carrieon23

HI, I swam with my son from 10 weeks, you dont need to have imms as mentioned above. The advice I was given that babies under 12lbs or 12weeks should only go in a hydrotherapy pool (heated to 34 degrees or something bathlike!) We swam with waterbabies (their nearest hydro- pool is bayswater though) but littlr dippers do lessons in hydrotherapy pool at guys hosp london bridge. It is great though- I thoroughly recomend it, my son is 27 months and absolutely loves the water, and can very nearly swim. x

Hi, I am having my second, due 18th august. I have a lovely lively little 27 month old son. I would love to meet up. Im at work mon & tues,but free the rest of the week. Princess- I am doing the nct refresher in herne hill in june, so possibly we are on the same course. Last time i did yoga classes at soup dragon which were great, but theyre during the day, so no good if still working. x carrie

Hi, I have a 27 month old son, and work very part time. We are always up for meeting up with new friends as alot of our friends from mat leave are back at work full time too. We are free wed pm to fridays. x carrie

HI, I have been ridiculously disorganisd (as always!)and am only now looking at a nursery place for my son in september I know ive left it far too late but am stuck now. Does anyone have any suggestions of good places that dont have a 2 year waiting list? He will be 2y 8 months by then. thanks carrie

Hi. I guess it's very individual but whats peoples experience with dropping the afternoon nap? At what age did you do it? My 2 y 1m old is getting increasingly difficult to get to bed at night but thought he still needed his nap. It's just been this last week he has gone from bottle & story and then singing himself to sleep to screaming for up to an hour. I don't know what to do as it's been such a quick change and I hate to see him go to bed so upset. Any toddler settling tricks also appreciated! I was about to take the side off his cotbed but guess I will have to delay it a bit as there's no way he will stay in bed now. Thanks.

HI all, I was just wondering what sort of ages did people put their toddler in a bed? My 21 month old is trying very hard to pull himself out of his cot, and im concerned its not going to be very safe for him for too much longer. He sees unable to do it if he is in a sleep bag, but im guessing its only so long before he figures out his escape from a bag too! Obviously I dont want him going head first out of the cot but he is such a squirmer in his sleep, he will just be rolling out of bed all the time. Any tips on how to convert to a big bed welcomed. We are also in the middle of moving so don't want to change too much at one time. Also any ideas what age should a child be before they sleep with a pillow? Ta, C x

Hi, I have a 20 month old boy and would love to meet up, we are about today (friday)if anyone else is free. X carrie

Good question. We too had a very sad little man who stood crying at the gates as he wasn't allowed on the swings on saturday. Any ideas anyone??

We have been away for a couple of weeks so would be nice to come along as only made the first week! We maybe a little late thou due to naptime. Carrie & J. x

I used one of those really sexy looking vest bump support tops, cant remember their official name but they sold them in jojo mamma bebe. I found it really helped as was working long shifts on my feet all day. They are a bit tight to get in to so I guess may feel a bit snug, but are really comfy once on.

Sorry we couldn't make it today. We are off on holiday next week for 2 weeks, but hopefully we can come along when we get back. xx carrie & J

HI,we are having the same thoughts, and have put our house on the market (gulp) in a bid to get a 4 bed plus decent garden. I must admit I am having sleepless nights as love where we live and although we are staying close its not walking out of your door on to the lane. We have seen somewhere we love and its 'only' 20 mins walk from here but it feels like a bigger move somehow. I am nervous, but have a very busy 19 month old who needs space to wear himself out in!! Personally I think if we cant get what we want near enough I think we should up roots and go out of london properly, but I have no idea where we would begin looking. XX

We would love to come again next week, it was lovely to meet you all, sorry we had to dash off so soon. How do i find the facebook page? x Carrie & J

Hi, I have taken my son swimming with waterbabies (http://www.waterbabies.co.uk/) since he was 10 weeks old. As mentioned above they have to go into a hydro pool for the warmth until they are about 12 weeks, or above a certain weight (but cant remember what that is sorry!). It has been fantastic and my son, now18 months absolutely loves his weekly swimming lesson. It was by far the best group activity we have been to. x

Tuesday is good with us too. We may be a little late as j sleeps until 3ish. It will be lovely to meet up with some new friends. Should we all carry a daffodil or something?!! X carrie

Hi. I have a 18 month old boy and would love to meet up. I am back at work but only work 7 days a month so am around alot. We are free on Tuesdays and wed from 11.30. X

What an arse. Its the most irritating thing when you've lost the moment and decide after you really wanted to say something thou. Wait till you have the baby- then the opinions really start to fly! I was told off by a really rather irate woman for 'suffocating' my baby under the rain cover and shopping which was in the buggy. Stupid woman didn't even apologise when i explained that as my son was in nursery and not in fact under a ton of shopping, he would probably survive!! - she just humphed off.

Please please please take a car seat. I have travelled on my own and still taken one, it's a pain to lug it about but it is free to put on board. Personally I think 5 minutes is too long for a baby to sit on ur knee in a car let alone an hour. Just imagine if something were to happen, you would never forgive yourselves. I got a non isofix one which was much lighter from the forum, and that became grandparents one after the hols. X

Well, as its progressed im now not convinced it was german measles. His dots never joined up!! The rash remained little spots alomost like heat rash that just doesn't go away. They are still visible on his face and bottom 11 days later. We went back to the doc's as they said to if it hadn't gone and still no idea other than viral illness. So who knows. His little buddy from nursery seems to have come down with a similar thing so theres obviously something going around as always! He also gave me something as I had temp and felt awful for 4 days last week. Oh the joys!! Hope everyone is on the mend soon. xx

I didn't remember that they do rubella at your booking bloods, ta. He has had Mmr but only the first one and I know you can still get all of then until u have full immunity with the booster shot. He's ok now anyway his temp has settled was just thinking about friend. I don't particularly want him having a blood test for no reason as it wouldn't change anything anyway. It was just that he had all of the signs ie cold and lymph nodes up but his rash went the wrong way round!! Maybe I'll give him a couple of days and if it's not on it's way out we can go back to doc's. Ta for ur replies. X

Hi. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with german measles? I think my son has it. He was seen by a doc on sat who diagnosed a viral rash but since then it has got much worse on his face (it started on his back and nappy area). Everything I've read says it starts on the face and works it's way down the body, which def wasn't the case with him. But it now looks like the pictures on Internet. He is ok, had 2 days of temp and not eating but seems happier this morning, but I'm just worried about my friend who we were with in the week who is pregnant. I will take him back to the doc's, but just wondered if anyone else had experienced it with their kids. Ta

HI, thanks for all the replies. They insist he does settle in quite quickly after i'm gone, but he always seems a bit quiet when i pick him up for a good 20 mins or so in the evening too. Its just heartbreaking every morning, my poor mum dropped him off for the first time in ages this morning and came home in tears cos she felt so awful at leaving him. I will have a chat to the staff and see what they think, but might just have a look at other options too. thanks all xx

HI, Can anyone share their experiences with me regarding nursery and settling in times. My 1 1/2 year old son has been going to nursery since Jan (only two days-mon and fri), and still cries as we are turning into the street let alone when I leave him. He is usually desperate to get out of his pushchair but sits and holds onto the buckle to try and stop you undoing it, and wails every day. I thought it would take him a little while to settle as he is doing such split days but at what point do I worry? I feel absolutely awful every time I take him. x

Thanks for your replies. It was the first of the 2 MMR which they now give at the same time as the men c and hib boosters so poor poor little thing had 3 injections. GP did say the lymph nodes could either be as a result of a virus but then casually slipped in that you would get that with rubella, as essentially they are giving him a small dose of the disease so that the body builds up an immunity to it. There is no treatment for rubella other than wait and if its a viral illness then atibiotics have no effect anyway. He felt he had a bacterial throat infection, which wasn't really why I went in the first place as that had only started 3 days previously! Anyway whatever worked we all got 6 hours sleep last night which is the best we've had in over a week, so whilst i don't quite feel like a new woman yet i certainly feel better than I did! Hopefully if its only three weeks I think we can all survive it. Grandma coming on thursday too so she can take over!!

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience to us with a possible reaction to the MMR. J had his 2 weeks ago under the new schedule where they basically get the 12 and 13 month jabs together. The nurse offered to do them seperately as they had only just started combining them but I was a bit flustered and just said do them all. Wished I hadn't almost immediately but anyway. Basically since about a week after J hasn't slept well waking every 2-3 hours screaming hysterically,and often doesn't want to be comforted or held, and has had a niggly temperature and been off his food. I took him to the gp today after a particularly traumatic and short nap as I was really concerned that he was in pain and was finding it all very upsetting. The gp wanted to treat the sore throat and cold he has had since friday ie at least four days since the symptoms began, so he is now on a course of antibiotics. I did ask about the possibility of this being a reaction to the injections but didn't get much of a responce, other than its very important childrn have their injections. I happened to ask about some lumps on the back of his head, that i hadn't noticed before and he said they were probably lymph nodes and oh you can get that with rubella! (or just a virus) Anyone else had any experience of this??? If so how long did it last for your little ones as I am on my knees with sleep deprivation, feel like i have a new born again! Plus feel awful that he obviously feels so crap and we are about to take out shares in calpol! I've also been thinking along the lines of night terrors, and reaction to cows milk as he does get very windy overnight, but just feel waking up 7 times in one night screaming can't just be put down to these things. J was previously sleeping through apart from the odd teething nights. Have tried him on goats milk and dosed him up with gripe water thou just in case as basically grasping at straws now. If anyone has any ideas will be gratefully recieved. xx