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11 months might be a bit young, but my middle daughter didn't wear nappies at home from about 14 months and was totally potty trained by 18 months. It is really different from potty training an older child (my eldest was over 2) in that the level of parental involvement is much higher and they do go to the loo more frequently at that age. However, keeping a nappy on her was a total nightmare, so it worked out for us. You can get reusable training pants, which really helped us as they catch little accidents (not a full wee though). My daughter was also walking and talking, was aware of needing to go and wanted to use the toilet. I'd say that that's a pre-requisite for potty training rather than the child's age. Unless you and your child really hate nappies, you may as well keep on using them until she can walk, talk and expresses an interest in using the potty.

I sew them in. It only takes an evening to label all the new uniform for 3, once in the autumn and once in the summer. It probably takes a bit longer than stickers, but they stay in for ever (so I haven't had to relabel clothes for subsequent children). To be honest, I found Ironing them on took longer and they peeled off anyway.

Yes, I should have been more clear. We have been paying for everything and she has been coming with us as a family member on day trips etc.

Hi all, We've been hosting a French student for 2 weeks, who is a very distant friend of the family (I don't know her parents, but my brother-in-law does). Her parents have offered to pay us some compensation for hosting her, and have asked how much we want. I really have no clue what to say. I'd have been happy to do it for free, but the parents keep coming back to wanting to pay us. So... how much should I ask for? Would ?200 be about right? Any thoughts gratefully received. Thanks!

There's a boxing class with www.mindovermatterboxing.co.uk near the Sainsbury's in East Dulwich. I also take my daughter to a class with Jelly Bely PT in Dulwich Park on a Saturday morning.

You appear to be very lucky that your current employer is offering you occupational maternity pay given that you were (I assume) pregnant when you started working there. Most people would get maternity allowance only in that situation. Also, I'm assuming that you left your previous employer before giving birth, in which case I don't think that they have to pay you SMP (unless your contract stated otherwise). Their responsibilities ended when your contract terminated. I could give a more detailed and accurate answer if you added your due date/date you gave birth and the dates of your two employments.

I've been to a forest school at the Dog Kennel Hill adventure play ground in the past. There is also Nature Play in Sydenham Woods (you have to join the Facebook Group and then sign up for the sessions).

Hyperlexia and hypernumeracy aren't official diagnoses in their own right, and are given only as part of an ASD diagnosis in the UK if mentioned at all. Hence my comment that you would need to get a private assessment. You can then ask for any care plan to be adjusted to mention hyperlexia and hypernumeracy, and work with your child's SEN providers at school to incorporate provision for that diagnosis.

I would recommend that you seek an official diagnosis/assessment from a educational psychologist (you'll almost certainly have to go private) and take it from there. It's always best to get expert advice and a proper diagnosis if you suspect any atypical developmental issues that concerns you. It's really easy to misjudge things as a parent and a lay-person.

I'd also recommend Roger Pope in Dulwich Village. I take all three of my children there and they are always friendly and helpful, and make sure that the children are relaxed and happy during the eye test. Sounds like there are a few good options, so it may just depend on where you live and how convenient the appointments are.

Could you put the rear facing seat in the front and then the booster in the back? It's more of a faff but probably safer. Also, the type of booster that you have could change whether you can get three in the back. The Britax Adventure is cheap, rated to be safe and is very narrow. It tends to fit in the middle back seat in most medium-large family cars. You're welcome to try ours if you want to test the fit.

Your child (of any age) is entitled to confidential medical treatment. Even when my daughter was in a neonatal unit and therefore still only days/weeks old, parents had to leave for the ward round to preserve the confidentiality of the other patients. Your child can ask to be seen alone, with you, or with any other adult that she likes. She can also ask that any particular person is not present as well.

Nature Play in Sydenham woods is great, but you have to join the Facebook group and watch out for the invitation. The places book up very quickly, sometimes within minutes in the summer. There is an after school session running at the nature garden at Bessemer Grange school from 3:45pm-5pm on Tuesdays starting this week. The first session is a taster session and I think it is a drop in.

With a child that's 112cm and 17kg, the safest option in the front seat would be for them to rear face (and then you need the airbag off). There are loads of extended rear facing seats on the market, and almost all can go in the front passenger seat. Failing that, you should consult the manual for your car. In general, the passenger seat should be as far back as possible and the airbag should be on if a child is in a booster seat. The caveat to this is that you need to leave enough space for the rear passengers too (I'm assuming that the rear passengers are younger children in forward facing seats - if so the minimum distance from the back of the car seat to the back of the seat in front should be 55cm). It's hugely complicated - and there is an expert on the forum called Rose Bolt who runs a local(ish) car seat company called Rear Facing Toddlers. She gives excellent advice.

Is there a specific issue with spelling rather than other types of homework? If so, have you thought that there might be an underlying reason. I always got very stressed about spelling as a child and was awful at it, despite being otherwise happy with school and homework. I was eventually diagnosed as being dyslexic (there were other issues too beyond just spelling), but with an unusual presentation. I'm still a lousy speller, but at least now I can use a spell-checker!

What I regret is getting a fridge/freezer that is now too small for our family of 5. If I planned a kitchen again I would allow space for a side-by-side American style fridge freezer or a separate full-sized fridge and freezer. I also should have bought a quieter washing machine. I love having a separate washing machine and dryer (I do use the tumble dryer in the winter) and I couldn't cope without a dishwasher. I've never tried this, but I've been told that having 2 dishwashers (side by side) saves on having to put the dishes away as you just take clean dishes from one washer, use them and then load them into the second. Apparently it can be a space and time saver in a kitchen. Like Pugwash, we have an eye level oven that saves bending and stops children from messing with the dials or burning themselves. We have a wooden floor, which has saved us from breaking too many dropped dishes, but isn't as durable as tiles.

Try Tynker and Code.org (online) and Lightbot Jr/Lightbot (app to download). They are really easy to follow. Computational thinking is more useful at 6 than actual coding, as children tend to be held back by their tying skills at that age. My son has been in a bit of a limbo for while now, between the ages of 6 and 7, because of his typing skills meaning that he can't write code fast enough to stay engaged. I need to find a touch-typing course for us to do next, I think.

If you're referring to the Half Moon Montessori in Herne Hill, then the main/only intake is in September. It runs in line with the school year. There was a waiting list for September starters, so you would be best to call them to see what it is like at the moment. However, if your 3 year old will be turning 4 this school year and starting school in September, it's not likely that you'll get a place for them.

The Klutz Kids Cookbook: A Very Slightly Messy Manual is great. The instructions are easy to follow and pictorial as well as written. And the recipes are things that my children like to eat as well as cook. It is designed for children to cook with an adult helper, rather than the other way around.

I'm selling a used Croozer For Kid 2. If you're interested, feel free to come and have a look. I have the jogging buggy adapters, two bike hookups (one new, one on my bike) but not the swivel wheel. I have the infant hammock and the head/body support to use for children up to the age of 2. https://uk.croozer.com/models/croozer-kid/croozer-kid-for-2-detail/ Please send me a PM if you're interested. I'd highly recommend it for two children and luggage (my children used it until the youngest two were 2 and 4), so even if you don't want a second hand one, I would consider this brand. It's a great trailer, really roomy for the children in height and width, with two separate seats (rather than a bench seat that sags to the middle). I thought it was excellent value for money, had plenty of luggage space in the "boot" and was easy to set up, put down, connect to the bike and tow.

This shop has them to hire. SingingWilks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have only driven past and never been in but how > about this shop up by Barcelona Tapas on Lordship > Lane? > > http://www.sugarcraftboutique.co.uk/

Health Hub in Herne Hill has a list you can be added to. Once they can source the vaccine (there is a lack of supply) then they will do it for you at any age.

We didn't have to wait long at all for a test at Sunshine House, so it might be worth calling them to check how long the waiting list really is. Testing children is very age-specific and needs specially trained medical practitioners, so I wouldn't expect a high street place to be set up for it.

The reason for the short gap here is it is the minimum recommended gap, so it's the fastest way to ensure that you get the maximum possible coverage. In Southwark, we also have our MMR and booster very close together, to combat outbreaks of measles that have been happening since 2000. This strategy gets the population vaccination coverage to maximum the fastest. You can delay having the booster. As people have commented, some countries wait up to 3 years. It will still be effective. It would probably be effective for a very long time after that too (see below, for information comparing a 3 month and a 4-6 year gap). But, you risk not being very immune (or even not immune at all) until the second injection. However, the chickenpox vaccine is very effective with just one dose. We have boosters for 2 main reasons. The first is to boost, or enhance, the reaction from the first injection. The second is to make sure you are actually immune. Some vaccines only make 80-90% of people immune in any given administration, so if you have it twice, there's a up to a 99% chance of immunity. In chickenpox it does both, but mostly it is for the first reason. In summary, definitely have the 2nd injection, even after a number of years. Ask the doctor if a third dose would be advised if it has been over 10 years since the first one. The link and an extract... https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5604a1.htm "persistence of antibody in children after 1 dose of single-antigen varicella vaccine was demonstrated in both short- and long-term follow-up studies. In a clinical study, the rate of antibody persistence detected by gpELISA was nearly 100% after 9 years of follow-up for 277 children (85). Another study demonstrated that although antibody titers (detected by FAMA) might decline 12--24 months after vaccination, the median titer did not change after 1--4 years and even rose after 10 years (86). In Japan, VZV antibodies were present in 37 (97%) of 38 children who received varicella vaccine 7--10 years earlier (with titers comparable to those of 29 children who had had natural varicella infection within the previous 10 years) (87) and in 100% of 25 children when followed for as long as 20 years (i.e., antibody levels were higher than those observed 10 years earlier) (88). Interpretation of long-term studies is complicated by at least two factors. First, asymptomatic boosting of vaccine-induced immunity by exposure to wild-type VZV is likely. Because varicella vaccine is not routinely recommended in Japan, coverage of children was estimated to be low (approximately 20%) during 1991--1993. Second, sample sizes were limited as a result of the decrease in the number of children followed-up with increasing time since vaccination. The second dose of varicella vaccine in children produced an improved immunologic response that is correlated with improved protection. A comparative study of healthy children who received 1 or 2 doses of single-antigen varicella vaccine administered 3 months apart indicated that a second dose provided higher antibody levels as measured by the proportion of subjects with titers of >5 gpELISA units and by geometric mean titers (GMTs) and higher efficacy (85; Tables 2--4). The proportion of subjects with antibody titers of >5 gpELISA units in the 2-dose recipients was higher 6 weeks after the second dose than after the first dose (99.6% and 85.7%, respectively) and remained high at the end of the 9-year follow-up period, although the difference between the two regimens narrowed (97% and 95%, respectively). GMT 6 weeks after the second dose was substantially higher than that after a single dose (142 and 12, respectively). The difference in GMTs between the two regimens did not persist over 9 years of follow-up among subjects who seroconverted after vaccination, although GMTs in both regimens remained high by the end of the study period. However, receipt of a second dose decreased the rate of breakthrough varicella significantly (3.3-fold) and increased vaccine efficacy (p<0.001). Another study that assessed the immunogenicity of a second dose received 4--6 years after the first dose demonstrated a substantial increase in antibody levels in the first 7--10 days in the majority of those tested, indicating an anamnestic response. On the day of the second dose, GMT was 25.7, compared with 143.6 GMT 7--10 days after the second dose; 60% of recipients had at least a fourfold increase in antibody titers, and an additional 17% had at least a twofold increase (89). Three months after the second dose, GMT remained higher than on the day of second dose (119.0 and 25.7, respectively). Among children, VZV antibody levels and GMTs after 2 doses administered 4--6 years apart were comparable to those obtained when the 2 doses were administered 3 months apart."

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps a gluten free and dairy free cake, sweets > and bread /pastry stall could be a good option. > Good luck! That is a stall that they already have. Sweet Carolina does gluten free, dairy free and vegan treats including cakes. I'm not sure if she is there every week, though.