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macaroni cheese was/is a winner as she can pick it up with her hands and now can use a fork to stab them (she finds this hilarious) and eat them!

would 18 months be too young to attend?

Blimey does that mean if it was law I would have been sent straight to jail for not breastfeeding for more than a few weeks!? I could have done with the rest!! ;-)

ooohh does the gorgeous man come with the high chair ;-)

blimey missed that one - thankyou so much Fushia!!

Hi - this is a bit like the thread which you can drive to but I am car-less. I can get places by train/tube - can anyone suggest anywhere nice that is not too far on the train (up to an hour max maybe) with a 19month old daughter? So fed up of being stuck at home thought I would take her somewhere nice Sat or Sunday?

My parents stayed at the Uplands which is currently undergoing refurbishment. There is the Victoria Inn - I've seen the rooms and they are very reasonable rates. They are on Bellendon Road. Sorry not sure about short-term lets in the area.

YES by Kings College, my own doctor and the midwives (not to mention the cessation nurse who also had to see me regularly) and it is also on my maternity notes. Not that its any of your business. The points I tried to make are: 1) I knew it was harmful to unborn baby - I think its now be said quite a few times no one is arguing with this 2) I was under a huge amount of stress which the doctors deemed more harmful to my baby - what can you not understand about that? 3) It is my choice (or do we live under a dictatorship) if I smoke or not and if someone came up to me in the street and told me not to smoke I would find that rude and intrusive ESPECIALLY if you do not know me or my background. Edited to say I now no longer smoke but still feel strongly about a person's free will and choice.

Yes i definately put the Calpol in the milk. She is fine with that but can tell if its nurofen or ibuprofen and refuses to drink the milk. but calpol is ok. sounds like she has it a lot but only these last few months she has had it on occasion due to chicken pox and all her teeth coming through.

veryseriousgirl - i LOL when i read that!! My daughter did the same this morning at 330am after having woken twice and demanded she get into bed with me!! She has started the terrible twos and its SO hard. I've just started reading 'Good Mother Bad Mother' by Gina Ford on the way into work this morning in the hope that somewhere it will say I'm not doing too bad!!!

here here mumofgirlies!!!

oh my word. i have been reading this with interest. It may help to give some background. I was told I could not conceive by 3 different gynaecologists. Then the unthinkable happened and I got pregnant after 10 years of believing (the specialists told me) that I would never conceive. I smoked and drank heavily. I found out i was pregnant and immediately stopped smoking. and then went through the most horrendous withdrawl that both the midwife and doctor told me to stop being silly (their words) and to start smoking again as I was stressing myself out and therefore the baby. I saw the cessation nurse (from Kings Hospital) and equally she said to me to cut down and not to quit as I was a heavy smoker. I found it so difficult and spent many a time crying because I was addicted to this drug yet could not stop for my precious very much wanted baby. So L - people like you make me want to throw up. If you had stopped me in the street and said that to me I probably would have punched you. Yes I had a choice but the choice of wanting to give up caused too much stress to my body that both doctors and my midwives said I should not give up completely. Unless you know the story behind the lady you should not comment nor berate her ESPECIALLY in public. My daughter now is not below weight or deficiant in any way. She is perfect in every sense and is beyond her years in so many ways. Walked when she was 9 months and is such a chatterbox who is not ill. We may have been lucky but at the end of the day it is I who would have to live with the consequenses of smoking during her pregnancy. It would have nothing to do with my partner, parents, siblings or Joe Public. You really do have a difficulty seeing the other side of this. Who are you to tell anyone what to do?!!

herne, hoopers

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nicolemodesti - thankyou for that I had a read and it all sound sooo familiar. I had a better weekend with her as we didn't leave the house on saturday and i was her playmate for the whole day with lots of cuddles and attention. another tooth has cut so it all sounds about right. Fushia - thanks for that link its very interesting and it helps to feel that i'm not on my own, i'm not such a bad mother and that some day (hopefully in the not too distant future) it will sort itself out and little M will go back to being happy, sleeping better, eating better and not having tantrums. SteveT - i've restocked on Teethas as she will take it and it seems to work for her. thanks anyway! thankyou all.

Thanks Gina for your advice. I tried the reading books night before last and that seemed to help. Last night however as soon I we got through the door after I picked her up from nursery she threw herself on the floor and had a tantrum. for about 40 minutes. and she would stand up and then throw herself at me. Bit of a nightmare. so I just waited until she calmed down. then she was fine. it is tiring i'm so exhausted i was late for work this morning. Will power through though and see how the weekend goes. many thanks again, M.

Hi all, i'm wondering if anyone has any advice on what could be wrong or how I could make it better for my daughter aged 18months. She has for the last week keeps waking during the night crying and sometimes screaming. It is really freaking me out not to mention making me so tired as I have to get up at 530am for work anyway. She had jabs last weds and a tooth cut on friday - not sure if these are related but also has been out of sorts during the evenings when I get back from work. My hubby says she is fine with him during the day. Does it sound like she is playing up for attention as I'm not seeing her much due to work? Do you think it could be teething? she now has 4 teeth at the top, 2 at the bottom and another one at the bottom just cut on Friday. Would it be the effects of the jab? Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am just feeling like an awful mother who should know what is wrong with her and I just want her to be herself again. Thanks in advance.

zombified due to lack of sleep, helpless, cried a LOT, but also kissed her a lot!!

My daughter started 3 weeks ago at Asquiths Peckham nursery. Previous to that she was with a childminders. She is 16 months old and is settling in ok but does cry when daddy drops her off. I think I was more upset hearing she was crying but the team there are great. I have been phoning constantly to check she is ok, constantly apologising for calling but they were understanding and would take the phone to whoever was with her or had been with her. She ofcourse stopped crying as soon as he left. She is interacting with the other children and has taken a shine to them and to her main carer. The whole staff have made me feel welcome and not at all as if i'm bothering them which in turn has settled me more. I am trying to cut back on calling in, but i just worry about things like who will give her a cuddle if she gets upset etc. But so far so good. Its my first child and i am probably just like any new mum.

I used to use cream all the time (hands and body) but it all stopped when my daughter was born a year ago. Then my hands got so dry that they were cracking and bleeding. I tried a few creams but the one that work straight away as soon as I put it on was Avon Care Rich Moisture Glycerine Calcium Hand and Nail Cream - which really surprised me as before I had a baby i thought vaseline was the best!

I think half fee sounds fair too but my childminder charges me for our holidays and her own holidays. So we have to work around her. If only having children was cheap or free!!!

i tend to get there by 8am and its quite rammed. the jubilee line is taking those travelling to Canary Wharf that would usually get the DLR from Bank as they are working on the line.

we borrowed one from a friend and another friend drove us home. We also do not own a car.

Hi - what age should your children be when you start looking at applying for nurseries?

reneet I'm also struggling as i'm full time too with a 1 year old daughter. I don't see her in the mornings and she wants to play when i get home about 630pm/7pm. Routine is out the window. i'm lucky to get her in bed by 830pm. then i have to cook, clean, wash, not to mention any admin that comes with running a house. I need to sort out a cleaner too. My partner works full time but mainly evenings and weekends so its doubly hard when it feels like you are a single parent!! (he minds her Mon - Weds then childminder has her thurs and fri) Just last night I broke down in tears as my daughter was really playing me up, then hugging me, then trying to slap me, refused to eat, then hugged me!! I've been reading other posts that have said it does get easier but the guilt is wearing me down. I'm constantly feeling like i'm treading water trying to keep my head above water. sorry don't mean to sound so glum think i'm just a bit depressed with it all. If i could afford not to work or even work part time that would be better. I'm hoping as everyonesays that it will get better.