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How about some Janet Kay and Carol Thompson? Those were the days!

Nothing is free anymore! My now 16 year old had his brace on at 12 for two years and now has 'perfect teeth'. He had to have two top and two bottom teeth out due to overcrowding. This was then FREE treatment. This wasn't considered cosmetic but necessary treatment at the time. My now 13 year old had an appointment at the dentist a year ago who said he thought she would need braces. Went to the orthodontist to be told no and if I said yes would have to pay ?2,500 with ?600 on the spot! Apparently the "rules" have now changed and she was 1 mm out of their range to qualify for free treatment. I asked for a second opinion at another ortho (they are few and far between) and they said she does qualify for free treatment and I have an appointment for her in September after being on a waiting list. I want to get my daughter's teeth sorted but couldn't afford ?2,500. The second ortho said I don't have to pay. I think a lot of kids will miss out of this and we will see the consequences in a few years time.

There have been other threads about Bessemer Grange a while back. Type it in the search box.

Hi Sawyerphin, What's happening during the daytime with your son? Guess he wouldn't be at nursery etc. now as they all closed. Keeping him awake during the day is the aim with most 4 year olds then winding down from, say, 7.00? Have you tried the book, bath, then to bed approach? He probably needs to be in bed by 7.30 - 8.00pm. Sorry can't remember as it was so long ago my 16 year old was like this. He was terrible for sleep and as you can see I'm still a nightowl all these years later due to lack of sleep! My two younger daughters slept like logs so it must be a boy thing. You say he has just started coming in at every hour. Could be he is worried about dark etc. (have you a nightlight thing like a plugin). Does he ask for anything like milk, water, toilet. Make sure he been to the toilet before bed and restrict lots of drinking as this would wake him. I suppose you are probably doing this anyway so sorry if it sounds obvious. Like you, I couldn't have a four year tossing and turning with me all night (some are fine with this) so you need to be really firm with him and maybe reinforce this message during the daytime. Maybe try a sticker method or reward chart during the daytime to remind him. Good luck.

Yep - I've seen it in the South London Press - it's for dogs and cats - will be taking one of my cats along. I've already had one chipped by the RSPCA in a Bermondsey free event a couple of years ago and they were really friendly and helpful. Don't know if it makes any difference if they are chipped as she went missing a year ago and noboby would have know she was chipped. (Somebody took her in because of poster I had posted). I now put collars on mine for most of the time but don't really like doing this as one of my neighbours recently found Trixie's collar in her garden - so somehow she has been caught up in something and collar has come free (which it's supposed to do). Will still have Honey chipped on Sunday though!

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Yes it's fine - my youngest (10) has been a member for around a year and a half now. If you want to dress the penguins etc. it's a subscription fee of nearly ?4 a month and it seems ok - they keep you informed via e-mail and she seems to enjoy it. You name your penguin and can then interact, chat, dress, get things for the igloo! I got to hear about it from my great-nephew who was 6 at the time he started to play

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My 13 year old daughter enjoyed the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and has now moved on to Meyers' other novel, The Host. Minder

Hi - this could work I suppose if you are hovering after your baby every half hour but I don't think it's potty training as such. It might work for a while but then baby would regress and it would be much harder work at 2 and a half/3 years old.

Bessemer Grange by the way - not Bessemer Road.

Yes I would go with Jessie's advice. But even if the child was older than 14 months, someone should have been nearby. How do you know they were childminders? There is always a split second when something could happen to a child and the parent isn't looking - but it's good to know there are others around. Where were the one o'clock helpers?

I've just heard them and I live just off Red Post Hill, SE24 - my two cats came bounding in running behind the settee. I feel sorry for people with babies and young children who've just managed to sit down for the night!

Womanofdulwich - I don't think people would hesitate in telling Vik they weren't happy with The Charter or Kingsdale if their kids went to these schools and that was the case. That's why she's asking for advice. My son's tutor, who's had them since Year 7, was in tears a few weeks ago when the Year 11's left. My son was sad to leave as well although he's got a place at the 6th Form College there so can't stay away for long. I would have taken them out of Charter if they weren't happy. Although, it would have to be for something serious to be wrong with the school as we haven't much choice in Southwark have we? I took my youngest (then in Year 4) out of Bessemer Grange a year ago because I wasn't happy with it. My two eldest had gone there from Nursery to Year 6 but things changed.

Hi Vik - I have a daughter in Year 8 at The Charter and also a son who has just left Year 11 and is doing his GCSEs. They are both doing really well. My year 5 daughter will be going there too. I think with any school there can be problems for some students but so far I have never had any probs with the school and my two are always happy and eager to go in (even when they feel ill)! There was a stage around 8 months ago when a few of my sons teachers left but he seemed to stay on track. There is another post about The Charter and Kingsdale on the forum somewhere where a parent took her Year 8 daughter out to send to Kingsdale (can't remember the reason) so you could search for that. Another important thing is the travelling. Luckily we are 5 minutes walk from The Charter but Kingsdale is quite a secluded school transport-wise. I know as I also went there many moons ago and it was sometimes a nightmare getting buses home or sometimes the train - in the summer a lot of us used to walk it (took a good 40 minutes). Good luck with your decision.

Yep I read in last week's Southwark News or South London Press that they were opening another shop in ED.

What lowlife scum to do this to a 14 year old. Glad your son is ok but watch him for a while as this could unnerve him for a while even if he seems ok now. This happened to my 14 year old nephew and his friend a year or so ago in Herne Hill in broad daylight outside the costcutters. We all need to be made aware of this and I know I still worry when my 16 year old goes out.

A lot of community church halls etc. don't want to know when asked to put up a poster for something like this. Anyway, as said on another thread, that's how I got my lost cat back through flyposting.

Yeah, it's alright if you have someone with you to pack the stuff at the end, but the looks you get if you don't and it all ends up in a pile at the end! I won't use them on my own again.

Sean - what you said about the yellow noticeboards being everywhere - a couple of years ago my brother-in-law was violently attacked - had his jaw broken and beaten up at a bus stop on Denmark Hill by a group of youths. When trying to get a yellow noticeboard there he was told by the police that couldn't "because it lowered the tone of the neighbourhood".

Hi Clarabelle - I actually grew up from the age of 3 in Dylways and my Mum and Dad are still there and also four doors along is also my sister and her family. I think although it's "an estate" it's not rough at all, compared to some places. I would still feel safe walking around there at night, although probably because I grew up there and lived there until the age of 29 - and know the area. But you are near all the local schools, bus routes, parks, train stations etc. The estate is kept clean as far as I know - my mother and father-in-law live in the flats near the parade of shops in Crossthwaithe Avenue. They have had trouble with youths on motor bikes in that part of the estate but I think that has died down now. I still walk around the estate and know a lot of people living there.

There was an igloo on the Denmark Hill Estate - brick by brick - large enough for people to go inside.

There was an igloo built up on the Denmark Hill Estate - brick by brick and large enough for people to go into.