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Going into a home - what happens if ...
A friend of my Mum's has called her today quite distressed. She is in her 80's and can manage to get about reasonably well but her husband is very poorly with leukaemia. They live in a large house which has become too much for my Mum's friend to manage on her own. He husband flatly refuses to move into a smaller place and…
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Possible pitfalls of being a part-time parent
Hi I've got a question to put to all those of you that currently do a shared care situation with one or more of your little ones as I may be going down this route with my son. I'm not just concerned about a possible effect on my families finances but also how it might affect my son's day to day life and so if anyone out…
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christmas family nightmares
does anyone else have the same problems i do at christmas - which family to spend it with? most of my friends have reasonable families who understand that you can't split yourself down the middle but unfortunately my family and my oh's family don't fall into this category. for the last 10 years we have got up on christmas…
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Can't find the answer so need to know if someone else has had the same problem
My wife is pregnant (early 10 weeks) with our 1st child. She has been diagnosed with "viral labarinthitis" and we cannot find an answer to say wether this will harm the unborn. Any help would be appreciated as wife is quite worried but Doctor didn't seem to say anything. If no answer then can you point me in the right…
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Family Dispute
Hi, I am hoping that someone out there can help me. Unfortunately my mother passed away in May of this year and my father who is suffering from cancer does not have long to live. As this is not devastating enough my sister has now become akward and says that I will not be receiving anything from the estate. my parents did…
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I now feel really uncomfortable
Locally to where I live there are several subways and alleys that I have used very often.. one of these alleyways allows me to get to my daughters house in 10 mins .. I heard today that a local lady left work in the middle of the day and was mugged on the way in one of these local subways , sadly she is now fighting for…
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Sure Start 12.5hrs/wk free nursery education
I understand that all children aged 3 or 4 are entitled to 12.5 hours per week of free nursery education for 38 weeks a year under the Sure Start programme. How does this actually work? My daughter will be turning 3 in the summer so will be entitled to this from September. She currently goes to nursery five mornings a…
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Could I be pregnant????
Hi everyone Was just wondering if I could pick your brains!! :rolleyes: I have been taking Dianette for a number of years and my Doctor advised me to change pills. I then changed to a different pill but began to have very bad migraines (which I had never experianced before). I went back to my doctors and he said that I…
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Very cheap jewellery for little girls
I wonder if you can help. I have bought a gorgeous jewellery box for my 6 year old niece and want some very cheap jewellery to go inside. Does anyone know where I can get some. Thanks
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saving for a baby
Hi All, This may be a little early and optemistic as we're not starting to try for a baby yet but we have ambitious plans that we would like one of us (my husband) to be able to give up work while we have pre-school children. I have calculated what money we need saved up to cover loss of earnings during my maternity as I…
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Tesco Kids Jumper/Cardi and Jeans for £5
In Tesco today I got my little girl a chunky, striped hooded cardi and matching cords for £5 - rrp £5 each, so a nice little saving of a fiver!I think the smallest size is 6-9 months (which I got) For older girls there are sweaters and jeans - I think there is a similar deal on for boys.
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Instruction help please :0)
Hi there, i was very money saving yesterday a brought 2 games for christmas from the charity shop, everything was in the box apart from the instructions ::mad: so does anyone have the game Taboo that could help at all please ;)
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Christmas - nightmare!!
Ok basically.... Me and my partner had an arguement about 2 weeks ago and I moved back with my parents and he moved back with his parents. It was a pretty big argument that we had and we are now getting counselling together for it. I am hoping to move back in with him at his parents on 20th Dec, my parents are not happy…
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Daughters ex becoming redundant
My daughter's ex has just been told he is being made redundant. She works part time, has 2 young boys, both at school & has a mortgage to pay. What should she do. Any advice would be appreciated.
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can u help me choose which toy ?
Hi all im gonna get my daughter a little kitcehn for xmas and i really dont know which one to get first child not too sure about these things the two im looking at are http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B000SSRUYS/ref=dp_image_text_0/203-2170762-6595106?ie=UTF8&n=468292&s=kids…
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cvs scanning
I posted - a thread a while back about my pregnancy issue- ie it was a shock etc -plus my situation Well i had got my head round things - and yes have really begun to look forward to the new bundle of joy ( i have 3 kids already - youngest is 11) Went to the hospital for my scan - i was supposed to be 13 weeks 6 daysy.…
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I don't know where else to turn
I'm sorry for posting here when I've not been posting much but not sure where else to turn for advice. Background is my h is a gambler and has had a couple of lapses since we got together, the last one was when our 2yr old was a baby, he had counselling at the time, I went to a couple of sessions with him and I really…
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Babies And Cold Weather
As it was a lovely, but freezing, day today decided to take little one for a walk. All set, snowsuit, back carrier - but no mittens! Hubby said we could drive to Mothercare on the way and get her some. I didn't see the point in driving to go for a walk when we have perfectly good countryside on our doorstep. So had to…
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advice on coming off depo injection
hi i was wondering if anyone could share personal experiences as info is very vague.:rolleyes: i have been on depo pill injection for 7 years but i am considering coming off so that we can start to try for a baby next year. i had a borderline changes smear in the summer so im waiting for results of followup smear before…
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Babies and territorial soiling!
Hi, I have a 13 month old baby and he only seems to want to do a no 2 when he is at home. I've always thought I was lucky in that I have probably only changed his nappy 10 times whilst out and about on those horrible changing mats in toilets. That's apart from holidays when he will go wherever we might be, but normally…
