Sarah J

It smells straight after a bath so it s not actual body odour but I m wondering if anybody has any experience of this. There s no itch or moisture, but the skin looks a bit patchy. The doc took a swab but it came back clear.

Anti-fungal cream cleared it up after 2 weeks of using, but the smell came back after a month and now the cream isn t even helping.

He s back at the doc this week but I m wondering if anybody can shed some light on this as it s driving me crazy. Any advice appreciated.

I was fitted for a bridge at the dentist. It cost almost £1000 as it had to be done privately, according to the NHS dentist.

I went to get it fitted last week, the dentist who took my impressions was off, another dentist looked at the bridge and my impressions and refused to fit it, stating that the original dentist would have to do so as he wasn't happy with it how it fit the impression.

I'm seeing my dentist tomorrow, supposed to be getting this bridge fitted. Should a bridge fit perfectly on an impression or should, as the other dentist suggested there be a problem and my teeth might need to be ground down a bit for it to fit?

I haven't paid the £1000 yet, not sure what to do but I'm worried and not happy with what's going on.

My dog ate raw fish that was from the bait box, fish that was caught in July so about 8 weeks old and was salted and left in a bucket in the garage. Anyway, he must have got it about 6 weeks ago and buried it and today he dug it up and ate it. When I realised what he was eating, I tried to stop him but he was growling etc so I couldn't. He ate about 3 fish. Will he be ok or will it harm him? I could hear the bones crunching but he didn't choke.

I had a new central heating system installed last week which also heats the water for my house. The system is great except when the upstairs bath or sink taps have been on, for hot water, the pipes make a kind of bang noise. It doesn't happen when the water is running, but it happens when the taps are turned off and it happens every 30 seconds or there abouts for about 20 minutes. The house is a very echoing house so I can't use the upstairs hot water directly before going to bed or the noise keeps me awake for 20-30 minutes.

Does anybody have any ideas if this is something that can be fixed or that I will have to live with?

Like I said, it's a quiet bang but it echoes though the house and keeps me awake. The heating system cost about £18,000 to install so I want it to be perfect.

HELP. My landlord is having a new heating system installed in my home and I have just found out that there is to be a wireless room thermostat installed.

Can I switch this off? The thermostat and wireless device are these ones:

https://heating.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/Products/...

https://heating.mitsubishielectric.co.uk/Products/...

I REALLY don't like wireless devices in my home, they give me headaches.

I'd appreciate if anybody can advise me.

I used to be skinny, now my body is pissing me off because I have a size 26 inch waist but my hips are 39 inches! I can't get jeans that fit me because if I can fit my butt into them, they are so baggy at the waist :(

Is this normal as for mid-30's or am I a freak. No matter what diet I do I can't shift these damn hips. Very annoyed, liked when I was skinny. Anybody else have this problem and what do you do about jeans?

Amazon refunded me too much for a returned item. I pointed this out before the refund was in my account but they emailed me saying it had been processed and couldn't be stopped.

They also asked me to reply to that email to give them permission to charge my debit card for the excess funds that they overpaid to my account.

I don't object to giving them the money, after all it was me who brought their error to their attention, but I'm not sure about sending an email giving them permission to take funds from my bank account. There is no protection that they could take more. I'm not comfortable. AmI right or wrong to be concerned about this method of paying them funds?

My dad isn't an alcoholic, but he does tend to drink a lot every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These are the only nights he can sleep without sleeping pills.

There seems to be a general trend involving him being in a terrible mood from a Tuesday - Thursday.

This involves him hardly speaking to anybody, snapping at me and my mum and watching TV so loud that it's uncomfortable for others.

He's so unapproacable, we're scared to say anything because he'll just snap at us and stay in a bad mood for hours/days.

The funny thing is that during his drinking days, he's really good fun (when he's awake that is and not in the pub). It's just the days when he's not had a drink that he's horrible to be around.

My dad is 64. Is this normal for his age or is it more likely, as I think, to be drink related.

My twin nephews just turned 5 and they both swear. The latest was along the lines of "f**ck you, you rotten bast**d".

When my mum spoke to my brother (their dad) he confessed that the kids learned it from him and his wife. They have screaming matches in front of the kids and have never tried to not use bad language.

My problem is this; my own son just turned 4. If he heard this language from his big cousins, he'd probably repeat it, and being only 4, it'd be hard to get him not to say it.

I couldn't stand if my son was to be one of those toddlers who drops the f-bomb and more.

I am on the verge of telling my brother that I don't want his kids around my son anymore. This is obviously going to cause huge problems.

Does anybody think I'm being over the top. I know kids will all pick up swear words, but I just don't want my 4 year old learning them from, basically, my brother and his wife.

Any thoughts and opinions appreciated.

My son is 2.5 years old. He only has milk and water to drink, and gets very few sweet items (miles less than most other kids his age that I know).

I brush his teeth twice daily, have done since he was a baby (when I used to brush his gums).

The problem is that his 4 front bottom teeth are kind of yellow, not decayed, but definately yellow.

He's seen a dentist who said that it's plaque.

Does anybody else have any experience of this with their kids, and do you have any tips/advice you could give me.

I spend so much time making sure he has lovely teeth, I'm gutted about this.

Many thanks.

I've got a few gray hairs starting to appear. My natural colour is dark brown. I've tried a couple of home hair dye kits, such as Belle Colour and Nice & Easy, however, these make my hair so dull, it's horrible.

I can't afford to go to the hairdressers to have my hair dyed every few weeks, so I'm really looking for a home dye kit that will actually leave my hair with a bit of shine.

My own hair is so naturally shiny, the difference when dyed is obvious and I hate it.

Any advice appreciated.

My ex husband walked out when our son was 3 months old, which was almost 2 years ago.

Since then, he's hardly seen my son, letting him down more often than not in the name of a party/drink/drugs etc.

He isn't even allowed unsupervised access due to his short temper and continued drink driving etc.

I have always wanted to get my son Christened, my ex has never been bothered either way. He has moved more than 200 miles away and is only going to actually see my son once every 4-6 weeks at most.

Can he stop me having him Christened? We are both Catholic, so he can't protest about that side of things.

Basically, my whole family hate him for the way he has treated my son. It would absolutely ruin the day if he was there. His family play no part in my son's life, never have, their choice not mine. I've raised my son on my own with no help whatsoever from my ex or any member of his family, and if he or they were present at the Christening, it would ruin the day for everybody.

Any advice appreciated.

PS, please don't accuse me of using my child as a weapon, I've begged my ex to keep up the contact with my son for almost 2 years and he's thrown it back in my face every single time. I just want my son Christened.

My ex husband and I have a 2 year old son.

My ex is not allowed unsupervised access due to his aggressive attitude and bad temper, which is caused by cocaine use at weekends. He walked out on my son and I when he was 4 months old and moved 230 miles away. He sees my son for about 2 hours every month and plays no real part in his life, letting him down by cancelling and missing more visits than he actually shows up for due to his party lifestyle coming before our son.

I have the chance to move abroad, can my waste of space ex stop me?

Any advice appreciated.

My son is almost 2 years old. I've brought him up on my own since my husband left in favour of partying when he was a couple of months old.

Since then (the last 18 months) he's not bothered much with my son, he's constantly cancelled visits, been hours late, left hours early or just not shown up at all.

The last 2 weeks though, he's changed. I'm not getting my hopes up as it's only been 2 good visits, but my problem is this; he is now talking about wanting to take my son on his own.

Basically, I'm terrified of this because he constantly drinks and drives at the weekends and he also takes cocaine and drives then too. He is a crazy driver, always running lights and speeding. He always talks and texts on his phone when he's driving and he has a bad temper (not violent, but he can be very verbally aggressive).

He moved 250 miles away and only comes to the area I live at weekends as he works as a DJ, so partying is always going to be a big part of his life.

I don't want to fall out with him, or put him off coming to spend time with my son, because I want him to have his dad in his life, but I'm not ready to let him drive off with my son.

I know I'm going to have to one day, but just wonder if anybody thinks I'm being over protective or silly?? I'm not exaggerating any of the points, I've even had to go to a lawyer to make sure he can't have unsupervised access due to his drug taking and aggressive attitude etc. He's never disputed anything the lawyer has stated, so he admits the problems.

Sorry for rambling, any advice much appreciated.

My son is coming up on 2 years old. My brothers twin boys are 1 year older than him. They only see each other every fortnight, but the thing that's bothering me (which might sound silly to others) is that my 3 year old nephews have started trying to kiss my son when they say hello and again when we are leaving.

I only mean a kiss on the cheek, but I'm not comfortable with this and have voiced my opinion. I'm ok with them hugging him, but I don't want my little boy starting to kiss other children (at playgroup or what have you). Shoot me for saying this, but especially other boys!

I know they are only kids, but the whole thing gives me the creeps! I'm not a big family person, and if I thought my older cousin was kissing me when I was a baby (which seems to be encouraged by the adults who think it's cute), I'd be annoyed.

Am I over reacting? My dad actually fell out with me about it tonight, but I think I should be able to raise my son the way I want, and not do what my other family members think is cute!

I know somebody who is bankrupt. They had to fill in a statement every 6 months declaring their income and outgoings for that 6 month period.

The thing is, they told lies about their outgoing, said they paid child maintenence at £50 per week, when they didn't pay anything.

Can they get into trouble with this? They were declared as being released from their bankruptcy in April of this year, but it stays on their credit report for 5 years etc, the usual.

If somebody was to tell the accountant who was dealing with their bankruptcy about this person's misdeclarations, what would happen?

Sorry if this sounds awful, but it's my ex, who never paid my any child maintenance and I'm kinda pee'd off about the fact that he declared £200 a month was paid for my child.

My ex was been told that he has to pass a drugs test each time he visits our 1.5 year old son. He parties on a Saturday night, and his visits have just been moved to 10am on a Sunday morning. He is going to do a urine test for cocaine, ecstasy and speed during each visit.

Basically, I want to know if he can beat these tests? He'll be tested at some point during each visit, so that'll be 10am - 1pm every Sunday. Will he be able to drink loads of water to hide the drugs in his system or will they show up anyway?

He's doing these tests as he wants to remove the stipulation that he's only allowed supervised access with our son, because of his drug taking, I don't feel safe leaving a 1.5 year old with him, and he also drink drives EVERY weekend. Basically, the guy is a waste of space but he is shouting about his rights and making my life a misery so I figure going down the drug testing route for a few months to prove he is clean might be a good move.

On another note, he lives 200 miles away, so he only comes to the area where I live on the weekends because he is a DJ and that's obviously when he parties/drinks/takes drugs........so he is a complete stranger to my son, who crys everytime he sees him, yet he expects me to leave him alone and let him take him off in the car?!?!? Oh, and he has REALLY weird druggie friends that I wouldn't trust with a dog let alone my baby.

Any advice appreciated. I know I'm the idiot for having a baby with him, but he was off the drugs for 2 years when we got married and only started again the weekend he found out I was pregnant and walked out when the baby was 4 months old and went on a 14 month party! Now he wants to play dad, but he's still taking drugs and I'm worried sick.

My son is 18 months old, he's a healthy happy boy, but he's never been able to eat regular food. EVERYTHING has to be blended so there are no lumps whatsoever, or he spits it out or worse, makes him sick. He is gaining weight and fine in every other department, but I am starting to worry about his eating. Has anybody else experiences anything like this with their kids, if so, what did you do to fix it and what age did they finally start to chew and swallow lumpy/solid food. Any help much appreciated. PS - I've had him examined by a doctor for swollen tonsils etc, and he got the all clear. It seems that although he has 10 teeth, he doesn't know how to chew.

My grandfather died, I never paid much attention to him or his life, but I was left his ex council house in his will.

I had been living abroad, and decided to move back to the UK, and moved into my "new" house as a temporary measure to tart it up and sell it.

OMG!! This is my very first experience living in a council estate. The people are absolute rubbish! They are all fat, ugly, lazy pieces of sh*t. Their children are rude, foul mouthed, ugly little monsters!

I've asked around, and apparently, this council estate is considered to be REALLY GOOD?!?!

Am I a snob, or do other people find the rif-raf who live in council houses (whether they have bought them or not) are the scum of the earth?

I simply cannot wait to sell this horrible house and get back to living among decent people in private houses!!