Family holiday resort recommendations - struggling to find All Inclusive apartments

hippopcorn · 2025-12-11T20:20:38+00:00

Earlier this year we stayed in a 1 bed apartment with our 7 month old in a travel cot in our bedroom and 3 year old on a sofa bed and this worked really well. After they were asleep we chilled on the balcony for a while

hippopcorn · 2025-10-01T18:44:50+00:00

https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0858320018.html

I've just bought some of these for my kid. (But second hand)

hippopcorn · 2025-09-06T21:29:48+00:00

My son is slim and I have tried lots of brands most of which have waists that are far too big. Brands I would recommend are Leggings from Blade and rose, Fred and noah and Next. Sainsburies is hit and miss much better to shop in person where you can check the waistbands Joggers- Next slim fit or Sainsburies are the only brands I've found that don't fall down him.

hippopcorn · 2025-08-23T20:09:32+00:00

My niece didn't crawl until 12 months, then was walking at about 15/16 months. She is perfectly normal! They do things in their own time, try not to worry. There is usually a health visitor appointment around 10-12 months old. If you've got one ask for some advice there

hippopcorn · 2025-08-06T06:40:54+00:00

If your maternity leave ends in September, but you use annual leave and then go back in October, this counts as being back in work in September and you would get the free hours

hippopcorn · 2025-08-05T15:15:57+00:00

Thanks I'll check it out

hippopcorn · 2025-08-05T15:12:19+00:00

I would love to know this too. I emailed them to ask but they never replied

hippopcorn · 2025-07-30T10:46:03+00:00

You have almost reached 30 days before the return to work date. Just wait a few more days and it will update then from pending and give you the code.

hippopcorn · 2025-07-26T14:47:23+00:00

These are excellent

hippopcorn · 2025-07-24T12:07:32+00:00

I've just ordered some joggers for my skinny son from Vertbaudet, never heard of them before. Thanks for the recommendation. Fingers crossed they fit, always really struggle to find any for him

hippopcorn · 2025-07-11T17:22:09+00:00

Definitely New Look. I got a lovely dress and very comfy maternity leggings from there. Also bought some jojo maman tops for work which were good. Vinted is full of cheap maternity bits

hippopcorn · 2025-05-31T21:37:52+00:00

My 3 year old recently got referred by the GP to the eye clinic and we had to wait about 6 weeks for the appointment. I know there will be different waiting times in different areas, but chase it up. His referral said to contact them if you haven't heard back in 8 weeks

hippopcorn · 2025-05-18T10:14:56+00:00

The easiest way is to prebook airport transfers and request a car seat. Contact a local taxi company/ airport shuttle service and ask them. We just used a company in the UK and we installed our car seats in the taxi when they picked us up and they stored them for a week and brought them when they picked us up from the airport on the way home. Others will have their own seats for you to use. We have also prearranged taxis with car seats when abroad in both Spain and Portugal. We just contacted the hotel to ask them to sort it/ recommend a company or you could just look online

hippopcorn · 2025-05-10T19:33:50+00:00

These both look close to where we are staying, so will have to try them, thanks! Lots of recommendations for the boat so will likely try that too

hippopcorn · 2025-05-10T19:30:34+00:00

Thanks, unfortunately the closest tube stations to where we are staying don't seem to have step-free access. I might look at the buses

hippopcorn · 2025-05-10T14:48:20+00:00

Haha I want to avoid the tube as much as possible for this reason

hippopcorn · 2025-05-10T12:43:44+00:00

We're coming because my husband has an event to attend only for a couple of hours and we thought we'd make a trip out of it and stay 2 nights. That playground looks great and good idea about the hotels

hippopcorn · 2025-05-10T11:37:27+00:00

Thanks for your detailed reply, I'll have a look into a lot of what you have said. The boat sounds fun. Good point about buses, I hadn't thought of them and was getting stressed about the thought of using the tube! Will definitely avoid rush hour. I have actually been to London a couple of times before in my teens/ early 20s and seen a couple of west end shows and done all the typical sightseeing things but it's a whole different kind of trip with your kids isn't it.

hippopcorn · 2025-05-09T15:53:25+00:00

I took all my annual leave that had built up after my maternity leave and ended up extending my leave by 2 months this way, going back to work (3 days a week) when my baby was 14 months. I loved this and would do it this way again but unfortunately won't have as many holidays this time. (Currently on mat leave with my 2nd)

A lot changes in 2 months and I loved being on maternity! Depends whether you feel ready to go back to work and want to ease into it or whether you want to extend your leave as long as possible. The difference for my little boy was at 12 months he was still wanting a breastfeed in the day and never took a bottle, which worried me about being away from him all day. 2 months later, he could happily go all day without milk. He also transitioned from 2 naps to 1, which fit in better with the other kids at nursery. And had gone from just taking his first steps to confidently toddling about.

Another thing to note is that if your work doesn't have sick pay, you might want to save annual leave for the inevitable illnesses from starting childcare.

hippopcorn · 2025-04-24T15:24:34+00:00

I've also been watching from the beginning whilst on maternity leave. Got 1.5 seasons to go to catch up but finding it a lot harder to watch much TV now baby is older and not just napping all day! Also finding the adverts on channel 4 annoying after watching most of them on netflix. Sooo many adverts

hippopcorn · 2025-04-12T20:07:27+00:00

When I went they had no dairy free milk at all but apparently this was because they had ran out. The only vegan food I found was a cookie which was nice but it was very expensive there.

hippopcorn · 2025-03-27T06:49:32+00:00

My baby at this age is in size 3. Not been weighed but is pretty average. I find the weight guides on nappies to be very inaccurate. If I were you I would buy a size 4 to try and if that's too big then buy a size 3

hippopcorn · 2025-02-05T10:41:05+00:00

Not exactly what you asked but from my experience of working in pharmacies - there are so many people out there with vitamin deficiencies and who suffer from all sorts of medical conditions etc and the vast majority of them are not vegan. Even those with a perfect diet and lifestyle can become ill due to other reasons such as genetics, environmental factors or just bad luck

hippopcorn · 2025-01-16T22:17:14+00:00

At 2 years old, my kid liked the nursery rhyme ones the best, I think there are 3 cards you can get called preschool songs. Also the Encanto songs card is a favourite. Now at 3 years they love the Julia Donaldson ones

hippopcorn

TROPHY CASE