WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - APRIL 2007 - from Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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Brand new thread for a new month.

bunyan we were forced to leave a 3 year gap between each child purely due to childcare costs - pretty sad that isn't it?

mrsR i think like it has been said that if it were scary he would have called

sue - hope all goes well today.

i know yours have particular issues but i have not taken dd to HV since she was 6m old, i always find they have ideas about child development both physical and emotional that i don't always susbscribe to.

and about childcare it really has to be what you are happy with.

ok now i need encouragement to do household chores

Yes, it's terrible really. Am pushing 40 myself so not too much time left ... happy-ish to be broke for a while but also need to move house and where, where, where in West London is affordable anymore!

Ruislip bunyan!! (ok I know you lot are getting bored of me!!)

Have never considered Ruislip - don't know the area at all! But will have a look! What are the schools like? (Can't afford private!) What are the transport links like? Interested now ...

hi guys! thanks for encouragement on job front! south ealing bunyan with great school "little ealing".
lol foxie about running away! am working cos i have no choice tbh and creche working better for us. saying that they have just increased their fees.....
sue... you have done such a great job and i would be very surprised (not to say shocked)if your ds had not done well above anyone's expectations. thinking of you. let us know how it went.

Just dropped Ds1 off - for his lift to party - was hoping he's get a lift back but I have to go and collect him later [lazy mother]

hmmmmm DS2's feed due again now - have watched so much "Homes under the Hammer" am becoming a bit of an expert on house prices at Auction in Harrogate!

sfx - agree re. HVs - they're often very sweet but we can really bring kids up without their opinions. Mine keeps nagging me about Monti's weight (my LOs always lose weight post birth then regain it VERY slowly) so am avoiding her. DH is skinny and so are his kids - what is so wrong with that? Just wish I had the skinny gene . we go through this with each child (being told our babies are too thin) - but a quick glance at DH's frame explains all.

ho hum

pigs bum...

how about Hanwell?! dont know it well at all but quite well place?

foxie. [wave] forgot to tell you that dd woke up the other morning asking where your dd was (by her real name); reckon she dreamt of her. it was so sweet .

How about Ham? Cheap due to lack of public transport and huge Chav factor

sorry - seem determined to try and start a row today [evil snigger]

must have had too much Green and Blacks for brekkie!

what is HV?

where is ham?

Foxie had been going to ask you about Ham - had been considering it but have now gone off it due to chav factor!!! Might end up staying put in Isleworth - or anyone for Whitton? Nanou I don't think we can afford South Ealing

Hi nanou - hv is health visitors, apparently put on this earth purely to worry/irritate/annoy new mothers

Bunyan, we looked round Ham when we were looking and ran away quickly - sorry if anyone lives there! I have friends in Whitton who love it there and you can get a lot for your money.

My dds school is wonderful - underscribed and all the mums are really nice and friendly. In fact a lot of the mums used to go to the school when they were young. We had a brand new High School built just round the corner but you have to live close by to get in. House prices are quite cheap due to being close to RAF Northolt but I've been here 6 years and its never bothered me.

We have loads of tube stations on the Met and Central Line and it takes me 40 minutes to get to Oxford Circus from my home by tube. The E7 goes to Ealing. And Uxbridge is brilliant for shopping -dd2 says I'm always there!!

If you fancy a "reckie", pop over to my house one day in the week and we can go for a lovely walk (lots of fields and streams at the back of me!).

Also, houses tend to sell very quickly in the road I live in - there are a few for sale at the mo and I could show you these.

Meant to say - I've lived in Ealing Common, Hanwell, West Ealing, Pitshanger Lane and Ruislip is my favourite place of all!

Wow everyone, thanks for your tips! Mrs Recycle, I'd love to take you up on your offer if that's ok? Am always keen to meet up with people on this board and never seem to quite manage it much so that would be cool. Would have to be on a Mon or Tues though as these are my days "off" When would suit you?

hi pud . thanks and lol. was lucky with mine who was just so so lovely. since i had nobody around i really appreciated her support tbh.

dont know ruislip mrsR tbh but i'll take your word for it!

i worked and lived in ealing / hanwell for years the prices went up hugely over the last 10 yrs. some areas around Houslow can be quite nice and relatively cheap.

i think if we leave here it will be to leave london and move to devon / somerset although i would prefer to be rich and keep a flat here and a huge farm down there

yes HV = evil having said that mine was quite nice.
foxie there was a piece on the news yesterday about BF babies weight gain which validates our point, just ignore HV

My hv was ok, just a bit wishy-washy (oh, he's fine, he's fine!)

Regarding the weight gain/loss, the charts they use are so out of date and, correct me if I'm wrong, I think they're based on ff babies? So its completely different for bf babies! As I quickly learnt, you soon know if they're doing ok or not!

Oh that would be nice bunyan - Tuesday might be better from me. I can save the local paper for you and you can look at prices. If you want to email me mcgeeamanda at yahoo dot co dot uk I can give you directions.

I got told by my HV that ds1 would more than likely become obese, he was off the chart and I was only bf - I never went back!

hi quokka! omg! would have done the same. do you have your mobile yet? if no mobile can you email me your home number? ta . i wanted to catch up but also ask (especially since you are leaving soon) you and everybody else here if you have any baby kids stuff you just need to get rid off for free? am trying to launch a charity thing with my church via organising a second hand baby clothes / toys / equipment sale. anyone else interested in getting rid of stuff? full profit to go to church - just to be clear. and yes i can take a "get lost!"

Nanou I have too much stuff so would love to give some to your church

We could shed abou £100k at least from our mortgage by moving to Ham, which would enable me to work on;y p/t which is my apiration, but dunno if I could face Ham due to yob factor. In a way I'd rather leave London and have a new luifestyle out of town. sfx agree re. London pad though

anyone know how much capital gains tax is? is what percentage - as we've thjoight of renting out this place and renting one down in west country for a few years (i.e. keep London equity)