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Single with bed guard, for us too, our daughter moved into hers from a cot at 23 months. Added bonus of storage space underneath.

No can (nor should) answer this without examining your child. As LadyRuskin said, if you are concerned take your child to the GP. Hopefully it is nothing more than teething.

Leave it in direct sunlight for a few days - lots of stains disappear this way: lily pollen, baby poo (all incidentally yellow!). I've not had to try with turmeric but you never know...

Brockwell park? If the water is on.. Granted it's not a beach but if it's just sand and water he is after and nothing less then it saves the car journey.

I started giving my daughter showers shortly before her brother was born - it was around the time of her 2nd birthday. It has significantly cut down her bedtime routine, as she'd stay in the bath for ages and refuse to come out - a shower lasts 5 min max. I also only shower/bath them on alternate days unless they are dirty from food/play or it's a sticky day. Frees up more time for books and chat (in theory)!

I think tippee toes is on but yes, very annoying that everything else stops. I guess attendance tends to be too low during holidays to make it financially viable.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-28319907 I thought this letter was lovely, after all it is aimed at 7y olds not A-level students or undergrads but some of the negative comments at the bottom surprised me. Maybe I am being naive....how would you feel if your KS2 child received a similar letter?

Can I urge those of you that have had really positive experiences with the GPs (or any other health professional for that matter) to drop in a note to that effect for their attention and that of the managers. Naturally, people are more likely to put in a complaint (and it is right to) but praise also goes a long way to improve care and reinforce good practice - one way to know that you are doing a good job is to be told that you are :)

Also soft play/tumble tots at the albrighton centre - have seen several dads there.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I couldn't find an existing thread for thank-yous > so sorry if I'm duplicating. > > I'd like to thank Moorfields for checking out the > eye I injured. Although the waiting time in A&E > was quoted as 3-4 hours to see a doctor, I went > through registration, triage, basic eye test, > examination by (very lovely) practice nurse, > doctor and pharmacy in around 50 minutes. I'm > grateful to live in a place where you can walk in > off the street and receive that quality of health > service. That's a nice post. The nhs is far from perfect but to be able to seek medical help without thinking twice about whether you can afford it is something to be grateful for. Hope the whole system doesn't implode under the strain. If it does, then hope that whatever replaces it can still provide equitable care irrespective of an individual's wealth. Hope your eye is fine! ETA: a lot if hoping in that post!

I am really glad I read this thread, as it would have never occurred to me to take these documents/letter (my passport has my maiden name).

I'm glad they are vigilant about this. However , what happens if e.g grandparents take the kids on holiday? How is a letter from the parents giving consent verified as authentic? Anyone have experience of this?

Depends whether you want a lazy day or a crazy day. We both took the day off on my birthday and opted for a lazy day, since our usual day is crazy. We went had a long lazy bike ride around Hyde Park, lunch by the Serpentine, ice creams and generally some time together. For me, that was perfect for others that would be really boring! The bike ride, in itself, was great as neither of us had ridden a bike in a decade.

If you have a mouse problem now it will be much worse in the winter. I think the council may have a free pest control service. We used K&O pest control nearly 4y ago and haven't seen a singer mouse since - they have been recommended numerous times on this forum. They check the entire property for possible routes of access and seal them off (otherwise the pesky creatures will eventually return), plus set traps for any mice that may still be within the property and then return to clear them away.

Looking for opinions from anyone who has used Jam after-school club for their young children (3/4/5y) - thanks!

I feel for you, it's awful to have your parenting judged and I think we have all (if we are honest) made a snap judgement esp pre-kids. That said, to be verbally attacked, is harsh. They obviously have got it very wrong in this instance but I think you are right to focus on the fact that they didn't turn a blind eye to a child who may sound like he was having a 'traumatic' experience. Probably not the best way to handle it if they genuinely thought the child was being traumatised!

I think only time will tell whether you made the right choice (the joys of parenting!) but IMO settle him in preschool before #2 arrives, so he doesn't associate baby's arrival with him being left at a strange place by you. It will also hopefully help you just concentrate on baby and yourself while he's away rather than worrying about him separating & settling. No doubt someone else will have a different opinion, which is the advantage of posting here! Good luck! ETA: see if you can take him to visit a couple of times before he starts and meet his prospective teacher so you can talk to him about it and make the whole settling process easier.

We had difficulties getting our then 18 month old back to her bedtime routine post holiday. In our case, when on holiday we had to stay in her room until she fell asleep and she expected the same at home. We did a gradual retreat over a course of 3 weeks, from sitting by her cot, edging closer to the door each night, door ajar then finally door shut. I appreciate your situation is slightly different but maybe wait a really long time in her room until she is in a deep sleep before leaving and gradually retreat in time and place from there? Sorry, not much great advice there but on the plus side, every holiday since then she has happily slept all alone in a bedroom and had absolutely no problems once home, so don't let it put you off! Good luck!

Also check whether you will have to return any of your maternity pay. In some (all?)public sector posts you have to work for something like 13 weeks after your maternity leave period before quitting in order to keep all your mat pay. Private sector rules will vary company to company.

oh yeah, my kind of tart, thanks for the tip off...

If that's the case, then yes, I agree. Perhaps, as with 'tart', it was originally meant to be a positive turn of phrase, however, it does nothing more than reduce a women to an object or values her by her looks. The coinage and usage of sexist phrases is not just the fault of men but I don't think Salia or Simonethebeaver were suggesting to the contrary. Alan Medic - apologies for the curt initial response. By objectification I mean (and perhaps I am using a term that is almost two decades out of date) subject is typically male dominated and object is female in the English language: mankind, man's quest, evolution of man, chairman, manpower etc, whereas cars, ships and things of ownership are often referred in the female form. Female terms are often derivatives of male e.g. actor and actress or those that are common to both are frequently assumed to be male first e.g. engineer. Female terms are often subordinate to male. I'm no expert (as you can probably tell) and I am dragging things from my memory from days of GCSE English. It probably doesn't bother me as much as it should, it's all very insidious and entrenched in our language but lazy, thinly-veiled phrases such as yummy mummy and MILF get my goat.

Not sure how you have got yourself worked up over this. At no point did I say that it was only the fault of men, just because someone states a phrase is sexist against women doesn't mean that they are anti-men and of course feminism is/ought to be about equality. ETA: objectification of women is seen throughout the English language, it's not a new concept.

I understand the affection behind the term tart used in the context that Otta describes and wouldn't personally be offended as such. However, such terms, including 'yummy mummy' are part of the objectification of women (not necessarily sexual) in society. I think Salia's initial comment was in observation of this rather than to say that there should be a male equivalent of the term yummy mummy. Often the male equivalents of 'tart', 'slag', 'whore' are positive phrases or at least do not have the same negative connotations as the female ones. I am neither a Guardian reader (make what you will of that) nor an aggressive feminist.

The child benefit for my daughter was in my husband's name, purely because he knew his NI number at the time of registration. So either parent can claim but no sure if the rule is different if you are not married. ETA: I don't remember there being section for the other parent's name or for stating whether you were the mother and father (I could be wrong as newborn days are a blur). I presume you just have to be named on the birth cert?

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