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just adding to akd - any recommendations for dying for people with red hair, just to cover up the blossoming grey hairs? Is it worth going somewhere to get a proper colour match? Also, when do people start dying? when do a few grey hairs turn into too much?

I'd like to hear more thoughts on this. I'm with the OP. Up for vaccination in general but not sure if I see the need for this one - especially as daughter hasn't got flu for past 2 years.

Mine still has traces of this at 9. I try and make leaving as exciting as possible (?) by focusing on where we are going next, and explain that if he wants to be invited back again he needs to not stop the visit. Just say we are leaving in 5 minutes and then leave. It's really annoying but try not to pay too much attention as it is just a phase and it will stop - especially if you take no notice of it. He is allowed to not want to leave and to vocalise that - but he will learn as he gets older that shouting and screaming at the end of a playdate makes everyone annoyed - and will hopefully stop doing it.

Canary Islands for guaranteed sun.

good idea. thanks!

My husband is going away for 2 weeks so I need to find after school childcare as I work full time and have absolutely no holiday left! Does anyone know of any good childcare providers or can recommend a nanny/au pair in between jobs? Or any other ideas!

Can anyone recommend a midweek drama class, for primary age kids? Most seem to be Saturday morning.

you need to make friends with pulses....start them young and your little vegi will be happy as larry with lentils, chick peas, beans of any kind. mix them with rice and you have a complete protein.

There is also a national march planned for 12 Sep, details on Facebook page, to raise awareness and ask politicians to consider taking more refugees in UK.

we don't give pocket money in return for chores. Chores are done because they have to be done, and pocket money is just given not earned. On the occasion that some kind of payment is negotiated in return for something, we always give food that can be eaten out as a family. so in return for not bothering the babysitter they get a main course, to which on other occasions they can earn chips, a drink, desert etc and when we have a whole meal we all go out for lunch. this is something we never usually do so it is a real treat. just writing this makes me realise how each family have their own weird rituals!!!

ooh bit of a scrooge in this house! We give 1 pound a week each, but I do buy a weekly comic when we get the weekend papers for ourselves. They save it up and use to spend on a new toy or something from the gift shop etc when we go to a museum. They are only 9 and 5 so don't have many expenses! Kids are very different about saving. My eldest always saves and spends all his money on taking the family out for a treat. Is currently saving to take his cousin to London Zoo. Youngest spends on larger toys that she would otherwise have to wait for Christmas/Birthday for. Eldest does always complain that friends get more, so might have to raise it a bit...

we moved mid-term and it was surprisingly easy. you might not get your first choice but if you are moving to an area where there are lots of good primaries (like ED) you are likely to get a place in one of them.

interesting thread. have a copper coil myself and periods definitely heavier and more painful. apart from mirena coil, what other kinds of contraception have people tried for those of us who don't want any more kids and prefer not to take the pill if possible? is there anything else?

hellosailer, are you able to get things to brighton? otherwise is there not a london drop-off point? i have a friend who is organising something but can't remember if is brighton or london.

avoid Bromley - that's where I was offered Mum Mascara.....

sometimes when you hit a block like this it can be best to just go with the flow for a while as once it all gets emotionally charged it can be hard to get anywhere with anything! Where was he sleeping before? Is there some reason he really needs to be in the new bed now or can he go back to his cot, or whatever he was in before? If it's any (small!) comfort, my 9 year old is still scared of the dark and still sometimes creeps in between us!

mmmmhhh....my days browsing at beauty counters are long done following a lovely comment by the girl at I can't remember which counter...."Oh you want a MUM mascara!"

Shoreham has a lovely beach and it's not as busy as Brighton. Or Brighton good on a rainy-ish day as only 1 hour by train, you can walk along the beach but also go for a wander in the lanes. there are a couple of nice museums if you fancy, or the pavilion. Also, my son loves London Wetlands Centre - even on a rainy day! Lots to explore. Hampton Court Palace is good if he likes history. And Kew Gardens is great for mixed weather as you can shelter in the hothouses. Tickets are cheaper if you buy online.

definitely. let us know how to get you the stuff

hands to being a non-normal household?.we still have easter eggs left too! son is saving them for a special occasion - and he won't let me or anyone else eat them in the meanwhile!

does anyone know where you can recycle very old clothes, i.e. too old really for charity shop? there is a limit on how many paint rags I need to keep...

we did the same thing. just grin and bear it and enjoy camping in a bedroom for a while. agree - to anything you can to minimise dust getting everywhere. my husband used to hoover the whole house every single evening as soon as he got in. and good that it is summer. we did ours in winter and were a little chilly!

just edited post to widen out a bit - as our house search is also widening! i know brighton from years ago, but just wondering what it is like with kids?

Thank you Mathilda's other half! Yes, that is pretty much us. House in ED too small now and no way we can afford to buy a bigger one round here. So rather than just move to another area of London we thought why not bite the bullet and do what we have always said we would do - and move out. We've lived in Brighton before anyway so do vaguely know the area - but all different when kids to think of as well! Thanks for the positive message. Good to know it's worth the hassle in getting there!

Mathilda, do you have any experience of the Neville area of Lewes?