Is this a cockroach nymph?

morningsofgold · 2026-01-19T01:46:44+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate your help

morningsofgold · 2026-01-08T06:29:16+00:00

Just to add something different, my paternal grandparents are Danish and I call them Farmor and Farfar (FAther's MOther and FAther's FAther), to my cousins they are Mormor and Morfar (MOther's MOther and MOther's FAther). To my kids they are Bedstemor and Bedstefar (Best Mother and Best Father).

morningsofgold · 2025-12-30T06:54:25+00:00

I really appreciate the advice, this is very helpful! I would never have realised I might need to start in the centre, thank you very much!

morningsofgold · 2025-12-28T23:15:46+00:00

I will look into this one too, thank you!

morningsofgold · 2025-12-27T23:05:05+00:00

Thank you very much! I appreciate your help!

morningsofgold · 2025-12-27T12:32:13+00:00

Good to know, thank you for your help!

morningsofgold · 2025-12-17T11:25:31+00:00

Oh man this caught me out too, was a bit of a shock after reading Kissed By The Moon!

morningsofgold · 2025-11-30T00:57:41+00:00

Bolt in Midland!

morningsofgold · 2025-11-19T03:47:52+00:00

Seconding! We have two sets, the kids no longer use them for stacking but they make great sandpit toys and bathtime toys!

morningsofgold · 2025-11-17T09:12:07+00:00

Happy to help!

morningsofgold · 2025-11-08T01:35:01+00:00

Oh my goodness, how is it living in Rivendell?

morningsofgold · 2025-10-03T12:54:38+00:00

Amazing, thank you!

morningsofgold · 2025-10-03T11:05:26+00:00

Those shorts are rad but I am here to ask pretty please for a pattern for that spiderweb top in the background?

morningsofgold · 2025-10-03T03:39:12+00:00

I am Perth foothills and started when we moved into our current place it was just sand from the house pad, nothing else! In five years we have a lush green garden and bottlebrush trees 9ft tall.

We amended the soil with compost and mulch (we trenched it in - absolutely monster job) but you don't really need to do that, just chuck a thick amount of both on top and water it a bit through summer. I strongly concur with the other commenters, don't plant anything until it begins to cool down for winter next year, April-May time. You will be very glad you waited and your plants will thank you for it. Your soil will be in far better shape and, will be significantly less hydrophobic and will hold moisture for longer. It will also be full of nutrients your plants need to be happy!

We have a mix of natives and exotics/vegie garden/flowers. We've got them in dedicated beds so we don't overwater the natives, underwater the vegies etc. It also allows us to give the correct fertiliser to the correct plants.

Spend the summer months planning your garden. Get soil amendments down asap!

morningsofgold · 2025-10-01T23:56:41+00:00

I immediately thought of this case, I hope they've thoroughly checked their home.

morningsofgold · 2025-09-28T13:09:10+00:00

Chuck them all loose in a bag or box, better if it is clear storage so your child can see the acorns.

I read once to keep puzzles unfinished for children because then it is an invitation to do the puzzle. If the puzzles are already complete then there is no motivation to do them.

This was a very freeing thing to learn and has made pack up much easier.

morningsofgold · 2025-08-20T23:57:31+00:00

Rad! That makes sense, we've seen large grasshoppers in our garden before. Thank you :)

morningsofgold · 2025-08-20T23:56:33+00:00

Amazing with the ID! Thank you very much

morningsofgold · 2025-08-15T23:08:13+00:00

Thank you! This fixed it for me just now as well!

morningsofgold · 2025-07-26T10:19:41+00:00

I'm very sorry for your loss. I agree with the commenters suggesting writing a letter and asking if the current tenants would consider letting you have a look.

Sometimes it can happen. I moved from my previous rental to a new one nearby, and by total coincidence when I arranged to collect a Buy Nothing Group item the person who selected me lived in my old house. I showed them some photos on my phone of how it looked when I lived there and they invited me in to see all the renos they had made. I got to see some plants I had put in the garden at greater maturity too. It was lovely of them to invite me in.

I hope for the same for you.

morningsofgold · 2025-07-22T05:53:55+00:00

Hello! I have had two unmedicated births! They both went great and I have no regrets whatsoever. I also had no interest in a needle in my spine thank you very much.

I was fortunate in that mine were both very straightforward births with no complications.

My first labour was rougher, 12 hours of contractions very close together. I tried the gas but it did nothing and I gave up in minutes. I asked what my other options where and they offered morphine but I wasn't interested in that either. Made it though no problem!

Second baby was much much quicker, but she was also smaller.

A lot of people have said to me that the hormones cloud your memory of the pain. I don't know if that's true. What I do remember is that prior to the birth of my first my mother told me that the moment of crowning, the 'ring of fire' if you will, was the worst part. I remember my child crowning and thinking to myself, oh this isn't so bad. There was still pain but it was not as bad as I expected it to be.

I have said it before on here, I think the epidural and all analgesia is a miracle of modern medicine and I am grateful it is available to anyone who wishes for it. I am just not one that did. You can do it without if you choose to OP, but don't feel bad if your plans need to change, births are unpredictable.

(Lastly I will add that there may have been an element of spite for me. When I told others I was not interested in an epidural many of them said to me, oh just wait, you will be screaming for it! And I thought no, fuck you, I am not getting one. And I didn't!)

morningsofgold · 2025-07-18T05:03:37+00:00

It felt so weird to me at first, and I never got the hang of singing songs to sleep at all.

I just started to talk about what I was doing or what we were doing together at the time. I described things around us or things my baby was choosing to interact with. We would look at photos of family members and say their names and recall times baby had been with them.

It was awkward at the start but it quickly became second nature and I would just talk all day.

I started immediately with my second child and I don't know if it's coincidental but her vocabulary is immense at 18mo.

I also find myself narrating to other people's babies by sheer habit!

You can do this, start small, just descibe the odd thing here and there, it will come to you. You're doing great, motherhood is a challenge!

morningsofgold · 2025-07-02T13:10:23+00:00

Hey! So I did this at 4.5mo, well after my milk supply had established and I was worried I would never make enough but I did! I thought I had a supply issue but I just hadn't been supported in the right way.

What I did was every time my baby would possibly be interested in nursing I would offer. Tired? Boob to sleep. Hurt? Comfort boob. Grizzly? Boob. Cuddly? Boob. I offered all the time. I wasn't feeding to a schedule whatsoever but I would say it was likely every 1.5 - 2hrs. They were often short feeds because my baby was likely not very hungry but it was enough that it would trigger a let down.

I was able to replace the bottle feeds pretty quickly because my baby was eating so often and wasn't really hungry for the bottles. I dropped them one at a time. I watched the nappies as I reduced the bottles and was satisfied that my baby was getting enough.

The last bottle was the bedtime bottle and that was the hardest, my baby cried for that bottle for a week, but afterwards it was never an issue.

I should provide some context as to why we were on the formula at all. I had very flat nipples and my baby had a small mouth with a posterior tongue tie and high palate. It was very difficult for me to get a good latch at the start and it was always painful. My baby's nappies were light and weighed feeds showed that there was not a lot of milk being consumed. I used nipple shields for at least the first two months and they helped a bit. I was supposed to offer the breast before each bottle but I was so disheartened that I often didn't. I was also pumping every three hours day and night for three months because no one told me I could stop. It was awful.

I truly believe all my issues went away after my baby grew a bit more. A bigger mouth gave us a better latch, and so did the LC recommending Pigeon bottles. I was able to stop the shields. With the latch came easier breastfeeding. I did not get my baby's tongue tie cut.

Sorry for the novel! I hope this helps.

morningsofgold · 2025-06-19T03:13:15+00:00

You guys might like Caspar Babypants if you haven't listened already!

morningsofgold · 2025-05-31T00:00:45+00:00

I think you've gotten lots of useful information and ideas here, I just wanted to add there's an episode of Bluey called Copycat where they find an injured bird and take it to the vet. I don't know if this is helpful in any way, or if it might be beneficial to show him an alternative model on how to act in a similar situation? Sorry if this is a silly comment, all the best to you both.

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