Approved Adopters - own sticky... post here for any advice, congratulations, links and tips. etc..
I'm hoping a certain green frog will be on here shortly. I have every faith in you. Good luck. Honey.x

In honour of dark skin
Reading a post has made me want to honour all those dark skinned individuals. We should all be appreciated and admired .

Advice about Chicken Pox needed
Harrison has a runny nose and cough since yesterday and a slight temp tonight. When bathing him noticed 3 small red spots on his tummy, do think it could c pox? Anyone elses lo had these symptoms. We were on hols 10 days ago where he could of caught it.

hairstyle advice
my hair looks like this right now: and i want it cut in this style (the hair is already styled, i just want it cut so that i can style it like that ) so, how do ya'll think i'd look with that style? i just need some opinions before i go an

Midwives, bad advice and excuses!
I know there are lots of women who have wanted to breast feed but haven't managed to for one reason or another, but there are so many women who say they want to, but come up with such stupid excuses, and far too many midwives just perpetuate these excuses

Advice please....
about how to handle or talk to my grandma. We went to SD to visit at Christmas time. She got to see Micah for the first time. We were excited because everyone in the family stood by us and supported us with the adoption and most importantly also

What's The Best Advice Anyone's Given you?
From Parents, Teachers, Ministers, Friends ?? Whoever really...

Is it possible to never stop loving someone? [Really Long, Need Advice]
That one person, that you go through so much with and no matter who comes in and out of your life you can't forget them or the feelings you had? I want to move on so bad. I know its not right. How do I get myself to let go? How do I become stronger? It's

Full term Breastfeeding Advice
Hi this is taken from TreeHugger Mums and I hope it will be of some use to someone. Breastfeeding a toddler is not the same as breastfeeding a newborn. Your baby is now an inquisitive child, interested in his or her surroundings, and capable of

BF & weaning - advice has changed again!
Watching daybreak and at about 730am they doing a feature om this. It is reported better in the times but cant access link properly, here it is in the sun

Advice Columns
Prudie's first letter is all about how giving a baby up for adoption is selfish and not "seeing it through". I wanted to smack the woman. (I'd post a link but it won't let me yet)

Advice on adoption agencies
Hi there! I wonder if anyone has any advice on adoption agencies? We are looking to adopt interracially and have now been to an orientation meeting at Child Welfare and ABBA adoptions and do not know how to pick! We did not get a "gut" feel at either o

High Street Banks offering poor Investment advice
Financial investment advice is available through banks and independent advisors 8:34am UK, Wednesday November 16, 2011 High street banks are offering poor investment advice and recommendin

Croup advice *sigh*
As feared Caitlin had her 1st mildish experience of croup last night at 4am. (I actually wrote a post on here at about 5am but my damn laptop decided to shut down and reboot so it got lost ). Anyhoo it wasnt too bad, a bit raspy, did the steam thing

Contraction advice?
Well, just a few hours until my due date! Started to have quite painful contractions for the first time, feels like very strong period pain,, whereas up until now they've been more like tightenings with a mild ache. But these painful ones are about 20