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Latest post on 29 March 2011 - 20:43
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Traiteur at Park Hyatt, fabulous food, Veuve Cliquot champagne and outside seating
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Latest post on 29 March 2011 - 19:48
Thanks Pentel - He has recently started walking so it might be related to that. Last night he was back to his regular schedule, so hopefully we have got through it. I wasn't actually asking for help to stop feeding him in the night, I have been waiting till I felt it was right for us. My issue these past few days has been that he has been waking at 3 and not going back to sleep till 6. Not quite sure how hearing someone else's kid slept through the night at 10 wks is really helpful, but thanks for your input.
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Latest post on 28 March 2011 - 22:48
My 11 mo absolutely loves their music class. It is expensive, and a bit annoying that you have to pay for the whole semester instead of by the class but it's really well done and I think it's worth it.
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Latest post on 28 March 2011 - 19:56
I do, we buy the half cheeses at wait rose usually, I'm pretty sure carrefour has them too, but only the French kind, not the good Swiss stuff ;-)
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Latest post on 28 March 2011 - 13:51
Explore Jumeirah! There are lots of interesting shops tucked away in there. For a whole different experience hit up the souks in Deira and Bur Dubai, you can find some amazing things!
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Latest post on 28 March 2011 - 13:48
We went to Club Med Tunisia with our then 5 mo ds and I hated it. We went with friends, and I think they thought it was okay, so maybe I'm just not a club med person. I think that it's a good idea if you want a vacation FROM your kids (lots of people put them in the creche from 9-6 and then lie by the pool), but if you are looking for a vacation WITH your kids you can do a lot better. The beach was not as nice as it is here and the food was awful. We went to Phuket and stayed at the Hilton, that was brilliant, very family friendly and had a wonderful time. I think Thais in general are very family friendly, I'd go back there in an instant! We have also been to Kochi when ds was about 6 months, he got a little bored with the sightseeing but it was also a pretty easy trip and I found people at the hotel to be quite kid friendly. We stayed at the Royal Meridien then. Enjoy traveling far now! It only gets harder as they get older and need to wiggle :-(
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Latest post on 26 March 2011 - 23:28
Thanks! I live in the marina so will try that one first. If all else fails will make my way to motor city or garhoud but I have a terrible sense of direction and am a bit afraid to venture out . . .
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Latest post on 26 March 2011 - 11:19
I bought mine at Kidville and I'm pretty sure I didn't pay that much, maybe it's worth having a look? I must say that I do like it, it's not quite as horrifically ugly as a lot of the sets. . .
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Latest post on 26 March 2011 - 11:02
We like Mini Monsters. I found Fun City to be quite dirty :-(
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Latest post on 26 March 2011 - 10:58
My suggestions would be Ossiano in Atlantis or my all time favourite restaurant in Dubai : Reflets by Pierre Gagnaire at the Intercon.
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Latest post on 23 March 2011 - 22:39
I think it's about 120-140 dhs.
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Latest post on 23 March 2011 - 22:25
It really depends where in Switzerland. The French and German parts have very different feels to them. I love Geneva but you couldn't pay me enough to live in Zurich. You won't find a lot of the conveniences we get used to in Dubai though. Shops close at 7 pm and all day Sundays, and customer service is not great. Life is quite expensive, so make sure you have a really good package. In Geneva it's incredibly hard to find a flat, and rents are astronomical. I think its quite hard for expats to be integrated into swiss life and know swiss people, but there are large expat communities in Geneva and Zurich. I think living in one of the small villages could be quite lonely though. On the positive side there is a very good work life balance and lots of nice outside sports, and it's a great place for travel.
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Latest post on 23 March 2011 - 21:03
Thanks! About how much do they cost? <em>edited by LJB2010 on 23/03/2011</em>
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Latest post on 23 March 2011 - 20:43
Does anyone know where I can find a travel cot for my 11 mo? Would like something that doesn't weigh a ton but is stable enough that my monkey can't get out / destroy it.
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Latest post on 19 March 2011 - 21:04
My ds had green poo due to a hindmilk - foremilk imbalance, he was getting too much of the (lactose heavy) foremilk and not enough of the fatty and filling hindmilk. I only fed him with one breast per feed instead of doing both and that solved the problem.
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 23:32
I found some lovely See Kai Run at Kidville.
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 23:07
You can find Raclette cheese in Carrefour & can also opt for Beaufort and Comte (I always take all three as they taste slightly different and are delicious).1 Blasphemy!!!!!!
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 21:02
1000 Saudi soldiers sent to Bahrain apparently.
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 20:53
Rack of lamb with mustard cornmeal croute, brussel sprouts and spinach salad. We're running a bit late though, still cooking. . .
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 13:19
I used to go see Deborah at Cooper Clinic for well baby checks. She's a post natal midwife and great for general parenting advice as well as the measurements and takes a bit more time than a paed might, particularly for the non medical stuff that docs tend to skip over a bit (solids, bf-ing etc.). She's a bit less expensive than a paed visit as well, if I remember correctly about 120 dhs. That being said, I also love my paed, Dr. Khan at Cooper, he's usually quite happy to chat about anything as well (as anyone who has ever sat in the waiting room waiting to see him can confirm :-)
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 13:11
I think the Ferber method is the controlled crying it out, right? If so, we did it at 6.5 months and it has made our lives SO MUCH BETTER! We let him cry for 5 minutes, then 10, then 15 etc., and he did cry for about 1.5 hours the first night. The next night it was about 45 minutes and by the end of the week he was down to under 5 minutes, though he did scream for about an hour on night 6 just to keep things interesting :-) He's 11 months now and either goes straight to sleep without crying or gives a few halfhearted whimpers before going off to sleep. He will cry for 2-3 minutes before naps, but it's still not a big deal. The best part is that he started waking up much less in the night and taking longer naps once we'd done the sleep training. If you are going to do it I have 2 recommendations for you : 1. Start a routine that you always follow. Ours is pyjamas, milk, story and then song in our arms with the lights out and into bed awake. For naps I just sing a song with the lights out, he starts to close his eyes as soon as he hears the first lines of 'au claire de la lune,' I think it helps him to know that now it's time to sleep. 2. Look at your watch while doing it. I remember thinking that my baby had been crying for hours only to realise that it had been 7 minutes. It feels like much longer that it is. Good Luck! <em>edited by LJB2010 on 14/03/2011</em>
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 12:54
I don't know about paying online but I've always been happy with Aramex shopnship. You could always have things delivered to work, that's what I did.
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 12:40
You can usually find French raclette cheese at Waitrose, and often at Carrefour as well, but like all things in Dubai you never know when it will be available. They sell Alessi metal fondue sets at Tavola, but they are quite expensive and the metal ones are really for meat, for cheese you ought to have the pottery pans, though I suppose you could always buy one fondue set and then just have an extra pan. I haven't seen a cheese fondue set or a raclette machine anywhere but I haven't been looking either, you might try Carrefour or Géant, they sell most everything :-)
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:36
Definitely mini monsters then! We'll be going around 9:30 - 10:00 ish if you'd like to meet. I'll be the harried looking blond woman with a ponytail chasing after her even blonder speedy crawler.
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 23:19
It's really a question of how active your baby is. Mine is 10 months but crawling all over the place so I think he'll be happier in a soft play area. If your baby isn't mobile then bumps and babes is good for meeting people.
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:47
There's always the Barracuda run . . .
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 22:43
Anyone planning to go tomorrow? I think ds is now too busy for b&b :-(
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:53
The peanut shell is safe and hasn't been recalled. The slings that were recalled were C-sling types. I'm a huge fan, my ds is now 11 mos and I still use it all the time. My only caveat would be that ds didn't really start liking it till he was about 4 weeks but that might have just been him too. I think that my peanut shell was the best baby thing I bought, couldn't live without it!
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 20:45
We went to City a few weeks ago at 3am with a baby with a very high fever. They were very professional, we were greeted at the door by a triage nurse, seen by a dr within 10 minutes and were back home within 1.5 hours (of which 1 hour was spent waiting for his temp to get back down to 38.) It's quite a drive for us but would definitely recommend it.
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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 14:14
I bought a peanut shell sling from baby souk and was very happy, delivery only took a day. I havnt used the ergo but know a lot of people love them. Are you sure you want to travel w a 1 wk old?!
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Latest post on 14 February 2011 - 22:32
Little Maestros at Kidville has a live band. There is a keyboard, guitarist, and ds's favourites : a drum set. We go in JBR, I think they are opening one in Mirdiff as well.
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Latest post on 13 February 2011 - 21:41
Reflets by Pierre Gagnaire is offering a delivery menu so you could have a grand dinner at home.
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 23:32
It's been going on for the past few days and seems more traffic related to me, I hear it when i look down at the bridge and see gridlock. I could deal with some good celebratory honking if it was just for that, but honestly not necessary after 23:00, no?
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Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 22:47
I had terrible acne as a teenager and use accutane for about 5 months when I was 16. During those 5 months my lips were dry and I think my skin got a bit worse the first month as it was getting all of the bad stuff out. After that my skin was amazingly better, no more acne till about 2 years ago (it's been over 15 years, sigh). I'd like to go on it again but want to wait till I'm done having kids. Except for the dangers with getting pregnant I would absolutely recommend it 100%.
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Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 22:34
I love Al Qasr. They have big tented beds at the beach that they give people with babies. We were staying at the hotel but I'm pretty sure they do day passes as well. I'm not sure of the price, it's probably pretty pricey, but still think it's worth it, my favourite hotel ever!
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Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 21:56
My 10 mo ds bites me a lot, though so far he only bites me, not dh or other kids. I asked my paed what I should do about it and he said that I should bite him back! I haven't done so, I just doesn't feel quite right to me, but you could always try that. I think my son is biting more out of teething pain and affection than aggression, so have been trying to give him alternative things to chew on and teach him how to give kisses. Do you think yours was a teething issue or was he mad? I'm not sure what you do if they are doing it out of anger. I wouldn't worry too much about the other family, I do think most parents realise that these things happen with small children. Good Luck and let us know if you figure out how to stop this.
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Latest post on 31 January 2011 - 13:03
Try dates. Bateel has really soft ones that you keep in the fridge that babies can eat easily without being chopped up (just take out the pit). My son absolutely adores them and they do the trick.
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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 23:43
Not just the feminists... I was brought up being told that I could do whatever I wanted and could have it all, but sadly, when you really reach far, you do find a glass ceiling. Still, what we do have is choice, which is a real blessing and more than many have. Thanks for the party advice! I wasn't really talking about the glass ceiling as much as about the fact that there are only so many hours in the day. It is quite simply impossible to work a full time job and be a full time mother.
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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 23:21
We have a baby jogger city mini that I really like. You would need to buy it in europe as they aren't sold here, but only cost a fraction of the bugaboo. I think we paid about 1500 dhs for the stroller plus another 800 dhs for the bassinet. Rear AND front facing - doesn't actually do this but there is a bassinet attachement that you use in the beginning till about 5 months and the baby is facing you then. Can be used till 3 years - at least, is good till 25 kgs I think. Isn't too heavy - is ridiculously light Folds easily for travel (this I can forgo because we can get one of the simpler, lighter ones when we travel) - it can be folded with one hand once you are no longer using the bassinet, before you just need to pop the bassinet off first.
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Latest post on 30 January 2011 - 23:06
Hi KC I also had a well paying job and am now a sahm to my 10 month old son and can't imagine having missed out on this year. I also wanted to be the one raising my son. DH often isn't home till after ds goes to bed and I'd hate to have someone outside the family being the only person he sees 5 days a week. That being said there are a lot of sacrifices involved and you need to make sure it's really what you want, and not what you think you are supposed to want. - loss of personal identity - This has been tough for me. At parties when people ask me what I do and I tell them that I stay at home with my son they tend to start talking to me as if I were stupid and the women often try to get away from me as quickly as possible. I've found myself saying that I used to be a banker, but that feels a bit pathetic. As someone who used to define herself by her education and intelligence the fact that others no longer see me that way is hard. - Will I be able to stay at home all day with her when I am used to working under so much pressure? No, but you will be very busy, a true stay at home mom is rarely at home. Especially with an older baby you need activities or you would go crazy! We go to the beach or playground most days and also have play groups, music lessons, swimming lessons and regular coffee dates. By the time thursday rolls around I'm usually ready for a nothing day. - Will I find a job this good when I start looking again esp since I will have a gap in my resume? Probably not, it really depends on your profession, but I know that I probably won't. - Will I drive poor DH nuts staying at home? I think this is more of a problem when you have a newborn and aren't talking to other adults all day. As long as you are getting out most days then you probably won't be climbing the walls waiting for him to get home. - Will he still give me as much respect when I don't pull in a salary? That really depends on your husband, and probably on your cultural background as well. To be honest mine doesn't. He usually doesn't harass me about spending money, and I still have some savings if I want to buy a ridiculous pair of shoes or something like that, but he does subtly act like he gets to make the decisions in the family. He also no longer makes any show of helping with the dishes or otherwise around the house. He grew up in a very traditional macho family and while he did make an effort while I was working he's pretty much totally regressed at this point. He also makes cracks about wondering if I'm ever going to go back to work that seem a bit barbed some time. This might sound a bit negative, but in spite of all this I'm still very glad that I've had these 10 months with my son and I wouldn't change a thing. I have flirted with the idea of going back to work, but the truth is I'm still not ready to leave my baby. Feminists of my generation were told growing up that we could have it all and unfortunately that's just not true. Something needs to give, and only you know what will make you happiest. For me being able to give 100% to my son and be there all the time with him makes me happier than only seeing him on weekends and continuing to have a successful career would. In a perfect world I would work 2-3 days a week at an intellectually challenging job, but since that isn't possible staying home is the best choice for me.
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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 12:31
About the going out alone with DH and spending quality time with each other, how do you overcome the guilt factor of leaving the LO at home? I sometimes go out grocery shopping alone leaving DD with DH and I just feel so guilty for leaving her. If I think of me time DH just cannot manage alone with her. Even if I leave her for a few minutes with him, he goes crazy and start screaming for me. Did that just now as he could not bath her. Argh it seems to be such a no win situation! I sometimes feel like running away from it all. I don't feel guilty at all leaving ds with dh, I like to call it bonding time ;-) I can understand feeling uncomfortable with a babysiter, but DH is her father, he does need to 'man up' (excellent term by the way) and spend some time raising his own child. As far as the babysitter is concerned, I usually put lo to bed at 7:30 and then go out with dh, knowing that he probably won't even know I was gone. If he does wake up I know I've left him with a very kind patient woman and he will be just fine! I also leave ds one afternoon a week, and while I do feel a bit guilty sometimes, he's learning how to deal with a new person and I'm learning how to let go a bit. We all think that only we can handle our children, but actually they are much more adaptable then you would think. DS likes his sitter and knowing that I have an afternoon where I can go to a fitness class, or even just sleep in the next room make the really hard days that much more doable.
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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 12:20
It sounds like the dreaded growth spurt! You could try putting her to bed a bit earlier, sometimes if they are over tired they don't sleep as well, but unfortunately rhythms change. I would hesitate to start her on solids now, they don't necessarily sleep better with them. DD is not necessarily waking up because she's hungry either, she might have just figured out that if she wakes in the night she can see you and that's fun!
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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 00:55
Yees!!!!But the big difference for me is that I get the occasional time off. Novice, seriously, find a babysitter and go out with your husband! Even if it seems a bit scary, or if you have to resort to asking one of the mums from your play group, nothing makes it all seem doable like an adult night out! My ds is 9 months old, I love him to pieces and am also a sahm, was also a successful professional before and it's definitely a huge adjustment. He still isn't sleeping through and I'm still ebf-ing so it definitely gets overwhelming. BUT I'm just home from a lovely night out with a bit too much wine and lots of adult conversation and it's like my batteries have been recharged.
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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 18:57
My 9 mo had this, though his were more greenish. I telephoned his dr who told me to give him gentimyacin drops, the pharmacist can give them to you without a prescription.
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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 18:55
Thanks LJB2010! Were you trying from the minute you came off the pill? Yes, but not too hard. I'd randomly do an ovulation test when I thought the time was right without worrying about it too much (and usually without actually figuring out when I was ovulating.) I think the first time the test showed that I was ovulating I ended up falling pregnant, I found the tests to be quite good since you don't always ovulate on a saturday :-)
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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 18:52
Thanks! Wasn't sure if it was still a good party.
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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 14:33
I've had someone from Home Maids 043397757 come, I just had to pay taxi fare
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Latest post on 27 January 2011 - 14:13
Melinda - I had really long cycles too when I came off the pill after having taken it for eons and eons. I had cycles of 35-45 days for the first 4 months and then fell pregnant 6 months after stopping the pill. I think my cycles were down to about 30 days at that point. Give yourself a bit of time, I think it's normal to have long cycles at the beginning.
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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 19:47
I delivered at City in April and was very happy, I would definitely recommend it. The best thing to do is to go for tours and talk to the midwives so you can get a feel for the place.
 
 
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