childs [id, name, DOB]
bookings [id, child_id, club, day]

Child.php

public function bookings(){ return $this->hasMany('Booking', 'bookings'); }

Booking.php

public function child(){ return $this->belongsTo('Child', 'child_id');

$child = Child::find(1);  
$bookings = $child->bookings;

foreach($bookings as $booking) echo $booking->child->name;

Is this along the right lines?

Editing on these forums blows. Sorry for the above formatting issue but the line

Should be the only thing in `Booking.php` for my example

Thanks, thats pretty much what I had i was just calling it wrong, for some reason i thought more work would be involved to reverse it but simply this $booking->child->name; does the job... gotta love Laravel

Thanks man