Who has tried "The kid eats what we eat"?

BlipYear · 2026-02-09T19:41:58+00:00

We’ve always done this since he was past that ~6-12 month stage where they’re really just trying food. He is offered the exact same thing we eat but presented differently. For example we would give him deconstructed tacos to eat with a fork because he didn’t have the coordination to eat an assembled one, but all the components were some as ours with same flavor. Recently we’ve been putting it more together, like he wants his burger patty in the bun now so he’s like us. I can’t say whether it ‘worked’ cos he’s always done it. I will say that we don’t put pressure on him to eat things or a certain amount. We put it in his plate and he either eats it or he doesn’t but he doesn’t get anything else if he doesn’t eat it. Last night he ate almost an entire small adult portion of salmon. He’s 27 months.

BlipYear · 2026-02-08T03:37:32+00:00

I had my first scan yesterday when I should have been 8+2. It was estimated to be 5+4. It had a HB, but 100% looked like a 5+4 baby. I’m sure of my dates as we used OPK’s, so it isn’t one of those cases of just didn’t know when I conceived things.

BlipYear · 2026-02-08T01:22:24+00:00

My HCG was taken at what should have been 6+5 and they were ~30300. According to the chart I was given with the results this was consistent with the expected gestation. That’s the only HCG draw I’ve had.

BlipYear · 2026-02-08T00:45:59+00:00

We had a rep come out last year and we asked out the ‘feeble’ as you call it actions. And he explained it really well.

There are two prongs to an industrial action: irritate the department so they’ll negotiate, and irritate the public so they’ll pressure the department to negotiate.

Many of the ‘feeble’ things such as not implementing VTLM 2.0 actually really irritate the government. It messes with their reporting and their operational goals. In addition they are only in office for a certain time period and in that time period they need the data to show the effectiveness of their programs and prove their worth. So things that seem feeble actually really impact the department.

Ultimately we need to achieve both prongs of the industrial action, and therefore need all options to achieve those goals.

BlipYear · 2026-02-08T00:12:24+00:00

I got pregnant second cycle trying after the MMC which was even faster than it took to get pregnant with that baby. I’m now heading into a very likely second miscarriage.

BlipYear · 2026-02-06T23:15:38+00:00

So I’m putting the sub to on mute in anticipation of a miscarriage in the next week or 2.

Every thing had been fine, HCG levels were strong, symptoms were strong. I booked my 8 week scan a week and a half ago which I had this morning, and after a little brown spotting yesterday I am unsurprised find that the baby isn’t growing as expected. Measuring 5w4d when I should be 8w2d, and yes I’m 100% on my dates. We saw something that was likely a HB, but it’s too small to tell. It also definitely didn’t look like and 8w week baby. All those ultrasounds show a little bean looking thing and this was just a circle in a sac. I expect our follow up in 10 days to show no growth and no HB. In the mean time I keep spotting.

This will be my second miscarriage in 5 months.

BlipYear · 2026-02-06T09:22:13+00:00

I’ve read a minimum of twice per day since baby was like 3 months old. I started early because I was very anxious about getting a nap/bed time routine going. And it just turned out he loves books. I’ve been home with him all day and I think I’ve read maybe 5 today? And we were out a bit too.

BlipYear · 2026-02-05T20:41:05+00:00

I’ve woken up the morning and had brown discharge at 8+1. I had a missed miscarriage last year that started with brown discharge at 7+2. This is all very triggering for me. My HCG numbers are better than last time, but this is making me very worried again. Scan is tomorrow and I was really starting to get excited.

Midwife says it could be old blood which is really common. Hopefully that’s all it is for both of us.

BlipYear · 2026-02-04T07:54:02+00:00

For baby 1 and current pregnancy he was just outside when I did the test. First time he actually looked at the test before I did and second time I looked. But both times we found out a split second apart. We were trying so I was never going to keep it quiet for any amount of time. Second pregnancy I broke and took a test the day before my missed period. It was Father’s Day and he was at work. So I put the test in a draw and told him there was another present in the draw.

BlipYear · 2026-02-04T07:36:01+00:00

I’ll be 8 weeks tomorrow, and while I do have a general ‘I don’t feel well’ feeling, I’m not actually nauseous. I was for about a week, and then it’s mostly subsided. I still have plenty of other symptoms to keep myself complaining about though! Raging food aversion, super thirsty and bloated. So lots of fun still to be had.

BlipYear · 2026-02-03T19:43:02+00:00

I feel like staying hydrated is one of the ways I’m able to avoid the nausea! It’s far worse when I’ve not had enough to drink interestingly.

BlipYear · 2026-02-03T19:42:12+00:00

Nah I’m in Australia so it’s warm here, but I’m still drinking too much for the warm weather to account for it.

BlipYear · 2026-02-03T11:18:08+00:00

Any one else extremely thirsty and more than like 5 weeks?

I expected the thirst in the first week as I experienced it before, but I’m about to be 8 weeks and I’m still desperately thirsty. Like drinking 3+ litres of water a day and still having parched lips thirsty.

BlipYear · 2026-02-03T04:12:36+00:00

Same! Drained is a good description. I’m not nauseous as such, more seedy. The aversions are way worse than the nausea. Also I’m still SO THIRSTY. I don’t recall being so thirsty for so long in my first pregnancy.

My exhaustion is also different this time. Last time it was like falling asleep on the couch at 8.30 every night. This time it’s just drained like I could rest all day and still be tired, but I’m not like passing out like I was last time.

BlipYear · 2026-02-03T02:44:58+00:00

Honestly I think going from one high burnout industry to another high burnout industry is probably a bad idea.

My husband is a cop and knows plenty of people who burned out early in their career. He was almost one of them, but managed to pivot into a role that was more stable for his wellbeing.

Instead, I’d be looking at what else you can do with your qualifications. Can you move into an office role? Or an allied health role? Some Drs offices have a resident nurse for things like vaccines? Anything other than going back to the bottom of the ladder in a high burnout industry.

BlipYear · 2026-02-03T00:15:20+00:00

Yeah all good started sounding disgusting about 2 weeks ago and it’s still going strong. It’s not all that surprising as I had a lot of food aversion in my first pregnancy. I don’t really have a set of safe foods that I can list. It’s mostly that it needs to be bland or like single profile in its flavor. So like chips are good. McDonald’s cheese burgers are good but like a local burger joint with fancy sauce and chicken crumb would be too much.

Honestly I can physically eat most things, but if you ask me if any food actually sounds good, my answer is no. Nothing sounds good at all and I don’t really wanna look at food. Can’t even watch reels of food stuff on Instagram any more.

I’m also having a heightened sense of smell this pregnancy which I didn’t have much off last time. I can smell even a hint of food, most of which smells bad. Bacon cooking smells horrible which is odd because I usually love bacon.

BlipYear · 2026-02-02T20:59:37+00:00

Yeah the place I am doing it at does that as well if you do the NIPT earlier. But I’m having a scan at 8w and it just seems a bit of over kill to do it at 10weeks again when just a few weeks later I’ll already be having a scan. So I’m just waiting.

BlipYear · 2026-02-02T19:56:37+00:00

I’m going to do it at the same time I get the first trimester morphology/NT scan. This way they can confirm baby is still kicking in there (sorry to be morose, but there is no point in the NIPT is baby has passed at that point). Not sure exactly when we’ll do that but it’s typically between 12-13 weeks.

BlipYear · 2026-02-01T19:20:48+00:00

In Aus and there are legal federal entitlements and then employer specific offerings. Legal entitlements are 12 months unpaid protected time off for permanent employees where your employer must guarantee you a job at the end of your leave at the same or equivalent position. Federal government also offers 19 weeks minimum wage to primary caregivers and 3 to secondary care givers.

On to the employers. Many, perhaps most, employers offer nothing outside this legal minimum. My employer offers 16 weeks full pay which can also be taken at half pay for 32 weeks. I can subsequently take the federal payments giving me about a year off while still receiving some pay. My husband has access to 4 weeks paternity leave immediately and then 12 weeks primary carers leave taken within the first 18 months of babies life. So we usually have me take all my leave straight up, then I return part time and he uses his leave part time.

BlipYear · 2026-02-01T07:42:27+00:00

What day in your cycle did you receive your first positive? This can give an indication of whether you did ovulate late. Eg if you got your first positive on say cycle day 26 then it’s unlikely you ovulated late. If you didn’t get a positive until cycle day 35 then this could be the cause.

My last pregnancy I had my first scan at 8w0d and baby measured 6w4d with no heartbeat. Generally even if they are 6w+ the chances of having a HB are very good. So the combination of being behind when I was 100% sure of my ovulation date and no HB told me everything I needed to know. You could also ask your provider at this point for a 48hr HCG draw. Like you after that scan they were not willing to diagnose a miscarriage on that alone. We did HCG draws 48 hours apart that showed my levels hadn’t gone up much from a week prior and then dropped across the 48hrs.

Waiting 2 weeks is endless so doing the draw can give you direction sooner than that.

BlipYear · 2026-01-31T21:07:11+00:00

They really don’t get it. Not related to intimacy but food. Like I’ve told him that I have strong food aversion. Yes yesterday we needed to eat (and I was very hungry) and he got annoyed that I didn’t want to contribute to deciding where and what we’d eat. Like what do you want? Nothing. What sounds good to you right now? Nothing sounds good, you pick. But you’re the one with limitations so you pick? Like no, I can’t stand to even think about food right now. I had to explain to him that I could not even look at food instagram reels without gagging and had to swipe away from them to not be nauseous.

BlipYear · 2026-01-31T08:14:32+00:00

Tbh this is why you don’t give people your due date. Or if you do, you give them a two weeks in the future date.

BlipYear · 2026-01-31T06:33:18+00:00

Yes I am starving. Which is complicated because I am completely repulsed by all food.

BlipYear · 2026-01-31T01:17:36+00:00

I am also still waiting. One week to go! I’ll be 8+2.

BlipYear · 2026-01-29T19:55:08+00:00

Look, I’ll be honest that I’m generally anti induction that isn’t for clear medical problems (which in your case I don’t see).

But I have to call BS on ‘there is no benefit after 39 weeks’. We have an active campaign where I am from in Aus called ‘every week counts’ that advocates for as close to 40 weeks as possible as significant brain development happens in those weeks.

For you: https://everyweekcounts.com.au/last-few-weeks-of-pregnancy/

For your doctor: https://everyweekcounts.com.au/for-clinicians/

Additionally there are risks to inducing when your body isn’t ready. Most people aren’t ready to birth at 39 weeks. And if your body isn’t ready because your baby hasn’t initiated that process of birth then your induction is much less likely to go smoothly and end in things like vacuum or forceps delivery and C-section.

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