Fuschia

Yes, my main dripe about goose green is that big gate that is never shut....

While ot is good to be alert to risks, too much info isn't necessarily a good thing. I mustn't read things I stumble across on the net. Just in the last week I have read about a toddler being mowed down on a level crossing, his mum was screaming but he thought it was a game.. and apparently in the US there have been quite a few incidences of parents forgetting they have their babies in rear facing seats in the back of their cars, and leaving them to roast in carparks. That made me feel quite sick. Please DON'T go and google it, having read press reports of the inquests, I wish I hadn't.

Suggest we designate a park each day and those who are free can get together? We need EDF mummy badges or something!!

I suggest people post here day by day what looks good and people can hook up. I am probably available 2-3 of the days across the 3 weeks.

helena handbasket Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually just the study was in Quebec, at McGill > University. I believe it covered the country > (could be wrong). " Retrospective population-based cohort study reviewing all cases of sudden unexpected death in infants between birth and 1 year of age that occurred in the province of Quebec between January 1991 and December 2000. " Point I was trying to make was that there is probably as high a risk of breathing problems arising from car seats as slings (and in the UK there are no warnings afaik re time to be spent in chairs or car seats...)

Just expect to need to stop to his scedule not yours (I once went to devon with a 4 mo old and had to stop and feed him before we'd even got further than the Old Kent Rd!) Tiny ones don't need much stuff... pack a bag for the evening you arrive, keep spare top for yourself in the car in case he pukes on you! Remember mat for in the bath...

Polmoche Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, there is a specific product recalled both in > the US and canada, the Infantino "SlingRider." > But the 13 deaths across 20 years were a variety of slings.. looks like that company has recalled slings because of a couple of recent high profile cases of legal action but if you think how large the US is, the numbers affected have been tiny. Sadly there are cases of smothering/SIDS in and on beds, sofas, in cots, in buggies, seats, swings etc... tiny babies especially are vulnerable when they can't lift their heads. Thankfully, the incidence is very small.

Without going into the stats in detail, young babies in seats seem to suffer their share of unexplained deaths! http://kids-safety-products.suite101.com/article.cfm/small_babies_in_infant_car_seats_safety_risks http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/5/384.abstract - 10 unexplained deaths in 9 years, just in Quebec!

Here it is: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article7069193.ece 13 babies in 20 years.. isn't my memory good!

Something about some babies being smothered. But it was something like 14 incidents across 20 years, if I remember it correctly! It wasn't a recall of any particular sling. I took it with a pinch of salt. I would hazard a guess there are a lot more babies who develop breathing problems after slumping for hours in baby seats, rather than lying flat as newborns, TBH. I will see if I can find what I read

Think upon it as baby science. You could probably pay ?8 per session for an official activity where your child gets to roll peas around their tray, put carrots down their vest and smear yoghurt on the wall beside them....

The second half of the second week I will be juggling all three, start of that week my sister is taking child no 1 to stay for a few days (yay!) and in the first week Mr F is on leave (double yay!) Let's hope the weather is nice enough for something like a picnic at the Horniman sandpit... On the Thurs or Fri maybe, 15th/16th April.

snowboarder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- lack of > immediate lunch venue though.... > Is just over half a mile walk to the Fox on the Hill (Wetherspoons pub by Kings) which could be a good option esp as weather improves... cheap menu, plenty of highchairs and an outside play area.

If weather is nice, hopefully w ecan have some meet ups in the various parks/sandpits?

In case ppl missed the oter thread, if anyoen fancies lunch at the Bread of Life cafe (or the plough if there are no highxhairs left!) then there will be a few of us getting together on WEDS. Librray session is 11-11.30

AS one of the main problems in hospital is MWs having to deal with too many women at once, homebirth is likely to besafer IMO! And easy short transfer if it becoesm necessary. Few emergencies manifest in minutes... most are after a failure to progress.

my twins are two and 75% blw with some mush, then from about 8m 100% self feeding. I am a bit lazy so it suited me well! They eat very well, esp the girl... and yes, they learn about how much fits in, though they do still sometimes chew and eject fibrous foods or spit it out if they have overfilled their mouths

veryseriousgirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Fair enough. The whole reason I phoned NHS direct > was that the locum at my GP had told me earlier in > the day to replace all her milk feeds with > dioralyte for 24 - 48 hours and to give her baby > rice if she got hungry (at 15 weeks). I thought > that advice was insane enough that I wanted a > second opinion. Yes, that's nonsense too. It's scary that so many people get away with peddling incorrect and dangerous info when they are supposed to be the experts.

veryseriousgirl Wrote: The nurse told me the cooled water was > better as it didn't give bacteria the time / > material in which to multiply. There is so much > contradictory advice out there that it's hard to > know which to take. The Food Standards Authority and the detailed research into the bacteria that can live in formula powder is what I'd trust, I'm afraid an NHS direct nurse can't really expect to be an authority to go against the research!

she might get tax credits/vouchers towards the cost if using registered childcare

Kalamiphile Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for that, will certainly remind her to look > at the child friendly policies. Fuschia, does that > mean your friend pays for slots she doesnt use? I > din't think that would be affordable for my > daughter. These things are not what has been > thought about when unexpectedly pregnant. She does, yes. THough her minder isn't hugely expensive (about ?35 per day) .. she doesn't live somewhere as pricey as ED.

nickyp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks all so helpful!! I think the childminder is > my peferred route but no ideal response to my ad > on the forum yet so any other ways to find them > much appreciated and will check out the > suggestions above. Childcare Link, via the web... and list from Southwark. Also look on noticeboards in library, cafes etc

Au pairs aren't supposed to have sole charge of preschoolers at all... but I don't see that it would be "illegal" I don't know whether the ternm siof their visa would prohibit working more thna 25h p/w though. AS they are untrained, prob not the best option for a small baby! Minders are best for under 2s, IMO

Yep, next week anyone?

I have a friend who works shifts and has had a full time minding place booked always, although it wasn't always used. She had a partner though, for night shifts. I presume it's possible to ask in the NHS for flexible/family friendly working?!