birnehelene

I second the BJ Versa. We have the GT model and I am very happy with it (my daughter is now 27 months) - I would probably go for the standard model as it is lighter. There is a Baby Jogger Facebook group where you can buy second hand. Alternatively the Njoy Petite Star Bubble - is like a Maclaren but with parent facing option.

There is a facebook group called Dulwich Aupairs United (DAU) - our au pairs have found friends via the group very quickly. Our current au pair is leaving in a few weeks time and our next au pair, who is also from germany, is arriving on 22nd February. I will PM you her details to pass on to your au pair.

Got one now thank you!

I use a Mei Tai for my almost 2 year old. Its a toddler size Mei Tai and I find it very comfortable and easy to use.

Our new au pair has also just started and is keen to make friends. I will PM her email address.

As Fuschia says it is open wc 19th August. Then open again from 9th September. I spoke to Lynda (the lady who runs the creche) the other day and she told me that there will be lots of spaces on all of the days as many children are starting primary school in September.

My partner's niece was born on Monday in the US so shares a birthday with the prince. Apparently my partner's family has a connection with the royal family of Babungo in Cameroon. So she is also a little princess.

Also just to add I thought goats milk has a high lactose content - I might be wrong?

We were told by GP to use Oat milk instead when my daughter had problems with cows milk (around same age as your son). I think its called Oatly.

See this post: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,1128035,1129080#msg-1129080 I have also used Napisan with great success.

Oh dear! That was us - thank you Bumpy! We actually almost managed to leave our keys there too.

Tingalingo at rye books? Never been myself but have seen it advertised.

Sounds like a good option.

I would also recommend a BJ Citi Mini for the purpose - you can pick one up second hand on the forum or on Facebook group: Baby Jogger Buy, Sell, Chat. But definitely more expensive than Maclaren

Probably easiest to take the train from denmark hill/peckham rye to either city thameslink or farringdon and then walk (I don't think it would be more than a 10 minute walk)

On offer again at Zulily...

Kent coast e.g. Whitstable, RAF Museum, Whipsnade Zoo, Legoland, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, Riover boat tour. There are some great websites if you google things to do in london with kids and there is plenty of free stuff too.

www.justineperryphotography.com - Lovely local lady who has two children and definitely knows how to make you feel at ease for your shoot. or http://adamandhannah.co.uk/ - A couple who take wodnerful, natural shots. They work as a team and have captured some beautiful shots of my daughter!

www.ariadnasole.com - 'birthmatters' on the forum. I did NCT so can't say what its like but I am sure there will be couples on here who have been to her course.

Just to add I strongly believe that teaching children strategies to cope with emotions or with different situations they encounter or things they are expected to do is key. In my work I have often encountered parents who are at their wits end because their children are not going to sleep or are not following instructions etc, but actually the foundations had not been laid down. So the child might not have been taught any strategies to help the drop off to sleep or they did not have the capacity to see all the steps involved in the instructions. So in those cases its the going back to basics that helps those situations but children are still going to have tantrums - sometimes more and sometimes less.

Ole As a psychologist I completely agree that it is important to acknowledge feelings of frustration and this is absolutely appropriate with tantrums. When my daughter has a tantrum I acknowledge her feeling and also give her a hug when this is appropriate (obviously not wanting to go to bed tantrum will not warrant extended hugging and saying sorry that I am leaving, but instead helping her to use her comfort object, putting music on etc - unless you follow a more attachment parenting approach which is fine). Once you have acknowledged the feeling it is then best to ignore or distract rather than give more attention. Of course there are times where tantrums require more explanations or cuddles, depending on the situation. However ignoring does not mean that the emotion is not ok to have and ignoring doesn't mean putting toddler out of sight or completely giving the cold shoulder. But instead you are trying to teach them strategies to learn to cope with their emotions (whether this is done verbally or by actual examples) by acknowledging and helping them to move on. Part of their comfort strategy when they have a tantrum might indeed be a cuddle with their parents.

WorkingMummy I am glad to hear you found the book useful. I think its a wonderful book! We all know that ignoring tantrums when it is appropriate is incredibly effective as any attention (be it positive or negative attention) is what keeps behaviours going, but actually doing the ignoring and being consistent is oh so hard! Those little ones sure know how to push our buttons and I agree tantrums don't necessarily get easier as they change all the time (think teenager...) but you learn to live and cope with them. And then sometimes its really hard and thats also ok! Nobody said that parenting is easy right?

I had a Baby Jogger Summit XC and used a BuggySnuggle which worked very well. Now I have BabyJogger City Versa and I have a Kaiser Footmuff which is lovely and fits very well. The baby jogger footmuffs are not great especially as they don't come up very high.

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Maclaren Volo or Uppababy G Luxe fold very small I think.