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I got an O Baby lightweight stroller and it's been brilliant!

Thanks for the heads up, I went and visited them today and loved it!

Hiya, I am currently looking at pre-schools for my son who turns 2 in July. I have looked at a few and he is on the list for some but he won't start till he is 2 1/2 or 3+. What I am looking for in the mean time is a flexiable creche/playgroup where I could take him to drop him off for a few hours so he can play and socialise with other children and give me some time to do all the chores and other things that I don't get to finish because of having an active toddler!! I am a stay at home mum so I am very felxible with times/days - I have heard of a place called Magic Moments which sounds perfect but the information I have is very sketchy - meant to be a creche/playgroup up near Dulwich Library but don't know much more about it. Does anyone know of this place and where exactly it is and how much the sessions/what times they run at all? I have a telephone number but it just seems to ring out? Alternatively if you know of any other creche/playgroups that would be suitable it would be amazing to hear about them! I live just off LL so any in EastDulwich or DulwichVillage way would be fine. Thanks for your help!

Thanks candj - I think you're maybe right, my little one does def go to sleep so much easier with the dummy!

My 10 week old son has had a dummy from day 1 as he is a very 'sucky' baby. He loves his dummy but recently I have tried to limit it to daytime naps and night time, which he is fine about. The problem I'm wondering what to do about is I'm having trouble with the dummy falling out at night and he then cries until I get up and put it back in. Some nights this can happen up to 10-12 times a night between 1am and 6am which is knackering!!! I need advice from parents in the know!! Do I: a) let him keep the dummy and use it to sleep with as he'll eventually learn to put the dummy back in by himself (although I'll still have another 4-5 months of this!?!?) b) Go cold turkey and take dummies off him completely - and if so how do I get him to go to sleep in his cot as he just cries and cries without dummy!? c) Still use the dummy but don't let him fully fall asleep with it and pull it out before he drops off to sleep? I keep changing my mind as to what to do, sometimes deciding I'll take the dummy off him all together but this is then followed by giving it back to him in the early hours of the morning when I'm too tired to continue. The whole dummy dilema is driving my husband mad!! Any advice you could give me would be really appreciated!!! Thanks!

This happened to us too - they were very abusive and I was quite scared, luckily my husband was with me but I'd hate to have to deal with that if I was on my own. We've just decided that if we aren't expecting someone we don't answer the door, it's the most simple solution ...

Thanks everyone for your messages. My husband spoke to the head of the surgery and explained that we were disappointed, they have said I'm 4th on the waiting list. Ludoscotts - didn't know you could do a tour of the labour ward - that sounds like a great idea and think I'll definitely do that as will put me a bit more at ease and then it won't be so scary when it's happening for real! And like you say a good opportunity to possibly meet some of the midwives as well. I'm sure all will be OK. With my second (if we still live in ED) at least I'll know the procedure and can get in early on the list!

I am just wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me? I'm 16 weeks pregnant, when I first found out I was pregnant I went to my doctors surgery at Dulwich Medical Centre and when I asked what the next step was the doctor referred me to King's Hospital midwives where I had my first booking appointment. The midwife at King's said I had probably been referred as my GP surgery didn't have community midwives, she said to check with the surgery to make sure and if not I'd have shared care between the hospital midwives and a GP for check-ups. When I checked with the GP surgery it transpired that I should never have been referred to a King's midwife and they had a full team of community midwives attached to the surgery - Lane's Midwives. However because the doctor did not add me to their appointments list straight away, the Lanes midwives are now full up for July 2010 birth's so I have missed out on the opportunity of having a midwife I know and trust when I go into labour. I have been added to an over flow list and am seeing another midwife but when it comes to labour I'll just have whoever is on duty at King's, I was so so disappointed with this as if I had been sent to Lane's and put on their list from the start none of this would have happened. I think I'm just a very nervous 1st timer and feel let down. I'm sure that when I'm in the throws of labour I won't mind who is looking after me but it would have been nice to of have the continuity of care. Does anyone else have the same thing of not knowing the mid-wife they will go into labour with at King's and they are with EDM centre? Thanks for listening, a worried hormonal mother to be!