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I would like to give a whole hearted recommendation for Oskar Umbrasko & his very able team's landscaping service. We have had gardens landscaped in previous homes and have never come across a team this fantastic. They have just transformed our garden to an incredibly inviting outdoor indoor space working to our designer's plan. The team are exceptionally hard working, collaborated well with the rest of the building team so not to be in the way of the indoors building works, came up with creative solutions, had a great manner with our neighbours regarding boundary issues & are generally so approachable. They have great knowledge & expertise about all landscaping related building works issues and have carried out extensive works for us; fencing, demolishing, building up drains & covering them, building a bespoke shed for our awkward space, building retaining walls, raising the ground level, paving & preparing the ground for flower beds and pebbles. They have always gone the extra mile & no request is too much even though we are very fussy clients! Really happy to send photos or show you Oskar's team's work at our home as so pleased with it. Oskar's website simply does not reflect his high standard work since he is busy working so hard with no time spent on the website! https://www.ofalandscaping.co.uk/about Oskar: 07545372421 [email protected]

Hi Attamame, I am a Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist based in Sydenham, SE26. You are welcome to call/email me for a free consultation to discuss your child's communication difficulties. Here is my website: https://www.speechtherapyinlondon.uk/ Thanks

Thanks so much for all this advice. I am really positive about it now 😊

Loup long garden so it should be possible to have some sun in the garden. I hope there is some light inside the house too. Many thanks.

Thanks so much for your advice. It's a very long garden so should have sun at the end of the garden.

Is a house with an east facing garden dark inside in the day and the garden does notget much sun? Advice/experiences much appreciated. Thanks

Baths in bicarbonate soda are the most calming once scabbed over

Thanks a lot for advice and pointers folks. I've spoken to lewisham council; most unhelpful. They have changed their set up so no pre-application advice paid or the free service they used to offer. They won't give any indication unless they receive a formal application. We are not in a conservation area. We definitely need to make a formal application as we will be requesting a size that is not permitted development so the issue can not be looked at under permitted development as it is not permitted. We are really not that close to the neighbour but one side of their very small garden meets our garden wall. Thanks as I'll look on the planning info re what applications have been granted in the wider area around us as had already checked our street & only permitted developments were requested and granted. Thanks once again.

Hi, Just wondered if anyone has had experience of requesting for & hopefully being granted planning permission for a loft extention to be larger than the size that is allowed within permitted development? We are end of terrace so will get 40 cubic square metres unlike the 50 cubic square metres allowed to semi detached houses. This is in relation to Lewisham council where the process of finding out is only through applying with drawing etc so a cost of ?2k at least but they won't tell us if we'd be completely wasting our time and mone in applying for planning permission for this. Any advice/experiences shared most appreciated, thanks

Hi, just wondered if anyone has had experience of requesting for & hopefully being granted planning permission for a loft extention to be larger than the size that is allowed within permitted development? We are end of terrace so will get 40 cubic square metres unlike the 50 cubic square metres allowed to semi detached houses. This is in relation to Lewisham council where the process of finding out is only through applying with drawing etc so a cost of ?2k at least but they won't tell us if we'd be completely wasting our time and mone in applying for planning permission for this. Any advice/experiences shared most appreciated, thanks

Ladywell gymnastics club - I understand waiting lists two years long though ;(

"Light therapy" by Lloyds pharmacy is a magic cure for ay fever, tried & tested by several family members & friends.........

Hi, how young is too young to knit? You mention that your youngest student is 6. My daughter is 5 years (& 3 months) old and has begged to learn to knit from at least 3 years old but I can't knit, she'd love this if not too young? Sumera

Putamayo for kids - ha ps a range of cultures to choose from, Latin & carribean fab. Spud & yam too - they have two CDs, very original & great.

Hated it, got full refund back after their 3 attempts to sort the incompetent brakes. Its plasticky, feels too flimsy & light to protect your baby in a cosy cocoon, changing the fleece back covering to the summer mode a nightmare...................... As you can tell we really did not get on with it but I do know people very happy with it. Felt like a HUGE price for plasticky feeling rigid pram............., sorry :(

Kamilasan cream was amazing for both our kids, healed nappy rash like magic

Our son is at Piplings in east dulwich, next to Peckham rye park, we LOVE it :)

As our first child had a bottle till almost 4!!!!!! Number 2 is going straight to a beaker for milk once mummy is back to work in a month. We do offer milk in beaker & he likes it - for 5 sips! But when I'm at work, hope is he'll take more as not going down bottle route again.

If not too far for you, for a ?5, the pharmacy on Sydenham high street, almost at the pedestrian crossing, a block downhill from the post office....... do baby passport photos, no fuss, lovely service, no wait, they are excellent, take several until you are happy, they did both our kids when they were babies, the pictures comply with the strict criteria....... Good luck

Our breastfed 5 month old had one of the worst cases of chicken pox the A&E Doctor said he had seen. We used lots & lots of calamine lotion 4-5 times a day, bicarbonate in the bath lots of, A&E prescribed Pyriton due seveity but I stopped that as his poos turned green. He had new spots coming out on day 10 even! Had spots in eyelids, palms of hands and soles of feet. The eyelids need monitoring by Doctors if get spots there....People asked what's wrong with him 3-4 months after the episode due horrendous residual marks all over. Anyway, his face is practically scar free as we used Argon or "Morocco" oil on his face. His body is like a pizza still as not had time to Argon that him being a second baby, bisy busy but embarking on that daily now onwards. Good luck, best wishes, scars should go........

I would/did sit with a bowl of food and spoon for the child to feed themselves with & one for you to feed them whenever opportunity arises. You can start to say 'mummy's turn' as they grow older & beging to understand that too. If you live with the mess now, you will have an active, proficient, confident, able self feeder sooner making your life easier in the long run. My daughter REFUSED spoon feeding at 9 months & just let her feed herself whilst I got spoonfuls in whilst chatting to her durign the meal. She's a GREAT eater at age 4 now. Think boys MAY be different as our little 10 month old boy is 70% more tolerant of being passively fed. Good luck :)

Hi, So so familiar; my daughter started a nursery at age 9 months & stayed there for 3 months. Nothing passed her lips drink or food wise in those 3 months WHILST at nursery & she had HUGE milk bottle minute she saw me whilst still at the nursery (she was breastfed till the week before she started nursery) & huge dinner & dessert after. For us, we changed her nursery, NOT due the feeding but due my concerns re that nursery. She ate from word go in the second nursery we put her in, staff were just so so amazing & supportive. I don't in any way mean that your daughter's feeding issue at unrsery is due to the staff there at all, just stating our circumstances at that time. Anyway, my daughter has gone on to become a FANTASTIC eater & surprises all at the range of foods she will eagerly eat. No matter how hard it seems presently, I feel sure your situation will imporove for much much better. Best wishes

When I ask my mum (a mother of six) for advice if one of my two are having a 'not eating' phase, she just says, "just give him/her what they want...........!" as one of my brothers ate rice pudding only mainly for the firs 6 years (no family meals accepted) & the other had a LOT of jam sandwiches. They are both 6 feet + strong men now & all of us LOVE our food so kids can go through phases but if the parent remains calm & positive, they come through in the end :)

My sympathies wih you, its natural to be stressed as you want to be able to nourish your child as a parent. My daughter spent about 4 months from the age of 8 months or so just eating one soft boiled (!!) egg & a piece of chicken liver each day & a bit of wheatabix for breakfast. I was worried sick. She is the best eater I know now at the age of almost 4 & everyone remarks at the range of food she eats. I agree with others, going back a stage not armful in my experience so if just puree, just wheatabix or easy porridge work, so be it, my daughter ate wheatabix for breakfast, lunch, dinner for many many weeks (I would always try more stage and tiem appropriate food first of course). I offered that as was calorific. I also agree with others that try to make what she does have calorific not so fruity as she is taking in little at the moment. I did, in my desperation (not to say this is the right way), try lots of new foods - I just left them on her tray, tried them myself but NEVER put them to her mouth as she was always very independent & very upset if I tried to feed her. I just took all the food offered & not tried calmly & with a smile as i didn't want her to know of my anxiety. I also used TV but more than that, musical hard plastic books that could get messy & be cleaned. I agree it take stheir mind off. I sang LOTS during meal time & I found that it distracted me from being anxious infront of my daughter as well as relaxing her. I also taught her the sign for finished so before she could talk, she signed 'finished' to me & I always respected her wish to finish & as others advised, just try a little later. Wishing you the best. My experience showed me it was very important to stay calm and not be anxious or upset especially infront of my daughter. I have no doubt this phase will pass for your daughter as soon as she is well & as long as she did not experience negative experiences associated with food during her unwell phase, she will slot back into a good eating routine.

You are supposed to night & day train same time & once child is dry in day, take nappies off. That's what we did at 2:5 years of age for our daughter & bought a fab mattress protector same time, took her for a wee in her sleep at 11p.m. & a year & half later, we've had maximum 5 accidents. They get mixed messages if one rule for day & other for night & they have to get wet to realise.............. Good luck