KatDew

I have kids there, as people have said both stations are quite walkable 5-10 mins at the most so not far. You can't always park right outside the nursery (especially at the moment as there is building work next door) but the road down from champion hill there is usually parking. I've been using the nursery for the last 4 years and have been very happy with it.

I've been in a few times since it re-opened. Generally it's been ok but it varies every time. The first time the drinks were very over priced but had come down in price the next time I went in. Had one fairly reasonable meal evening meal. One sunday lunch that was very good. Went in this sunday though and it was very disappointing. The food was cold and the roast beef was like over cooked dry leather. And the place was freezing. It has been pretty quiet every time I've been in though which does make me wonder how long it will last.

my son never really got along with the buggy board either attached to a bugaboo chameleon or the city select. He did use it at times as we didn't really have any choice (he was 2years 5 months when my twins were born. He fairly quickly decided that he was better off under his own power. We got him a balnace bike and he went everywhere in that instead

What do the schools tend to do around here? Obviously most the kids would get to school fairly easily but some of the teachers might be travelling a lot further. Do the schools round here tend to have impromtu snow days or open regardless? My son is in reception at DVI but obviously feel free to add about all schools

It's not just the car itself thats the issue it can also be the car seats themselves. I'm making the assumption being that you are talking two newborn seats and a toddler seat that you have a toddler and are expecting twins? We had this situation and therefore ended up with an interesting mix of car seats! If you are buying new then Halfords etc can try various models for you and see what fits best. We ended up buying a zafira and putting one child in the back row for this reason

I have one. As the above poster said the back seat is narrow so you can only accomodate two car seats. The back row is hard to access if you are using the middle row with car seats strapped in and when the back seats are both up the boot is tiny. However the good points is mine goes a long way on a tank of fuel. It's a reasonable car to drive and feels ok to park etc. So far it's been reliable. It's a good car but having spent the last two and a half years posting a baby/toddler in via the boot and having to climb in myself to strap them in... I'm not sure it's the ideal car for young children

Just read the thread properly and realised you had managed to get an appointment

Might sound like an odd suggestion but you could ask your dentist. It's the face area and they put in and take out stitches all the time.

Just to add whilst I understand your annoyance I don't think you were 'turned away from a Church at Christmas'. The goose green centre whilst attached to St John's, is hired out during the week. The groups that are run out of the goose green centre are mostly not affiliated with the church

I take it she is upto date with her immunisations? Whooping cough has been doing the rounds

We've resorted to a dehumidifier. It's not that noisey, although I turn ours off at night. Ours has an optional mode where it only cuts in when the humidity reaches a certain level. In our case running the dehumidifier a couple of evenings a week seems to keep the problem under control. We only got ours this autumn so I haven't seen what it's done the the energy bills yet

Same happened with my son. We dropped the bottles and he refused to drink milk for about a year. He will now happily drink it in a cup. I'm trying to drop the bottles with my twins. They're not brilliant about drinking milk from cups but it's not the out right refusal that my son perfected. However one of my twins is fairly titchy and I don't want her to completly stop drinking any milk. The issues with prolonged bottle use are: -delayed speech -dental malocclusion -increased risk of tooth decay -an increased chance of ear infections. Most of these can be minimised by keeping exposure time minimal. The kid who has a bottle of cow's milk that they drink in 10minutes or less whilst sitting up is going to be at very small risk of any of the above. However if it's formula/follow on milk or juice in the bottle and they have it for prolonged periods of time, ie in the bed/ pushchair and are allowed to walk around with their bottle then the chances of the above are greatly increased.

I had a similar problem with my kids, what worked on my well rounded son (although he's lanky as anything now) didn't work on one of my skinny daughters. The idea of stripping the nappies is a good one. They get build ups of limescale and washing powder which can affect their absorbancy..... you can use white vinegar for this or weirdly a dishwasher tablet and lots of rinses works. If it's detergent build up you'll see bubbles in the washing machine even when no detergent added. In this case a couple of hot washs helps a lot. If it's skinny legs you possibly need to alter the rise on the nappies. Have a play around with the settings to try and get a better fit. Lastly girls have a different 'wet' zone. Sometimes getting a small bamboo or hemp booster and putting it in the 'wet' zone helps.

how old is you daughter? Could you and an extra booster to improove absorbency? Or is it the fit of the nappy itself

I went back six months after my first baby, same job but reduced hours. A year later I took on a second part time job as a career stepping stone. My second pregnancy was twins. I went back to my original job after 7 months and my other job after a year. I did however after a year find doing both jobs too much and found I wasn't spending enough time with the kids. So I dropped back to doing my original job 25 hours a week. I work in a senior professional role

I gave up at 15 months both with my singleton and the twins (suddenly like you it got too much) Cut down a feed at a time. We found the mid day one was easiest, followed by the bedtime one then the morning weirdly was the hardest. I wasn't feeding at night at that point though so no advice there. Good Luck and well done for doing such an amazing job

Unfortunately a friend had things stolen from a car on Abbotswood road on saturday as well. The car was only there for 40 mins but he had forgotten to lok it. Seems that there are some people scoping out the area again. It may well be the same group who were responsible for all the burglaries over the summer.

I've had children in the Mother Goose on Greendales (near Sainsburys) for over 4 years (3 kids). I only have good things to say. They have lots of well managed and well designed outside space. The staff are lovely and there is very little Staff turnover. They have an outstanding from ofsted. It's the same company as the one you mentioned but a different branch. If I was to make any critism sometimes their organisation from the admin point of view can be a little slow, never to interfere with the childcare though.

Congratulations! Twin shock can take a long time to settle, so take it slowly I have a set of twins and from a variety of twin mums experience have come across many mums where intially a mono pregnancy was suspected only to find the divide later at 12 or 16 weeks even. Kings is a leading centre for twins so you are in good hands. My son was 2 years 5 months when my twins were born (I did only have one however) you all adapt surprisingly quickly. I can recommend DDTC as well and there are a number of internet forums that can offer a wealth of advice and experiences.

I think that there should be some discretion involved from both sides. It can be very difficult for a mother with a very young baby to fold up the buggy on the bus. Do we suggest she just puts the baby on the floor whilst she does this? At the same time I have a set of twins and whilst now they are ok as two year olds, as younger babies there is no way I could have folded up their pram and safely managed the pair of them on a moving bus. If we were all waiting at the bus stop I can understand letting a wheel chair user go first. Anyone who uses buses with a pram knows you have to wait your turn. Frequently 2/3 buses will go past and you can't get on as there is already people with prams using the spaces, especially if you are waiting for space for a twin buggy! However if having waited for my turn, found a bus with space for my pram and as stated being in a situation where I couldn't fold my pram I think I would be quite upset to be made to get off the bus at that point. I understand disability discrimination but surely to evict someone when they also have no alternative is also discriminatory?

I have twins who turned 2 in august, one is brilliant on the scooter and can keep up with her 4.5 year old brother.... the other is fairly rubbish at it if I'm honest but she's enjoying it! We never got a lot of use out of our trike with our eldest but the scooters are brilliant. Not all kids can manage it at 2 though, I think my eldest was nearly 3 before he 'got it'.

Mine took about 90mins it was just past my shoulder at the time. I haven't had my hair dryer or straightners out since

I'm not entirely sure what chemical was used in mine but it was done in balham in a salon called 'Brazilian beauty' by a brazilian lady. I wouldn't be surprised if it was still the old chemicals.... and it wasn't anything like ?200.

It's genius. I had mine done last in mid may, it's beginning to need re-doing now, so it's lasted a good 5 months.

I agree this is a lovely group. I went there lots with my eldest and it was nice to go back again when I had my twins as well