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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 23:42
Child meals are only catered for child passengers, as in over-2s who have their own seat. Infant 'meals', as far as the catering department are concerned, are literally the jars of puree and that's it. So while it's a complete pain in the butt when you have a hungry toddler and no meal, it's standard! Why you can't book - and even pay for - an extra meal I just don't know. Charter airlines manage to work out who's booked and paid for a meal so surely it wouldn't be difficult for scheduled full-service ones to do it. Having said that, I only ever did one or two flights in six years where we didn't have any meals left over, even if they were in a different cabin. Handing over a spare should be no problem at all.
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 22:06
That was a week later when I didn't know I was preggers! But I may have had to down a glass or two before we did the deed on That Night... :D.
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 16:33
We rented a car last week in France and the first one they gave us - a brand new hatchback, but I can't remember the make - definitely did NOT have Isofix. We had to ask to change it for one that did. I have a 2008 Ford Explorer in Dubai and it has Isofix. Reasonably priced, too. edited by DubaiCat on 31/08/2011 Edited because I seem to have become illiterate. <em>edited by DubaiCat on 31/08/2011</em>
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 16:26
In a 28 day cycle ovulation occurs on day 14 Good luck! Hoping for the best for you! From what I understand ovulation doesn't always occur on day 14 in a 28-day cycle - it varies from woman to woman and can be affected by external factors such as stress and illness. A great resource on this is Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, and the website www.fertilityfriend.com. Both of these taught me a whole lot more about my body, as did my doctor when we were trying. And on that note I so totally get where you're coming from - some days I just couldn't be bothered and DS is only here because I forced myself one night! :D
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 16:21
Will has a 50/50 mix of growing-up formula and soy, as he still can't tolerate full-lactose formula. The growing-up formula is meant for toddlers 1 to 2 years old. You're welcome to try some when we get back and see if Her Ladyship likes it! x
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 14:59
Miserable cow has booked her hols with work and of course any changes would be completely out of the question. I am hoping my obstetrician will recommend no visitors when I see her in a couple of weeks!
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 14:58
Nope, she's east coast Scotland. A boat would be a great idea - I wonder if I could pay the captain to drift off course a little?! We're all fine thanks. Good news with Dad's results, sad news as Grandma died on Monday :(. Overall a rather stressful summer and we shall be glad to get home!
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 14:53
Again, it's entirely up to you. From what I understand of UK recommendations, it's safe to switch them to cow's milk at 12 months but some mums choose to carry on with toddler formula until 2 or 3.
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 14:51
True - Mum sometimes comes from BHX and that's usually a bit dearer, I guess for the convenience. Sadly for the MIL, she won't do connections (where she got such air travel snobbery from I do not know!) so it's Glasgow or nothing. I guess I'm really hoping for nothing :D.
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 13:39
I just sat and pondered 'bb moment' for a good few minutes. The old grey cells are certainly not what they used to be pre-baby!
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 13:35
Hi all. Haven't been on much as we've been busy here in the UK and elsewhere but I just wanted to let you know Dad's tests have so far come back negative, which is brilliant news! He couldn't have a needle biopsy to be 100 per cent sure as his lungs are so badly damaged from emphysema it would kill him, so he had to do sputum samples instead and they didn't show any cancer cells. For now his doctor is happy to monitor him and have repeat scans on the mass in his lung to make sure it's not growing. We are all very relieved. On a down-side my Grandma (Dad's mum) died early on Monday morning - sad, but it wasn't unexpected. We are just pleased to be here for her funeral and to make sure Dad's bearing up. So, we will hopefully be back in the sandpit later next week to start preparing for the arrival of Baby DC #2. I have to say I've missed the place in the months we've been away!
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 13:01
Heavens, if it was twins I'd be constantly hyperventilating right about now! Hats off to you :D. Thanks all. DH will be off for a couple of weeks after baby arrives and then my Dad will come over, so hopefully I'll be OK for help if we do go ahead with the section. I'm under no illusions that the first few weeks will be easy but I'm thinking if I can just get through that period then I won't have to put up with the other aspects of recovering from a natural birth, which for me last time took a long time (and some things still aren't 'normal'). I didn't get the high of being able to hop off the bed at all - I could barely move! But the mental effects of the birth have been far longer-lasting :(. I think perhaps if I'd done something about the mental after-effects before now, I might feel more able to go through another natural birth but it only really hit me a while after the event and I didn't intend to get pregnant again so soon, so I didn't ever do anything about it. Now I only have a matter of weeks before baby #2 is here and I don't think that's long enough to get my head sorted so I'll be in a better position to have another go. Does that make sense or am I rambling?! PS Yes please thompson1, my email is harpersdxb at gmail dot com. Thanks.
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Latest post on 31 August 2011 - 01:54
Hi DubaiCat, thanks for sharing your experience, luckily i registered the birth as early as 24 weeks whilst I was visiting, just in case I needed to go back home, as I go often as we still have a house there. At the time I registered the pregnancy I was not sure I wanted to give birth in the UK, but luckily I did. They just registered me as a 'late booker' without any questions.. I also think it depends on your authority and your GP. Just read on the main board you're moving back to the UK so ignore everything I said! My situation only applies to non-residents who don't intend to stay, and the booklet they gave me on who qualifies for free NHS care mentions those who enter and intend to stay as permanent residents so you should be absolutely fine. Good luck with the move and the birth!
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Latest post on 30 August 2011 - 23:13
I guess North Somerset must be skint then, as I got home and registered at 20 weeks :D.
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Latest post on 30 August 2011 - 13:41
I read somewhere that only five per cent of babies are born on their due date!
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Latest post on 30 August 2011 - 13:34
37 weeks to the day after an induction thanks to pre-eclampsia. I'm not sure if you plan to deliver on the NHS but I just wanted to share my recent experience with you in case you encounter any problems when you arrive. We went home the first week of July as my Dad was ill and his doctors suspected cancer (thankfully all his tests so far are negative but that's another thread!). Obviously I needed maternity care while we've been here so I registered at our local GP and maternity unit. As I had pre-eclampsia in my last pregnancy, I also had to be registered with a consultant and booked to deliver at the obstetrics unit at the nearest major hospital just in case we ended up being here for the birth. I told the reception staff at the GP that we were here temporarily and resident abroad. I got a call from the practice manager a day later making sure I knew I had to pay for appointments, and when I got to the maternity unit for some monitoring they had a set of forms ready for me to complete with credit card details on. Then when I saw the consultant the midwives there asked me if I'd completed the forms and if I'd given payment details to the finance office. Non-residents paying for healthcare isn't new to me, but previously it's been a battle to get staff to understand I need to pay whereas now they seem to be ****-bent on making sure any non-residents do pay! A friend who went home to deliver recently also found the same, and since her delivery has received a rather large invoice for her emergency C-section. Of course this may just be my local health authority but I just wanted to warn you in case you find yourself in a pickle when you get there. That'll be the last thing you need at such a late stage of pregnancy. Hope it all works out for you :).
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Latest post on 20 August 2011 - 18:54
Hi All, I understand from most reviews that Dr. Elsa has performed more C-section births than natural births. Or am I wrong ??? Because I really want a natural birth ... I already feel scared of C-section ! She is very pro natural birth. For memory she has one of the lowest % rates of c-sections for an Obst across the UAE well... thats what I heard anyway :) I have a friend wanting to have elective c-section and Dr Elsa is trying to convince her other wise. She will only give a c-section if utter emergency. That would be me :D. I was adamant I wanted a natural birth first time round and for various reasons it wasn't the experience I hoped for, so I'm seriously considering an elective this time round but Elsa has told me it'd be against her professional opinion as I have no clinical indications for needing one. I just saw a consultant here in the UK and mentioned this, and she was very impressed as she'd heard Dubai was full of chop-happy obstetricians.
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Latest post on 20 August 2011 - 18:46
I'll be checking on that website before we leave to come back to Dubai! Last time I went through a UK airport I had to taste both the bottles I had with me ready made up, and when I had four cartons of ready-to-drink formula a couple of months ago I had to open and taste two and then obviously chuck them away as we didn't need them for three hours. I totally get that security comes first but seriously, there are indeed some jobsworths out there.
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Latest post on 21 July 2011 - 19:16
Thanks, Sleepy - just checking out flights :D.
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Latest post on 19 July 2011 - 18:44
I didn't have it and these were my reasons for not having it; 1. I was 31 when I was pregnant with DS so at home I wouldn't have had it as routine. 2. It only gives you a probability so you won't know for sure unless you do further tests. 3. The further tests are invasive and carry a miscarriage risk. 4. You can't do anything about a positive result - other than prepare yourself - in the UAE (as far as I know). I did consider it more seriously second time around, as having a baby with Down's would impact on DS's life as well as our own, but again we didn't do it. I'm 32 and not considered high risk, and we didn't think we'd have acted upon a positive result anyway, so we decided not to bother. Having said that, when we've had other scans the doctors doing them have been able to let us know the nuchal fold looks perfectly normal so that's been reassuring.
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Latest post on 19 July 2011 - 18:39
Turkey and Rhodes are just a bit too far on the plane :(. It's meant to be a relaxing break for Mum and four hours on a plane with our kids is not going to be a good start! beigey, what other airports are nearby? We want to fly from Bristol so we don't have too far to travel to the airport.
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Latest post on 19 July 2011 - 00:38
Yes please! Will email you now :).
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Latest post on 17 July 2011 - 13:22
5.3kg. But thanks for thinking of me! I plan to get the Pear upgrade for the iCandy and see how we get on with the container-ship manoeuvring, and if it's just too heavy then swap it for a P&T. I don't want to buy anything double until just before we leave to come home though - just in case.
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 23:47
Xpress once ran a headline... 'Tw@ts twitter'. Seriously.
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 23:43
It is, but I was looking for the Techno on eBay and even used ones go for around GBP100ish, if not more :(. And the Koochi is currently out of stock at Argos, and a hundred quid in stock elsewhere. I have a raincover that will fit and I also have a Bugaboo Gecko to sell on eBay that my sister got me to keep at home, as we realised it wouldn't fit in the boot of the car I use when we're here! So I won't be too much out of pocket. Well, that's the argument I'll be using when DH gets the credit card bill, anyway! The iCandy stayed at home this time after BA kindly bashed the last one up. Oh, how I've missed it, though! Schlepping round town with that stupid little Jive has been painful. Funny how buggies can become addictive :D. I think my sister has had at least seven or eight and she's on her third baby.
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 23:23
And if you have a hand free and it's a man that is 'annoying' you, don't be shy, a quick handshake with the family jewels will drop them like a stone. ;) I like to call this the 'clutch, twist and pull' technique :D. Highly effective.
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 23:12
Gaaaah... expected delivery late August. eBay it is!
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 23:09
Thanks - it's a winner!
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 23:00
Where did you find it at 139?
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 22:59
I just found one - well, two - for GBP129.99 each on eBay, brand new from Belfast. Is that too good to be true? I'm a bit wary as I can't understand why it's not been snapped up!
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 22:57
Sack that paediatrician. Seven weeks is far too tiny to even [i'>think[/i'> about letting her cry! Babies take a little while to settle themselves into any kind of routine and she's probably still trying to work out what's daytime and what's night-time, and when she's meant to be asleep. At that age, I'd say she can only stay up for a max of an hour and a half at a time and maybe even less until she's well-rested. And of course, you're only just getting to know her as a mini-individual and it'll take a while for you to work out what she needs and when (DS is 13 months now and some days I still get it totally wrong). And honestly, some babies are just efficient little suckers :D. DS never fed for more than ten minutes at a stretch and after reading the lovely Gina Ford when he was four weeks old, I convinced myself there was no way he was getting a proper feed in that time so I worked myself up into a right state. Same as H.A.K's two, he was right up there on the charts and the chances of him being underfed were ridiculously non-existent! I so hope you manage to find a good paediatrician who'll put your mind at rest. Why not pop along to a breastfeeding meeting if you can (and they're still running over the summer?). And have a chat with a lactation consultant if possible. BFC on here offers lovely, reassuring advice and I'm sure will be happy to help you. She really is a Godsend. And as Aryanwynn says, apparently babies under four months don't learn 'bad habits' so if she sleeps best tucked under your chin, go for it. I once fell asleep with DS snoring on my chest and woke up to find my chin had left a dent in the top of his head - I was utterly convinced I'd broken him! :D ETA: And try swaddling. I thought DS didn't like it to start with so I gave up, but when I realised it wasn't him flailing around because he didn't like it - it was a natural reflex - I had another go and he slept much better. <em>edited by DubaiCat on 16/07/2011</em>
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 22:33
...what about a Phil and Ted's Smart?
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Latest post on 16 July 2011 - 22:26
My sister suggested a Maclaren but couldn't remember the name - I bet it's a Techno! The tipping thing sounds like it might be an issue as I'm forever loading the back of the pram up. I'll take a look at the Koochi now :D.
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Latest post on 14 July 2011 - 14:49
Hmmm... I haven't ever gone over the limit on my 90dh package and I'm constantly on emails :\:. Maybe the settings thing is an iPhone thing? I didn't have to change anything for the BB, just got a text saying I'd been signed up.
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Latest post on 14 July 2011 - 14:47
You know, Rumour, I think you have a point with the women's lib thing. Not that it hasn't brought about a massive improvement for women and their rights - of course it has - but that nowadays we're all expected to be able to do everything single-handedly and be everything to everybody; juggle kids and a career, be Supermum and a boardroom superstar, run a home while enjoying a glittering social life, maintain a wonderful figure while churning out babies, and so on. Anything less than this and we're led to feel like failures. And it also doesn't help that we have our older female relatives constantly reminding us how much harder it was for them! I know my brother was a terrible sleeper and Mum was up all hours with him but I had PND after DS was born, brought about by sleep deprivation. I guess some of us can cope and some can't. We're in the UK at the moment and of course DS has been a bit unsettled with the travelling and time difference, so his sleep - and therefore mine - has been disrupted. I must have been a bit grumpy one morning because my lovely sympathetic Mum told me it was always 'glass half empy' with me! Gee, thanks! TwoKids, I'm so pleased you found a solution and things are looking up :).
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Latest post on 14 July 2011 - 14:32
Did you book the last row in economy? When I was crew - going back a few years - if the flight wasn't full the last two seats on the right (JK) in economy would be blocked as crew rest seats on longer flights, so maybe that's what's happened? Or did you check in less than 90 minutes before departure (probably not, given that you're checking in online :))? If so they may have given your seats to someone else. It's worth calling 04 2144444 to ask, and then ask again when you drop off your luggage, again at the gate and again at the door. Keep on at them until they do something!
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Latest post on 14 July 2011 - 14:28
I got internet on my BlackBerry (thanks to the lovely ladies on here :D) and it costs 90dhs a month for a basic package. I can't remember the links and have to rush off but if you go on the Etisalat or Du website there should be a list of what they offer and what to text to get it set up - all I did was text BIS90 to Etisalat and a couple of hours later I was all done.
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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 18:21
it is the municipality tax on yoru dewa bill? Yes...5% of your rent, paid monthly (IF your LL has registered the property with RERA) We've paid it in properties where the contract wasn't registered with DEWA. As edna says, it seems it's simply pot luck if you're on the inefficient side of the fence or the efficient side!
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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 18:15
Oh, I've had to chuckle as this thread develops. Every three-year-old is different and every three-year-old will react to structured sessions - such as summer camp - differently. There could be many reasons why the OP's LO didn't want to go that particular day (and, let's face it, many of those could simply be toddler 'I-don't-want-to' reasons). On the face of it I definitely don't think she's trying to farm her kids out because she can't be bothered to look after them, as some posters have so eloquently suggested. We all do what we need to do. Rumour, come back when you have kids. I don't mean that in a mean way but honestly, you can have all the plans in the world and you simply have no clue how it's going to be when it actually happens. I was never, ever, ever going to let a child of mine play with things just to shut them up/feed them snacks for an extra ten minutes in the supermarket/let them throw food/give them chocolate/and so on. Then I had a child.
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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 13:52
I won't quote as my post will end up pages long :D but I think your post is great, kiwispiers. It doesn't have to be one camp or the other at all and this idea that you have to be at polar opposites is just wrong, IMO. As is leaving a baby to cry alone for hours on end, especially a tiny baby, but again that's just my opinion. I'm sure many, many babies will never need to either sleep in a parent's bed all the time or be 'trained' to sleep. They just sleep, and that's the end of that (and I am very jealous of their mums!). I think it's only very rare situations where you need to actively undertake serious 'sleep training', thankfully, and I don't envy those who are in this position. Equally, I don't envy those whose babies rely on co-sleeping as I know that doesn't work for me. As BFC says, we all need to work out what suits us, our babies and our families. I wish our little toad would enjoy a nap or two in with me when I get the luxury of an afternoon kip but sadly, he'd think that was open season for playtime and neither of us would get any sleep! I do miss having him in our bed but I don't miss the light, disjointed sleep I got as a result. Speaking of the little toad, he"s just woken up...
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 16:55
That price is great! Why didn't they offer me the same on our way home just now? I had the flight from Hades :(. Seriously, it normally costs around $1500 one way if you pay to upgrade onboard (from what I remember) so you got a brilliant deal there. I had problems checking in too, and got nothing like an upgrade. More like crammed in a middle seat with a large baby bump and a large one-year-old. Luckily DS barfed on the guy next to us who then decided to move seats :D.
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 01:21
I'm insured on both my parents' cars and each time they call to add me to the insurance, they tell the insurance company I'm not a UK resident - although I hold a full UK driving licence - and that I also have a UAE driving licence and UAE residency. I think there's a premium because I'm not a UK resident, but they're fully aware I'm not and insure me as such. I think last time we called they asked if I was a UK resident and when Dad said no, they asked where I am a resident and noted it down.
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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 18:43
Mine drinks Jack Daniel's. Dad says he should be ashamed to call himself a Scot.
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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 18:40
Mine took 5 days with DS and I was utterly convinced it'd never come in. Then on day 5, wham, I wake up with the boob explosion. Happy feeding!
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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 18:38
DC and the other ladies who managed to successfully sleep train - did you run into anything like this? She's definitely rubbing her eyes and yawning by the end of her bath routine and then gets very drowsy with the feed and earlier when she was held she would fall asleep in moments, but now we seem to be going the other way!! I'd say she's getting to the overtired stage at this point, so as pentel says, maybe start the whole routine a little earlier? You may only need to do this for a few days before she catches up on her sleep and then you can gradually go back to your original bedtime. Re the afternoon nap, I found unless DS slept waaaay beyond 5pm he'd still go down at his normal time of 7ish. I figured he must have needed the extra sleep in the afternoon and was just adjusting himself. If he woke at 5.30pm or 6, then we'd have to tweak bedtime a little, but only on the odd occasion. I found the more overtired he was, the worse his night-time sleep would be. kc, I think it's that much harder when they're a little bit bigger :(. But as you say, she's learning - it'll likely take a little longer as she's way more independent and strong-willed than a 7-month-old, but she'll get there. Hang in there. <em>edited by DubaiCat on 06/07/2011</em>
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Latest post on 05 July 2011 - 16:45
I breastfed DS until he was 8 months and lost all my baby weight except maybe 4 or 5 kilos in this time. Then I put more on when I stopped :(. When I got pregnant this time, I was almost 18 kilos heavier than when I got here! Sob, sob... I totally plan to BF this one too but I will be a lot more sensible with my diet when I stop!
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Latest post on 05 July 2011 - 16:38
Just wanted to update; we went to FMC yesterday for our anomaly scan and Dr Soraya was just lovely. Kind, caring and uttely professional. She was very quick, too. I have no idea what Dr Mirza is like but if you can see Dr Soraya, I'd highly recommend her.
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 08:45
I'm away from this afternoon until at least early September so it's yours as long as you need it. DH will be here, though, so just leave a post for me on here and I'll pass on his contact details :).
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 08:34
Yikes! What happened here?! I believe wholeheartedly in what Cecile taught us about sleep and I know that DS is a far healthier, happier baby as a result. Some of her advice about feeding, however, we didn't necessarily follow to the letter as it didn't work for us. I'm happy that DS can let us know what he needs food-wise and when. I definitely wouldn't agree that a 7-month-old should be getting most of his or her nutrition from solids, nor that BF may cause diabetes (I haven't researched this, it just doesn't make any sense to me!). You don't have to blindly follow what anyone tells you, regardless of their education and experience. Follow what fits your family and what you think is right and discard what doesn't fit and you don't agree with.
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Latest post on 03 July 2011 - 21:13
How big is she? I have one you're welcome to borrow but I got it when my niece was here and she's 4, so a bit bigger. We live in Al Waha villas and you're welcome to pop round and take a look if you think it'll do.
 
 
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Expat Interview: Meet Florence Reisch, Author of 'Expat Wife, Happy Life!'

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