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How would you feel about your child getting an unboxed gift?
My son has 2 cousins, a brother and sister who are the niece and nephew of my ex husband and who live 3 hours away. They are all a similar age and I want to keep as much contact between them as possible. I always send them presents for their birthday and Christmas if we aren't going to see them in person and I find the…
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Baby just will not settle
Our 5 week and 5 day old baby just will not settle at night. We never are able to get her off to sleep until the early hours . By this time we are both shattered plus I have to go to work at 7 am in the mornings. We have tried infacol, cow and gate comfort and gaviscon infant but it is not working. Also we have tried gripe…
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baby sites that help with cost saving
Hello, in October I will be the proud(est!) granny of twin girls! I am a keen MSE user and will be keeping an eye on this forum for mums. I have provided a fairly random list of baby clubs/baby sites for my daughter where she can get newsletters, coupons and freebies. There seems to be plenty, doing just a Google search,…
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Advice Increasing Childcare and Debt
Hi all, Sorry if this is not the right area to post in but I need some advice and guidance. Partner and I both work and we have fairly decent jobs that offer long term careers however we are struggling to pay to keep our rented house going, pay for childcare and pay of debts.... I'm Stuck. I currently pay £750 per month on…
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How do you Mums budget?
I'm pretty new to this forum and I'm feeling really motivated by other people's success stories and all the encouraging posts on how to make your money go further. I have a little bit of a complicated situation and I'm constantly trying to plan for the future without really knowing what that is going to be - but who does,…
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Uni mother and working? Selfish?
Hi Sorry if I am posting in the wrong part, but unsure what other section to post this in. I am a single 19 year old mum to a 7 month old boy, father is not involved (his choice) I continued with uni through my pregnancy and returned a month after I had him, I study law and have 3 years left (as of September) I still live…
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Elderly frail parents
I am hopefully after some advice as to what help is available. My father has a severe urine infection and is in hospital. He had a bad fall and at the best of times is unsteady on his feet. The crisis care team have been and have sent out a few items. Raised seat cushion, walker and toilet seat. They will assess the house…
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Staffing Needs
My brother has been thinking of getting some extra hands for the Christmas to pick up calls for her catering business. Just 2 to 3 persons working 2 shifts. Does anyone know where it is possible to find such help in NJ?
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Childcare vouchers: fees and reviews of providers
It proves very difficult to find online any information on the fees charged by the childcare vouher scheme operators. Anyone who uses them, can you indicate what % is charged b your voucher company? I suspect it varies withthe size of the employer etc. but a ball-park figure would be a good start. Also, if anyone has ha…
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Paying for daughter's dance classes
I'm asking on behalf of a friend who is a mum, and needs some help from people who might know of an avenue which might offer some assistance. Mums seem good at knowing that sort of thing! In a nutshell, my friend and her now 14 year old daughter fled her violent marriage a few years ago. Dad pays £3 maintenance a week, but…
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It's all going a bit wrong (and son has Aspergers).
Up until recently, life was going rather well. O was employing 2 people (I own and run an Eco-friendly cleaning company) and i was working 3 days a week, and money was on the better side of OK. I had my children in school full time and things were going OK. But things have changed and i am a bit lost and confused about…
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court order - child maintenance
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } I am writing on behalf of my partner. She obtained a court order on 26/3/2012 for child maintenance for her ex husband. However after all this time all she managed to get was 12 payments out of him.Been dragging on etc. We feel he is in breach of the order. He does nothing to…
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Really cheap Icandy !
https://www.icandyworld.com/store/collections/cherry older models but great bargains!:beer: