Anyone have a spare ticket for Hyde Park 2 June?

My husband and I are taking our almost 2 year old twins to London this weekend for the Jubilee and all the surrounding events.  A friend won a family ticket but cannot afford to go so has kindly given it to us.  My sister is coming, the adult tickets have all sold out.  I am willing to buy an adult ticket off someone if you have a spare - all the ones on ebay are family tickets.

Thanks!

OMG third set of twins

Congratulations!  You must be a super Mum, one set is hard enough for me!

At least you've done it before so it'll be less scary and you can get the olders ones to help you.  I think it's really amazing news, well done to you, hope you have a good pregnancy  x

Say hello!

I think it's not actually that different, but it is less cluttered, much faster and I like the photo links. It's more traditional to sign in at the top right (which I like). 

I think it's important to get to where you want in as few 'clicks' as possible, and with as little scrolling up and down the screen as poss too.

It's not going to stress or confuse people, it's an improvement.

Good work, two thumbs up!

Preemies more ill as toddlers?

Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it - as you say I'm sure one day it'll be a memory, at the moment living it is hard work, esp as I feel rotten too and then they're screaming.
I went to the doc today with DS and said to her (the GP) how I feel we're always there and I'm sure it has hypercondriac mother across their notes, I never know whether make them tough it out or to go and see the doc etc etc and she was nice - she didn't say much but she said if they're ill to bring them, not to feel bad about that.
I asked about them frequently having antibiotics being bad for their system, not building up immunity etc but she said that's not the case. The medical profession doesn't want the wider population having antibiotics for everything as it will mean the germs get resistant, but it's OK to treat people who need the help of antibiotics.

So thank you - I'll grit my teeth, smile as much as I can and know it's normal for some of us and we'll pull through the other side, x

Preemies more ill as toddlers?

My twins were born at 32 weeks, they are fine in every way, discharged from the ped at 12 months, they are now 20 months.

They are always ill.

I mean chest, throat, ear infections, colds nothing too major, but they seem to get over one and a couple of days later get ill again. They pass it to each other (sometimes us parents too) and it seems to escalate pretty quickly.

Their diet is good, they have vitamins & iron, we do go to a lot of groups which I know expose us to germs, but I figure if I don't do it now they'll always be sick once they start school plus they love the groups, it helps them to develop & helps me to stay sane.

But them being ill all the time is getting me down, and it's hard work! When they're miserable they're mean to each other, clingy, screaming etc. I use nurofen and calpol, I go to the doc but not til they've been ill for a few days and I know it's bad cos I feel like we're always there, and when they go on antibiotics it upsets their tummies, plus lots of antibiotics cannot be good for them either.

I'm wondering if anyone else with a preemie knows if it's anything to do with them being early, or if it's just what some kids are like.

Thank you

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Preemies more ill as toddlers?

My twins were born at 32 weeks, they are fine in every way, discharged from the ped at 12 months, they are now 20 months.

They are always ill.

I mean chest, throat, ear infections, colds nothing too major, but they seem to get over one and a couple of days later get ill again. They pass it to each other (sometimes us parents too) and it seems to escalate pretty quickly.

Their diet is good, they have vitamins & iron, we do go to a lot of groups which I know expose us to germs, but I figure if I don't do it now they'll always be sick once they start school plus they love the groups, it helps them to develop & helps me to stay sane.

But them being ill all the time is getting me down, and it's hard work! When they're miserable they're mean to each other, clingy, screaming etc. I use nurofen and calpol, I go to the doc but not til they've been ill for a few days and I know it's bad cos I feel like we're always there, and when they go on antibiotics it upsets their tummies, plus lots of antibiotics cannot be good for them either.

I'm wondering if anyone else with a preemie knows if it's anything to do with them being early, or if it's just what some kids are like.

Thank you

Am going to post in toddler too.

Unplanned pregnancy

sorry to hear your news, you must be in such a state mentally. You need to make a decision quickly, and only you know if you can cope or not.
I firmly believed that I was against abortion until I found myself in a very difficult position last week - sometimes you've got to be selfish for yourself and the children you already have. Could you really give the children you have the attention they need and deserve, and the baby too?
Whatever you decide, good luck x

New mum of premature baby born at 32 weekd

i used to worry about doing all the things one's 'supposed' to do, like nappy free time and tummy time daily, but they hated tummy time and nappy time was just so much extra cleaning up!!
Don't worry too much about the tummy time, I thought they'd suffer if they didn't have it, but they've developed just fine. Guess it's easier with just one to maybe put the baby over your knee, on your tum with you led down, on your chest etc so they're still having to lift their head, but it's not as stressful for them as being on the floor x

New mum of premature baby born at 32 weekd

Excellent news! Well done you! it's not all the baby or nature, it's mainly Mum's hard work to thank.

I weaned them once they were 6 months - they couldn't even sit up so I felt it wouldn't be right to do it sooner. so basically, I did it cos that's when I believed I had to, and I felt it was OK because they were 4 months corrected and that's the minimum age for weaning any baby - but I checked with the health visitors and pediatrician too.

They enjoyed their food at first, but I struggled with my daughter til she was about 10 months, eg not wanting the spoon in her mouth. I tried a combination of home made purees, baby lead weaning and then pouches like Ella's Organic who do some simple pure flavours - you can open a pouch and freeze it in cubes (saves soooo much time, wish I'd known it early on).

I bought really expensive highchairs which were suitable from birth to give them the support they needed (chicco polly magic) but I wish I'd not - I hate them! So many nooks and cranies for the food to get in, a real nightmare to keep clean. I wish I'd simply fed them in their bouncy chairs until they could sit up and then got a very cheap basic (like Ikea) chair which is easy to clean. Sure it's not got the padding, recline etc, but so what - they're really not in them for long.

Feel free to ask any more Qs if you have them (although I only log on about once a week)

New mum of premature baby born at 32 weekd

Hi,
I had twins at 32 weeks and it was very hard in the early days, I worried about everything, but they are now 19 months, and apart from being a little bit smaller than some babies the same age as them they're totally fine!
Good luck with your little one. Try to enjoy it as much as you can because it really does go in a flash x

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