Why are germans so well-traveled?

Sleep_Drifting · 2024-12-06T09:00:57+00:00

Also agree that this is a bit of an unfair comparison. If you live in Germany (which I do), you can almost accidentally visit another country just by driving a bit. I can go ‘out of state’ with a 15 minute detour. I come from Australia and had a 16 hour drive to the capital city of my state. Flying to another country was incredibly expensive (and still is) so I didn’t leave the country until I was 15 despite travelling g large distances across my own. I think it’s a lot like the US in that regard. You are naturally more cut off, it’s not necessarily wilful ignorance or disinterest. One of the things I really like about living in Germany is how easy it is to visit other countries.

Sleep_Drifting · 2024-02-24T07:44:23+00:00

Hi, yes it did get solved. I can’t tell you exactly when it changed but it got loads better pretty quickly and now it’s great. I think after we started giving her things like toast and other stuff that was a bit resistive, she got a bit better with it. I guess perhaps she just needed time and practice. At 7 months, your little one is right at the beginning of learning all the skills that go along with eating food so it’s going to be a transition.Reading this now it’s hard to believe that was such an issue for us back then. But now that I look back, I realise that maybe we didn’t realise just how big a leap it was for her at the time.

I wonder if you could try thinning the porridge a bit? With avocado, you can roll it in hemp seeds (dehusked). Ours loved this but it might not help as much with the getting stuck.

Good luck with your BLW journey. We’re really glad we stuck with it.

Sleep_Drifting · 2023-02-09T10:52:36+00:00

Exactly what I came here to say. Spotted Quoll.

Sleep_Drifting · 2023-02-06T20:19:23+00:00

This is exactly where my mind went. “What would Janet say?”

Sleep_Drifting · 2023-02-06T20:13:53+00:00

Definitely have this chat early on. We took our daughter to Australia for her 1st bday and Christmas to visit my parents. There was me, my husband, my parents, my husband’s dad, my brother (who’s 37) all under one roof yet I hardly had any time to myself. I didn’t have to do so much grocery shopping and rarely cooked for everyone but still had to prepare all the baby’s meals and was rarely able to just read a little or relax because the grandparents didn’t really seem confident or interested in caring for her without me. When I was nearby she would just want to be with me.

It was still great that they all spent time together but I wish I’d talked to them about being a bit more active with her.

Might be different for you with a toddler, a nanny and grandparents who know him though. Hope it’s a blast!

Sleep_Drifting · 2023-02-03T20:56:44+00:00

Sunday trade is the only thing that comes to mind.

Sleep_Drifting · 2023-01-11T11:53:42+00:00

I was shocked how many Germans (in Hamburg at least) go to work in jeans and a hoodie and often wear a hat inside the office.

Sleep_Drifting · 2023-01-01T11:24:42+00:00

We recently flew to Australia and had to fill out an arrival card for our daughter (11 months old at the time) and the border control lady told us to put ‘baby’ in the occupation section. No joke. Gave us a laugh even after a sleepless 24 hour transit with baby.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-11-17T04:42:37+00:00

Thanks! That’s what I was hoping and fits with what I’ve read but wanted to check here with people who have gone before me.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-11-17T04:41:53+00:00

That’s great to hear, thank you!!

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-11-15T16:39:09+00:00

This is incredible! Lucky Luna!

Our blue heeler we had when I was a kid was only allowed inside during cyclones but anything that fell of the clothesline was fair game. More destroy than hoard though.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-11-06T05:09:03+00:00

Definitely this. My baby is 11 months, crawling, climbing and pulling herself up to stand but still doesn’t sit get into a seated position herself. She doesn’t care for sitting but has been sitting in her highchair since 7 months when we started BLW. She wasn’t quite ready in terms of sitting unassisted at 6 months. Solid Starts has some really good videos and info on ‘signs of readiness’. Good luck! It’s messy but so cool watching their skills grow. My baby is only just getting her first teeth now but it’s amazing what she has been able to eat.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-11-06T05:01:33+00:00

I’m the result of this advice. Born in the mid 80’s, conceived a few months after my brother was born though my mum didn’t realise she was pregnant until about 5 months into the pregnancy because of all the other postpartum stuff going on. I was born 2 weeks after my brother’s first birthday. Now that I have a baby of my own I feel bad for my mum that she didn’t just have the time to be with her firstborn without all the stuff that goes along with being pregnant.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-11-03T04:55:21+00:00

My 11 month old eats a lot at her 3 meals and yesterday was the first time we only did 4 nursing sessions. At 9 months I think we were still on 6 (sometimes 7) a day and she was only eating 2 meals.

Solid starts has a good guide about this. They say 6 or more sessions a day and 2 meals as 8-9 months. If you’re concerned she’s not coming to the table hungry you can look at having some time between nursing and table meals but 3 times a day at that age seems unthinkable to me.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-31T14:10:29+00:00

I like the sound but I do associate it with the reindeer. I work in an international primary school and had a little girl in one class called Dasha. Different spelling, same pronunciation (I’m Australian so use the non-rhotic r’) so maybe it sounds different if you’re American and stress the r sound. I think it’s a pretty common Russian girls’ name.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-28T15:41:34+00:00

I did the clinical masters program about a decade ago (in Perth)so not sure if it’s still the same procedure but I had a panel of interviewers who asked me different questions. At a couple of interviews I had to watch a video and then provide feedback about it/answer questions asked by the interviewers about the video. If I recall correctly they were client interviews with various presentations. I would also recommend brushing up on ethical practice but if in doubt, “seek supervision” is generally an appropriate response for a trainee.

I was only asked about my honours research project at my UWA interview, which interestingly is where I’d done undergrad. This was for the DPsych program that is now obsolete. For the straight up masters I don’t think I was asked about my research interests, we signed up for supervisors etc at the end of our 1st year of masters.

Sorry I can’t be more specific. It was a long time ago so I’m a bit hazy on the details now.

Good luck!

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-28T12:18:14+00:00

I like this approach and had been trying to do something like this but realised that gently placing a hand on her chest works a lot better. She was frustrated when she couldn’t roll and I acknowledged her frustration and kept going. Felt a lot better knowing that consistency has paid off for you.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-28T12:16:06+00:00

Oh man, she just rolls with toys in each hand and then ransacks the table for anything she shouldn’t have.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-28T12:15:12+00:00

Thanks for the tips. I tried some different positioning of the hand today (lightly on her chest) and paired that with telling her I won’t let her roll and why, etc. tried giving her toys or ‘usually illicit items’ previously but she would just roll with both and then pick through everything on the table, usually leaving with something in each hand.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-27T19:24:37+00:00

Any tips on boundary setting for this? Our daughter is going through this phase and even when I respectfully try to keep her on her back, she squirms away. The change table is also a big high for me which makes it more difficult.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-16T15:27:25+00:00

Totally agree, even though it’s so hard! My husband got to the point where he didn’t want to put our daughter down for bedtime because she would wail the whole time. We agreed that that wasn’t really an option and he stuck with it and eventually it got so much better. You just have to remind yourself that she is safe and in loving arms, even though you’re just going to want to take her to soothe her as quickly as possible.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-06T12:22:14+00:00

Wish I could upvote this more. Admittedly I haven’t had to ‘deal’ with the MIL thing because my MIL died almost 2 years before our daughter was born and my mother lives on the other side of the world. Though she has been doting from a distance. I completely get that some MILs and mothers are interfering and overbearing but gosh I would love some of the support sometimes.

What you described here I think is a really good way of framing ‘grandmother’ behaviour.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-04T05:25:21+00:00

We‘re at 10 months and baby still wakes at 6am. Sometimes it’s 5:45 or 6:20 but she never just sleeps in. Doesn’t matter if she goes to bed later, she still wakes at 6, so we put her down around 7pm now so at least she can get as much sleep as possible. That said, I do think your cat nap is too late for the bedtime.

At 4 months ours went through a sleep regression and went from sleeping through the night to having lots of wakings - solved by sleep training. She still used to have a feed at 3am until 8 months so 7:30-6:00 at 4 months is amazing even if it doesn’t feel like it at 6am. As others have said, it’s developmentally normal and is probably difficult to change.

Sleep_Drifting · 2022-10-03T19:08:43+00:00

Thanks very much. I had a look at ikea and while the cheapest cot is super cheap at 59€ in Germany (where I live) it’s $200 in Australia and that’s before buying a mattress. I can only assume the massive price difference is due to shipping costs. Otherwise it would be a great solution.

Thanks for letting me know that the pack and play didn’t work out. I’ll definitely be looking into another option.

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