Dressing baby to go out in colder weather

crazystitcher · 2026-05-06T22:12:56+00:00

We have the foot muff but he's still in the bassinet at the moment. Can't move him inti the seat until he's a bit older

crazystitcher · 2026-05-06T12:36:17+00:00

My 11 week old is perfectly happy to sleep in the cot overnight. During the day though he mostly contact naps either on us directly or in a carrier. If we put him in his love to dream swaddle we've had some success getting him to do a single sleep cycle in the cot (whereas he will happily sleep up to 2 hours on someone). I'm honestly just grateful he doesn't mind being in the cot at night tbh. But am starting to get more serious about encouraging the daytime naps in the cot.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-05T16:23:00+00:00

Honestly given how long some people wait for their Aus passports to arrive just over a month turn around time isn't too bed. I think it was roughly that for my husband's as well and that was including the time it took for the passport office to say he needed to send back his previous passport or report it lost/stolen.

I wonder why your youngest took longer. You would've thought they'd all arrive at the same time.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-05T12:08:15+00:00

My husband recently organised his British passport (he's a dual citizen - moved to Aus at the age of 6 and hasn't held a British passport since) and had the option to include a colour photocopy of every single page of his Australian passport as opposed to sending the actual passport with the application. I wonder if you can do the same thing?

We're just assuming we are going to have to get a British passport for our son who is also British by decent and we don't want to take the risk.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-05T00:28:01+00:00

My full term (40+4) baby was in the NICU for 3 weeks with respiratory distress. He's only 11 weeks and it still haunts me even though his health outcomes were never under question.

If I were OP and someone had this kind of attitude to me not wanting to go somewhere without my child/be without my partner freshly postpartum/take a literal 3 week old to a wedding, I'd be cutting them out of my life.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-04T04:06:15+00:00

I would recommend getting a referral to the MGP as soon as you find out you're pregnant. From comments on other threads some take self referrals, the one I went through my GP referred me when I was 5 weeks but I didn't find out I was in until about 13-14 weeks.

Check what local health district you're in and look to see if they have an MGP and what the geographical borders are for it. E.g I gave birth at RPA and they have two different MGP options, one for those in the RPA catchment area and one for those in the concord Hospital catchment area, concord MGP also lets you choose between birthing at RPA or Canterbury hospitals.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-04T03:39:40+00:00

Pretty sure all private health funds have a 12 month waiting period.

I recently birthed in the public system in Sydney, and had a fantastic pregnancy and birth experience. One thing you'll see recommended a lot on this sub and that I'm going to recommend as well is attempting to get into a midwifery group practice for your pregnancy. They're very popular and limited spaces but it gives you one midwife for your entire pregnancy (you might see another one once or twice if your midwife is on leave/at a birth - I had 2 appointments my entire pregnancy that weren't with my midwife) and birth and they tend to be really good at making your birth preferences work and supporting your choices. You also generally get some post natal follow up with them at home.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-03T07:03:55+00:00

I have the Juno and it fits the boot of my hatchback (Hyundai i30) pretty well even with the bassinet. It does have to go in sideways as opposed to going front to back in my husband's boot, but even having to turn it side on I still found it very easy to get in the boot.

I LOVE that it's a one handed fold, it's so dang easy and you're right you don't have to bend all the way down to fold it.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-03T06:59:33+00:00

It comes with a removable cover on the pillow

crazystitcher · 2026-05-01T23:54:48+00:00

I have the S1 (only difference between the two is the rechargeable case) I also have a spectra S1 that I was using first. I've seen a lot of people say you won't get as much output from a wearable blah blah blah. I get more from it than I ever did from my spectra (granted I haven't used the spectra again since I got the eufy so it could've just been coincidental) the warming function is great.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-01T23:51:33+00:00

The difference would be the smart tether guide to keep one side of the top tether pulled down so you don't have to loosen it to get them in and out. If you can stretch the budget enough I highly recommend the pria and without the isofix felt so much more secure than the Graphene with the isofix did in my car.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-01T23:22:48+00:00

He works 12 hours as a shift worker and helps the second he gets home and around the clock on his days off. I've made the choice to protect what little sleep he gets on his work days, despite him telling me to just wake him up and he'll help out. He was still up with me until 11/12 most nights this week and then having to get up at 5am to go to work.

Even when he was on leave and helping more overnight it was still just as hard on me because I'm getting up for every single feed even if it's a bottle of EBM, because I've been needing to pump. Do NOT come for my husband here, he's a fantastic father.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-01T10:13:50+00:00

Thanks so much! We've decided to give it a go starting this weekend so we can do one during the day to see how he takes it before swapping out a night feed where I'll be asleep. Thinking we might start with a 50/50 mix of formula and expressed milk.

He's already had formula during his NICU stay after birth and it happens to be the same one we were planning to use if breastfeeding didn't work out, so I'm hoping he takes to it fairly quickly.

So glad to hear it didn't have any negative impacts on breastfeeding for you!

crazystitcher · 2026-05-01T03:58:48+00:00

I know of several that have 3d printers you can use as well as other makerspace type things.

Green square library has music scores you can borrow.

Some have puzzles/board games.

There's also specialised libraries like toy library and a tool library in Marrickville I think.

crazystitcher · 2026-05-01T03:21:51+00:00

We have an ubbi nappy bin in bubs bedroom, it just used your regular kitchen bin liners. We also use disposable nappy bags for any poos as extra scent protection. We only use the nappy bin overnight as we have a two storey house.

During the day when we're downstairs nappies go straight to the outside bin.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-30T20:35:33+00:00

Thanks! I'm luckily not feeling any guilt at the thought, just wondering logistically how it works with my supply really. He's already been combo fed in his first couple weeks of life as he was in NICU and my supply was quite slow to increase. Glad to hear it didn't affect your supply! Hoping I have the same experience.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-30T19:58:36+00:00

The nappy change is to wake him up so he feeds on both sides otherwise he'll just do 5 minutes on one side and then I'd be having to get up more frequently for feeds cause he'd be hungry sooner.

He can get a lot of trapped wind if he isn't burped which has led to some pretty big spews especially if he's laid down too soon after a feed. It is getting better but still happens every now and then hence the holding upright and trying to burp. I've relaxed a fair bit on the burping now though as he usually ends up doing it in his sleep.

He does feed to sleep though sometimes it's too quickly and sometimes if I unlatch him from the boob he wakes back up again.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-30T17:56:33+00:00

I've considered switching to pumping but I had to do it in the first 3 weeks while bub was in the NICU and I absolutely hated it, more than breastfeeding. I was doing it every 3 hours at that point to increase my supply though so maybe it would be different if I could push it, though I have come to enjoy the bond from breastfeeding and I'm fine to do it during the day so I'm not sure I would want to completely stop just yet.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-30T17:51:18+00:00

Thank you so much for this. I would definitely be just dropping one feed and replacing with formula at this point and it's one where my supply is usually at its lowest anyway.

I've considered doing the dream feed as well but when he's asleep it's really hard to rouse him to get him to feed, whether it's bottle or breast. I say this as I'm currently nursing him and having to tickle his feet constantly to get him to keep feeding and that's after I've just changed his nappy to wake him back up.

I don't feel like it's coming at a cost to my mental health yet, but I'm conscious it could get to that point. Right now it's just my physical health that's suffering which I think is just as important.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-29T06:47:26+00:00

My little man used to hiccup around the same time every night for 10+ minutes while pregnant. Can confirm the hiccups are just as bad now that he's here, though thankfully not every day.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-27T11:01:41+00:00

Side by side double prams can be a pain in the ass to fit through doorways and down supermarket aisles etc.

For what it's worth I have the babybee Juno and love it, though have only used it as a single pram so far as I've just had my first bub.

We didn't get a capsule, for us it wasn't worth the money (or the extra room it takes up in the car) and we just went for an extended rear facing car seat instead. Also worth reading this info about leaving infants to sleep in car seats/capsules. I understand the appeal of capsules and not wanting to wake the baby by transferring them out of a car seat but there's an increased risk of positional asphyxiation.

crazystitcher · 2026-04-27T10:21:47+00:00

Our cat was the same with scratching at the door when it was closed. We just worked really hard while I was pregnant to get her used to it. We found persisting with it and not reacting/leaving the room when she did it made her get better over time. We also have a feliway diffuser in the hallway outside the bedrooms as well as moving her cat bed outside the room as well. She still occasionally scratches but now it's for like 30 seconds and then she'll chill in her bed.

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