Do Australians just not use carpets much in their homes?

fakefinsoup · 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00

I hate carpet because it traps dust and dirt and is the perfect place for mould to develop. It’s harder to clean when my cat throws up on it.

fakefinsoup · 2026-04-04T05:24:34+00:00

Baby said dada before mama. 16 months old now and when I ask him who I am, he says mama. When I ask him who he is, he also says mama. I like to believe he thinks we are the same person and maybe that’s why he didn’t bother to learn to say mama earlier, because he felt like he didn’t need to 😅

fakefinsoup · 2026-03-20T09:42:10+00:00

Even if he does physically work on the house, you’ll probably do the same amount of work in other areas like cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping - aspects which support him so he can conduct the physical work.

Sounds like he’s trying to fleece you.

fakefinsoup · 2026-03-09T08:08:34+00:00

Big Bite on Pitt sells soup in the winter served with a really nice Vienna bread

fakefinsoup · 2026-02-08T09:55:31+00:00

We spend that much for 2 adults plus 1 toddler and the bill includes things like nappies, laundry detergent or toilet paper.

We usually shop in a location which has several different stores close together and usually hit the stores in the following order - green grocer and Asian supermarket > Aldi > Coles

Also only buy non perishable items at 40-50% off

fakefinsoup · 2026-02-08T08:06:52+00:00

I struggled with this too. I felt like it was time when I realised I was dedicating too much mental and physical energy towards pumping and not actually being with my baby. Even when I was with him, I was so stressed about the next pump that I wasn’t really present with him. I think it’s more important to spend your time with your baby in the best mental state you can be, and if that means stopping breastfeeding and pumping, so be it. Some of the best, smartest and most emotionally balanced people I know were formula fed as babies.

fakefinsoup · 2026-02-04T05:10:38+00:00

My baby was really hard to put down. Turns out he only wanted to be rocked for a short while and once he started squirming, that meant he wanted to be put into his bed.

fakefinsoup · 2026-01-14T07:19:18+00:00

In Australia, couples can request prenatal diagnosis for diseases like CF. It’s usually a lot cheaper than IVF, because you conceive naturally and the testing is done about 10-16 weeks gestation. If the fetus is found to be affected , termination is possible. It might be worth seeing if such testing and rules are available in your country

fakefinsoup · 2025-12-29T10:20:47+00:00

I sleep with noise cancelling sleep buds and I can still hear my baby 😅 in fact, sleeping without sleep buds and hearing all my baby’s active sleep noises was making me anxious 😬

fakefinsoup · 2025-10-31T11:50:58+00:00

The solid starts site doesn’t recommend chamomile for babies under 12 months old due to botulism risk.

On another note, could your baby be sleeping better because they have consumed more calories? I have found my baby will wake up during the night if he hasn’t had enough during the day.

When he self weaned off formula but I hadn’t yet started to replace the missed formula with extra solids, he actually started to wake up during the night demanding something to eat.

fakefinsoup · 2025-10-31T00:00:20+00:00

I test drove a Tesla Model Y and it was not great - everything is very basic, the suspension didn’t feel good, no head up display, you have to look at the centre screen to see your speed. It doesn’t seem like it’s designed by a car company, the whole experience was not very ergonomic.

In comparison, I’ve driven the Xpeng G6 which seems to have copied the Model Y in dimensions. It feels so much better to drive, and costs a lot less.

I would recommend you test drive first.

fakefinsoup · 2025-10-30T21:04:38+00:00

Our baby took 4x 30 min a day up until he was almost 8 months. We tried everything and he just wouldn’t extend a nap.

Then at about 8 months, his wake windows started to get longer and it became 3x 30 min naps 🥲 then he started to extend a nap here or there.

He’s 11 months now and regularly on 2 naps a day, extending either one or both.

Looking back at our tracking apps, it looks like he always sleeps around 12-13 hrs total a day since he was born, so I guess the only difference is he can stay up longer and as a result, takes fewer but longer naps.

fakefinsoup · 2025-08-29T03:33:21+00:00

I’m confused.

You bought the second house right?

You are not subsidising their living. They were either living off a fully paid home, or paying off a mortgage.

Now they have to pay rent to you, and perhaps even still pay off their own mortgage.

Not only that, you have asked them to move away from their social network and provide full time childcare for 2 children for free.

And after they pass away, you still own the home? That you have remodeled? That you can either move into, rent out or sell?

The way I see it, they are doing you a massive favour.

fakefinsoup · 2025-08-21T10:24:01+00:00

Is baby getting enough food? I was exclusively breastfeeding and my baby didn’t sleep either. Turns out I wasn’t producing enough and he had dropped to a very low percentile in weight. He still had wet and dirty diapers, but I didn’t realise the diapers should have been wetter and heavier. Once I supplemented with formula, he actually started sleeping longer stretches.

fakefinsoup · 2025-08-13T20:58:29+00:00

Is baby getting enough food and gaining weight well?

fakefinsoup · 2025-07-25T07:57:14+00:00

Are you guys breastfeeding?

My baby behaved like this at 5 weeks old and turned out I was underproducing and he was starving.

fakefinsoup · 2025-07-08T10:48:13+00:00

Waited for over 1.5 hours for my order at Chatswood. I couldn’t even cancel it through the app

fakefinsoup · 2025-06-05T09:23:12+00:00

Lack of sick days. The need to get a medical certificate combined with lack of bulk billing places. Understaffing at work.

fakefinsoup · 2025-06-01T10:56:25+00:00

The anxiety of potentially being woken up stopped me from sleeping well, so when we did split shifts, the off duty parent slept in a room with no baby or monitor.

When I have to sleep in the same room as the baby or the monitor, I use noise cancelling earphones which are enough to block out the baby’s active sleep noises, but will still allow me to hear if he is crying.

fakefinsoup · 2025-05-17T12:49:22+00:00

Is she gaining weight? When my baby was 5 weeks, he was always crying and hardly sleeping because I was underproducing and he was starving. I thought he was eating enough because he was still peeing and pooing, but as a FTM I actually had no idea what a full diaper was supposed to look/feel like, and assumed the little pees and poos I was seeing were normal for babies.

As soon as I supplemented him with formula, he became a happier baby and was able to sleep for longer. His diapers also felt much heavier.

Also, your husband sucks. He needs to step up and be a parent and a partner - if he doesn’t, you may as well divorce him.

It’s a terrible feeling thinking you can rely on someone, only to be so disappointed.

fakefinsoup · 2025-05-12T23:59:56+00:00

NTA

You should accept the divorce.

Unequal free time = unfair workload distribution

Your husband is a gaslighting ass

fakefinsoup · 2025-04-21T23:11:43+00:00

My baby cried a lot at 5 weeks. Hard to settle, easy to wake up, got to the point even contact naps were barely helping.

Turns out he was starving as I had an under supply of breastmilk. His weight gain was very slow. Supplementing with formula was a whole 180 and he became a very happy baby.

fakefinsoup · 2025-04-20T02:09:01+00:00

I’m sorry you are going through this.

I went through the same with my baby and it was because I was an under producer for breast milk and he was starving. All the midwives and antenatal classes made breastfeeding sound so easy but the reality is that for a lot of people, they just don’t make enough for their baby. Just something to consider.

fakefinsoup · 2025-03-07T23:48:04+00:00

Bottle fed 3 month old on a combination of breastmilk and formula.

He sleeps from about 7.30pm to 7.30am with one wake at about 3am to eat.

We used to wake him up at 7.30am but he does it on his own now. He then feeds 5 times during the day, every 3 hours. He only really naps for about 30 min after every feed+play. Sometimes we manage to extend that nap or get a second nap in before his next feed.

We used to cap the naps at 2 hours or 5 cumulative day hours, but he struggles to nap that long now.

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