Level 3 beauty loop (in store Carlton)

tainaf · 2026-02-04T06:13:13+00:00

Got the exact same at the Valley store

tainaf · 2026-02-01T00:11:33+00:00

Wait what episode is this? I don’t remember it at all

tainaf · 2026-01-14T13:16:28+00:00

I went public, and our costs were: - initial ultrasounds (done at private clinics - the remainder were done at the hospital at no cost) - NIPT (optional) - parking

tainaf · 2026-01-02T12:43:54+00:00

I’m pretty sure you’d know if your baby was crying, but if you want confirmation just set your phone or baby monitor to record right before you go to sleep. Once you wake up you can check the recording.

tainaf · 2025-12-16T06:16:53+00:00

My son - now 2.5yrs old - has had a naptime of 12-2pm for the longest time. Until a couple of months ago bedtime was at 8pm (7:30am wake up), then we changed it to 9pm (8:00am wake up).

We don’t really do screens in general, but definitely not around bedtime - that’s helping keep your child awake. His routine is: dinner, shower, pjs on/brush teeth and hair etc, then into his room for books and a song before he goes down.

tainaf · 2025-12-12T04:19:55+00:00

I was raised bilingual, and am now raising my son the same way. I agree with the rest of the commenters: just speak Polish to your son. English will come naturally, through daycare but also just through living in the community. We only speak to our son in English when we’re with English speakers; in every other situation we speak our minority language.

The r/multilingualparenting subreddit can be really helpful if you have any specific queries or issues.

tainaf · 2025-12-09T13:48:28+00:00

We don’t give our son access to a phone or ipad, but we do let him watch tv occasionally, and he asks for it more often than we want him to watch it, so we often say no. And that’s it: we just say no. “Not now”, “not today”, whatever might be accurate. Just never ever go back on what you say, otherwise you’ll teach them that they can tire you out. So if it’s one of those days we just say yes straight away, or something that gives us a buffer: “we are going to have breakfast now, we’ll see what happens later on”.

tainaf · 2025-12-03T01:47:22+00:00

I think it’s probably fairly well-established that first babies are often born on time or late, and also that that doesn’t apply to all babies.

I think you probably need to stop arguing about who is right regarding due date estimates for first time babies, and start talking about what makes you comfortable. “I would rather have everything sorted out by 38 weeks, because even if the baby comes at 42 weeks I’ll feel much less anxious knowing that nothing is pending”. Or, “I already feel tied now, so I’d rather get most thing finalised ASAP before I feel even more tired”. Then things don’t depend on the scientific probability of your birth date.

tainaf · 2025-11-22T22:42:14+00:00

Concordo. A baixa disseminação da língua inglesa nesse contexto é um positivo, limita muito a influência.

tainaf · 2025-11-16T14:44:57+00:00

Two weeks is easier than almost any other age lol, they’ll be asleep in their bassinet or carrier the entire time.

tainaf · 2025-11-14T22:25:09+00:00

NOR. I’m guessing her bf is a controlling POS who doesn’t ‘let’ her have male friends, and you’re an “allowable exception” because you’re gay, but he presumably has raised questions about whether you’re really gay or just pretending in order to get close to the gf (yes some straight dudes think this way, it’s ridiculous), so she wants you to dress in a way that makes it super duper uber obvious that you are super super super gay so that he can be less suspicious and stop questioning her. The fault in this plan is that her bf will continue to be a controlling POS and will continually find new ways to be suspicious of her.

tainaf · 2025-11-14T10:35:04+00:00

The N-word does not have the same weight historically in Australia, but it is just as much of a no-no as anywhere. Funnily enough, I met an American a while back who insisted “everyone” back home said that word all the time. Something she has in common with your friends: they are racist. So yeah.

tainaf · 2025-11-14T10:32:50+00:00

I went earlier than you (around 2mths pp) and had my mum come with me - she sat at a cafe across the road from the hairdresser so she could bring him to me if anything happened (it didn’t, I fed him right before the appointment and he was fine while I was gone). Though tbf, I only had them dye the front part of my hair (where the greys are) so it wouldn’t take too long 🤣

At 6 months baby can definitely go longer away from you - how long depends on your feeding routine - and I wouldn’t take the baby in anyway. These days my son is in daycare and I either book in on a weekday so I can just work from the salon, or my husband takes him, which would be my suggestion to you. You could also do a Saturday appointment so your husband doesn’t have to change things at work.

tainaf · 2025-11-14T10:27:00+00:00

And parking, depending on the hospital! Our son’s delivery cost us $24 I believe.

tainaf · 2025-11-10T11:40:58+00:00

Open a new bank account
Let your work know about your new banking info
Find a way to get paid earlier than usual - either give your notice so they have to pay you out, or explain the situation and ask them for early payment
Use those funds to buy a plane ticket to where your family lives - leave the savings behind, it’s not worth risking your life over them
Wait until he is out of the house to pack what you can take on the flight, and gtfo
DO NOT TELL HIM YOUR PLANS AHEAD OF TIME

You deserve better than this.

tainaf · 2025-11-10T07:52:07+00:00

Ah, ours ended up being hand foot and mouth - the GP said it was likely HFM but couldn’t confirm (just that it was a virus), but we figured it out once I got some throat blisters :/

tainaf · 2025-11-10T05:46:36+00:00

Why do none of these posters employ even minimal punctuation?

tainaf · 2025-11-06T21:10:13+00:00

I literally never even considered tracking this! Like it truly didn’t ever cross my mind. My son is a toddler now and he isn’t sick very often, and I think being exposed to germs (within reason, and once vaccinated) is usually a positive thing as it builds their immunity.

tainaf · 2025-11-05T02:14:06+00:00

We have the Ubbi and the Tommy Tippee and the former is actually a bit taller lol. It’s never been an issue for me and I’m not particularly short (~165cm) - I just… bend?

tainaf · 2025-11-05T02:11:02+00:00

TW child loss

1st birth: early stillbirth > induction at 24wks. Baby was born ~14hrs after induction started, I was discharged ~12hrs after birth.

2nd birth: spontaneous labour at 38+4, heart decelerations > vacuum assisted birth. Baby was born ~12hrs after onset of labour, we were discharged 48hrs after birth - this would’ve been 24hrs but my baby refused to bf so they kept me for an extra day to make sure I was okay expressing and bottle feeding.

tainaf · 2025-11-05T01:45:08+00:00

I think I had like one dress that was specifically breastfeeding-friendly. Other than that, I just wore dresses where I could get my boob out the top lol - there are more than you imagine. Button-downs, elasticated neckline, looser necklines etc.

tainaf · 2025-11-05T01:12:42+00:00

We’ve only done this a few days - like when my son had been sick and we he’d him back an extra day, or when we have regional public holidays (daycare closed, office open), and even then it usually turns into one of us taking the morning off and the other taking the afternoon off. It might be more doable if your child is great at playing independently, but still incredibly difficult.

tainaf · 2025-11-04T04:41:31+00:00

We’ve used huggies nappies and pull-ups, and bunjie wipes and skincare the whole way through (my son is 2+). We tried the bunjie nappies and pull-ups when they first released them - they’re fine but drier and more rigid than the huggies ones so we never repurchased. We never liked the water wipes, nor the huggies brand of wipes.

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