jennyh

I was mugged in st Francis park in the middle of the day last year. No CCTV, the CCTV that would have picked him up by Dulwich station was apparently 'facing the wrong way' which is odd as he walked up and down the road apparently. I'm sorry for your friend and appreciate the heads up, I wouldn't walk many places comfortably in the dark, CCTV should def be employed in that spot.

Same here, mine is 2 and she started this around 18 months. SHe now really plays us against each other but it goes both ways, cries for daddy when I'm being tough and trying to get her to brush teeth etc, and then vice versa. I'm definitely the bad cop but I quite like that, gets things done even if it comes with tears. I would say that you def need to agree with your husband what your stance on it is, we try not to confirm her behaviours so if I'm doing her nappy and she cries for daddy, he comes in and is equally tough and backs me up! It's a tag team, both have to support each other. She's pretty sly for a toddler and is learning exactly what she can get away with! That said bedtime with daddy can take an hour 'more books daddy, no this sleeping bag, water please, other teddy' whereas I am much more I he point! Fun daddy, boring shouty mummy. :-)

I thought he was great, my 2 year old said 'dinosaur is too scary'. Ha!

We got married last September and our favours were homemade jams, my mother in law is a keen cook so made huge batches of different jams and we bought jars and put little stickers and gingham lids on them. Was a nice touch and everyone liked it which helps, so often favours are nothing special but cost the earth!

Did a free one from St Johns Ambulance. Get a few people together and find a house/pub/venue of some sort to do it in. Think you have to book with them quite early if you want a weekend day but its a good course and is obviously free so really worth doing. Sure people on here would be up for it, there was an old thread a long time ago and lots of people seemed keen.

Same thing happened to me in the same spot a few weeks ago. I genuinely had no idea of the rule regarding parking on the pavement and copied a number of other cars. So they made another decent profit then, must be a good spot! On that particular day the whole car park was taken up with film crews and catering vans. Just one of this things, will live an learn!

Absolutely share this, consumes my life too. I have had lengthy CBT with mixed results and have just started a mindfulness meditation course which is great but hard to fit into life sometimes, these things are things hat both take effort and hard work, doesn't come naturally. You can retrain how you think but it takes determination and time. Definitely good to share and would be happy to!!

It is very hard and we are in a similar position. We offered asking price on a house when ours was jut going onto the market, within 24 hours. The vendor waited a few days before saying that he would accept our offer but gave us a timeframe to go under offer ourselves (1 week!!) so we are desperately hoping ours sells quickly. Depending on what you have in dulwich the demand here is high so feasibly things could move quickly here but you just don't know. I would always say that it's worth showing your interest and trying within your means, the worst that would happen is that they will say no but at least you won't keep wondering. I don't think it's uncommon to put offers on when you aren't under offer yourself, but will always come down to how much other interest there is and how close you are to selling! It's horribly stressful though and I feel for you. We had an open day on our flat yesterday and we are praying for an offer as we lose our ongoing buy on weds :-(

We used panther cars and they knew I was in labour. Didn't phase them although he did take all the roads with speed humps which didnt exactly help.

As above. My daughter crawled at 11 months but was never that fussed about moving, she walked at 17 months. She is not naturally mobile, she can run around with the rest of the kids but is a cautious climber and jumper and will wander off but never ok frantically! However...she learnt how to get dressed early, she talked early and doesn't shut up, she is really into fine motor skills and plays with tiny dolls houses and is very focussed on things. She'll walk if she needs to, would never just leg it. She's 2 now. I had same concerns as you re nursery but actually she just did it in her own time and they need to respect your opinion.

Ha, well I'm not surprised that if you've struggled with a bottle habit before then def keen to avoid it. To be honest I've no idea when I'm supposed to stop it so would happily take any advice! Although the thought of her waking in the night due to hunger fills me with dread. Currently in the phase of waking for things like tissues or imaginary drinks of water!

Not at all! My daughter has no milk in the morning so gets all her milk in the eve. Not sure when that's supposed to stop but they are all different. I'm sure she doesn't miss having one!

mine is 24 months and it goes something like this...badly... bath and then whilst the water is draining away she has her bottle, then refuses to get out until it gets too cold. She then finishes her milk whilst I get her dressed and ready for bed (which helps with the refusal to have nappy on etc) plus it means that I can do her teeth after her milk. To be honest the milk thing was becoming very frustrating as she would hop around the room like yours and it would take about half an hour! She is now finished in about 10 mins max. Then we go to the bedroom having said goodnight to every single inanimate object in the flat, possibly twice. I then follow her commands on where I am allowed to sit, usually on the floor on a particular blanket and she picks the books she wants. She then messes around with bits and bobs whilst I tend to read the books to her teddy. Eventually she gets a bit more interested/jealous of teddy and she might sit next to me for a couple. We always put the lullaby on which lasts 15 minutes and then when it stops it is time to go to beed. Then i give her a small lecture on how all her friends are asleep (lily included! :) and how she must sleep because she needs to dream and teddy is tired blah blah blah. She insists on turning the light off herself although is always reluctant to go to the cot unless she can take something with her - hairbrush is a favourite, or a book to 'read' to teddy. Sometimes she cries when I go, other times she chats to herself for what feels like hours. To be honest I think she is always wired so frankly the relaxing bedtime has left the building and I dont see it returning!!! Whatever you can do to get by! Edited to say that Bess has always had a teddy at nursery who lives there, identical to the one at home. Occasionally she sneaks in a doll or a book or something but usually surrenders them at the door.

Again would be good to know any more info, our nursery is not that far but they didn't mention they went to the park on Tuesday and they usually do...

Ditto my favourite nursery. They have got very busy in the last year so not sue of the list but worth a shot.

Another vote for dulwich college? Had the old library, a 2 hour slot is the most basic option so enough time to decorate and a little hanging around after to get people in cars and maybe take a few snaps. They were lovely to deal with. But it's not cheap in my opinion.

Ditto here Emza! She did eventually drop off through her tears at 2.30 only for me to wake her at 3.30 amidst much irritation on her part. What is usually a 7.30pm bed turned into a huge screaming match and come 9pm she was just dropping off. So long evenings!! In all seriousness, I feel so sorry for the poor little thing not being able to drop off, it's so irritating as alln adult so I can't imagine how hard it must be when you don't understand. As mug as I hate losing the hour to myself, It's more I just want to help her!

She goes to nursery 3 days a week and they say she sleeps every day for at least an hour, she really does get tired so i think she still needs it. I appreciate your advice, to be honest I think I've made the mistake of trying to put her down too late thinking she will be exhausted but like you say trying to stick to the timings and routine makes more sense. Sadly unless she is shattered we face a good hour in the car before she even considers dropping off and the same in the pushchair amidst trying to climb out and dropping cherished teddy. She's just wired all the time, life is far too fun!!!

What happens when your toddler hates their travel cot and wakes every 45 mins from rolling into the sides? She has never been a big fan which has stopped us going away a bit but now she is much bigger I think it's really because its too small for her. She has always had a cotbed so is used to having space to move around. Soo... We are hoping to go to the Lake District in June but the bed thing is stressing me out. The room is a double so she'll share a room with us but we struggle to ever get her to share a bed with us. Has anyone used one of those blow up travel beds? Any recommendations on what has worked for you in the past?? A single mattress might work but we don't have access to one in the house I don't think. Thanks!

Hey Have read about sleep regression at 2 years old and so have a basic understanding of the reason why my toddler is refusing sleep but not sure what to do about it! She seems tired but can't sleep and have tried everything from a very obvious attempt to wind down with milk and books to sleeping on me/cuddling etc, to endless talking about how her friends are all asleep etc, to trying to overly exhaust her with activities so she crashes but its not working. Yesterday she sat in the cot for 90 mins playing and finally slept a 3pm which didn't help as she then didn't go to bed until 9 so is getting less sleep at night. Today I have tried for an hour and a mixture of leaving her to cry and going and cuddling etc but she isn't playing ball. I guess in struggling to see how I keep encouraging her to nap but know when to give up. I feel she needs the sleep still and I know it's early to completely drop a nap but i fear we are heading that way... Not sure what I'm looking for, ideas, experience, sympathies!? I'm having a really crappy day today where it seems everything is hard work so sure I'm overreacting. I wouldn't mind her being up all day if I didn't have to do everything for her when she is awake, refusing to play alone, tantrums over every little thing!!! It's a tricky phase!!!!

Tried the polish route but didn't work :-( she was very interested but as soon as she realised they had to be cut she knew it was a trick and demanded that I put her socks on. Alas I'm back to square one.

Thanks everyone, those are great suggestions. She is def starting to understand bribery, is only just turning 2 so still looks a little perplexed sometimes! I dropped her off at nursery with the hope that they might manage to do it so on my way I collect her now, fingers and toes crossed!

Nightmare with 2 year old. Hysterics and sobbing and squirming and screaming. Anyone got any suggestions? She is happy with fingernails and we've tried doing mine, doing dolly's, me doing it, daddy doing it, doing it quietly and not making a fuss, doing it pinned down which only makes it worse and dangerous. They've started curling over and cutting into her toes so its getting a bit desperate. May try doing it when she's asleep but if anyone else has ideas please do share! She is happy enough to imply it could be done but the mere touch of finger to foot sends her wild!

How long is it? My daughter loves show me show me but is only just 2, might she be a bit young?

I had acupuncture at dulwich therapy rooms but it was with a lady. Not sure of her name. Had 3 sessions and 2 sweeps over 5 days and my daughter arrived the day before induction was booked. Not sure what to attribute it to as you never know how far you are but I did feel twinges during the acupuncture so I'm sure it does something!!