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Kidstart.co.uk
Hi has anyone got any more information on this? Apparently you can bank savings when you spend at over 200 places (including boots) and up to 20% will go into a savings account of your choice to save for your child or to give money to a charity. I was sent the details from Little Dish (who by the way often have good offers…
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School Appeals -What to expect
Just wondering if anyone can help.We have recently appealed for a change of school for our 5 year old son ( I won't go into details),but what can we expect at the appeal and what questions are we likely to be asked,if there is anyone who can help who may have been through this process.
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Young(ish) SAHM -v- Working Mum?
Hi Everyone I'm looking for a bit of advice/reassurance from an unbiased source as all my family have their own 'views'. Basically we have have a 9mth old daughter and my maternity leave is due to end in January 09 and our thoughts are turning towards me returning to work. I'd pretty much decided that I wasn't going back…
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Where can I buy pregnancy pelvic support belt?
I'm 20 weeks pregnant and have started to get the symptoms of SPD - my pelvic bone is super-sore. I went to the docs and was told that all I can do is rest and take paracetamol. I asked about a belt but she said they don't tend to prescribe them but I keep seeing reference to them in pregnancy articles and forums. where…
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How long can it take to get over something?
I'm asking this purely to get others interaction on this. I separated in April after 15 years, was made redundant in June on the day I moved into my own cottage, didn't work for a month, started a new job in August, was told on Monday at the end of my probationary period that I wasn't being kept on, and have lost it…
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Anyone From Bexley area with children in nursery??
Hi Im looking to talk to anyone who has a young child in nursery in the bexley area (Sidcup, Bexleyheath, etc) I am currently pregnant and am just trying to get a rough idea how much it will cost to put a baby into childcare if I decide to return to work. At the moment I have a 6 yr old at primary school and I work 10-2.30…
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Is it me?
ok its not actually money saving and is alittle as me and my little family is broke... ok heres my story... me and my oh have been together since i was pregnant with my dd, (thought dd was my oh but turned out not to be long long long story but not part of the issues now) we moved in together when my dd was 5 months and…
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cot bed sheets
hi all does anyone have any idea where i can get cheap but nice cot bed sheets? My DD2 is getting her first 'big girls bed' next week, and what with getting that and the mattress, i am running short for the bedding! I have posted on freecycle, but my local one isnt that good really! Also, what is best, jersey or…
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The DWP may want money from an estate
I don't know if anyone can help with this. My mother in law died in July and my husband dealt with her estate. After everything had been distributed the DWP wrote to him and said that they may want some money back from the estate. We have been trying for weeks and weeks to get the DWP to sort this out but they just say…
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Hello from a newbie
I wanted to introduce myself somewhere before I started posting on the boards as I thought it might be a bit rude to just start posting. Not really sure what to say about myself though! I am a single parent to one daughter and I would imagine I would be in here mostly. Magpie
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Marriage is over - how can i sort things financially
Hi All, Im really hoping someone can help so i can stop driving myself nuts with worry. Basically on the 11th of September my Husband asked me for space so i moved out for a few days to give him that space, he then said that he did not want to continue to work at our marriage and that as far as he was concenerned it was…
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Why should we not give our kids skimmed milk??
I'd like to ask a question as to why not to give kids skimmed milk please. My kids are rising 5 and 6. I went to Sainsburys yesterday and they had another milk with 'less than 1% fat' on the label and it was £1 for 2 litres, Semi-Skimmed milk is £1.56 for 2 litres 0 which is what we usually have, I looked at the Calcium…
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my late fathers estate
sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread but on 16th of september me and my sister had a phone call from our nan (who we haven't seen in about 20 years) telling us that our father had died 2 weeks before.he was not married and me and my sister are his only children. (i also haven't seen him for 20 but my sister saw him…
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Reduced work hours, advice on setting up own business
Hi, just recently there was a thread on here from somebody whose husband was in the furniture trade and had either been made redundant or was offered less hours. He was good at carpentry and peeps advised her about how he could set himself up doing little jobs for people. A friend of mine is in the same position so I was…
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Karate price for my son. Am I being ripped off?
Hello, I won't name the place my son goes. But he's nearly finished a 3 month trial. To carry on IMO is realllllly expensive. We were quoted £2600 for "blackbelt" course. We would have to pay this in monthly amounts, based on an average child/adult taking about 3 years to work up to that level. We would STILL have to keep…
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how to close a joint account if your partner keeps spending?
Hi I know someone who needs to close a joint account as her partner keeps running up debt on it. They had it down to zero, went to bank to close it but apparently later found out the bank person had not closed it properly and the partner started dipping into the overdraft again. This has continued and she can't stop him.…
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Is there an Answer
I feel a total mug I am retired but have a very good pension Husband has only just in the last 18 weeks started giving me £50 for his keep I pay for everything ,petrol ,tv licence just everything He isnt earning much money in a part time job but most of his money goes on alcohol . I would throw him out but I am not going…
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Saving money prior to TTC a baby
Hi - I'm new to the forum (as you can probably tell from my meagre post count ;) ) My husband and I have 2 lovely children, and currently live in a rented house (cheap as he's in the forces) we are looking to buy once we have a bit more deposit saved and when the banks will be more obliged to give us a mortgage :rotfl:…
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Redundancy & Ill MIL - Can we solve 2 problems at once?
Hi, My husband has just learned that he is probably going to be made redundant. My mum in law was diagnosed with Altzheimers disease this summer and at the moment still lives in her own home but is getting increasingly confused etc. One of the options we have thought of is her selling her home - us paying off our mortgage…
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cashback site for schools?
Hello somebody was telling me about a cashback site where you can earn money for schools - it's got the word "something" in it, but can't remember the rest of it, does anyone know what it is called? Thanks p.s. apologies if this is the wrong place to place thread, wasn't quite sure where to ask question.
