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[loulabelle222]

hi i am from ilford in essex , with a 13m old ds1 anyone else from the essex area? do you know of any mother and toddler groups?

Shall we start a crusade? I really wish I'd taken my complaint further. I am a nurse, but for two reasons I never told them my proffesion whilest I was there. Firstly, I was a new and scared mum, who knows very little about maternity. Secondly, and even more importantly, I knew it would change the way they treated me, and I didn't want that. The more I think about it the more I would like to do something proper about it.

try that again, profession. What happens to me after one glass of wine?!

Hi ladies,

I live between Manor Park and Ilford Station, but I dont really do Manor Park, I just walk up to Ilford when necessary.

I have a dd 2months old.

Has anyone actually met up, or do we just chat? I really need to lose some of my baby weight (well baby and junk food weight) Anyone wanna meet up and support each other in the battle against the jaffa cakes? Could also do with coffee morings and general woman talk heehee

Tam N Ava Xx

hi tamula,

wow,another local mum!
as you've prob read im from chadwell heath and would be great to chat and meet up in a month or so,once ive got the baby.
i'll certainly also have plenty of baby weight AND pre-pregnancy weight to lose so sounds like fun!

Tamula...

Love your " I dont do Manor Park" comment.
I hear you honey!!

I prefer to go to Ilford too....OMG I sound like a snob!!

Yay! bubbaloo and Halzer

We must sort something out and try arrange a meet, lunch sometime maybe? (obviously salad all the way!!)

halzer - your not snobby at all, what exactly is in Manor Park? its just a stop gap between Forest Gate and Ilford

If we meet up we had better wait til after next week..as bubbaloo's baby is due then, and Im no good at catching

Im going to attempt to CAT you tamula so you get to know "the real halzer..."

ok..here comes the CAT...

hiya,
dont wait for me if you want to meet up-might be a while before im up to it,so go ahead and enjoy yourselves.

Oi Halzer!

Where's that CAT then? huh huh?!!

Bubbaloo do you know what you are having? and whens your due date?

apparently its a boy and im due next thursday-the 9th of june.
by the way...you probably wont get that cat from halzer until tomorrow,during office hours

can i join in too? would love a coffee morning and help to lose a few pounds even though my ds 13m is a bit older than yours

Hi louabelle...course you can join in. The more the merrier.

Sorry that the CAT hasnt come yet Tamula..hopefully tomorrow

Bubbaloo..let us know as soon as you can how things go. Did you have an OK time with your first?

Where would be a good place to meet up girls?

Ohhh can i gate crash!
I live in Hornchurch, and have 20mth dd.
I didn'tknow there were so many essex girls!
Don't know what else to say really! I taught in a school in Manor Park once - and never again!
Oh and i had dd at Harold wood - they were all really nice, but the food was awful. DH brought me cheese and salad cream sandwiches every day!

Hi Lou and fee77,

I love cheese, cucumber and salad cream sarnies! yum!

The more the merrier i say, i guess just where to meet is the thing in question?!

Thanks for that bubba, i figured it was an instant thing, i'll lokkk out for it tomorrow halz...

why dont we pool some ideas for a place to meet and choose one that we all agree with?

I'm a lazy cow so i say Ilford

lokkk = look

good luck bubbaloo , you'll be fine! any names yet? Hi fee!

Gosh, haven't been on here for a few days and all these new names on here, so hi to everyone,I am in Chadwell Heath also with DS 18 months and would love to meet up some time as well.
Bubbaloo, hope your resting and get loads of sleep while you can!

hi fee77,
nice to "see" another local mum.
im also having my baby at harold wood so thats good news and ive got a whole bag of food already packed-i like to be prepared.

yes loulabelle-we've chosen the names oscar james so lets hope the sonographer was right on the sex!

hi lukesmama-im trying to sleep but finding it really hard as im so uncomfortable at the mo.the afternoon isnt too bad as its lovely and quiet round here,dh's at work and the cats are in the garden.

Loulabelle, are you in a Sure Start catchment area? They usually have lots of local groups and events etc... Theres a Little Ilford one that I'm in, I have been to one group last week and it was actually quite good, you can tag along anytime

i think so. I really need to take ds to one!

any ideas of what i can do with ds now its getting warmer. I am taking him swimming today .. any other ideas

Have you taken him to Valentines Park? Its just a short walk from you. On a good day its nice for them to have a runabout, again i'm happy to come with for the walk and change of scenery, you may meet mums with children about your ds age too...

Its a bit of an outing, but when i was nannying i used to take the kids to battersea Park in the summer, it has a quaint wee zoo and nice play area.

Also local papers have info on activity days held every suimmer in local parks.

Hi Loulabelle
How about Hainault Country Park,my DS loves it we spend a few hours there feeding the ducks and looking at all the farm animals, and best of all it is free.

hi lukesmama,
do they still have the cafe and toilets there do you know? we were only talking about that place the other day,saying it'll be a nice place to take the baby.
by the way...thanks for the info on the annie prendergast.i was there this morning seeing the midwife,so i asked her.the good news is yes i can take the baby there-i wont have to go seven kings so im really pleased.

Bubbloo, yes the toilets are quite new I think but the cafes rather limited to sy the least. It's more of a tuck shop How are you? Still waiting ? Like your choice of names by the way, they're cool