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Recommendation for Gary and his team. I?d echo what other posters have said about attention to detail, constant communication on what was happening, friendliness of all the members of the team we had in the house for different jobs and how clean they leave everything. We had three quite different jobs done and are very happy with the quality and finish of all: - set of bespoke painted bi-fold doors for an odd shaped opening between our living room and dining room - complete ripping out of understairs and previous hall way cupboards replaced by bespoke cupboard system - installation of new water line for a plumbed in fridge which involved running a channel under existing lino The finish on all 3 jobs is lovely and Gary is perhaps even more eagle eyed than we were for tiny snags which he remedied. Will be using him for future jobs. Vicky

Hi Sara Thank you so much. The monkey is indeed much loved - his name is Henrik and my little boy has been missing him badly. I've PM'ed you to arrange pick up. Thanks again Vicky

Greenwood Spa in Essex has a huge indoor pool with lots of loungers. We spent the whole day in our robes.

David, you are a lifesaver (or infant hearing saver more accurately). We're also on Maxted Road so couldn't be handier - I'll PM you to arrange when I can pop in.

We're going to the final of the wheelchair rugby tomorrow and have just remembered we planned to get hold of some baby ear defenders for our 9 week old but have completely failed to do so. Would anyone be able to lend us some (we will collect) first thing tomorrow and we'll return them on Monday with a bottle of wine or box of chocolates as a thank you? Thanks in advance Vicky

Hello all. Baby Hugh arrived on Monday and we're besotted - happily so is his big sister (if little brothers are good enough for Peppa Pig...) I had a caesarean so not too mobile just yet but looking forward to meeting up with others soon. Vicky x

Morning ladies I've finally, finally, finally started mat leave - hooray. Ive only managed to get to one Sat meet up so far but was wondering if anyone was around and fancied a meet up today? I will have my very sociable 21 month old girl with me so either this morning or later this afternoon (pre and post nap times - so before 12.30 or after 3). Oh and congratulations Erika and Annabelle - I hope you're enjoying it all. Vicky

Vikki - trying to find out about the same thing - have PM'ed you.

Our baby had reflux till about 5 months old though maybe not as severe as your baby as Gaviscon seemed, eventually, to work for us. I would definitely recommend trying medication. In addition though we spent the first four months letting baby suck the end of our little fingers (nail side down on her tongue) almost constantly as the sucking and swallowing seemed to help her keep the stomach acid down - it seemed to be the only way she could relax/get to sleep. We also kept her in babygros day and night until she was nearly 5 months as anything with a waistband seemed to aggravate the reflux and the usual thing of elevating her mattress in her Moses basket. Good luck, whatever you try and if breast feeding was making anything harder when you clearly need some rest don't think twice about having given it up.

We had exactly the same problem last summer. They had No problem getting in touch to request the ?30 but then took on average 6 or 7 calls from us to get one back from Caroline. The nursery manager kept saying she'd passed the message on but we heard nothing. We ended up going with another nursery on the basis that even though LJ would have been super handy we didn't thibk it was a great indication of parent contact or like the idea that they would ignore us if we needed to speak to them if our daughter was enrolled there. A few people I grumbled to at the time about it had had the same experience.

Hi there Is anyone planning to go to the regular meet up this Saturday? Or am I a week out? Thanks

Looking forward to meeting you all this Saturday (haven't been able to make the previous meet ups). Am planning to leave my toddler at home with her Dad and claim some much needed alone time into the bargain. Vicky

Hi, baby number 2 is due on 8th July and my first baby will be 22 months at that point. Also keen to meet up with other toddler in tow types or new mummies who won't mind my toddler insisting on tickling your new baby's feet endlessly.