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Does anyone know when interviews for Lincoln are or when they are sent out, beyond what their website says?

I should get an interview as I will get 60/60 in their scoring system (UCAT only, 2430 B1).

However, I live in the US - I will be applying as a home student, so no concerns there.

We are planning on coming back to the UK for Christmas, and I was going to try and schedule my flights so that I would be back in time for interviews at Lincoln. They have said they won’t do the interview remotely/online for me under mitigating circumstances (Leicester for example have said they will).

We have an 11 month old who is a 99th percentile baby. He is about to out grow his infant car seat.

Rear facing is a non-negotiable, as it having a rigid latch option while rear facing.

So far we’ve only found the Babyark and the Axkid One 3.

Are these truly the only two rear facing rigid latch models on the market?

My husband puts very low stimulus YouTube videos on the TV, which have like background music. So it might be like a scene of a conservatory, with just a cat sleeping and maybe a cup of tea steaming with gentle 1940s music or something playing. So for the most part it is a still image with very small details moving.

We are raising our child screen free, which was a joint decision as the idea of having an ‘iPad kid’ scares us and I know the WHO now says no screen time before 2.

Our son is 10 months old.

Is this harmful screen time? Is it okay?

ETA - not completely relevant, but music is somewhat tricky for us, as no matter what we play it on baby always tries to look for the source, we’ve tried lots of alternatives on this front. I personally think with this music from the TV situation, it accidentally works, insofar that baby goes ‘oh the music is coming from that, cool’ and then kind of moves on, he doesn’t stare at the TV when it’s on. I don’t do it, I will play music on the Alexa or something, which is not in baby’s line of sight anywhere as it’s kind of hidden away, but regardless of we play it in his line of sight then he gets distracted and tries to look for where it’s coming from

Hey all, not sure if anyone will have any suggestions as it’s a bit niche, but here goes.

We’re doing the Cunard QE Western Caribbean cruise in November (Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Honduras, Mexico x2).

Has anyone ever booked a dive trip in one of the ports of call? I know there is no official excursions for diving apart from the supplied air ones, but I wondered if there were any local diving companies who take advantage of the cruise ships coming in and co-ordinate dive trips etc?

I have dived in Cozumel before, so ideally one of the other stops, but would love if anyone had any advice!

Hey all, not sure if anyone will have any suggestions as it’s a bit niche, but here goes.

We’re doing the QE Western Caribbean cruise in November (Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Honduras, Mexico x2).

Has anyone ever booked a dive trip in one of the ports of call? I know there is no official excursions for diving apart from the supplied air ones, but I wondered if there were any local diving companies who take advantage of the cruise ships coming in and co-ordinate dive trips etc?

I have dived in Cozumel before, so ideally one of the other stops, but would love if anyone had any advice!

Going to cross post to hopefully get some more info

I’m going to a BBQ grill thing tomorrow and taking shrimp (prawns) as my contribution.

I have some big shell on shrimp and some medium/large shelled and deveined shrimp for skewers.

I’m going to do one spicy lime marinade and one garlic lemony herby marinade.

Is shell on vs off better suited to one flavour profile as to another or does it matter at all?

I’m going to a BBQ tomorrow and taking shrimp (prawns) as my contribution.

I have some big shell on shrimp and some medium/large shelled and deveined shrimp for skewers.

I’m going to do one spicy lime marinade and one garlic lemony herby marinade.

Is shell on vs off better suited to one flavour profile as to another or does it matter at all?

tl;dr: is the Cunard night nursery service any good?

We are looking at doing a cruise with a Cunard. We have a baby who will be about 13 months when we go.

We have done a Cunard cruise before pre-baby, so we know how it’s not a young people kind of vibe, but my husband and I are old souls.

We know they have a night nursery, which would be perfect as we can have a few hours, and a few drinks, but we still get to take baby and explore.

He’s already pretty well travelled at 8 months, so again, the travel element isn’t too worrying for us.

We have looked at other cruise lines, but the only other ones with things for his age are RC and DCL, and they are both paid for services, so Cunard seems like the best option anyway(?)

Has anyone used the night nursery? How did you find it? I can only find pretty old reports, so don’t know if it has changed in recent years.

tl;dr: is the Cunard night nursery service any good?

We are looking at doing a cruise with a Cunard. We have a baby who will be about 13 months when we go.

We have done a Cunard cruise before pre-baby, so we know how it’s not a young people kind of vibe, but my husband and I are old souls.

We know they have a night nursery, which would be perfect as we can have a few hours, and a few drinks, but we still get to take baby and explore.

He’s already pretty well travelled at 8 months, so again, the travel element isn’t too worrying for us.

We have looked at other cruise lines, but the only other ones with things for his age are RC and DCL, and they are both paid for services, so Cunard seems like the best option anyway(?)

Has anyone used the night nursery? How did you find it? I can only find pretty old reports, so don’t know if it has changed in recent years.

I put in a special assistance request on the 16th June for a flight on 19th July. How long should I expect to wait before hearing back?

I’m trying to do the Bisharp evo task. It’s to defeat 15 steel or dark type raid bosses.

I just did a power spot raid and it didn’t add to the count - I thought they did, is this a glitch, or is it just ‘normal’ raids? Do shadow raids count?

If money is no object, where are you staying? Which hotel and rooms have the best view of the falls?

Trying to plan a surprise

Trying to book the bassinet to fly with my six month old and told I have to pay to reserve the bulkhead seat to be able to use the bassinet. This doesn’t sound right, can someone confirm?

Looking for advice on what is probably a really simple solution but I can’t think of it.

I have a 6 month old, but he is a big boy (24lb). When I used to go grocery shopping I would put him in the carrier and then push the trolley, kind of obvious. As he got a bit heavier I would put him in the carrier but kind of rest him on the handlebar(?) a bit so that I wasn’t taking his full weight as I pushed the troller around.

However, he is basically now at the point where I can’t carry him in the carrier. He isn’t quite at the point of being able to sit in the trolley as he isn’t quite sitting yet (he’s far more interested in standing, sitting is boring).

When we go out on walks we use the stroller, but I don’t think navigating the stroller and the trolley is a feasible solution without running someone / something over.

Any tips on how I can do the grocery shopping with him?

Looking for advice on what is probably a really simple solution but I can’t think of it.

I have a 6 month old, but he is a big boy (24lb). When I used to go grocery shopping I would put him in the carrier and then push the trolley, kind of obvious. As he got a bit heavier I would put him in the carrier but kind of rest him on the handlebar(?) a bit so that I wasn’t taking his full weight as I pushed the troller around.

However, he is basically now at the point where I can’t carry him in the carrier. He isn’t quite at the point of being able to sit in the trolley as he isn’t quite sitting yet (he’s far more interested in standing, sitting is boring).

When we go out on walks we use the stroller, but I don’t think navigating the stroller and the trolley is a feasible solution without running someone / something over.

Any tips on how I can do the grocery shopping with him?

Today Delta have managed to outdo themselves.

I was unable to reserve seats because our flight was ticketed by Virgin, so we have been auto-assigned seats in Comfort. I bought a seat for my six month old so he can sit in his car seat on the plane.

In doing so, they have seated my six month old baby on his own, and they are unable to change it. So the advice of the customer service agent was to ‘ask fellow passengers nicely’ if they will move so I can sit with my baby.

Anyone else experienced anything like this? I feel bad asking fellow passengers to move if that’s the seat they’ve paid for but at the same time what am I supposed to do?