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Just wanted to second that! Nick has been teaching my 8 year old in person and over zoom this past year and she has made great progress and enjoyed the fun, varied and interesting lessons that Nick provides. Would really recommend!

I would like to recommend the wonderful Tina Bareham who recently made roman blinds in 2 of our bedrooms. She made the process so quick, so easy and then charged an incredibly reasonable amount. They look amazing. Her tel number is 07882316436. Cannot recommend highly enough. Thanks Tina!!!

I would love to recommend Ed & Rory McHenry as Decorators. They decorated our new 3 bedroom house from top to bottom and did a fantastic job. They previously did the same with our old flat and to a very high standard. They live locally, are very helpful, great to have around and I would not hestitate to recommend them. Contact details: Ed: [email protected] 07595 658 144 Rory: [email protected] 07814 562 100

I would love to recommend Paul who helped me recently twice with my mac computer that had liquid poured on it. He rushed over and gave it a total overhaul. It was totally dead and is now alive and well thanks to him!: Paw on the Button - Mac and PC Computer Repairs 020 8265 0450 075 9567 9275 www.pawonthebutton.co.uk [email protected]

I am so sorry, I recommended the wrong Pawel! I will do a new recommendation on another thread, my mistake!

Recommendation for Pawel who sorted out my dead MAC (cup of tea poured on it), not once but twice! He was super helpful and came almost straight away to my rescue. Would highly recommend! Thanks: Pawel [www.ukcomputers.eu] [email protected] 020 3086 7882

I would like to recommend Jerry and Winks they do music video parties - probably best for age 7 and above. They did an amazing job at my daughter's party, basically running the whole event so I could concentrate on the food and my demanding baby. The kids absolutely loved every minute. They film the party and make a brilliant video of the day. See their website for more details www.jerryandwinks.com. Any questions pm me. Oh and I know they do weddings, hen parties etc too.

take a look at http://www.jerryandwinks.com/ Slightly different to a disco party but maybe just what you need? They just did my daughter's party and were amazing, PM me with any questions

I would like to also recommend Alan at 123 Chimney Sweeps who was so quick, helpful and did a fantastic job. I don't think our chimneys had been swept for over 50 years and it must have been quite a challenge! Tel: 07956 385 112 0208 668 9914

I would like to recommend Peter Cooper (tel: 07960 589734 or email [email protected]), for any carpenter needs you might have. He specializes in handmade kitchens but will help with anything from wooden flooring to fitted bespoke furniture. Happy to answer any questions if you PM me. Thanks

I would like to recommend Daniel Stuttard, an osteopath. He and his colleagues treated me and my baby after a traumatic OP homebirth via the OCC (osteopathic centre for children) in wandsworth. He has a private practice locally and has continued to treat my baby and been fantastic. As far as I know he offers osteopathy as a whole but also is very experienced with children/babies. He is also lovely and was very sympathetic, supportive and understanding to me at a very difficult time with a refluxy miserable baby. tel 07905 231377 [email protected] Feel free to PM me if you want to ask any questions

thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated. I guess I just did not want to chuck them away as they are so expensive and it was a big decision for us to spend money on them in the first place! Will take to Kings unless anyone contacts me to say they are interested

Hi all, Got some ivf drugs we bought but then never used in the end. Clearing out our house and about to chuck them out. Contacted the people we bought them off but of course we cannot send them back. Does anyone else have any sensible suggestions? Just feels crazy to throw 4/500 quid's worth in the bin but obviously there is not much market for second hand drugs!!! We would not be looking to make any money from these, just wanted to see whether anyone had any suggestions? Not sure it is altogether ethical to give these away online either but please PM me if you have any thoughts. Thanks

Not sure if this is helpful but our baby was sick a lot in the early weeks (as well as being tongue tied) and we have consistently been getting treatment for her at the OCC in Wandsworth (osteopathic centre for children). Treatment is free but they ask for a donation, the mother can be treated too and you can park nearby but make sure you pay (just got a ticket today being absentminded!). I went with my first child for about 12 months and have now been going with the second for 4 months. They treat all types of baby and mother problems and have been amazing for us in so many ways. if you have any more specific questions PM me as don't come on the forum all the time. Good luck!

Thanks so much everyone, not checked this in a few days but was delighted to see a few tips and suggestions for me so thank you! Things have progressed on in hopefully a good way since I last posted, I read up a lot on reflux in infants and have tried (succeeded sometimes..) giving gaviscon for 48 hours or so. It seems to calm down the vomiting but the pain still seems to be very much present. However we (myself and my husband) are managing the situation better, I am keeping the feeding very calm, warm (wrapping in a blanket) and quiet. I am trying to feed on waking up so it is often a sleepy feed (which is working really well sometimes), we have elevated everything and are trying to keep her upright for quite a while after feeds. The only position she is really comfortable when just moving round the house is the tiger in the tree position which is quite good for any vomiting as it just splashes on the floor rather than on me! Re the gaviscon I think she does not trust us so much now and it is getting harder and harder to administer so I might ask for the rantidine from dmc soon (was seen by a helpful doc) and see how we get on with that. I am also now telling anyone who holds her/burps her etc not to do any jigging or patting on the back which has helped things post feeds. Just basically trying to not jolt her around and keep her calm has helped a lot. Also when a feed is not going well (pulling off/screaming/writhing etc) I am just taking her off, changing the scene etc and trying again when she is happier. That seems to help too. So we are all a bit happier at home and I am truly grateful for the advice!

Hi all, Read your comments with interest. My recent history - my daughter is 6 weeks old, breastfed (although 1 bottle of 100mls of formula in a bottle at 1030pm-ish), both her and me have thrush that is being treated and she just had her tongue tie cut 1 week ago (after brilliant consultations with Katie Fisher - lactation consultant who I would really recommend, details at bottom, she has been mentioned on the forum before). The latest issue in a long line of issues for both her and me post birth is that I think she has reflux. We are off to the doc tomorrow (dmc). Am presuming they will prescribe gaviscon and I have a few questions: do you have to boil the water you mix it with? Can you just squeeze out a bit of breastmilk instead and put in a tiny syringe? Can you use the gaviscon as and when you feel it might be helpful or do you need to be militant? Reading the thread my situation is not half as bad as many of you poor ladies, she is sleeping fairly well at night and the reflux is only in the day and not every feed but most of them but is making the days extremely upsetting and stressful and I feel I cannot do anything (apart from school pick up of my older daughter). I am feeling hopeless as cannot seem to help her and each feed is a nightmare. The best feeds are quietly at home and therefore I just don't feel I can do anything ever again! I am going to do the following having read up: propping her up after feeds and during sleep, go to the OCC in Wandsworth (I went here after my first daughter and it was brilliant), try a dummy (although she is a finger sucker and in a way having used the dummy first time round I would love to avoid it), try to get gaviscon from the doc but I wonder if you have any other advice? I am trying to avoid the sling, which I love because I now have a prolapse which is another total nightmare I am trying to deal with separately. Thanks so much L x ps. Lactation consultant recommendation for anyone that might need help with breastfeeding: Katie Fisher 07949 176 776, [email protected] - she runs the tongue tie clinic at Kings and you can either get her to come to you for any breastfeeding issues (best money I ever spent) or you can go and see her at her home or in the tongue tie clinic in Croydon. Mr Patel does the tongue tie procedure (consultant pediatric surgeon), we were going to go on the NHS but the doctor (dmc) was very unhelpful and unsympathetic and we decided to pay 120quid to get the tongue tie snipped the very next day after diagnosis (again money very well spent). Katie helped me first time round with lots of issues and has been unbelievably lovely and helpful this time also - I had no idea our daughter was tongue tied or that we both had thrush and the feeding has really improved.

I went through Dulwich Therapy Rooms to have acupuncture over a 2 month period and although I did not get pregnant it felt great to be doing something positive. I definitely felt better, especially after the initial sessions although towards the end I started to actually find it quite uncomfortable (and cold - it was during the winter). It helped me through a difficult period because the girl was so lovely (she was from Zita West clinic and doing some shifts at Dulwich Therapy) and it was nice to speak to a non hospital/medical person and to try to approach the whole situation in a different and non clinical way. I think it can be really helpful, when trying to get pregnant, to try to distract yourself with a few of these types of therapies to take away your anxiety and channel it into something positive. Strangely I did then get pregnant at a later stage just as I had done what I saw as 2 positive steps; firstly I booked a conception hypnotherapy session (that sounded great although I never went through with it due to the positive pregnancy test) and also 5 weeks after starting to take a herbal tincture recommended by my herbalist friend (I can PM you with her details if useful) which contained a hormonal balancing herb and some St John's Wort. This was after 3 years of trying and looking at lots of different options..... Who knows how it worked but our next stop was about to be IVF (which we delayed for a year because it just did not feel quite right - we had previously conceived naturally). I also hear acupuncture, as mentioned above, is extremely beneficial to go hand in hand with IVF or any other medical related attempt to get pregnant. GOOD LUCK!

We were recommended and bought the firstbike (http://www.firstbike.uk.com/) with the cross country tyres. Not cheap but amazing and we have had so much wear and it still looks good as new. So many people have stopped us and asked about it......Could not recommend highly enough!

I waited 45 minutes for a 37 in Herne Hill the other day from 1015pm. It was painful as I could have walked it in 20.