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Yes you are right Giveitago, will be buying some fresh suncream.
Clarks was hell last time I tried it. Plus the girl's shoes are awful, they never have half the sizes, you wait for hours etc. I have vowed never to waste my precious British shopping time on that again.

Rosa LOL somehow I thought you'd be thinking of me when at Primigi . Our outlet in pg is great, very helpful commesse and half price shoes. Clarks here is sometimes hell sometimes empty.

I am very sad our cat in pg 'has gone to the moon'! Mum is very sad - he has been her mate for 17 years.

giveitago I asked also because dd1 has got a clear fat mole on her butt cheek which wasn't there a while ago and it seems to have grown. I will take it to the gp again.

I am off to dermatologo this pm to have all my moles checked as 2 pg I have lots track of the situation.... I am aslo hoping for some trials of face cream with sun factor in it......

lost track as well!
Hows this for luck. Took minirosa to have the all clear before MMR tom - residue cough runny nose etc. WHilst there pointed out that her right foot is a bit pigeon toed. It was a bit bent after birth but they thought muscular as it flexed back ok plus we did massage etc - Its only been since she started running that it is more obvious.Paed suggest getting it checked out . Rang and they have a cancellation tom am same place as the vaccinations . How lucky are we !!!

It is a bit of a pian here as the GP try as best as they can not to refer you and so in order to have some check ups done you need to look like a paranoid one.

Oh sorry to hear about the cat Pippi . My parents' cat died last July, she was 15. They still miss her.

Yes, you really need to be insistent to get a referral I suppose. I still remember that it took me 1 day to convince gp and midwife that my baby dd, with high temp, needed to be checked out by a paed!

I know the Uk is different my sis is a GP but they seem to do so much more there and then- also with nurses, hv etc on site - My dad has 24hr blood pressure monitors ECG and bloods all done in the local surgery - Lord knows how long that would take in Italy.
But when it comes to children here I think the medical support is good.
My parents cat is getting on a bit now and dd1 asked yesterday if grandma would bring the cat as well this w/e..Me thinks BA might protest a bit !

at dd asking for the cat, how cute!

Sputnik, there is a mid season sale on nordickids!!!

Oh yes - lecture over - sorry - something I feel strongly about particularly for kids - I had a great time when I was young but bloody paying for it now.

Not scaremomgering - my little cancer needed a 20 minute biopsy and gone but I've since had another 2 biopies - and I don't want this for ds when he's older.I've been under a dermatologist since (got bless the nhs) but I'd rather I didn't have to be.

Suncream is great - lovely gloopy stuff that stains clothes but does the trick.

DS has lots of moles and he's nearly 4 - I am covered in moles, more than 25 on my face so that's alot. That's my genetic makeup I think. But got to admit I did spend lots of time in equatorial africa as a kid - but nevertheless - if you are in the UK - we get a few hot days per year and your skin isn't ready for it and in italy surely you have that naked on the beach for one month per year also skin not ready for it.

All quiet don't forget that the majority of the worlds kids have the mongolian spot on their arses or lower back - I did and now it's it's shrunk to a sort of blue black ink spot on my arse. Unless kiddo has been left out to roast in the sun I wouldn't worry about it. Ds has lots of new moles but he has mole woman as a mum, I think that's part of growing up but I'd take to gp if unsure.

Boots suncare is supposed to be good so I've bought loads for all of us. DH hates it but I remind him he's lived in UK for most of adult life so needs the protection.

DS gorgeous - just picked me a flower saying - 'I don't care that you're getting fat mummmy (cheers now that I'm a huge almost sized 10)but I love you anyway and it means I have more mummy to cuddle'. I cried. I love him so much and hate the idea that he starts school at just over 4 years old. Luckily I live across the road from school and see straight into playground so fully expect to set up video surveillance so I can ensure he's OK. Saddo, that's me! Nah - I'm really chuffed on the school - it's part of his nursery so very relaxed and hippy and it will suit him,

I like being a saddo.

Bloody forgot that there's a festa here on Monday - shit - what shall I do - it's meant to be pissing it down with rain.

Your ds's school sounds lovely giveitago! ANd you are right, it is hard to see them going to proper school at such a young age, but reception is lovely !

Back from MMR and physio check. She screamed at the first and then loved the second as there as a nice mat and toys ! The doc - nice lady said that she has slightly bent tibia a bit more on the right but it is highly likely that it will correct with growth - To make sure here shoes fit well are not pesante and lots of bare foot walking . SO thats good I just wish I had MIL with us so she could have heard that as she keeps buying Slippers with an insole as she hates dd and minirosas starchild shoes which I love !

That's good news rosa, lots of barefoot walking on the beach will help too, I suppose!

I think so teh sand should be great it is not that obvious but it is to us .....

Rosa - my son has cerebral palsy and flat feet. Both Uk and Italian docs have always told me to let him walk barefoot in the sand as much as possible.
I've just been to a metting with his physio and pedriatrican and they are reducing his physio even further to possible one a month. they said they have given us the basics and now its up to DH and I to continue with his massages and streching. If they could give me another hour or so in the day then that would be great. DH is not going to be happy, in Sicily he had massage physio three times a week, although we did have to pay for it.
On a happy note we are off to London tomorrow till Monday !!! Family Barmitzvah which should be great but looking more forward to three days in a hotel with no cooking or cleaning !!

3 days with no cooking and cleaning (and in London!) sound fab! Also, I've never been to a Bar Mitzvah and I'd love to go.

I think the scarpette con il plantare was more a fixation of my mom's generation, I remember when ds was tiny both the HV in the UK and the paediatrician in Italy recommended to walk barefoot. (obviously not on an Italian beach at midday in the high of summer )

am at the 3 days no cleaning or cooking sounds like bliss.I am menu writing for next week with parents coming and festa on sat so need to plan ahead. Good luck with the massage and may be get lots of beachwalking this summer!
MIl is from the same generation Franca she went blue when she saw dd1 1st shoes- They were startrite basically a soft shell with no plantare no arch supprt . She tried so hard to buy some for me. Now she I think is just 'resigned' to my strange stranieri actions last run in was over one of those 'fondente' pure sugar sweets I put my foot down and said not for minirosa she can have a galatine if you insist but not them or the gelatine ones either ( no they are not fruit juice they are sugar !) BIt offended and I am sure they gave her one anyway when SIL was incharge !

God sorry read before posting may he get lots of beachwalking this summer.....

ooooh but gelatine are nice... and of course they are made of frutta

They do have a picture of a peach on the wrapper so I guess thats the fruit bit !

Rosa, just to say thnaks for those websites you sent a few weeks back, they delivered the car seat OK. grazie!

curious, what do you signora think of the english "no kids at wedding" thing, seems massively un-italian to me but could be wrong

wow porcamiseria, so glad you managed to get the car seat. I hope that helps feeling a bit less apprehensive re the trip... I know it's not easy to part for so many days .

"No kids at wedding", mmmm I don't know, it's seems more common in the UK, at least it is on MN! All the weddings I've been to in Italy have been "open" to children, at least those in the family. I really can't see why children shouldn't be welcome, they don't take up much space nor do they drink too much

BUT If it's friends' wedding, for us it is a good occasion to have a night out without the children!

We are off to Liguria now, though the forecast is dire. Typical.

Glad they worked ok .
Children at wedding I agree its a MN /UK thing I think. All the weddings I have been to have been child friendly ( or I wouldn't go!) I chose not to take my dd to 1 wedding it was an evening event and it woould have been hell.
My wedding I wanted a good fun family knees up. BOth weddings ( Italy and UK) were great - I had party bags for the children and they danced, ran round - and behaved at the right bits. They also had ice cream served just before the speeches-
Franca have a good time forecast is crappio I agree we were going to go to the spiaggia but decided its too risky so dh going to the fiera di electronica instead!
Just been and done a sopraluogo with the engineer/ architect he is rather rugged and attractive ......

ah well remembered Franca, yes 12 days on my own!! hmm..shame I am PG and cant go wild!

have lovely lovely weekends, suprise suprise its a rainy forcast here in the UK

at Rosa's crush on rugged and attractive engineer. And I wish my FIL could have heard the barefoot walking comment-is another obsessed with plantare- am preparing myself for when I ditch ds's winter, bought by FIL, complete with plantare, cost €€€€€€€€€ shoes and replace them with fake crocs bought by me from market for €5 for the summer.
Meant to be nice here today-if DP ever stirs we are meant to be going to the zoo.
Re John Lewis advert everyone going on about-any other Italian based Mamma's think it is totally stolen from the Italian Calzedonia advert (which admittedly used to have me sobbing but I was breast feeding and hormonal at the time....)
MM are you back?? Tell us all about India