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oh bless him. tom can ride one but he is very unstable on it and tends to just ride into things to stop himself lol, not recommended.

the only things i know without aspartame in are pure juices. i do think it causes a reaction. my son had a coke habit (cola!), and that was all we could get him to drink, but were hoping to wean him off it bit by bit.

wow i dont know what to say, I hope he drops off soon. Perhaps yr gp could help ?

my hubby has a week off. were moving my mom to a bungalow on sunday, but after that i have him to myself for a whole week. oops hang on t has almost fallen down the stairs (again), now he has his sisters card, she makes birthday cards!! right back to subject, i hope this means we can go on a few short outings without too much fuss. wish me luck!!! usually we have to go on the bus with t moaning cos he dosent like sitting next to anyone, so we have to shuffle seats all this on a moving bus, not very relaxing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree entirely with you all. surely four weeks is long enough. they could encorporate (sp) the other weeks into other holidays. they probably wont though!

wow how do u cope? my son who is 12 never goes to sleep before midnight and can often be heard talking to himself at 2 or so, I dont sleep cos im afraid he will wander around the house at night. He does get up but makes himself something to drink, coke or something then goes back to bed. I often wonder what would happen is someone broke in and found him wandering around, the mind boggles.

my son who is 12 takes an adult size 7 and a half, so we have to scour the shops looking for suitable school shoes without laces. it takes almost the whole school holidays to find any!

we have a small version of that in our local park, our kids love it.

wow im sorry, but however much of a 'nice girl' she is , I wouldnt allow her to speak to me in such a way. we all want the best for our children and it is difficult enough trying to do that with a child who eats normally let alone any other. just let it wash over you and if it happens again say im afraid you dont understand, then tell her what is what. if she still does it refuse to take yr child to her home. end of!

gosh do i ever. There have been many times like that, and im sure will be many more. They do tear at yt heart but at least your boy is trying to fit in the only way he knows how. Think how hard it is for him to strike up a conversation, and then think of the courage it took to do so. It is very hard for us, but even harder for them.

Im staring like mad, but theyre all ignoring me lol. I would do it but i dont know one end from the other!!!

ive read the book too, and Lukes book also. my son loves lukes book he treats it like a bible. hes always dipping in and out of it. how do u know where jackie and luke do their speeches? have they a website?

toms sister is the complete opposite, she is very tidy and is cleaning mad. she stayed t my elder daughters house yesterday and she cleaned the place from top to bottom. lol im hiring her out for �5 an hour if anyone's interested lol

yes but i dont think mnay ppl live near me. west midlands.

same as above, although this holiday hasnt been too bad even though they had to share a room while we were away it wasnt bad at all. The more they stay apart the better obviously but there are times when u have to take them out together. hopefully as they get older it will get better.

aww thats great, bet youre glad u know someone like him Carole

my son is the untidiest person you wd ever wish to meet. his room is an absolute tip. I clear it out once a year, obviously i clean in between lol, but we end up with binbags full of old comics broken toys etc, that he is just treading on every time hewalks across the floor. we even gave himloads of storage and marked the drawres for certain items, does he use it no.................... I give up trying to sort him out now. I just hope hes tidier if he ever decides to move out!!!!!!!!!!

you may find that if he sits with other children he will eat what they eat. my son is fussy but he will eat a school dinner sometimes.

my son has never worried about death but since the bombs in london he is very worried. i keep reassuring him, but nothing seems to help. perhaps if this becomes an every day thing you should seek help. maybe if yr son talks to someone else about it it may help him.

mmm i know. my sons freind is dyspraxic and he has known tom for about 6 years or so. they fight like cat and dog and he can be quite nasty, i have heard him say some horrible things to tom, but he loves him. tom is very loyal to the few freinds he has, even if they arent always nice to him he wont have a word said about them. I think thats what makes him vulnerable, im always afraid that one day one of his 'freinds' will make him do something he shouldnt. sticky situation isnt it?

ooh i got quite tearful looking at the photos. some ppl actually looked quite happy! I hope my son is happy when he gets older.

ooh eugene is certainly getting famous, did u see him on big brothers reunion show. he was fab as usual. Anthony showed himself up by doing his comedy dance routine again - yawn. apart from eugene it was a miserable flop!

ooh i say let him keep it. my son is 12 and is very attached to a teddy who is very careworn but i wouldnt dream of parting him from it. sometimes he takes it to school hidden in the bottom of his backpack. ce la vie!

oh my god, big brother is getting bigger. what right have they to remove children from what is a loving home by the sounds of it. There are MANY 'normal' people making real hashes of parenthood without a comment from anyone. Lord above us

mm same here viper im afraid lol