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Anyone else without virgin tv and Internet for 6 days?
GinaG3 replied to Vixster250's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Internet has been fine with us, were at the top of Lordship Lane. Definitely ask for some money off this months bill, you shouldn't have to pay for a service your not getting! -
Sainsburys dog kennel hill rang to cancel my online shop. They've had specific order from police to close and barricade shop as best as possible. That's beans on toast for my family tonight!
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Im at the top of Lordship Lane, fed up with the reliability of our postal service. Have been awaiting 7 parcels all sent 2 weeks ago. Two of which arrived yesterday, one arrived today, but still 4 missing or delayed. It was fine just before this 2 week window, parcels were arriving within 2 days. As they should! But now its just awful again. Not one of my usual postmen at the minute. We have 3 different posties normally. Could they be drafting in casual posties because of summer holidays? I'm aware of warnings online of suppliers and businesses recommending to not send anything through ED sorting office as things regularly go missing - a quick search in Google will bring up other forums advising against sending within this area. But what are you supposed to do if its your local sorting office, what no post? Complaint upon complaint needs to be made about this missing post and parcels. I understand their troubles at Christmas, the amount of parcels being sent around that period is bound to cause a bit of a backlog, but now, there is no excuse. Apparently the sorting office is empty of all parcels, and everything is being delivered everyday. So where is all this missing post? I just want my post!
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Not a discussion/ debate, just an announcement...
GinaG3 replied to Ruth_Baldock's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Congratulations hun. Kept you waiting but well worth it, I'm sure. Sure Seb will get on okay, don't worry about it.. :-) -
I too just watched this on iPlayer, and it was really close to home for me, I knew a few people in the documentary having grown up just a few minutes away from the village. I too was amazed at the courage and bravery shown by everybody involved. Its beautiful they made such a bad situation the best it could be for everybody in Alex's life. Its so nice he got to meet Ali and find that kind of fulfillment in the final stages of his life. I hope the family get everything they aimed to out of making this documentary, it does really show life is what you make it! Very touching story..
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Its already grossed $2 million dollars across Europe. I get it but I don't at the same time. I also dont disagree with the message it gives to young girls, but I do argue it might be a little early to go full blown with a doll like that.
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Laughing at quotes like 'it sexualises our little girls', I fail to see it. If anything it teaches them the 'proper' function of breasts and I could think of 1,000,001 other things that sexualise girls being marketed for children or seen by them on daily occasion! Agreed you shouldn't be needing to spend $89 to let your child have a doll where all you essentially need is some imagination (..kids have that, right?!) Christ, I sat there untold nights having Winnie, Tigger and Piglet put to my boobs and being told to feed them, infact she even tried it herself! My daughter does everything with her dolls, even brushing their non-existent hair. And hers don't even poo, or wee, or feed!
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I've always loved grobag products. My daughter never slept as good without her grobag, she lived in the things come bedtime. I was extremely tempted to but the stay on set but as everybody knows it gets extremely expensive. I didn't think my daughter would sleep without it once she grew out of the largest size. Instead of buying the set I now just use a standard cot bed duvet turned round and tucked right under the mattress. Exactly the same, but dead cheap!
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Cars coming both ways about 30 minutes ago. Police cordon removed.
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Sorry Admin, move this if you wish but think I'll get my answer in this section. Anyway, hello ladies. Been a while, opps. I have a question or a few I hope someone can answer. I'm on birthday baking duty (as per..) the cake and baking is fine I can do all that no problem, but I'm fretting about icing. Usually I decorate my cakes with buttercreams etc no matter how smooth it is I always manage it but this cake is not going to go well with buttercream. I need to use roll out icing for a ultra smooth finish and look. I also need to trace a design onto rice paper. I have it all thought out in my head, but wanted someone to answer me these questions please. Right. 1) Where can I get black ready to roll icing (and white, but that should be easy) locally or online with quick delivery? And how much will I need to cover a 7/9 inch sandwich cake? I would make myself but I think I'm going to need my time for the tracing! 2) Can I trace an image onto rice paper using a food colouring pen, in black - without it running? And please how easy will this be for someone thats never done this before? I think thats all, but it may not be. Oh the joys of self teaching, I'm sure I'll be fine, I always am but its the tracing more than anything. I can just imagine a big run of black food colouring everywhere. I'm a perfectionist to say the least, so I cannot be having anything other than perfect, of course. If you read this, thanks.
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Whats it like coming through DH then? I need to get to pick people up at waterloo today, best option would be 176 - thats door tot door to me. But it would seem maybe not. Anyone done this over the last few days, how long did it add to your journey?
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swarm of bee's today on friern rd
GinaG3 replied to nannyjuice's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Its a really scary thing to see. I remember my Dad shouting us all in from the garden a few years ago whilst we were having a BBQ. He could hear a loud buzzing, looked over the wall to our neighbours house and this swarm of around 20,000 bees was flying towards us. It was horrible, when we got inside we ran to shut all the windows, at that exact moment the back room went completely dark, it was like a bee curtain right across the windows. Mum and dad already had a bee's nest down the chimney so we wondered if they were attracted to that. They stayed there for around 15 minutes and then swarmed off up the road, it was at that point you saw groups of people running and screaming back down the street. -
Of course the child would biologically be half 'mine' but at the same time it wouldn't. On giving eggs you must be prepared to put in your mind that the child wouldn't be related to you in the sense it would be if you carried it. Its confusing to write how you feel about this sort of thing. Its in my head but writing it down is tricky. I'd find it the most heartbreaking process to actually carry the child, birth it then hand it over. I've contemplated the option of surrogacy and would love to be able to but know I just couldn't. But when thinking in terms of eggs I don't feel the same way. It seems a completely different concept in my mind. One that I can handle. I've also thought of the 'what if my child falls in love..' scenario and thats difficult to grasp. The way I see it the chances are slim to none. Out of millions of people in the country it would be extremely unlikely that my child would fall in love with its biological brother or sister. Of course there is always the option to donate abroad, but whether that would appeal to me more or less I'm unsure. I would just love to give less fortunate people the chance to have what they've always dreamt of. I'm only 21 I've got years to get my head fully around how I feel about the whole situation, and a lot more time to think about my decision. Lord knows I might not even be able to donate, I just don't know yet. It would be lovely to donate to someone close to me that I know is struggling to conceive but the prospect of possibly seeing that child grow up, and it being so close to me is daunting to say the least. I'm struggling to write how I feel and explain whats going on in my head with the whole situation but its one of those things that; the thought of not being able to do it for someone leaves me with a numb empty sort of feeling. I imagine a lot of people find this subject a bit tricky to say how they feel about it (especially considering the amount of views of this thread to the actual amount of comments posted..)
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Thanks for your input Chantelle. I appreciate it. Its really hard to find information on the net from within the UK as I know laws etc are different in the US. The one thing I'm trying to research at the minute is the sort of health issues (of a donor) that are acceptable or unacceptable. Can either of you point me to anywhere on the web? At the minute most of my information is coming from Wikipedia (not the most reliable) and the NGDT website. Thank you.
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WOW! Go you. You can be a donor after having children yes, in fact they recommend you finish your family first if your serious about having your own children. You can donate up until the age of 35 in the UK. I'm interested in everything that comes with it. I am concerned about the daily injections and the surgical procedure itself (don't like being injected, scared of any surgery!) but can definitely overcome that. I feel so strongly about doing it after having Lily. No women should miss out on childbearing, unless of course by choice they don't want children. I've thought about surrogacy as I feel it would be a less invasive but know I could never birth a child and hand it over to someone else. I mentally wouldn't be able to handle that route. Absolutely LOVE that you've done this before!! If you don't mind, what made you want to do it at such a young age, before you'd experienced having your own child? Its a very mature decision.
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I'm wondering what people think about the processes and, if anyone would ever consider or has already done it? I'm researching heavily at the moment as I'm very interested in being able to help families that cannot have children naturally. I'm still considered very young, I suppose, but in the UK you can donate from 18 years of age. I'd be willing to do it now, but am concerned of the risk to my own fertility. For such reasons I would do it closer to 30 years old. After trying to convince my partner to have just one more child. Its going round and round in my head at the minute and I'm feeling such numbness in my heart thinking about people that deserve to have children but cant. I think its an amazing gift to somebody. I believe every woman should have the chance to experience the indescribable feelings that come with having children. For these reasons I really hope I can be an eligible donor in the future. Discuss please? I really hope this thread does not offend in any way and apologize in advance if it does. X
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Very interested to watch this, cant wait. Found myself crying at the re-runs of UK OBEM on more 4 last night. I'm under the impression from family members birthing in America that there is a lot more intervention, and the rate of induction are higher. Will be very interesting. Cant help watching and feeling 'Yes, I do want to be a midwife, definitely' and then ending up in floods of tears when the babies are actually born. Forget being an emotional midwife that stands at the foot of the mother blubbering away every single time.
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This concerns me also. Previous tenants at our address owe over ?50,000 in total in mortgage payments and utilities. This is two seperate tenants. Ive had numerous bailiff letters for years now. Ive had 2 bailiffs knock and they have both accepted I am not the person/s they are after. Under any circumstances do not let them in!! Call the police if they try and force entry or are aggressive in trying to gain entry. Some of them can be horrible, but this isn't your problem. Its the problem of the ex-tenant. I would indeed call CAB and see what they can help with. Its an awful situation to be in. I feel for you 100%.
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Me and the mother in law always got on, very well in fact. Until I had my daughter. We were living with them at the time as my mother kicked me out when she found out I was pregnant. The first 6 months of my daughters life were chaotic. I really struggled with breastfeeding and she wasn't gaining weight to the HVs liking. I was being criticized left right and centre for not putting her on formula. My mother in law was good in this sense as she had breastfed my partner for 18 months (and had quite a lot of stick off her own mother for extended feeding..) and sister in law for 6 months as she wasn't a very keen breastfeeder. We had a fall out when my daughter was 5 months old to the point I left the house in the middle of the night baby in toe and walked to my friends house. I stayed there for a week before things settled and I went back. No apology, even to this day but we get on much better again now. Very different parenting style. The fall out came through weaning, when I was offering puree vegetable and fruit only. They didn't understand why I wasn't feeding her 'properly'. They expected banana porridge in the morning, lunch and then a heavy family meal whizzed up a night. This was too much, at 5-6 months old. Allergies are a huge problem in my family too, where as the in laws never dealt with any allergies. I was introducing 1 thing every 2 weeks, I was trying to do right by my child, and watching for allergies too. After the fall out we were desperate for our own place, when my daughter was 9 months we moved into the first place that would rent to us. Such a relief! The relationship is much better now, although they now don't understand why I wont allow nuts until 3 years but they are getting there!! Still feel a bit undermined (when shes at nanas house anything goes - very spoilt - presents everywhere - chocolate, cakes etc) but were trying to sort through this now. I cant have her expecting this treatment all the time, her behaviour is unbelievable when she doesn't get her own way. On the other hand, I had an awful relationship with my own mum my whole life. I was asked to leave and I moved to London when 2 months pregnant. We didn't speak at all until my daughter was born when my family drove up to Kings College to see us. Shocking! My mum became my rock at the beginning of my daughter life, we spoke 4-5 times a day over the phone (as she is 100+ miles away on the coast) she helped me battle through my breastfeeding struggles having breastfed 5 children into toddlerhood. As my daughter grew up we got closer and closer. We spoke everyday, and she regularly sends boxes of clothes and toys. I never thought I'd have a relationship with my mum, but I'm glad I do. I think the was expecting a different parenting style, being a teenage mum (I might add she was a year younger than me when she had my eldest sister - hypocrite) but I managed to successfully breastfeed until my daughter self weaned the day before her 2nd birthday, I co-slept for 16 months, and I parented to the absolute best of my ability. I think she was a massive change in me. And I'd like to think she feels proud of me. Anyone should if they knew me as a wayward teenager. My daughter completely changed my life and my relationship with my parents. Its been an amazing journey the last 2 years. I even told my mum a massive secret about myself, I'd been holding back for 6-7 years.
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Getting baby to sleep without sleeping bag!
GinaG3 replied to Sunflower76's topic in The Family Room Discussion
My daughter has been in sleeping bags since birth. We just moved her out of them a few nights ago. Its been fine, she's 2 years and 3 months. Last year she slept through summer in a 1 tog whilst naked. I never thought we'd get her out of the bag, she normally wakes when she knows she doesn't have it on but its been absolutely fine. No advice really. Why not try very thin sleeping bag with no PJ's? -
Where do you get clothes for your pre teen girls?
GinaG3 replied to Mrs TP's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Agree with both the above. Also shops like New Look cater very well for young girls. I've shopped in Topshop and H&M all my teen life and still shopping there. -
Tests before you decide to have children...
GinaG3 replied to Sunlover00's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Haha, so funny. Parenting is a rollercoaster, but its a thrilling ride! For the love.. -
Can't wait for tomorrow. It's over. All this hysteria! Gosh. I will be watching - outfit watching!!
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Ruth, I haven't even done it yet! Lily is nearly 10 months older than Seb. She co-slept till 16 months, then cot by our bed until 20 months then into her own room. She has been there in the cot for coming upto 6 months now. Honestly she is so aware and grown up, I don't even think we will have problems with removing the rails yet. She's really turning baby/toddler to little girl already and understanding things a lot, LOT more. When she was 16 months I was still having horrendous sleep problems with her and it took a long time for her to settle down. I couldn't of done it with her then. But now, you know its not harmed her to have her rails on for this amount of time (as if it would, right?) she has become more aware when she is 'against' the rails at night and this in turn means she doesn't fuss and stays relatively centered at night.. Surely she wont fall out when she gets into a big girls bed. But hey, I don't know. I'm yet to try. (BTW- We are in grobags still, they are my saving grace!! My next step, gro - stay on bedding!) Re toys, we never had that problem as Lily doesn't have toys in the cot only a teddy. When she wakes she cries for us straight away, still. I'd imagine it would be a nightmare him waking up in the night playing with toys, running round his room. Too much stress just before baby etc. Personally I wouldn't bother, its not something that needs to be rushed. Relax! X
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I'm amazed by peoples knitting skills. If I sat down to knit I'd end up with a knot. Really! I think they are really nice and I also disagree that the pattern is masculine. Zoe said exactly as I was thinking, if you made the length a bit longer it could definitely be worn as a dress. If you made some neutral colours like cream/brown or even a light grey (verry nice!) they could be really versatile. In longer and shorter styles they could be worn in a lot of ways with various undergarments - ie. bright leggings, patterned tshirts. I say your not wasting your time (although I do not know how long it would take to make one..) try out a few longer lengths. Good luck with the stall. X
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