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Does anyone else get really sore, chapped hands since becoming a Mummy/Daddy? With the constant hand washing of caring for a little one, and attempting some house work too, mine are a complete state. Any suggestions?

My little one really enjoys it, but I need to make sure to get out of the pool whilst she's still enjoying it. If I wait until there is any sign of tiredness then by the time we get out and dressed it's too late! Like BizzyLizzy said just stay in maybe 15 or so minutes. Have fun...

Hello, Does anyone know of any alternative baby paracetamol products, which aren't full of E numbers and sucrose? I have not been precious about giving it to my baby, but now she has had several colds I have observed her behaviour I am pretty sure that on days when she's had regular (5 hour ish) doses all day, she acts very 'hyper' and kind of 'bouncy', usually for a half hour or so just before the next dose is due.

We're going to go to the All Saints service. Last year we went to their evening service and it was really lovely, friendly and Christmassy, so we were really pleased when we heard they had an afternoon family service.

Hello SianandTony My baby was born at 38 weeks according to the official due date (I think she was actually 36 and a half). I worked up until Thursday pm, my waters broke on Friday pm and she was here on Saturday! I would say, insist that the midwife properly examines you, including dilation, especially if you find you have some good breathing/yoga coping strategies. Mine was so convinced that as a first timer I couldn't be in labour for another 3 days and that I would be in much more obvious pain if I was, that the birth ended up being a big surprise to everyone! Good Luck...

My 9 months plus 3 weeks little one has just got over her latest few days phase of this too! She was very upset whenever I left the room, even to do things she is really very familiar with and even when I was right next to her but she couldn't get through a safety gate between us. I tried to act as if she was ok, just carrying on with whatever conversation or activicty when I returned. Her crying gradually got less and less over a number of days and now she's back to feeling more confident on her own for a few minutes. Having said that, I don't know whether that technique helped, or if she just would have got over it anyway!

Magpie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >Quick question, and excuse ignorance - I had my BCG when I was around 13 - is it now given to infants or is this a different jab? As i understand it this is the same jab but new research shows that the BCG is most effective when given as soon after birth as possible. > Perhaps one for the drawing room, but sadly the > rise of TB is yet another unintended consequence > of mass immigration in the last 10 years . . . . . I think it may have something to do with the government stopping the universal immunisation at 13 and the rise in levels of child poverty including overcrowded and unfit homes.

Hello missd On this Southwark Council web page you can download the surestart timetables for this term: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/childrenandfamilies/activities/familyactivities.html

I wonder if it's more likely that a company would be sued successfully and also that damages awarded would be larger in the USA? As the product and its instructions seem to be the same in Europe and USA I can't really think of any other reason for recalling there and not here.

Hello Oakwood midwives are also attached to Forest Hill Road Surgery (opposite the Co-op on Forest Hill Road). If you are registered with the practice for your GP you can use them. Not sure if there is a limited practice area.

My GP recently told me that the dosages of Calpol are really based on weight, rather than age. So if your baby is the weight that a small healthy one year old could be (see bottom centile on growth chart in red book) they could have the one year old dose even if they are younger.

I think that the forum is here for local people to support and discuss things with eachother, rather than to encourage spying and suspicion of one another.

Thank goodness for that. My husband and I have only been out on our own once since our baby came along and we were beginning to think we wouldn't be allowed to go again!

Does anyone have any top tips for helping a baby with a horrible blocked up and runny nose? So far I'm using saline drops, to help it loosen up, and a dose of Calpol if she has trouble sleeping. I'm also encouraging her to breastfeed as much as possible, plus trying to keep her warm and lots of cuddles. Thanks for your help...

Slightly off the subject of hospital bags, but after my little one came along I wished I had taken the advice to make up some easy dinners and put them in the freezer. Alternitively you could get a load of ready meals, ready made up pastas, sandwiches, anything you can just grab and, of course, if you are breastfeeding, cakes, biscuits and more cakes!

Yes Moos, the amount of new legislation encouraging us to not trust eachother is worrying. It's only a few days since this new government scheme was in the news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8156124.stm

Hello There should be bookstart at Ivydale children's centre at 1.45. It is printed in the Let's Go timetable as being Mon pm, but I turned up yesterday to be told thy have swapped it to today. Was a good experience though, as Miles who runs it showed me round the lovely new centre, sounds like they've got some nice things planned.

Good luck SianandTony, we were fine with a similar experience. When I was expecting we had very noisy downstairs neighbours, who specifically played music in the room below what was to be the nursery. I was rather worried and a bit down that I wouldn't be able to provide the lovely peaceful space I dreamt of for baby. However, like others have said, when she came along we were so out of it that we didn't notice! Also, my little one didn't notice; the only thing that really disturbed her was something like me sneezing if she was on my lap asleep. Luckily the neighbours moved out later (now we're just waiting to see turns up next!!)

Just to let you know that my cheque cleared.

I enjoyed swimming in Peckham Pulse when I was pregnant. Not to do with cleaniliness, but specifically because it has steps with handrails to get in, instead of having to brave the usual ladder.

Thank you very much everyone who has kept this thread updated so thoroughly. I had made a future booking for my child at Bojangles, so only discovered what was happening through this thread. Yesterday I went down there and they just prepared and gave me my deposit cheque without even having to even ask. Good luck to everyone now looking for alternate child care.

Hello Ko We have just a piece of foam, moulded in a head and shoulders shape, from Mothercare. Very cheap and simple. It has been very useful throughout, from when our daughter was small enough to lay down on it, to now when she just sits on it. It's nice and non-slippery.

Hello I really want to invite my folks up for my baby's first Christmas, but their usual stop over in the area (The Uplands Pub) is closed for B&B over Christmas. Does anyone know of a nice alternative in the East Dulwich area?

Next time I would definately buy slimline maternity pads. It was only after several days that it dawned on me that having a big chunk of cotton wool permantly between my legs, combined with spending most of my time sitting down feeding, was acually adding to what had initially been very little bruising.