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Hi There

I have a few questions:

1) Im looking at making my and my partners wills, we are only 20 and dont have one but now we have DS i think it is essential to have one, we are looking at doing one though public trust as we dont have the money to pay for a lawyer to do one at this stage. Can anyone give me some info on how they felt using public trust, if they were good or not ?

2) Im wanting to start using that Johnsons Junior on DS, for his hair, we have been using Aveeno since he was little as he had a little bit of dry skin, he still has it but hardly if at all, at what age did u start using this ? The bottle dosnt say a age

3)DS's birthday is comming up and im doing the invitations, i am inviting people that go to my baby group, but im wondering weather it would be rude to only put the mothers name and the babies name on the invite since i only know them and not the partners ? Im not too sure if i do or not, ive never had to organise something like that before

TIA Much appreciated

1 - hmm we are will less too must get onto that....

2 - we are still using the hairy macleary stuff from the wharehouse cause emily loves the dog on it, we did try to use other stuff one day and it was like the end of the world cause the dog was gone,

3 - I think that would be fine on Emilys i didnt even put names i never take my dh to any partys he wouldnt be interested.

We just got a free will kit, and wrote ours. Given we didn't really have much to leave, and just wanted to have something in writing before we went overseas.

We printed several copies and gave it to family members on both sides so everyone was aware of our wishes.

I agree put the kids names on the invites

HuMum - Where did you get your free will kit from ?

Thanks, think ill just stick with the baby shampoo for now, seems like a safe decision

Im making the invites at the moment so thanks for that, now i know what to write out when im finished

Wills are free from any lawyer, its one of the few public services they give, personally I'd use the opportunity to talk stuff through, its surprising what potential issues are. Heaps cheaper than $30!

With the invites i'd put "baby name" and family, if you want both parents to come.

Not sure about the shampoo, sorry, I'm an ecostore Mum myself.

DH's will cost around $300 to do, still got to do mine. I wouldn't recommend the Public Trust as dh's family had huge problems with them after his grandfather died (they basically tried to sell everything out from under his grandmother), and because they still charge but they settle the bill after you've died, taking hourly fees from the estate that are far higher than what they would be from a lawyer, also, if you decide to write a new will at any stage in the future without Public Trust they will send you the bill then. Sorry, not a fan of nasty surprises!
Ecostore mum here as well, or just water.
Invites- I'd put baby's names on the invites, the mums are implied with that, they are hardly going to drop them off when they're only young! It leaves it open as to whether or not the Dad's come too, but tbh it's normally only the mums who come unless the Dads know your SO.

We paid a $100 for our lawyer to do both of ours and that was more for their time not the will itself.
I wouldn't go via Public Trust.

We set ours up so it didn't need to be changed once kids came along, as its getting it changed frequently that costs add up.

With children's parties the invites are usually to the child and then their Mum or guardian comes too. Will you be caterring for the Mums? Dh wouldn't come to a children's party unless he was specifically invited.

Sorry don't know about shampoo my baby doesn't have any hair

1. Don't use Public Trust unless you want to give your family a headache when you die. They're a PITA (speaking from someone who used to work at a law firm and had a lot of colleagues fighting on behalf of family to clear up things with the Public Trust).

2. Shampoo will be fine to give a go - just do it. If it doesn't work out (he gets a rash or something), stop using it. Quite simple really.

3. Invites to the child, then whatever parent or parents come is fine.

cant help with number one but for number 2 I would say yes try it, should be fine! And I agree with those that have said to just put the kids names on the invites!