Fuschia

Heber was in special measures not long ago

I quite liked arnica tablets and herbs to put in the bath to help recovery of my bruised bits...

Yes good idea to be aware partner will no doubt rifle through the bag a few times! Having a second bag/s at home, maybe some carrier bags with extra stuff for baby and you in case you are in longer than expected either before or after the birth. Then your partner can just grab the relevant bags.

Carrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > About time!! What do you mean by that? I see this is your first post to the forum.

Carrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > About time!! What do you mean by that?

Socks. Cheap black cotton knickers you can throw away after. Full pack opf maternity pads, and have another at home in case it has to be brought to you, or several packs of night time towels. Dark coloured towel, pjs. A book. Crunchie bars. More sets of bbay clothes/vests than you think you need, new born baby poo cannot be contained by a mere nappy!

iaineasy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > mr pickle might think your taking the p**s if you > pull rank on going out then offer him milk I'm > afraid. Don't some men pay for that sort of thing?!

I think we can agree we're lucky we have access to clean water, antibiotics, good nutrition, birth control, and birth attendants. These factors contribute to the lack of infant and maternal mortality. Whether for your average uncomplicated birth, a medicalised birth in hospital is safer, I believe the evidence doesn't bear that out, hence the nhs's plan to offer more homebirths

I would offer milk for the comfort.

Pickle Wrote:> Do you think I can pull rank on Mr Pickle's plans > to go out drinking after work tonight?! :X God yes!

U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/05/08/mothers.index/ "Causes of death in the developing world were dramatically different from those in the developed world, the report said. In industrialized nations deaths were most likely to result from babies being born too small or too early, while in the developing world about half of newborn deaths were from infection, tetanus and diarrhea." ... "It's tragic that millions of newborns die every year, especially when these deaths are so easily preventable,"... "Three out of four newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical cords and knit caps to keep babies warm." The Mothers' Index -- which excluded some nations that lacked sufficient data -- highlights huge disparities between the nations at the top and the bottom of the list. Compared with mothers in the top 10 countries, a mother in the bottom 10 was found to be more than 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth. In top-ranked Sweden, skilled personnel are present at nearly all births, but in bottom-ranked Niger, such help is available for only 16 percent of women in labor. ... The report highlights the three areas it says have the most influence on child well-being: female education, presence of a trained attendant at birth and use of family planning services. Educated women, the report said, are more likely to marry and give birth later in life, to seek health care and to encourage education for their children, including girls. The report said that family planning and increased contraception use leads to lower maternal and infant death rates. Many women and children in developing nations, it said, die as a result of births that come at the wrong time -- too close together, too early or too late in the mother's life." According to this, the maternal death rate isn't lack of hospitals as such...

Typing one handed as sick baby on lap. With regard to the substantive issue, hope it is resolved soon. Hard to have a view about an increased no of babies in scbu for albany without knowing a lot more about the stats. remember they cover peckham, much poorer area than ed. that in itself would increase complicatiions for the newborns compared with the demographic here that chooses homebirth. With regard to the broader issue of homebirth vs intervention, opinions will always be strongly felt. women who feel having a medicalised birth resulted in un-necessary intervention... the occasional rare case where complications arose in a midwife led or homebirth that might have been avoided via more intervention. but if you think about induction, you need to induce hundreds of babies to "save" just one. and many of those inductions will fail and end in instrumenta; delivery, cs, extended hospital stay, possible difficulties with breastfeeding or bonding...it all depends what measure you look as evidence of success. i declined continuous monitoring for my twins, and also left twin ii for a couple of hours to see if she would turn an be born without help. that was my informed choice. it was reassuring to be in hospital where assistance was availabe if needed .. but that didn't mean i wanted to go the route of epidural, cfm etc etc.. "just in case" birth is a natural process, not an illness. in most cases we are best left alone to get on with it. occasionally it goes wrong, and we are lucky to have the facilites we do.

ps two of mine are ill today fever, malaise, tummy ache

I think it's recommended not to give milk but that can be easier said than done when they're not feeling well. I'd give her fruit, toast, but only is he insists, lots of fluids. Avoid anything dark coloured that will stain when it comes back up again. put towels or washable nappies in her cot or anywhere she naps. give her calpol. has she got a temp? sickness can be a sign of a uti in girls. take her to the dr if it goes past about 48h or she semms unwell.

toast Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just found out that based on last years intake we > are unlikely to get into any of our 7 nearest > schools (thought it was just the nearest 6!). > Arse! > How did you find that out? Have you got info about the radius for each school?

Sunsay 18th then.

Make it a lunchtime event at the Herne? Having said that, we're away the weekend coming up.

JBARBER Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After January many more applications came in - > late applications. For the Dulwich area 304 > applications made on time and another 45 late > applications. > > But it wasn't the late applicants who were offered schools in New Cross, was it? Putting aside the 45 late applicants, how were those 304 applicants fitted in to schools? How many places are there in ED? 90 at Goodrich, 60 at Heber... etc Many families weren't offered any of their choices, and only got in to a school in the vicinity (and then, often in peckham Rye, rather than ED) by the skin of their teeth, later in the Summer. How were those 304 original applicants dealt with? What schools were they offered? Did the Council not twig that offering familes a school several miles away, that they hadn't chosen, was going to cause upset? And if they didn't realise, why on earth not?!

Smiler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fuschia, any feedback from your FOI request to > Southwark yet? Sorry if it's earlier on this > thread and have missed it. I got the info about the no of admissions to heber on each criteria.. in short, about half the places went to siblings, othe rhalf to those for whom it is their nearest school, max distance from school was 611m. They didn't know if they'd discussed the pupil place crisis in ED, at the time they replied to me! No answer on that has been forthcoming so i emailed the other day to chase that up.

The Council must have realised back in January when there was an excessive number of applications. By all accounts communication with parents over the problem was very poor and caused unnecessary stress and anxiety. None of this can be laid at the door of Boris Johnson or the GLA.

Try: 75g sultanas 250ml soy milk 225gr wholemeal SR flour 3med ripe bananas mashed 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten blend milk and sultanas together in whizzer. Place flour in bowl and stir in milk mixture.. Add mashed bananas and fold in egg mix. Place in non-stick loaf tin and bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes, then in moderate oven for a further 20 minutes.

It's about investigating cause and effect for them... from that point of view, trying not to over-react is a good idea, if you can manage it!

Make the bathroom floor safe and let her roll there? Have a bath together instead?

What's a visual audit?

Heber used to be very unpopular. Many families with older children, and also little ones now in the lower years, live quite some dustance from the school and always have. Other families have moved since their small ones joined the school. I think accusations of fraud are rather unfounded. You need proof of address, being on the electoral roll, child benefit and utility bills to apply, after all.