to make aware?

Same on upland road. Phoned them several times and spoke to someone called Ryan Michael, who is in charge of subscriptions as we hadn't received it in months. A family member pays to advertise in it and had mentioned that his usual amount of work that he received from East Dulwich through advertising in it had declined recently which prompted me to find out why. Ryan said he'd look into it and a week later called back to say he'd spoken to the distributors in ED and there didn't appear to be a problem. Said he'd also spoken to other Upland Road residents who confirmed they were receiving it(not sure if this is true) but sent me a copy of November one in post. Still havent got december one though!

My 18 month old has been unwell and from previous experience of DMC, i knew better than to try to phone to get an appointment.. So, I had to wake him up at 7, having had a very restless night, go down there in the pouring rain and queue from 7.40am. I was third in the queue of about 8 and the first appointment available was for 9.30am. So I had to go home in the rain again, then go back down for half nine. There were only 3 other people waiting, it didn't seem busy. I think it is ridiculous that to secure an appointment, people are having to go to such lengths. I will complain to the PCT.

Done. Excellent. Thank you again DulwichDeviant!

My 16 month old has a dreadful cold at the moment - his nose is constantly dripping but his breathing sounds so bunged up at the same time! Sneezing constantly too and off his food and generally a lot more unhappy. Am giving saline nose drops, Vicks vaporub, karvol on a tissue and Vicks humidifier in his room when he sleeps and he does seem to be sleeping fairly normally. Have the paralink suppositories for when he seems more uncomfortable but only seemed able to get these when I am in the Republic of Ireland.

Thanks Huguenot and DulwichDeviant! I wish I'd known that before installing it as I had lots of favourite videos stored on it! I'll give one of those replacements a try you suggested Huguenot - thanks for the advice.

I am absolutely rubbish with computers so I might just be being a numpty but yesterday my iPad came up with some sort of update which I just agreed to - turns out its the ios6.0 update. Since it installed itself I seem to have lost my YouTube application icon and when i go to install it again, it brings me up with so many different variations,but none that look like the original, bog standard YouTube app. Any ideas how I can get it back? Also, I don't suppose there is a way of uninstalling an update once you've accepted it? Thanks for any help.

Definitely pear rust! Looks exactly like the photos I've seen. My pear tree is rusty! Bit like me!

Well, after a heavy night, I often have spots, can be a bit greasy and am frequently told it's bad enough to make your toes curl. Does that count?

Can I drink the Bordeaux afterwards?! ;-)

Oh ok! Well all the remaining leaves seem okay for now, but I guess they could still become infected? We will see. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the advice London log and Uncle Glen. Not sure how cutting off leaves will work uncleglen but it's done now and to be honest, the leaves looked so horrid - at least now they're gone. Anyway, I'm off to google grease bands!

Thanks Red Devil - that definitely sounds and looks like what it is. I'm off into the garden with my pruners to cut off all the leaves. I'm going to have a very sorry looking pear tree left!

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I've just checked our tree and we have the > same thing. Are those eggs under the leaves? I have no idea - whatever they are, it is really rather horrid looking. I'd say it is on a good 60% of all the leaves. I don't know whether to take off all the affected leaves?

Here we go, i think!

Managed to attach the photos

Can anyone help? Our pear tree, as well as our neighbours, seems to have some sort of disease. The leaves have got large yellow patches on them and underneath the leaves are a sort of brown, spiky attachment. Ironically, the pears this year have been beautiful. Our neighbour has completely cut hers down but we are loathe to do this as it is such a lovely tree. Does anyone have any idea what it could be and how we could treat it? I will try to attach a photo but have never done it before so can't promise success!

Hi there. My son who is now nearly 16 months, suffered dreadfully from reflux when he was little. Feeding just became a nightmare as I used to dread seeing his little body writhing in pain. GP was so unhelpful and just prescribed baby Gaviscon which only served to give him constipation, making him even more uncomfortable. I was then given this horrid, synthetic baby formula which was so thick and gloopy it was almost impossible for him to drink and didn't seem to reduce the reflux. At the end of my tether, I went to see Lizzie Lomax, a Paediatric Cranial Osteopath at Dulwich Therapy Rooms on Lordship Lane. It was such a relief to at last have someone who really listened and didn't dismiss my worries. After working on my son, she advised me to move him on to goats milk. The change in him was instantaneous. Almost overnight, he became settled, happy and content. I appreciate that your little one has allergies which further complicates things but I would strongly recommend Lizzie for a different perspective on things. Good luck - I know full well how awful it is to see your little one in such discomfort. I hope you manage to find a way of making your son better whichever route you go down.

Hi! I'm a single mum to a 16month old and I'd love to meet up too if that's ok. So far, am I right to assume it will be somewhere on thursday of next week?

I absolutely adore Into My Arms. Quite possibly the most beautiful lyrics ever. Love it.

thanks for your ideas Esme. Now I just have to pluck up the courage and decide to go for it!

I am sitting in my garden, enjoying a glass of red wine, absolutely loving the sound of children from various neighboruring gardens, out playing in their gardens having a lovely, fun late evening playing ball and doing what kids should be doing.

So glad you feel less stressed about things now. Don't worry - we all go through it in one way or another. Just remember, things will get better. Sx

I wish there was a 'like' button as I really wanted to like Fuschias post! I did exactly the same thing. I think I secretly enjoy going to Sainsburys just so that I can vent my frustrations and stresses from the week on the inconsiderate arses who park in the Parent and Child spots when they clearly have no child with them. I do confront people who park there as I am desperately trying to struggle with little one, bags of shopping, a faulty trolley and no space to open my car door to get the little one in. But one particularly stressful day I did actually angrily knock on someone's window who was sitting there, only to see a child sitting in the back. I had to mumble my apologies and beat a hasty retreat!