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Latest post on 16 February 2012 - 08:18
You can rent from DSO directly however they do charge an agency fee. They're in the pineapple building.
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Latest post on 15 February 2012 - 07:53
We use a guy called Hamza from Key Solutions very efficient 0506643993
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Latest post on 14 February 2012 - 09:38
Sorry can't be of any help maybe you could try contacting the lawyer who is on 103.8 and she might be able to point you in the right direction. Her name is Lubmila [url=http://lyhplaw.com/ludmila_yamalova.htm'>link[/url'> or amybe someone else has a suggestion. Good luck!
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Latest post on 11 February 2012 - 17:46
Jens hair studio on sheikh zayed rd 8005367 ask for jardine
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Latest post on 10 February 2012 - 18:43
Hi Fedup, I second Dr Nichol he's fantastic. Re Vit D and Iron Supplements my father who is a Dr and is very upto date he says that the supplements are very important for brain develepment, and other developments easpecially in ebf babies as studies have shown that we don't pass on enough in our breast milk. Good luck SS
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Latest post on 10 February 2012 - 16:11
Star Wars Lego: death star, emperial shuttle, AT-AT, AT-OT, Jedi cruiser, clone cannon, clone turbo tank and the melinium falcon are all sets my DS wants or has and loves. No idea about 8 year old girls sorry.
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Latest post on 10 February 2012 - 09:15
Any more advice please. DESC is not for profit British Curriculum school and has good sports facilities. Repton is an IB school people have very mixed views. GWDSO also British Curriculum not sure of sport facilities.
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 16:17
I second Key Business Group
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 15:51
Hi na115 you have mail.
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 12:16
I think you have to try other IB or US curriculum schools as British curriculum cut off dates are September. When my son started shook he turned 3 in Jan and started FS1 the September after so he was 3.75 years old when he started FS1, 4.75 FS2 and 5.75 years old year 1.
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 07:08
No worries Hiccup my son was there from FS1 to end of year 2. Am very happy to answer any questions you may have. star dot southern at y mail dot com (no spaces)
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 05:24
Hey Ladies, Was wondering if anyone else is suffering from leg cramps???? I try and keep as active as I can to help prevent them, I think its something to do with my nerves or blood vessels but they are becoming very uncomfortable now. They come as go very fast, like a split second but they are not very pleasant :( Does anyone have a cure or any suggestions? Thanks Take magnesium supplements works wonders mine got so bad I couldn't sleep or walk! I swear after the first pill they got better.
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 05:19
Which school will you recommend near Mirddif(or easy to get) please: The child is sport mad so school with good sport facility will be huge plus. The child is in Uk at the moment in year 7. edited by sarahdxb on 09/02/2012 DESC
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Latest post on 08 February 2012 - 20:15
Because they cap the class sizes and each class has a teacher and a TA. My son went there and we liked the school however in his last year there he was the only native English speaker in his class which became a slight issue for us. Teachers are lovely and Mr Spaans the head is great.
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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 21:02
You have 30 days to register the birth. 120 days to get a visa here is a link with info from government website. I second baby steps. You could take a copy of your passport now with your valid visa and use that for registration. [url=http://dubai.ae/en/Lists/Articles/DispForm.aspx?ID=29&event=Having%20a%20baby%20in%20Dubai&category=Citizens'>link[/url'>
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Latest post on 05 February 2012 - 20:54
Sorry mum n me can't help but you could by it on amazon then shop n ship it here it'll take about a week.
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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 17:01
. On the growth charts the weight and height should be in the same percentile and should gain as per the chart. So if your baby's height is in the 60th percentile (which means your baby is taller than 60% of babies it's age) then the weight should also be in the 60th percentile, or thereabouts. You worry when say the height is in the 30th percentile and the weight in the 70th percentile. . I'm sorry but this really isn't true, I hope your Dr didn't tell you it was! The percentiles absolutely DO NOT need to "match" at all, think about it, people come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and the same is true for babies. My baby for example is a tall slim build (like myself and my husband) so although he has always been in the 98th percentile for length as a baby he was between the 50th and 75th percentiles. This was not a problem at all! It would also be quite normal for a "short" baby to always be in the 70th for weight but say the 30th for length etc. Can you imagine if say their was one specific weight that a 170cm tall women "should" be. The point of the charts is not at all to compare the height and weight against each other, its to see that your baby has a steady "normal" pattern of growth within each variable (although length and head circumference are more important than weight usually). You don't need to follow a chart exactly, but when you plot it over a period of weeks or months most babies will very loosely follow the same sort of pattern. So if your baby was in the 50th and then went up to the 75th then next week but didn't gain the week after and dropped back down to the 50th etc, that would be fine (because you are looking at an average pattern and there will always be growth spurts etc to factor in) vs a steady drop down from the 75th to the 30th over a period of a month or 2 would could suggest they are not gaining as well as they could be. Basically the "average" baby will stay within their centile (or wiggle in and out of the ones directly above and below) but the centiles of height weight and head size are not related, its the pattern within each centile that is what your Dr will look at. Also keep in mind that it is not a "test", where you aim for as high a percentile as possible or want to be bang on the 50th. My son is in the 98th for heigh which simply means that only 2 percent of babies are taller than him, so he is taller than average. If he was at the 50th it would mean that 50 percent were taller than him and 50 percent shorter, so he'd be "average" but if he had always been in the 25th and stayed there, he'd be showing a normal healthy pattern of growth, he'd just be on the shorter side of average. VarRaj, if you are breastfeeding, make sure your Dr uses the WHO charts for breastfed babies as its normal that they show a slightly different pattern than the formula-fed ones. You can buy your own baby scales and plot your babies growth yourself but if you do this, be sure not to weigh more than once a week at the most, because the gains are so small day by day that things like whether the bladder/bowel are empty/full make too much difference and you can worry over nothing. I did find it reassuring to weigh my baby once a week for around the first 9 week and then once a month for the next few months. So true my first son was off the chart height wise but only on the 75th percentile for weight. My daughter was always on the 75th percentile for hight but 50th percentile for weight. My son now at 7 months is 98th pecentile height and 50 percentile weight. No two babies are the same.
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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 16:54
I don't think you'll find remy 22" hair that cheap here, Karkafi are the cheapest with 100% human hair but hair quailty isn't great TBH. You could try Reflections Salon they have Sangra Hair extensions which are remy hair however no idea how much they charge.04 394 4595 <em>edited by starsouthern on 04/02/2012</em>
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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 15:22
How much did you used to pay in London?
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Latest post on 04 February 2012 - 10:10
I saw some in Waitrose Dubai Mall, it wasn't the Jiffy brand but an organic brand in the baking section it was about aed 30 for about 200ml bottle.
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Latest post on 02 February 2012 - 14:39
So if this is the case, why is Virtuzone and Creative Zone allowed to openly advertise and operate in Dubai? Because they have branch offices in Dubai so are legal. They are advertising opening a business in the free zone not with DED.
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Latest post on 02 February 2012 - 12:58
Just finished reading The Help and enjoyed it. Waiting for DH to come back tomorrow with Water for Elephants and Shadow of the Wind. I was an avid reader but with three kids and no help, my reading had taken a backseat and I had no idea which books to choose till I saw this thread. Thanks for the recommendations ladies. Shadow of the Wind is my all time favourite book. The Help is great too. I watched the movie at Xmas and it was so good especially the Minnie chocloate cake part Who is the author for Shadow of the Wind?
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Latest post on 02 February 2012 - 12:42
You can't buy Baby Jogger prams here, I bought my city select online and was lucky as had a friend bring it for me otherwise Aramex S&S qouted me around 1800 dirhams for shipping. I love my stroller though. You can buy Phil n Teds at Bumble Bee.
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Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 20:11
DESS is open
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Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 17:45
Yes I did ate lots of vitamin c rich foods to enable better absorption of iron then took a combination of iron vit D and calcium supplements
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Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 17:39
We've been a GEMS family both student and employee now we're not. I think both you and your friend are correct. As the years have gone by GEMS have become more corporate however they do have a reputation to uphold so level of education does have to be good. We were happy at GEMS and only moved for a better opportunity. We do notice a difference for the better in our child's education at the non profit school, and our child seems a lot more confident and happier.
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Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 17:23
What a great thing to hear!!! I just wish they spoke about freelancers who are one man shows. People like those at the craft fairs who do not have employees etc but may have something that businesses in Dubai wish to sell or buy for their own reasons. This is a third option. This man only addressed companies and branches. I did forward your link to the interview over to a woman at the freezone to ask her to listen and tell me what this means about freelancers. So many of us ladies make our own little things here and I am hoping we could continue to do so with this freezone permit. Otherwise, like he said, why bother getting one from a freezone at all? They cost 19,000dhs a year Just go straight to the DED and get a trade license and that little 200 square foot space for 24 months he mentioned. The price is almost the same (about 25,000 a year.) I will post back for sure! I understood it as any free zone lisence holder company or consultant can not do business within Dubai without getting permission from the DED and the Ministry of Economy.
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Latest post on 29 January 2012 - 19:10
We are thinking of putting our kids in Choueifat next year. I have heard academically it is GREAT but I have heard some not so good things about the character of the kids that go there. Does anyone on here have any first hand experience with Choueifat Sharjah? Please let me know your opinions! Thanks! Choueifat get good grades in their own syllabus. They put a lot of pressure on children, and it's more of a rote learning system. They are tough but also don't higher qualified teachers. To teach there you need a degree and you may not teach the subject in which you have graduated. I know a lot of people who have taught there and have said it's not a good environment.
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Latest post on 29 January 2012 - 19:04
I beg to differ about GEMS American Cirr schools. Try DAA Dubai American Academy, it is a top tier school. Yes, but above OP's price range.
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Latest post on 29 January 2012 - 13:00
....SO!!! All GEMS schools are UK curriculum, which I have no idea about!! "where is the desperate emoticon when you need it!!!" I am an American curriculum student, familiar with the international and have high recommendations for the IB.. but no idea about the UK curriculum! any other ideas? No not all GEMS Schools are UK Curriculum, but the better priced ones are. I think US curriculum schools on the cheap here aren't very good but know nothing about it really. Here is a link to a list of all GEMS schools so you can look at curriculum and prices [url=http://www.gemseducation.com/MENASA/parents/contents.php?pageid=54&expandable=1&parentid=2#United_Arab_Emirates'>link[/url'> Personally I would put my child in a British Curriculum school with a good rating than a US one with acceptable rating. They all do maths, science, english, social studies etc. This school is US Curriculum that received good I've never heard of it but fees look in your budget [url=http://www.daralmarefa.ae'>link[/url'> and another one [url=http://www.ppsdubai.org/index.php?v=fees'>link[/url'> <em>edited by starsouthern on 29/01/2012</em>
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Latest post on 29 January 2012 - 12:47
Appletiser... thank you for the advice. but to me, I better sell a kidney to send them to school and never put them in choeifat! LOL... what I see and heard about it scares me! Starsouthern...yes I guess the pressure and the surf between tabs mixed the names for me! I'll lcheck the cambridge international thank you. AnonDubai....thank you! I totally forgot about it!! I will check it too! thank you....... Anna-panna.....will check this school too for sure, thank you :) Fingers crossed for a good, affordable with space school.....or it rains a couple of hundred thousand DHS before April this year! "thinking of the two options...... now!!!!, rain seems more reasonable LOL" edited by amalzd on 29/01/2012 Cambridge got Good in the inspection.
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Latest post on 29 January 2012 - 12:22
ISAS fees are 27 000 DHS for KG1, which next year with the girl joining school will be more than 60000 DHS school fees only! so in a couple of years plan, we will need million of DHS to afford their primary learning!!!!!! "this is not making any sense to me...since I started the search- like a year ago!!" and this is for an acceptable rated school.... We live in DSO, Willington is next door! but guess what?! they take 52000 DHS fees for KG 1 !! 60 000 for Gr1!!! and more than 96 000 for G12!!! Am I the only one that finds this ridiculous!!! before this weekend we were planing to go see nibras in DIP.... but its on the other side of the world! couldn't collect any good recommendation about the school. it was somewhere between "mmmmm" and "not so bad!!!!" Wellington DSO charge 31,000 for FS1 and 38,500 for FS2-Y6, 62,000 for years 7-9. I think the fees you are refering to are GEMS World Academy. Here is a link to their fees online. [url=http://www.gemseducation.com/MENASA/wellington0073/contents.php?pageid=337&parentid=87'>link[/url'> I have friends with children in DIS Festival City and they love it sorry don't know about the Nad Al Sheba one. Have you tried Cambridge International? Don't know what the school is like now but for the price range people said it was good. [url=http://www.gemseducation.com/MENASA/cambridge0020/contents.php?pageid=234&parentid=36'>link[/url'> <em>edited by starsouthern on 29/01/2012</em>
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Latest post on 28 January 2012 - 08:55
I have a Russell Hobbs one - and its great as it takes full slices (not all toasters seem to do this). I think I got it in C4, or if not, then Geant. I bought mine in Spinneys but find that the second section doesn't always toast well. We had a kenwood one but that burnt one side and left the other side stale.
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Latest post on 28 January 2012 - 08:53
A&E in Marina and Ranches open from 3pm on Fridays. MMI in MOE and Motor City open from 3pm on Fridays. Barracuda only place open on Friday morning.
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Latest post on 28 January 2012 - 08:49
is this taking shoes off a cultural thing ? '>? It is also cultural I think... from memory, when growing up we always took our shoes off when visiting guests and they too when visiting our home, I still ask if people want me to remove my shoes, but don't care if people keep their shoes on in my house, and don't ask them to remove them either, if they want to though thats fine too... Where did you grow up, SAS? Hey simpleasabc! how are you? NZ but my father and many of his friends are eastern european. I'm OK, though, as you know, totally unsatisfactory :( Huge family problems so have to go to London for a bit. Hopefully won't need to return via a funeral in Athens.. And you? Did you go home for the hols? Ah, so we're thinking it may be Eastern European as well as Asian? No it's a Kiwi thing too. In the Maori culture you don't wear shoes inside. At school you used to be asked to take your shoes off before going on to carpeted areas. My husband wears his shoes in our house, it drives me crazy but for him culturally he thinks it's rude to be asked to take them off.
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Latest post on 27 January 2012 - 20:36
Congratulations! Must haves are lots of baby grows with and without feet, they are the most comfortable for bubs and easiest to get on and off. After 3 babies I've learnt not to buy too many clothes before they are born as their size isn't guaranteed? A cute going home outfit is nice for pics, With all three I couldn't live without my plastic changer that has a baby bath and shelves for nappies, clothes soaps etc. I bought it from baby shop. A good car seat. I take my babies everywhere so wanted a pram that my car seat would clip into. Cot I like the cot beds from mother care either with the cheapest mattress or a mattress from baby shop as the expensive one I think is too soft and makes noise when baby moves around. Labour: as hard as it maybe try to relax and don't forget to breathe. Have someone with you who will support you. Have a plan but come to terms with the fact that those plans could change. As long as you and baby are healthy it doesn't really matter how baby came out. Get lots of rest and sleep now as you'll never be able to sleep the same again no matter how good a sleeper baby is.
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Latest post on 27 January 2012 - 20:07
My third was my longest labour! My first was 12hrs from first contraction to delivery, my second was 3hrs so I was freaking out with no 3 was sure he was going to be an hour or less as he was natural and with the other 2 I had an epidural however I was in labour for 14hrs!
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Latest post on 27 January 2012 - 20:02
I had to call an ambulance to the Greens once because a kid got pulled out of the pool not breathing. It took them an hour to get to us and it was the ambulance stationed in Emirates Living so it covered the springs, meadows, lakes, hills and greens area! When they did get there all they had was a stretcher and a thermal blanket with them no meds or other equipment for resuscitation! Thank god the life guard was so quick and one of the ladies at the pool was a nurse otherwise it would've been a tragedy!
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Latest post on 27 January 2012 - 19:49
I once saw in the old HRC a western couple with a 5 month old order iced tea for all 3 of them. They filled the baby's bottle with the tea then proceeded to add all the sugar syrup that comes with the tea into the bottle.
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 21:37
Lol when I was pregnant with no3 we were all saying I hope this baby isn't as difficult as no 2 I hope I hope. About a month before he was born my sister said you know he could be worse! I nearly died! But he came out and has been a breeze... Eats when he should, sleeps and doesn't cry :) very happy baby.
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 10:41
My son got CP when he was 18 months old, when we were in Sydney on holiday from my father who worked as a doctor in Townsville and came to visit us in Sydney for 3 days. The hospital he worked in had had a chicken pox epidemic and 2 weeks later my son ws covered in spots. None of us knew that he had been exposed.
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 10:31
I agree with Starsouthern and Chocs01. Really? You think it is ok to deliberately expose people to a disease without telling them? You all are clearly living on a different ethical planet than I am! australiajudy deliberately exposed her son to CP, she does not say that she deliberately exposed other people to CP. It could've been the original carrier that gave CP to everyone in the class. CP is most contagious before the spots come up so most people don't know if their children have it or if they have been exposed. The reason people expose thier own children to CP or have CP parties is because CP is a disease that is safer to have as a child. And just because someone has been vaccined against CP it doesn't mean that they can not be a carrier of the disease or not contagious to people who have not been exposed to the disease. The vaccine protects the person who has had it not everyone else. With CP the vaccine is only 80-90% effective hence why people who are vaccined can still get it just not as severely and they too can pass it on. Saying that you are on a different ethical plain to the rest of us is a bit extreme and highly jugemental. <em>edited by starsouthern on 26/01/2012</em>
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 10:21
My DD cried continuously for ONE YEAR! The first year of her life I was suffering, she would just cry, eat, fall asleep, wake up minutes later crying again, eat, scream... It was a painful year for both myself and my son. After she turned one she began to stop it, still high maintenance but better. I put it down to it being her personality as even now sh is very dramatic. At the time I considered: - she was not getting enough milk from me; - transferred stress (I was very stressed out, in a very tough place, I thought she was picking that up); - not enough interaction with others Best of luck to your sister - I know how stressful this can be, but it does get better. Snap it's like you had my little girls twin! She's a litlte angel now but my hubby and I still don't know how we survived that first year :)
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 09:59
Well until she answers you don't know do you? So don't pass judgement until that time. edited by Chocs01 on 26/01/2012 Fine, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. That she didn't expose her child to some other kid with CP, and then before her kid starting acting sick, she didn't send him to school thinking maybe he didn't get it - and then low and behold, the whole class got it along with her kid. Also by the time the spots come out it's too late anyway as the carrier has been contagious for about two weeks before the evidence shows. Do you lock your children up the minute they get a runny nose? Maybe you should as you maybe exposing pregnant women to a disease that they may not be vaccinated against. Immunity to chicken pox is not checked in prenatal tests as it isn't really a huge issue, rubella on the other hand is and immunity to it is checked. Most adults have been exposed to chicken pox at some stage no matter where they come from. <em>edited by starsouthern on 26/01/2012</em>
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 09:51
I would go for a Prado over a Pajero, I've had our Pajero for three years now and still hate it! It guzzles petrol, it's sluggish and all though I have the top of the range it is much cheaper quailty compared to the Prado. I completely agree with what gemm3210 says.
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 09:47
Not to mention if her kid exposed some poor pregnant mom going to pick up her child. How can you all be so blase about this? Aside from causing encephalitis in a significant number of children, pregnancy complications can result as a side effect of chickenpox. Babycenter.com says that contracting the chickenpox during the first or second trimester of pregnancy puts the pregnant woman at risk of miscarriage and puts the fetus at a small risk of developing congenital varicella syndrome, or CVS. This condition causes birth defects like skin scarring, malformed limbs, an atypically small head and vision problems. CVS-infected fetuses may see poor growth and may have seizures and physical and mental developmental disabilities after birth. Yes but it is rare as most adults have either had chicken pox as a child or have been vaccined.
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Latest post on 26 January 2012 - 09:42
Definately! My DS got chicken pox last year (unvaccinated by choice and deliberately exposed). Over half of his class subsequently got it...all of whom (except 1) were vaccinated. Some got it mild, some bad. In australia the vaccine is only given once at 18 months. It is a very, very ineffective vaccine. Getting a real dose as a young child offers much better lifelong immunity against CP. And getting it as an adult is ****! Did you really just post this? You deliberately exposed your DS to chicken pox and then allowed the rest of the class to be exposed too??? Have you lost your mind? If you were a parent in my child's class, I would be positively livid! Especially if mine were one that got it bad - you know chicken pox can cause lasting damage, right? edited by glenfiddich on 26/01/2012 Chicken pox isn't a big deal if you get it as a child, that's why people expose their kids to it. It becomes a problem when you get it as a teen or an adult. My kids Dr will only vaccinate for chicken pox at the age of 12 because he says it is much better to get the disease naturally before then. To the OP yes you can get CP if you have been vaccined just not as severe.
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Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 19:43
I'll second that vote for Reflets. I went with a friend in December and it was great. Pierre Gagnaire himself was there overseeing the kitchen and he was utterly charming and signed his book for us. All the menus are on the website - I have friends who raved about the taster menu but we went for the duck main course for 2 and it was superb. Here is the link with where you can find the menu [url=http://www.diningdfc.com/restaurant/6/1/Reflets-par-Pierre-Gagnaire.html'>link[/url'>
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Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 19:27
and you need adapters to fit the Quinny, not sure if they are sold with the pram or with the seat. If bought new they come with the pram but if bought second hand sometimes the adapters get lost, you can buy the adapters from just kidding but I think they order them in and are pricey. I bought them on ebay when I had a Quinny 3 but hated the pram so sold it.
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Latest post on 24 January 2012 - 19:20
A friend went here Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/locations/hotel-features/dining/restaurants/dubai-festivalcity and said it was out of this world amazing and pure luxury. edited by starsouthern on 24/01/2012 <em>edited by starsouthern on 24/01/2012</em>
 
 
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Opening a bank account in the UAE

A Newcomer to the UAE? What to Consider When Choosing a Bank for Opening an Account

Culture shock in the United Arab Emirates for expats

14 Ways You Will Experience Culture Shock in the UAE

Why you shouldn't upload your resume on your LinkedIn profile

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Upload a Resume to Your LinkedIn Profile

10 Secrets to Happiness as an Expat

10 Secrets to Finding Happiness as an Expat

4 Ways to Network as an Expat

4 Ways to Network as an Expat

8 Expat Problems That Are Just Too Real

8 Expat Problems That Are Just Too Real

How to Make New Friends in a Foreign Country

How to Make New Friends in a Foreign Country

Top 10 Countries with the Best Quality of Life

Top 10 Countries with the Best Quality of Life

The best European cities for new expats

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The Best Cities in Europe for Expat Arrivals

House in Husavik

10 Amazing Things To Do In Iceland

How to Make Your Own Life as an Expat and Why It’s Important

How to Make Your Own Life as an Expat and Why It’s Important

The Labriz eforea spa location

Why Seychelles is One of the Best Holiday Destinations

The Real Expat: Chasing Your Dreams to Find Your True Purpose

The Real Expat: Chasing Your Dreams to Find Your True Purpose