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Best baby bouncer that doesn't cost the earth?
Hi, I'm pregnant with my 2nd and looking for recommendations for a bouncer/ rocker. Looking back i wasn't happy with the one we had for the first but I didn't know any better then! I'd like it- To have various recline positions including nearly flat Not be too much of a bucket seat, fairly flat Vibrate and play some tunes…
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Am I legally allowed to keep “unsolicited” goods
Hi all I placed an online order with a large retail chain for 3 items. The order turned up and I received 19 of the same. Can the company make me give them back? Or am I legally allowed to keep them under the unsolicited goods act? Thank you 😊
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Kids clubs and coronavirus
Hi, hoping for some advice - my son has swimming lessons that have been back on for 4 weeks, but I have concerns that guidance isn’t being followed. I wrote a lengthy letter to the organisers, which helped a little but the problem is that without a member of staff poolside to organise the parents it descends into chaos -…
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Kids contributing
Bit of a dilemma , my son passed his degree in pharmacy and Is in a pre/reg pharmacy position , we’ve never asked him for a penny. He’s started his job and take home pay is £1759 (he’s 23) . He’s using my car which we’ve insured we pay f£132 a month for the car , he’s refusing to pay board And saying he will buy his own…
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3yo proof baby gate for stairs
Granddaughter who is 3 1/2 often wakes up during the night and will take herself downstairs to raid the fridge or cupboards for snacks. She learned to open baby gates from a young age and i wanted to know if anyone had a solution. Her bedroom is on the top floor of a townhouse so she has a bathroom she can use and mum and…
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Reuseable cloth nappies
Hi I am keen to try reuseable cloth nappies for first baby due next month for money saving and environmental/less landfill reasons, (edited to add:) and am looking for advice on terry squares. I understand Terry squares and wraps are most economical, anyone have any recent experience or advice on where to source? Tia
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Sodexo Childcare Vouchers - expired?
I just checked my childcare vouchers account with Sodexo and found that a few thousand pounds have disappeared from the balance!? I collected the vouchers when I worked in an office job. I now work from home and have not needed childcare for a few years. Last time I checked I had around £3000 - 4000 in vouchers. Now I have…
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Trying to leave relationship
27 years relationship coming to an end, have been on the housing list since November, apparently near the top now. Things starting to get nasty and he's trying to get me to leave .. we have 1 daughter 16. We have been renting a house from his friend for almost 3 years, so no chance of me staying, and I wouldn't want to…
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How to educate daughters pencil case habit!
Not sure this isn’t the right forum but I’ll give it a go! my daughter had an obsession with Smiggle the pencil cases in the last few years. They look great but are hopelessly expensive. She spent all her pocket money on them and has a healthy collection. however, she hasn’t now decided she doesn’t want them and wants to…
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How do I get out of the treadmill: work, commute, family?
Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this post. I am a single mum living in the suburbs of a large town with my 4 year old daughter. I work 40 hours or more a week and have a commute of 2 hours every day. I don't see my daughter very much and when I do I am too exhausted to do anything with her. I am…
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Hospital Bag for Baby & Me... what do I need?
Hi, don’t know if you can help? I’ve got a list of items I need to take into Hospital for the arrival of my baby. For me it says breast pads, maternity pads, for baby nappies, baby grows but how actually many do I actually need to take? Any advice would be great!
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Husband and his money
My husband has more money than his job would pay? however he doesn’t exactly work as a CEO of a bank etc. He works as a groundsman in construction. However over the last few months (8 months) He’s bought me a brand new Rolex and himself, brand new BMW/ Audi car and we have huge amount of money stored around the house.…
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Tax on Receiving Cash gift from EEU
I wonder if anyone has any advice please. My sister is a Swedish National living in Sweden, she wants to gift my daughter lump sum to my daughter, who is 18 years British National and lives in Britain starting university in September this year to help her with university tuition fees and living expenses during her…
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help not sure if allowed think i posted in the wrong place earlier
basically my partners work are withholding his wages until he gets a bank in his own name they have previously paid it in to my account but are now saying due to gdpr this is no longer possible unless we are married he should have been paid friday its weekly pay they wont pay him i have since opened him a bank account he…
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Burp cloths
Hi, I would like to make a stack of burp cloths for my daughter to use when her baby arrives. Can you mums and dads please tell me if you have used one? Are they useful? Do you prefer double contoured, contoured on one side or all straight rectangular? Also, last question! Waterproof backed terry or not? I've got lots of…
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Not going to use up childcare vouchers
I'd carefully calculated what I needed in terms of childcare vouchers to see me to the school summer break. Now my child who still used breakfast/after school club is not at school because it is closed due to covid-19. Even if they go back this academic year there is no way I will use all those vouchers I'd saved up. In…
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Husband has willed our home to Daughter without consulting me 😢
Finally, after me pestering my husband about the contents of his will - he informs me he has willed our Matrimonial home to our daughter - ONLY giving me a life interest in our home until I die 😢 and then she inherits it ALL !!! All he willed ME is what's left of his pension !! I was so SHOCKED and disappointed I could…
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Nervous Mum-To-Be
Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post.... I'm 15 weeks pregnant with first child, and just found out my partner (baby's father) is likely to be made redundant within 12 weeks... We're not living together at the moment, but I was relying on him for financial support once baby is here... I've been…
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How do you split up the finances when one is earning more money ?
Hi there, Hope you can help me because it's bothering me. Would you agree to split the family finances 50/50 and what we have both left is ours to dispose of ? At the moment, we put everything in the main bank account, I'm doing a job which I don't enjoy but pays very well. Yet if I want to treat myself to something (not a…
