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(writing as a mum) often can take a while for the tummy to properly settle after a bug - at similar age bugglet had a similar bug and after just over 48hrs vomit free had an enormous vomit while friends were round which v nearly covered one of the other babies (luckily the mum had v speedy reactions!). If she's still having wet nappies & regular poo am sure she's on the mend but if you're not happy with SELDOC try & see your GP ASAP x

Maybe make sure you take in a favourite toy/blanket - take it down to the anesthetic room. It then (without them realising) keep hold of it & give it back to them in recovery so that it doesn't get lost in theatre. Bugglet had to have an op at 10wks old & found it really useful to take her grobag in and popped her in it in recovery (with the zip undone a bit so that the pulse probe could be on her foot). Would consider doing this again if she was still in grobags (with agreement of the nurses).

Use to live right by the first 42 stop, was an ok-ish route, but for work (at Kings) found it as quick to walk down the hill - especially with winter coming better than getting cold waiting for a bus!

Metanium cream - in a yellow pack... Use sparingly as a little goes a long way & try to leave bubs bare bottomed as & if you can. Rest assured that it should ease up once the ab's have finished x

Would look into post-natal care as much as ante-natal care... while awkward to travel round for antenatal visits think the postnatal ones are more important. AFAIK even if you're at tommy's for the birth, they don't come to do your post-natal visits, that is passed onto Kings. I'm not aware of how smooth that transition is and would want to check how it happens/if this means a bigger gap between leaving hospital and having home visit... am sure those who've had babies at tommy's can tell you how this worked.

Oh cripes yes... Makka Pakka & his OCD, Iggle Piggle's anxiety/narcolepsy not to mention the inadequate social housing offered to the Pontipines and don't get me started on Upsy Daisy...!

...exactly Ted (although are you trying to get this moved to the drawing room?) :)

Miss Mouse's is different too... Bit sad, but remember seeing on the cbeebies website that they'd redone MM & stuffy's videos. Hope they repeat the most recent series soon as Penelope isn't a patch on Uki!

Ah, see I like Miss Mouse's song but for Bugglet it's the "Groovy Moves" that gets her on her feet and dancing! Am slightly concerned that the highpoint of my first day back at work was having a Dad say to his little boy that I was as silly as Mr Tumble!! (he did mean it as a compliment!)

Think there's a bit of confusion between side rooms (which offer privacy) and private rooms (which are paid for). As far as I'm aware, there aren't private maternity rooms... There is a private patients ward (which are the only private beds I'm aware of) but this is in a different wing to all of the maternity services and not staffed by midwives. Especially as the reason for staying in being that yourself or your baby are needing further care/observation incase something untoward happens I don't think I'd want to be so far away from where midwives/neonates/gyne are based.

Hmm... Happy for bugglet to find her own way (maybe into something caring but more profitable/less stressful!!). The nurse does look a bit like me though!

One of Bugglet's best pressies was an ELC ambulance which has sirens (not too noisy though) and has a nurse, ambulanceman & patient with a trolley - she loves putting them in & out of the ambulance & opening/closing the doors!

A&E jobbie I'm afraid - sounds like the antibiotics are doing the job by fighting the infection and so creating lots of pus, but without it having popped yet there's nowhere for it to go so has built up the pressure (and is prob really painful poor chap :( ) GP wouldn't have the equipment to be able to incise and drain (which it sounds like this needs). Typically, they pop on their own so don't need this, but sounds like No 1's might need some help! Is worth getting him to keep the finger elevated (hand to opp shoulder or just as high as his head) to help reduce the throbbing. (annoyingly this is a few days early to catch me back!)

...managed to post without reading 2nd page - yak you put what I was thinking much better (& several hrs earlier!!). SW - think you should attend with sash & tiara to celebrate your services to ED mums :D xx

:( count me in for the next one... Working till 10pm Tues & Fri's and also busy the Wed night that week (need a night in between shifts!) v annoying as would be good to catch up/meet everyone.... Maybe should look at doing this every few months.

Have just settled Bugglet this week at nursery & got myself in a big stressy heap about her nap (was awake till 1am worrying on Wed night!) as their (IMO outdated) sleep policy doesn't allow gro-bags which we've always used both for naps but see as a naptime cue. I headed over to collect her at 4pm nervously to find she'd slept for nearly 2hrs (not far short of what she'd do at home!). Am really annoyed that I allowed myself to worry so much as it made a tiring week more so. However, being out the other side am feeling far more positive about the nursery and the lovely team working in her room and can instead work out if I remember how to do my job! :)

Sorry for the slight tangent, but has anyone else when seeing the title of this thread thought "surely it's easier to use skis?" (I'll get my coat!)

Babble & Squeak isn't :(. Tina & Co are taking a break ?until their own kids are a bit older. Think the Plough group may be on a Tues (there's a recent thread) no clue about The Mag. HTH x

I must've looked a bit strange going down the road as I was worried Ted (as I call him) could've been pushed off the wall so was looking not just on each bit of wall but perking over the otherside incase he'd fallen off... Sorry to anyone living along there who wondered what my interest in walls/gardens was!

While I agree on the whole with your points e-dealer, the outdoor gym equipment IS designed for adults & children playing on it is a bugbear of mine have looked after plenty of children who've ended up in A&E with injuries after playing on it even when *supervised*. Similarly, am sure you'd be annoyed if your children couldn't get on the swings/climbing frames for adults playing on them.

Found him!! Thanks v much littlemoo :-)

Ooohh - sounds v much like him - was trying to look all around when I retraced my steps but concentrated on the pavement/road! will pop out as soon as bugglet wakes from nap - if anyone lives nearby and can confirm the toy looks like this & wouldn't mind taking him in for me to collect then please PM me and I'll be in touch asap. Thanks in hopeful advance littlemoo x EDT - local friend is having a look to check for me so hood off taking him in yet!

Jellycat "bashful Labrador" dropped by bugglet between forest hill road co-op and homemade (via St Aidans Road, Underhill Road & Barry Road) between 10am & 1040am. Retraced steps but no sign of him - Currently has identifying mark of a raspberry stain to the mouth! Fingers crossed he's somewhere around.

I don't think emla is licensed for use in under 1yr olds, also, it is just the outer layer of skin that is numbed (jabs go into the muscle) so only offer minimal pain relief. Having helped with more blood tests/injections than Bugglet's had hot dinners, my big tips would be to concentrate on staying relaxed yourself - is very easy to get stressed trying to calm your child down & the child then picks up on your stress so won't relax. My other tip is to hold them on your lap facing you with their head on your shoulder and your arms over their shoulders and either stroking the back of their head/encircling their back. The benefits of this are that you can "screen" them from seeing what's about to happen & also it is easier to stop them from suddenly moving/flinching out of the way (thus making it safer for all involved, plus, helps reduce risk of needed 2nd/3rd attempts which heighten the stress for ALL involved. I really like bumpkins comment as well and have seen the significant differences that preparation can make. Maybe even play Dr's & Nurses with them to help them see it positively. Finally, if at the Dr's/hospital never, ever, tell a child that if they don't behave the Dr or Nurse'll give them an injection - firstly because it'd never happen, and secondly, injections aren't a punishment! Have had this happen several times and always make it very clear that that won't be the case!

I agree with mima08 on checking if a book would be required (obv ignore this if you've been asked to suggest a book). When I lost my dad (very suddenly 11yrs ago) I wanted to talk to my family and friends (who'd known him) and share memories, tears and laughter. Don't think a book talking about death/showing ways to grieve would have helped. Maybe if I was having problems/struggling with feelings a few months down the line I may have looked into a book, but not in the early days/weeks, infact, I think I'd have been upset by it and felt it suggested that I wasn't grieving "correctly" (had one friend tell me I sounded too happy when I told her I'd lost my dad when actually it was the first time I'd managed to say it in one go without crumpling).