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Another shout-out for Paul. Super-speedy and friendly service as usual. Thanks again!

Just logging on for the first time in a while and I'm so pleased to see other people have used Doda and were pleased with his work! Extend10 - yours looks fabulous.

We?ve just had a black and white tiled path laid at our Victorian terrace by Doda, a brilliant builder who I wouldn?t hesitate to recommend. He also re-rendered our walls, fitted railings and a new gate, and laid slate slabs to the side. Doda was diligent, polite, honest and a pleasure to have around. His rates were very reasonable too. Let me know if you?d like to see photos of our path - happy to send. Contact Doda on 07916 846473.

Agh I wish I?d seen this sooner! I fell for his scam in East Dulwich today. Sigh.

Emma Hardie Amazing Face Cleansing Balm, Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum and Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Mask have seen me and my complexion through the first year of my daughter's life without too much damage!

Ellie at Myla & Davis did my hair this week - excellent highlights and cut, and I am extremely fussy!

Another vote for Hollie - she is completely fabulous.

Thanks so much everyone. Lovely to have so many tips and a bit of reassurance too!

Thank you! Yes, I love the idea of BLW and bought the book a while ago. So far nothing in any way lumpy is going down - just fruit pur?e and yogurt. She's always refused a bottle but loves the boob and thinks drinking water from a sippy cup is just hilarious.

I'm hoping someone has good advice here - or has at least been through something similar and can sympathise! My seven-month daughter is perfect in every way (of course!) apart from the fact she will not eat anything other than fruity Ella's Kitchen pouches. I diligently created a fridge-full of breast milk-enriched vegetable purees before we started solids but she wasn't keen at all. The Ella's fruity pouches have been a hit but I'd love her to try some vegetable flavoured ones, or better still, an actual piece of fruit or a real vegetable. Anything that isn't yogurt-smooth gets rejected and she bursts into tears. She normally such a cheerful little lady - it's unlike her to have a meltdown. Help!

We recently had a photoshoot with the lovely Joanna Szymkiewicz from Joasis Photography and I wanted to recommend her wonderful work on here. I hate having my photo taken but Jo made it a pleasure, setting everything up at our home and being perfectly patient when our baby needed to feed or snooze. Her pricing is extremely competitive, we've got a DVD of dozens of images to treasure, plus she's local - even better! You can contact Jo on [email protected].

Hi Spring mummies-to-be! Our spring baby arrived on Wednesday and, while it ended up going really well and with a perfect little girl at the end, we didn't have the water birth at home that we had planned... As a result I've got a birthing pool (bought second hand), plus an unused liner, two brand new hoses (15m and 10m), hose adapter, pump to inflate and pump to empty the pool all up for sale. It's the Birthpool in a Box Eco Mini pool. PM me if you'd like to make me an offer. I bought the pool on here for ?60 a few weeks ago - the new hoses and liner were about another ?30/40.

ADT are in Honor Oak Park today. Two young guys just knocked on the door and one said "We're not selling anything". When I asked "Not even burglar alarms?" he just laughed and they walked off.

I changed to the dentist at The Gardens last year too. Much better!

My husband and I (both a little sceptical at first) found Hollie's four-week hypnobirthing course a revelation. I've gone from feeling pretty terrified about giving birth to really looking forward to the big day. For that alone it was worth every penny. Thanks Hollie!

Thanks everyone!

As first-time and quite clueless parents-to-be, we're hoping the hive mind of the EDF has some good advice on baby monitors. Which ones are great? And are they any that are best avoided? I'm not mad keen on the video variety but husband likes the look of the ones that sync with your iPhone...Thank you!

Lovely to meet the ladies that came along last night, and thanks again to sct for organising. Looking forward to another dinner date soon! x

Well Millhaven, I think that's subjective... We don't all enjoy the same things!

I like it. Nice design, interesting content that's mostly relevant to the 'hood, a bit of property porn - and it's free. Why grumble?

Hi Raqski77, happy to give you a lift! PM me your address and mobile number if you like, and I'll give you a call when I'm outside.

Thanks for organising! Rocca's perfect for me. Once we've sorted dates and times I'm over in Honor Oak Park if anyone wants a lift. Room for four more in the car.

I can make the 17th, or 23/24th. Looking forward to it!

Another vote for The Gardens. I'm a big fan of Doctor Stephens there.

Evenings work for me too! While we're planning our first meet-up, have any of you started pregnancy yoga or similar baby-prep classes? I'm a first-timer and have been waiting a rather long time for this to happen, so I'm keen to try EVERYTHING!