cynthia80

Neroli in Honor Oak Park sells a lovely range of polishes from Sparitual which are vegan and have no smell. Makes you wonder what's in the non-vegan ones!

Eurocamp and keycamp are actually the same company, they even share children's clubs! In general, eurocamp prices are a little higher but in general they also seem to get better (as in slightly bigger, better sun/shade mix) pitches than keycamp and their mobile homes are a bit nicer. Cleanliness wise it all seems to depend on the individual couriers at the site. Have you also tried canvas? They were the original camping company and are still separate from eurocamp. We used the tumble tots classes provided by eurocamp/keycamp when we went which were good fun and free. There aren't any unsupervised activities or cr?che facilities for under 5's though. You always seem to spend much for time outside on a campsite than in a gite which ours always love.

I would take him straight to A&E. Wouldn't have said this last week but my LO had a very nasty infection last week. Saw seldoc and was prescribed oral antibiotics, saw GP next day who prescribed different antibiotics. No better a couple of days later on a Sunday evening so we went to A&E. Were referred straight to paed surgeons. Thankfully got away with IV antibiotics and a short stay but could have needed surgery. Definitely wouldn't have got better with the oral antibiotics the GP's had prescribed. Spent last week kicking myself for not just taking him to A&E sooner but you assume GP's will recognise when it's necessary. It's a shame that the only way to see specialists is through A&E but seems to be the easiest way. Sounds like he's been poorly for a while so next vomiting episode I would be straight there. Hope he feels better soon. So horrid when they're ill.

Signed. Went through all the usual delays in diagnosis with my first. Insisted things weren't right again with my second (actually assured by midwives things were fine this time) but had posterior tongue tie diagnosed privately by Katie Fisher at 5 days old and it was cut the same day. The difference has been amazing this time. First time it was all too late in retrospect, too much weight lost and took another 4 months before he was back on track weightwise. This time it's like there was never a problem and 7 months on we're still doing great. Fingers crossed the petition works!

We were at the bien assise earlier this summer and loved it! There is a really nice restaurant on site (part of an adjoining logis hotel so of a good standard). There is a covered pool but the water was a bit chilly. Our toddler didn't mind but we put the 6 month old in one of those baby wetsuits. Lots of play areas and green spaces. We were only there for an overnight stop but hoping to go again for longer next year. We took our own caravan but have used Keycamp and eurocamp before. Eurocamp accommodation slightly better and pitches slightly nicer than keycamp but as other poster said they are the same company and share kids clubs. Have you looked at canvas as an alternative company?

Would also recommend the photo shop just down from soup dragon. Really friendly and managed to get a perfect, very cute and most importantly valid photo of my daughter when she was only 2 months old. Very good value too.

I can also recommend the hypnobirthing course run by calm baby calm birth. Mine was an almost home birth as I got transferred to king's after a long 2nd stage due to malposition. Loved being at home for most of it and the hypnobirthing meant it was relatively painless.

I'm so pleased the lactation consultant was good. If Anna has any more problems I would recommend seeing Katie Fischer 020 8662 0184 / 07949 176776 . She's a private lactation consultant based in Croydon but she runs a great breastfeeding cafe (?2 donation) on a Monday morning. ADDISCOMBE BABY CAF? (Katie Fisher) 10.00am ? 12.00noon St Mildred?s Centre,30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe CR0 7EB It's about a 20 minute drive from ED but well worth it. She is a wealth of knowledge on all things breastfeeding and also works for the tongue-tie clinic at the hospital. I found the cafe a huge support and carried on going, despite the distance, even after she had resolved all of our issues. Good luck with it all!

Firstly congratulations! And so pleased there's nothing serious wrong. It might be worth checking with a breastfeeding counsellor though for the latch if her nipples are that sore. I had terribly sore nipples and our little one had jaundice and didn't do that many poos. I was with Oakwood and although great in many repects, I saw four of them post birth and none of them noticed he had a 75% tongue tie despite endless advice of keep putting him to the breast and latch checking on their part. The tongue tie meant he couldn't get enough milk from me and because his tongue couldn't provide a cushion against his gums, basically gummed my nipples every time he fed. I was discharged at 4weeks after he was said to have regained his body weight on some dodgy scales (he was still at least 100g under on electronic scales). Being discharged by them seemed to scare me into action and I contacted a lactation consultant who immediately spotted the tongue tie (which was actually quite severe) and we were in Kings the next day to get it cut. Unfortunately because we didn't get it corrected until late our little one has always struggled with his weight and we have to get him weighed every 2 weeks to check he hasn't fallen off the scale. I just wish with hindsight that we'd sought specialist help with the breastfeeding earlier. Good luck with everything! It is such a tough and scary but rewarding and magical time - enjoy!x

Hi, I'm not a parent of an nut allergy sufferer but my brother has had a severe peanut allergy all of his life so I grew up in a nut-free house. He started carrying an epipen when he went to university 8 years ago. While at university, the college canteen had his photo up in the kitchen (a bit like the teacher you mentioned suggested). There are warnings on most confectionary these days but I know there is one brand of chocolate though (can't remember the name, sorry) that is made in a nut-free environment (useful for christmas/easter). Basically, my mum got around it by making everything from scratch so she knew there were no nuts in it. A little time consuming (especially with boys who eat everything in sight!) but once you start looking out for the warnings they really are on everything. Anyway, I just wanted to say that the warnings, endless ingredients reading, epipens etc all become part of life after a while and it will, eventually, all just become automatic. Good luck and I hope the meeting with the dietician at kings goes well.