u/Fabulous_Ant1088

Hello Hive
I’m looking at purchasing a EV, but i want to take it back to town (Weipa). There’s no charging areas around this town and not for hundreds of kms. I would get the car there on barge.
I was hoping I could just charge it from my house? Sorry if this sounds dumb I don’t really understand much about the charging when I look online. Is this even possible?
I’m looking at the Kia EV5? Or something that’s AWD and a medium to large suv under 70k.

Any help or assurance understanding charging or recommendations for cars within this budget that are Awd and can be charged from ?home 🙏

Note edit
I honestly went a 4WD but I don’t think I can get one with my budget. I’m selling my Prado for this EV so I still want a 4WD feel

As the title says, my 8.5mo has started having tantrums whenever I say no, or move him away from danger (stop him playing with a power cord*,* or take a dangerous item off him “I’m the worst”) and he fully cracks it… what do I do? I can’t believe this child was just born yesterday is now having tantrums!! Any parenting advise on how I can deal with this the best way as I feel toddler years are coming 🥹 …have I failed ? Did I somehow do this ?? Help!

8.5mo
Days are so long, I’m tired.
We are doing 3.5/4/4.5 I’ve recently been capping naps to 2 hours but it might be 10-15 less. Aim for a 1.25 + 30 min nap. So our days are 12 hours awake and 2ish hours for naps. So 14 hours.

I’m tired. These days are so big! My little one doesn’t even sleep through he still wakes 1-2 times 😭 when did you drop to 1 nap? How did you do it ? When will my lo stop waking ?
He eats 3 massive meals a day, packed with healthy fats and calories, drinks a tonne of water and is still BF.

These 8am to 10pm days are just killing me 🆘

Where does the Australia guidelines and recommendations come from ? Where is the evidence coming from that they need so much fast gi carbs ??

4 servings grains and cereals
1/2 serving of fruit
2-3 servings of vegetables
1 serving of meat, eggs, nut or seed paste
1-1.5 servings of dairy

https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/nutrition-fitness/daily-food-guides/dietary-guide-1-2-years

8.5mo Low sleep needs baby (lucky me).
Used to get 10.5h overnight and 2h of naps (2naps) =12.5h total sleep in 24h and 11.5h during the day.

Have been stretching to 11.75-12h as he just is staying awake more and refusing naps for 30 minutes. Now his overnight are 9.5h and it’s just started in the last week.

3/4/4.5 was 11.5 but now it’s like 3.25/4.25/4.5 😭

He just wakes up and boom starts his day.
Wake up time used to be 8am bedtime 930pm or 10pm since stretching it. But now is waking up at 7.
Is this normal for low sleeps babies this early ??? The late nights are killing me, he still wakes up 2 times for feeds which I’m down to 4 minutes as I’m about to night wean.
What do I do to give him more time at night, do I cap naps to 90 minutes ?

If you had a first dance? What song did you dance to ?

I was just starting to prepare for my little one turning one, when I stumbled across Royal children’s hospital and the raising children guidelines in Australia.
It states you should have 1 serving of meat, half a serving of fruit, 1-1.5 servings of dairy, 2-3 servings of vegetables and a whopping 4 servings of cereal and grains!
Why is this the case ? This is astronomical in my opinion. I thought fats would have been more important for growing brains. But it appears carbs and grains seem to be? What’s this based on? What does the new evidence say in regards to nutritional importance in toddlers ??

There’s also conflicting evidence about what to give your banter after 12 months. A lot of outdated information seems to say cows milk? But doesn’t that stop absorption of iron ??? RCH states switch to water which I back. Which is there still so much stuff on Google that says go to cows milk?

Sorry just a lot of conflicting stuff online and I want to get the facts

I’m due to get married soon, and I was wondering how the name changes work. Sorry if this sounds dumb.
I’ve looked at previous posts and agree I’d like to be Dr Maiden name, and Mrs married name.
Which documents do I need to change ? If I get married as Mrs Married name, do I need to legally change ahpra ? Can I keep that as my maiden name ? I’m confused on what documents and when to change them.

My baby is 8.5mo, sleep trained at 4m with cio.
Is a low sleep needs baby. We currently do 3.25/4/4.5 day naps capped at 2.25 and nights at 10.
I’ve been decreasing his two night wakes with a minute less, every three nights for the past couple of weeks, by next week we will be down to 3-4 minutes per feed. I’ve been pumping his calories up during the day. He is Bf but eats 3 enormous meals. 85% centile for weight. Calories aren’t an issue here.
My plan may not be popular; so constructive suggestions only please. I was then going to apply his ST method for his night wakes.
He will wake; he will cry, and I won’t go in. I’m hoping it won’t take more than a few nights ??
Has anyone here done this? Has it worked? How distressing was it? He can sit up and stand up in the cot now so the few times he has had a false start weren’t great. But he went back down in less than 15. In just trying to mentally prepare myself for this as I need to go back to work and I’m an emergency physician and work evenings and my baby won’t be soothed by dad at all (he is a great dad) but I essentially just need him to not need me or it will be horrendous. (We have tried everything with dad doing nights nothing works and he just gets so upset, everyone said he just needs to work it out, I’ve left and nothing gets worked out I just come back to a dad and baby very upset) 😭🥺

My 8mo hasn’t let his father help during the night since he was 3mo.
At the 4 month regression we sleep trained (not looking for advise on this thanks). I went from 2 hours of bouncing him in a yoga ball and hourly wake ups to straight to sleep with 1-3 wake ups. When he was younger I was happy to still do the night feeds because he as little but now he is 8mo and eats 3 huge meals a day, I make sure he gets more than enough calories. I tried sending dad in last night and my LO went OFF. He was hysterical, he only wanted me. 😭 my baby is a Velcro baby like nothing you’ve ever seen. I can’t be away from him, he makes me hold his hand even while he plays with toys. I pee with him on my lap. And when I thought it couldn’t get worse this new separation anxiety stage ramped everything up.
I just want dad to be able to help at night, but I had to wake up to wake him up and then spent 20 minutes calming down a hysterical baby anyway. 😭 does this get better? I’ve started to cut the minutes Bf during the night to wean him. But I don’t know what else to do.

I’ve sleep trained my baby at 4 months old and had strict wake windows.. and since I’ve had a fussy baby. I feel like for 4 months every single day I’m pushing his wake windows. He is actively trying to fall asleep 45-60 minutes before and is grumpy. And every single day I have to deal with a grumpy baby because I don’t let him sleep till his nap time. I also can’t leave the house an hour before w a nap in fear he will fall asleep and 🦆 everything. And for what? My baby doesn’t even sleep through the night, he just knows how to go to sleep.
Does this get better ?? ❤️‍🩹

Hello all,
I’ve been reading this subreddit and I’m fascinated. I’ve never really understood why toddlers are so late to be toilet trained these days until I did some googling.
My Lo is 8mo, he has been wearing cloth diapers since birth. And I know when he is having a wee or poo. I am wondering how do I get started? Everyone says start with poos.. so what do I do? When he’s about to go or has started pushing his log, do I rip his nappy off and put him on the toilet ? Normal toilet okay or should I get a potty ?
He eats 3 huge meals a day and has never solid poos, which is great for flicking them into the look from his nappies.
Any advise on how else to get started would be great.

My baby has just turned 8 months and I feel like everything is going to 💩.

He hates everything atm. I can’t put him in his car seat or his high chair he arches his back and goes stiff and cries. During the night when I go to put him back in his cot he arches his back where before he never did this.
I can’t change him he rolls away and cries. I can’t dress him he flicks his arms around and cries.
He won’t let me go, I can’t put him on the ground or anywhere. I literally go to the toilet with him on my lap. On days I’m overstimulated I put him on the ground and he cries while I pee. He is a Velcro baby, he always has been since day dot.
He is so fidgety he wants to climb on me, but climb off me, but don’t put him down all while fussing and being upset. I don’t know what’s going on right now! Does anyone have any ideas?? Is this a developmental thing? Does it end soon? 😭