Lydia that driver is a twat. He should have apologised when you picked him up on it but he had another dig Your dd has beautiful hair. It seems to me that these nasty 'jokes' against people with red hair are rapidly being seen for the nasty prejudice they really are. Especially now Prince Harry has spoken out against it (the only useful thing he's ever done IMHO...) I hope that in a few years it'll not be tolerated at all.

Lydia you need to complain, that is a terrible thing to say to anyone, let alone a gorgeous little girl. Knob head.

Thats all for now, outraged on your behalf!!! xxx

lydia dd has a slight red tinge but only under certain lights the rest of the time it is blonde. but I love red hair I think it is rare and absolutely stunning. Bus driver obviously narrow minded idiot. Make a complaint to the bus company.

desperately need a rant!

was getting on the bus today with bill and dd, said to dd 'come on poppet get on the bus'

bus driver replied, 'never mind saying poppet, tell her hurry up carrot top'

i said how horrid it is to say that to which he replied 'you need to cut and dye it' referring to her hair!

im so cross he's called her a carrot top before and i let it slide but it has bugged me all day and has now left me feeling really upset for dd. she's 2 1/2 ffs. why does this man, and other people, think it is ok to make these comments. im so worried she's now going to be bullied for having what i think is the most beautiful hair! she has beautiful red ringlets, its like dolls hair, it makes me feel very

Hi all hope you're all doing well, been following the progress with weaning - we have just started (Bea is 22 wks) and on day 3 it just 'clicked' and today she ate half a bowl (one of those multicoloured Ikea bowls) of baby rice mixed with formula and 2 large teaspoons of apple puree which looked like LOADS - no sign of wanting to cut the milk feeds down though.

If she's wolfing it down should I give her even more at tea time or should I add in solids at another meal, or should I go on to lumpy food???

swine flu not personally going to have vaccine or give the girls it, although it has been tested I do not trust a vaccine that has been made in a rush as you do not know what corners have been cut. If I had been at work I would have been able to have it by now as I work in a hospital but still wouldn't. In the vast majority of cases it is a mild illness and I am not sure if the incidence of complications is any worse than it is for normal seasonal flu.

*phoenix8 the screaming seems to be under conrol at the moment thank god, well had a lot the last few days but I know it is just becuase she was ill and she did NOT want putting down. I can handle it when I know the reason. Anyway, thankfully she seems to of stopped it. She is taking a dummy a bit better to which helps.

weaning I remember making loads of combo's when Grace was little and she hated them all, so I am sticking to carrot, carrot and parsnip, sweet pot, carrot and sweet pot etc I tried her a while bacjk with a jar Cow & Gate Winter vegetables and it stank and she refused it, don't blame her!

Facebook I'm on jocuthbertson1@googlemail.com.

Swineflu vac I heard it on the news yesterday too. I've not really thought about it that much but it's like anything if you don't get it and they do get really ill with swine flu then how guilty would you feel?

Gillyan - Hope Summer gets better soon, poor thing . Is she still screaming?

Weaning Noah has only had fruity porridge and pureed carrot so far and he likes both. I'm going to do some more veg and some fruit next week.

I finally got my arse into gear and cleared the spare room enough to get Noah's cot in and get him out of our room. He will eventually go in with ds1 but at the moment i'm not sure ds1 could be trusted not to jump in his cot with him or something. It still looks like a junk room with a cot in but it's only a temporary step.

God is anyone watching Jeremy Kyle? That woman is disgusting , poor man. I don't know where they find most of the people that go on that show. But i can't help but watch it .

bloody hell how many typos!!

hi everyone! gillyan poor summer i hope she gets better soon!

swinefluvacc havent even thought about it! i dont know if dd would get it as she was diagnosed with swine flu and given tamiflu but im still not 100% sure thats what she had! anyway there is hand foot and mouth outbreak at the toddler group i usually go to eek! have been steering well clear!

weaning bill hates pureed cauliflower, i cant imagine why!! he doesnt seem to want to eat my lovely homemade veggi purees, pulls a face like someones just farted in his face, but i guess that is what they smell like!

xmas had to put an emergency call in santa yesterday as dd was being naughty AGAIN!

competitivemummy she is being nice although she made a comment about ginger kids, which was soooo the wrong thing to do when i have a red haired child and dp, plus one of the other ladies thier has a red haired baby! anyway i know why her dd sleeps...she's 16 weeks breast fed during the day but takes a whopping 9oz formula bottle and boob at bedtime! i dont think dd ever took that much in a bottle!

Slushy facebook im victorialnewman@hotmail.co.uk profile pic is off dd in a saucy apron

right-o off to scoff some s!

Hope Summer is better soon Gillyan