Protect My Baby, Protect Me - Durham Picnic - If you live in Newcastle/Sunderland/Middlesbroug/Stockton/Darlington join us here!

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The Date - Monday 21st July
The Time - 12pm-2pm
Location - Palace Green outside the Cathedral in Durham City Centre map

I am organising this event, but I need some help - especially if you live in Durham - as I don't!

We need the following items:
An England flag
A Scottish flag
A rope

Someone willing to ask Costa Coffee/Starbucks or some such place whether they would be willing to accommodate us if the weather is bad.

I'll be posting soon how to join the mailing list.

Please sign in here if you are coming and/or are willing to help with the above!

Today's the day! See you all in Durham!

I haven't heard my interview - it's supposed to be on Century Radio this morning. Has anyone else heard it?

park and ride map.

Just popping on to say good luck for today everyone! Hope the weather's as nice for you as it seems to be for us!

I've just heard my interview - it has been heavily edited, only one soundbite for me about wnating to get the legislation changed before it comes into force, and I think (I'm not certain as I was changing very noisy ds's nappy at the times) that she said it was about giving us the right to bf.

The picnic was a great success! Thank you to everyone who attended - there was about 20 odd mums there!
We had absolutely beautiful weather as well - hot and sunny.
It was attended by the Northern Echo who will run a piece on it in the next couple of days

glad it was good, tell me when & i'll buy the echo
i have been off today as ds has a rash, realised the date at 11am, got all excited, car keys in hand then realised no one would thank me for bringing an ill child to a crowd of babies!

that was you??????? i heard it but didn't link the 1st name to you
yes, badly edited imo

just heard it again, had changed slightly, much better!

Yes, I heard it again and it was different, more like what we were trying to get across.
Yes there were some very tiny babies at the picnic so may have been just as well you played it safe - do you know what the rash is? Is your ds is ok?
There's now some pix on the Facebook site now!

must say that we hit the lottery with the weather. I have been out in the garden and visiting a friend the rest of the day. now hips are reallly aching.

It was great to get such a big turn out.

now will have to drag myself onto facebook for a peek at the thread - well later tonight.

fantastic day BT, and lovely to meet you and kiskidee and your gorgeous DCs

have bad sunburn on my back and shoulders though. I only did the front before I left; DH was meant to do my back but we both forgot in the rush to get out of the house! Lovely two-tone effect though

BT, is the Northern Echo online? If not, could you clip out the article and send it to me? I'll FB you with my address

I think it's online, the jobs bit certainly is
The nurse thought DS's rash is just a reaction to MMR so not infectious, he's just a bit spotty, absolutely fine in every other way.
How is your DS? Can't believe he's 6.5 months already!

We've had a few days of hell due to MMR reaction SPB. High temperature, not eating, not sleeping, general grumpiness. She is back to normal now, but I believe there might be another onslaught six weeks after the jab and again 10 weeks after.

no-one told me that!

oops, got the times wrong, it's three to four weeks and within six weeks

From the NHS immunisations website:

"MMR contains three separate vaccines in one injection. Each vaccine has different side effects at different times:

About a week to 10 days after the MMR immunisation some children become feverish and they may develop a measles-like rash and go off their food. This is because the measles part of the vaccine is starting to work.
About three to four weeks after the injection a child might occasionally get a mild form of mumps as the mumps part of MMR kicks in.
In the six weeks after MMR your child may, very rarely, get a rash of small bruise-like spots which may be caused by the measles or rubella parts of the immunisation. This usually gets better on its own."

glad it went well everyone and gutted I missed it

will look out for the report in the Echo

It was in today's Northern Echo - there was a quote from SurburbanDryad and me in it!
I will try and get it scanned (will need DH's help as not sure scanner is working) and email it to anyone who wants it.