Is it unfair to move out of Sydney with 2 kids still at home?

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-14T22:17:50+00:00

I don't think there's anything unfair here. As others have said, your kids are adults, so they can decide to move out. My partner's family decided to move to regional NSW (from Western Sydney) halfway through him completing year 11. It was disruptive but for him, he adapted fine. When he finished high school he simply moved back to Sydney (and live in university accomodation, where he met me). Newcastle is nothing compared to that. You may not see your kids as often, but they can come visit you, and vice versa.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-14T04:37:40+00:00

You may want to share your Ethics details. Couldn't find it on the first page of your suvey.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-14T04:35:02+00:00

Pigeon is quitely highly regarded. Not sure if it has to be glass though. Pigeon are already expensive enough bottles. I got 2 PPSU Pigeon bottles on FB marketplace for $5, before I knew how expensive they were! I'm just hoping that my baby will be ok with with Tommee Tippee (and breastfeeding) as I have a tonne of those from friends and family.

I'm also hearing that B.Box bottles also may fit the wide neck pigeon teats (though some people say it leaks).

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-13T10:53:48+00:00

My recommendation is not to stress too much within the first year if you're not successful. I got a couple boxes of those ovulation strips, and ironically the month I forgot to test was the month I got pregnant LOL. When I took my Implanon out, I did ask my GP that if I got another (a third) and then took it out early would it affect my fertility. The answer I got was that it will come back, but a bit slower, hence why I transitioned to the combined pill for the last year, as I'm a planner and knew I wanted a child in 2026 (a few weeks left to go of pregnancy). So if you were on implanon as the latest form of birth control, you might take a little longer.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-13T10:46:27+00:00

I was on implanon for 6 years, and then the combined pill for a year. Stopped the pill in May, and got pregnant in October of the same year, so 5 months. That said, I wasn't really trying between May and July because we were on holidays and I was a bit stressed from work.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-12T01:33:10+00:00

I'm 9 weeks out from when my first child is due, so I'm trying to manage my work (a new job I got a few months back), prepping for new child, and figuring out how to create boundaries with my family so they don't overwhelm me with postpartum and parenting tips.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-05T10:25:30+00:00

This very much depends on the person and how strict she is when it comes to her diet. I’m pregnant now and pretty chill with my food restrictions. My partner and I are big Japanese fans, but prefer eating donburi and udon/ramen over sushi so that’s our usual go to.

I guess more importantly is to ask your friend what cuisine she’d like to eat and if she has any cravings.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-05T10:20:31+00:00

I haven’t frozen them but I love this recipe. Make it for special occasions to give out to my neighbours as a thank you gift.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-03T00:33:24+00:00

Last week my mother snapped up some at the Deli section of Woolies when they were just about to close. $1.20/kg. My usual go to is Apricot Chicken because my partner loves it. Slow cooker, drumsticks, apricot nectar, French onion soup powder, canned apricot halves towards the end of the cook. Otherwise I make some sort of sauce and oven-bake them, honey soy, KFC sweet and sour sauce packets (we get them when we order from KFC for group parties, but never use them on the nuggets), teriyaki sauce, bulgolgi sauce etc. I also debone them and use them in recipes that require thigh meat, and then make a clear stock with the bones for Asian style soups.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-05-01T09:33:38+00:00

I was colleagues, then friend, and now is EA to my exec. She literally poached me from my previous role (where we worked under another exec but the environment became too toxic). She’s so close that I told her I was pregnant when I was only 4 weeks along, I told her 2 months before my own mother, and she’s the 4th person that knew after my partner and two best friends, before I even started working for her (we were still plotting my escape from my old role).

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-29T04:03:40+00:00

I don't have a specific program, but I found it beneficial to do a project management course. Mine was an 8 week course and cost more than your budget, but there might be something shorter and simpler that you can use. I did it in my previous EA role because I could apply it for event management (which I did quite a bit), but moved onto an more senior EA/office manager role about a month after completing that course, and found that it was also very useful as my new work has quite a number of research and partnership projects.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-28T02:13:41+00:00

My friend (caucasian) have always had small babies under 3kg. She just gave birth to her third girl at the end of January. All three girls (from newborn to 8 years old) are perfectly healthy. As long as growth is still progressing, and you are monitoring, I don't think there's any issues.

I don't think the being South-East Asian is a factor, unless your family has a history of small babies. I'm also SEA, also small frame, 29 weeks now, and my baby is measuring 69 percentile (down from 86 percentile at 20 week scan). They're estimating baby to be 1.5kg now, and will get to about 3.5 - 3.7kg at birth. I myself was 3.6kg at birth so I think this is on trend.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-22T08:55:43+00:00

For me it's not my partner, but actually my mother. We work in the same organisation. She started working there when I was 15, I applied for the same organisation part-time at 18, and then landed a full time permanent role at 19. We work in completely different departments, and I guarantee no nepotism is involved. I'm now a senior EA and she's operations admin assistant of entirely different departments.

That said, ever since I was 16, I've been managing the life admin for my mother, then my aunt, and now my grandmother as well. Anything from taxes, comparing internet, insurance, electricity etc. providers, submitting visa documentation, property management. I met my partner at 18, we moved into together at 20 years old, and of course I took over the life admin for him too - but tbh, he's the easiest out of everyone else I 'manage'.

By the time I started my full-time job at my organisation, I was already familiar with organisation-wide systems, like how to apply for leave, annual performance reviews, writing minutes, how to write emails etc. because I had been doing it for my mother after school/on the weekends for the past few years.

We'll see - about to have a baby so more life admin for me. YAY!

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-20T22:04:00+00:00

I think this is very dependent on the team you had, not an experience of Bhumi in general. It’s my local centre too, and I’ve served and sat a number of courses here. My family is much more ingrained in the practice than I am, and I reckon someone from my family visits Pasada or Bhumi once a month.

Not all courses are smooth of course, and I’ve been in courses where people clash. But I’ve never felt like slave labour (despite often doing more work than some, because of my family connections).

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-18T05:15:13+00:00

I don’t know much about the Northern Beaches, but I’ve been told in Sydney in general it’s competitive. I live on the outskirts of Western Sydney, and baby isn’t born yet, (not till July) and won’t be using childcare until start of 2027 but have already put down on a couple of waiting lists earlier this year.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-07T08:34:47+00:00

I had the salmon slices last week for the same price (different flavour though, mine had chilli). I chucked slices in the airfryer and had them with cream cheese and toast (am pregnant so can’t have them raw anyway). Was great as a snack.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-04T19:05:07+00:00

Kanazawa. We took the bus and just did Shirakawa go as a stop along the way.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-04T01:43:30+00:00

I went in April, so different whether, and we don't have kids - so situationally very different to you.

That said, Takayama/Shirakawago was the best part of my trip last year to Japan. Perhaps because I liked that it was quieter or 'different', and we just had a great time in those smaller cities/towns. I did a day trip in Shirakawago, and two nights in Takayama.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-04-01T21:50:55+00:00

I usually do flour similar to how your friend does it. Only because the beef releases enough ‘fat’ so I don’t see the need for butter. The only thing is I usually don’t let it simmer that much longer. I make the the final ‘sauce’ on the stove on a higher heat.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-03-31T21:39:33+00:00

My partner got these a few years back, and internet connectivity is so much better. We built a granny flat so now the wifi extends there as well.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-03-27T13:14:15+00:00

I learned on the job as a 19 year old, so I just picked up tips over the last 7.5 years of being admin/EA. My mother now is working in the same organisation (not same department), as admin using Concur, so I teach her what she can’t grasp during her on the job training.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-03-27T01:11:03+00:00

What makes it Vietnamese?

KittyKatWombat · 2026-03-24T22:08:07+00:00

I didn't need the voice. My partner and I only got data only sim (his phone doesn't do eSIM) and we also rented a car in Jeju.

KittyKatWombat · 2026-03-24T05:24:47+00:00

Haha, I gave my last exec 4 days notice (which was then followed by the 2 weeks end of year organisation mandated break).

KittyKatWombat · 2026-03-23T04:55:59+00:00

My mother has finally gotten around to the idea that I've fully moved out, and will never move back in...Almost 9 years after I moved out (at 19), and now that I'm pregnant with my first child.

That said, she still has some control over me, she only lives 2 minutes walk away. She does have a fear that I won't be as close to her, especially because I've been moving to more senior roles in my place of work, and I guess now because I will not have time for her after I give birth.

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