hellosailor

Thanks so much for replies, does anyone else have an opinion / experience of this to add?

Yes it's possible after a c-section, I had a c section and my placenta encapsulated earlier this year. You just have to ask them to keep the placenta. Kings and the midwives there are very clued up about it as its becoming more common, so when I asked 'can you please retain my placenta' when I got to theatre, thinking they might look at me as if I was mad, they were very blas? about it, 'ah yes of course, for encapsulation? have you got your tupperware and freezer blocks?!?' The placenta specialist then comes to the hospital within hours (or your home presumably if you have a home birth) and takes it way for encapsulation, before returning the pills to you within a day or two. Not for everyone but I think it made a big difference to me this time round and am very glad I did it. Have various friends who have done it too or are going to do it, funnily enough not necessarily the ones I'd have guessed, mostly the more conventional ones in fact! xx

Wondering if any parents or nannies can help with me the following question? My eldest child is currently in a nanny share with another family a couple of days a week, the other family have 2 children, when the times comes, if my second child joined the share, should the nanny's hourly rate go up and if so, what to? (it's currently ?12 an hour not including tax and NI.) Or would the nanny's pay remain the same even tho a sibling has joined and we just increase our percentage of the pay to 50% of the monthly total (we currently pay less than the other family as we have just 1 child in the share and the other family have 2) in other words it would benefit the other family but our nanny's pay would not increase? I know it's prob a stupid question but I don't have any idea what the norm is and wanted to sound it our before getting into discussions.. thanks!

It made me laugh too! My children didn't apparently get the email..

Lizzy Lomax at Dulwich Therapy rooms is great with babies, highly recommend

My favourite bit is where a poster suggests that if a couple were having a row then then she might say '....and you can put that penis beaker away for a start..' whereas if things were going well she might say 'get your penis beaker, you've pulled.'

I thought about posting it but bottled it

Otta that is so funny!

Would a nanny share perhaps work out the cheapest option?

Yes they're very friendly in Aneto, space for buggies outside but not really inside.

The soft play at Beckenham spa is about a 15 minute drive from East D, v good, our toddler has just started wanting to go on the bits for bigger kids and had a whale of a time yesterday. ?5.10 for toddler, adults free. Good cafe area too with lots of kids food options, coffees for parents etc.

Second the recommendation for Lizzy Lomax at Dulwich Therapy Rooms, she's fab.

buggie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > While I agree a new primary school is needed, and > would be in a location that could be advantageous > to us, am slightly alarmed by all the aspiration > all talk of high achievements and top 10% of > performance - sounds more like a hot house than a > primary school for young children just starting > out. > > Would rather be hearing how nurturing and > encouraging the school will be instead of where it > wants to be in league tables. Couldn't agree more

Hi Sol, If you haven't heard from Half Moon yet then she won't very likely be getting a place this year, they sent out offers ages ago for 2013. Dulwich village pre-school is on the south circular between Dulwich College and the old Harvester, but even tho my daughter has been on the waiting list for almost a year I haven't heard from them or had an offer for sept 2013 so if you're not on that list then I don't think it's likely. But in any case, Buds pre-school , which was also in a similar location on south circular has moved from that site near the village to East D, to the Goose Green centre in the church by Goose Green a few months ago. My 2.5 year old daughter started a couple of months ago and adores it. They offer mornings and usefully, the slots are 4 hours (9-1:00) rather than some of the others where it's more like 2.5 hours. However it is more expensive than some of the other pre-schools, tho of course when she gets to 3 your daughter will get 15 hours free so it would just be a question of paying for sessions in the in the mean time to secure a place. I believe they still have slots as there will be quite a few September leavers. Ring and speak to Olu if you're interested. The number is 020 8299 2255, but they finish term on Friday so try to call before then and go in for a look tomorrow if you can! The staff are lovely.

And if so did you feel they were beneficial? X

Midwife told me not to worry as they would be able to 'fashion me a new vagina.'

Just saw that a friend of my brother's has posted this on facebook this afternoon.. 'Loath as I am to start a story with "In my local farm shop"... In my local farm shop, a man is giving a cookery lesson to some primary school kids. He says "does everyone like houmous?" Amid general murmurs of agreement, one kid shouts "I'm kind of over houmous." Yep, I'm back in East Dulwich.' It made me laugh and much as I'm kind of loathe to start a 'Kid's say the funniest things!' style thread, it reminded me of a couple of other things that cracked me up when I heard them recently. Firstly my friend was at Latitude last year and heard a dad reprimanding his small daughter with the words 'NO Jocasta, that's DADDY's Yakult!' Secondly my friend was the company manager on OLiver Twist in the west end for a long time, she was in the rehearsal room while the director put some newly cast workhouse boys through their paces when there was a cast change. After an initial rehearsal where they were briefing the boys about where to stand, what to do, whether to exit stage left or right, a few rounds of 'Food Glorious Food' etc, the director asked the assembled boys 'Has anyone got any questions?' And one little lad piped up 'Yes. What did they do if they were lactose intolerant in the workhouse?' too good.

there is a massive room above the crown and greyhound in the village which can be hired for weddings.

Like Otta I was also taken aback by your rather alarmist response...it doesn't sound like anything is 'wrong' with the OP's son, let alone seriously, and I don't think a paediatrician is necessary. She understandably wanted a bit of reassurance that others were experiencing the same, which it sounds like a lot of people are. You say that children ALWAYS play up for a reason...perhaps children do always play up for a reason but that reason might be that they want an ice cream they can't have, or don't want to get in the bath, which is not the same as there being something wrong.

I believe they have changed it from minimum 2 night stay to 1 night if no complications after c-section at Kings.

Buds in Goose Green Centre would let your son do 3 mornings a week, they've recently moved to Goose Green from nearer the village and have some spaces. Lovely staff, my daughter is really enjoying it there.

someone once came up to me in Dulwich Park when my daughter was a baby and I had a muslin hung across her buggy with clothes pegs to stop the glare of the sun, to tell me how cruel I was....baffling...

Thanks everyone, very useful! Is there somewhere I can get a nitty gritty comb in ED? x

Our daughter had (has?) nits and passed them to me, we're not sure if my partner has them as of course as soon as someone mentions nits you start scratching your head manically so I think he may be imagining it as I can't see any on him! We have treated all of us twice with hedrin and yet I think me and my daughter still have nits as we're both still scratching? Or do nits bite? i.e is it poss we're scratching from bites even tho nits have gone? What works better than hedrin? it's the lotion you leave on overnight we've been using, I gather there are other products in the range, something you leave in for just 15 mins etc, maybe it's more like an insecticide? Or are there better products out there?? thank all!

Thanks Sanity girl and Reren, really good to hear about these lovely mixed gender dynamics xx