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Molly you're right, it's called stretching the entitlement What I meant to say is you're entitled to 15h x x no of weeks - think it's actually 36

No There is quite a big % variance My twins were scanned on a weds and est 4lb 14 and 6.Lb 14 2 days later they weighed 5lb 5 and 6lb 4

Is free from term after they are 3 at the moment - google free nursery entitlement Put their name down for your closest school assuming it has a nursery class as well as a couple of private nurseries 15h Pw termtime only and provider should not charge any topup fees or insist you take other paid sessions but some do There is a suspicion legislation going through might remove the obligation on councils to Offer thus provision to all children though

Saffron http://www.2ndchance.info/vaccat.htm

Nightmare when a pump goes wrong I will always remember mine blowing up on Xmas day when baby wS 100% on ebm at that point ThNk goodness for the edf which saved the day by getting me a loan!

You can get spares for all the lactaline parts - having spRe collection sets is useful for expressing at work ( tSke 2 sterilised sets)

The little White piece that slots into the end that goes onto the bottle? Try Richard Cassidy website

New mother I don't think it's a question of being a killjoy Just there is something a bit distasteful about encouraging wasteful consumerism and the sort of oneupmanship that ends up with 30 party bags given out at school I just think it sets a bad example ... I also prefer to spend time and money on a fun party rather than a heap of plastic probably produced in china

prdarling Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have never seen party bags handed out at school. > At my son's school they come home with a cupcake, > a homemade biscuit or a slice of cake and > occasionally one of those mini bags of Haribo > which contains about 8 teeny sweets. > > I really don't see the problem with any of it. > Aren't birthdays all about treats? I think a little cake or biscuit is preferable to sweets I think party bags is going a bit far and i would try to avoid getting into that precedent. I try to avoid putting total rubbish into party bags for parties we do ... bubbles are always good and not just chucked away, ditto balloons. One time we had a bug hunting party and gave the children a little bug viewer. If i was going to spend ?2 I would prefer not to have it spent on little bits of plastic clutter that end up in the bin almost immediately.

supergolden88 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lovely but not cheap - 28 packets of seeds will be > very costly > I think I may just not do the party bags at all. > Whichever way you look at it it's lots of money > for completely throaway stuff You could buy just 2 packets of sunflower seeds and give them a couple each, stuck to a printed out picture of a sunflower that they could colour in. Something like that. i would try to stop a habit developing of expensive, wasteful party bags. Or give out a little pot of bubbles, if you are time poor. Or buy some cheap biscuit cutters and give out one of those tied to a printed biscuit recipe. Get your daughter to draw some illustrations. She would not feel you had let her down if you did something like that.

It's a phase I think it lasts from about 2/4 yo You can try things like having it on your own plate Eating together small portions of attractively served food Bribery Trickery But IME it's a bit of a waste of energy I think the best two tiPs are relax and try to avoid a battle and to keep offering a variety - for eg by having shared serving dishes and a mix oF foods eg you have a joint dish of pasta and grated cheese for with sauce and veg on the side We eat lots of meze sort of meals or fajitas/wraps so everyone can tSke what they want .. Meat option, veggy option, carbs and salad/veg

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If you want to avoid adding to the mountain of plastic tat then maybe give out some seeds or something?

What did my iPhone do to that last post of mine?!

I don't like it all when other mums hand put sweets for birthdays at creche ... They Want to eat them right away and then are manic and don't nap I think its a bit rude to dish out treats that might be disapproved of!

Cake ... Not sweets ! And def no party bags .. Very costly !!

If you really want to express a decent amount get a double one O have ameda lactaline

I think 13w is too small for a jumperoo My baby is 5m and still too small IMO Is she happy? dOES SHE WANT to eb upright ebcause she has reflux or is she just very active? IME it takes till 4-5m till daytime naps fall into a pattern and lengthen, though you could help it by taking a walk at the time of day you want to encourage her

Massively!! Esp a double one with a hands free bra

You will be responsible for paying statutory maternity pay if she is entitled, most of it you can reclaim Does her contract specify anything? With regard to return to work she can request flexible working I think (unless s small employer is exempt)but you dont have to agree You need to decide I suppose if you are ok with her bringing her child ... Alternative being a whole new nanny which would also be disruptive

I just don't think you are open to listening to Any other views on this topic, Mark Not sure there is anybody else here who is convinced by the free school argument but you have rather a contemptuous attitude to those who work in the existing education system I hVe posted info before about school funding but you don't seem interested Have you noticed that capital funding hAs been pretty much taken awAy from schools with ict funding cut directly to be diverted for free schools? That educationL welfare and educational psychology services are in crisis?

Is he well- not jaundiced, gaining weight, plenty of wet And dirty nappies/ yellow poo?

Littlest f is a great napper at 5m Still mostly feeds every 2h in the day I agree with the others, try feeding him more often and see if he cheers up and becomes more settled If anything, IME the bigger the bBy (size) the MORE often they want to feed

My understanding of cc is that it's not A magic wand that stops a child waking but a policy for how you respond Most people I know who use it find that there are periods of crying from time to time rspecially from a determined child

Magic moments creche? Se22 though