**Announcement**

[Urchin]

Hello everyone

As you may or nay not know, there was a bit of a situation in this section yesterday and several comments were made by members which were unacceptable.

Me and the other mods have been discussing the best course of action and have deemed it appropriate to ban Becks2008 for 3 weeks, and Ellie'smummy for 1 week.

Here is a quick remind of the forum rules

FORUM ETIQUETTE

Remember - this is a relaxing, stress-free place for parents and parents-to-be to share advice and support. Please be courteous to other members - whilst everyone is entitled to their opinions, there are good and bad ways of putting those opinions across. Please be respectful to the fact that your fellow members may have different opinions to you. Please speak with other members in the same manner in which you would wish to be spoken to. Whilst discussion and debate are welcome, sustained personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Note: 24-hour, 7-day and longer bans have now been introduced and may be issued - without prior warning - to members involved in arguments on the forum. If you become involved in an argument, you must cease posting immediately otherwise you will quite likely receive an instant ban (temporary or otherwise, as the admin/mod team see fit). Any threads containing arguments will be removed as soon as one of our moderators becomes aware of them. Do not start another thread asking where a missing thread has gone - it has obviously been removed for a valid reason and your new thread will be removed as well, without notification. If you find yourself becoming embroiled in an argument, please take it up elsewhere - PM, MSN, etc - but DO NOT continue it on the public forum for all to see. We will not tolerate any arguing, bullying or nastiness, nor will we allow posts made with the intention of provoking other members or generally causing trouble, anywhere on our forum at any time. This forum is here to support members in a relaxing, stress-free environment and ALL offenders will be dealt with appropriately. You have been warned!

In other words, if you have a problem with another member, and do not feel like you can pm them about it, please just ignore them and any posts they make which you do not like. There is no point in creating an argument on a forum which is supposed to be for friendly support and advice, it will not be tolerated.

If anyone has any questions or comments regarding this, please feel free to pm me, or one of the other mods.

Thanks for your understanding.