u/Routine-Individual43

As per the title, given we can't recycle Tetrapaks in our council, I'm looking for options for plant milks where packaging can be recycled. Personally not a fan of almond milk in coffees but don't mind oat or soy.

I've been getting Inside Out but have been put off by the number of times I've found mould in the caps of their bottles (so gross). Vitasoy Calci Plus isn't bad though it's curdling a bit when I make coffee. Tried Nimbus Oat Milk but it tasted like cardboard.

Anyone have any other recommendations?

We are mostly overnight hikers, so have used lightweight tents. We have an 18 month old who we want to take car camping, and hopefully more kids along the way.

We're looking for a 6 to 10P tent that will come with us as the kids grow. We have a 2WD van. And we're looking for a 3 season tent.

We recently tried the Naturehike Kota 8 (we have the Cloudup 3 from overnight hiking days), and it didn't seem like a good fit. For starters the mesh got torn up very easily, and we don't think it would survive young kids, and it leaked overnight. Apart from that the sloped entrances made opening and closing zippers pretty hard. However on the flip side it has something like 15 square metres internally which was fantastic, and it only weight 8.5 kg. And it was less than $400 which seems like a bargain in this category of tent.

So it was definitely on the right track. Is there a high quality, light (if possible) tent of roughly the same size that you'd recommend for Australian conditions?

I always knew that I was not a particularly flexible guy. I also knew that having kids at a slightly later stage of life would be physically demanding.

But I had no idea that giving up off the floor after playing with our 18 month old would be a Sisyphean feat, akin to a hyrox competition for a younger me.

And yeah I know that stretches and deep squats are an option, but am I gonna be able to get off the floor with our 3rd if I'm in my 50s by then?

We have a sensitive 18 month old who has always been a wakeful baby but is particularly wakeful when she's teething, and much more grumpy. She points to her mouth and says "ouchie" as well.

I was then surprised to see this post on the Possums instagram (we generally follow and agree with most of what Possums says about raising little ones) that claims teething doesn't cause night wakings, and that you shouldn't use pain medication with teething babies since teething doesn't cause pain (!) https://www.instagram.com/p/Da2Te6VAX2B/?img\_index=1.

I then found this study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022347625000010) which claims that teething has no impact on night wakings.

I have to say, I felt pretty gaslit!

One thing I found with the study is a possible selection bias, whereby they only studied babies who sleep in cribs - and you could argue that babies who cosleep by necessity are more sensitive and therefore more likely to be affected by teething and other bodily disruptions. We also don't know if these babies are sleep trained, and therefore despite discomfort are not calling out/are self settling.

I'm curious as to what others think about this topic. If someone had asked me, based on experience, whether teething causes pain and therefore if panadol helps, I would say yes - almost instantaneously. If someone had asked me if our baby wakes up more when teething, I would say 1000%. I understand it is difficult to do studies on babies, but I'm actually shocked that there is this kind of research and advice floating around.

I was surprised to not find this topic in this sub when I searched, so apologies if I missed it.

We have a sensitive 18 month old who has always been a wakeful baby but is particularly wakeful when she's teething, and much more grumpy. She points to her mouth and says "ouchie" as well.

I was then surprised to see this post on the Possums instagram (we generally follow and agree with most of what Possums says about raising little ones) that claims teething doesn't cause night wakings, and that you shouldn't use pain medication with teething babies since teething doesn't cause pain (!) https://www.instagram.com/p/Da2Te6VAX2B/?img\_index=1.

I then found this study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022347625000010) which claims that teething has no impact on night wakings.

I have to say, I felt pretty gaslit!

One thing I found with the study is a possible selection bias, whereby they only studied babies who sleep in cribs - and you could argue that babies who cosleep by necessity are more sensitive and therefore more likely to be affected by teething and other bodily disruptions. We also don't know if these babies are sleep trained, and therefore despite discomfort are not calling out/are self settling.

I'm curious as to what others think about this topic. If someone had asked me, based on experience, whether teething causes pain and therefore if panadol helps, I would say yes - almost instantaneously. If someone had asked me if our baby wakes up more when teething, I would say 1000%. I understand it is difficult to do studies on babies, but I'm actually shocked that there is this kind of research and advice floating around.

I have the sleep A20 (replaced once already when the left earbud wouldn't charge) and they do a decent job with about 75% volume in blocking out loud sounds. The passive noise cancellation I find is almost non existent.

Interested to know if the Sleep A30 is worthy upgrade. I can see that they have ANC but also getting mixed reports about how long they last.

Is anyone able to tell me on local mode, with ANC on, how long battery lasts?

Like lots of people, I've noticed stock camera on the s23u degrade over time. We've also welcomed a beautiful little daughter to our world so am taking far more photos than I previously have. Yet my partner's Pixel 7 is consistently getting far superior photos, so much so that if her phone is nearby I'll just use hers.

I've downloaded Camera Assistant and turned off Picture Softening, and Adaptive pixel (and maybe other things, can't quite remember) to improve it. I also got GCam but found that the colors were really washed out and lots of detail in faces missing. This last thing may well be user error mind you, I found it a bit overwhelming. In general, low light photos of our daughter are grainy and blurry.

I'm not keen to upgrade phone because otherwise, it's perfectly fine.

How do other parents capture photos of their little ones?

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I have to admit I'm a bit conflicted. Does some freakish things (especially at Super Rugby level), made some great calls and plays with a lot of heart. But then again, I don't see him as the most skilled number 8 when it comes to basics of the game - like getting through the advantage line. And he also has had some clangers at international level.

Dad to a gorgeous 18 month old baby who still wakes up 6 to 10 times a night (or more, I think mum who co-sleeps with her has stopped counting). Obligatory comment about how bright she is - and she really is - for example, I wrote out her name for her and she was able to read it, more than once, so it wasn't a fluke.

We've seen a Possums GP, fiddled with naps and wakeups, and she sometimes gets as little as 45 min to an hour of a day time sleep, but even with a 9 or 930pm bedtime manages plenty of wakeups through the night. We are surviving by mum co-sleeping with her, and then me (Dad) coming in around 530 or 6am to put her in the carrier for the last bit of the morning to give mum some decent stretches of unbroken sleep.

We also use the carrier to put her to sleep, by bouncing her on the yoga ball, or in the middle of the night for vigorous wake ups.

The issue is that our toddler is starting to get too tall for the back panel of the carrier (Ergobaby Omni 360) which means that it's harder to keep her head in there while she's sleeping. It seems like most toddler carriers aren't built to support their heads, and therefore not so much for sleeping.

Does anyone have any ideas for a carrier that will keep a longish 18 month old asleep?

Hi all,

Dad to a gorgeous 18 month old baby who still wakes up 6 to 10 times a night (or more, I think mum who co-sleeps with her has stopped counting). Obligatory comment about how bright she is - and she really is - for example, I wrote out her name for her and she was able to read it, more than once, so it wasn't a fluke.

We've seen a Possums GP, fiddled with naps and wakeups, and she sometimes gets as little as 45 min to an hour of a day time sleep, but even with a 9 or 930pm bedtime manages plenty of wakeups through the night. We are surviving by mum co-sleeping with her, and then me (Dad) coming in around 530 or 6am to put her in the carrier for the last bit of the morning to give mum some decent stretches of unbroken sleep.

We also use the carrier to put her to sleep, by bouncing her on the yoga ball, or in the middle of the night for vigorous wake ups.

The issue is that our toddler is starting to get too tall for the back panel of the carrier (Ergobaby Omni 360) which means that it's harder to keep her head in there while she's sleeping. It seems like most toddler carriers aren't built to support their heads, and therefore not so much for sleeping.

Does anyone have any ideas for a carrier that will keep a longish 18 month old asleep?

After watching last night's disappointing 2nd half against France, I've been wondering why the wallabies seem to consistently be able to develop talent in some positions but not others.

For example, number 7. I grew up with David Wilson, then Phil Waugh and George Smith, Pocock and Hooper and now the man-who-we-need-5-clones-of, Fraser McReight.

We seem to have always had plenty of quality wingers and fullbacks, and now that Aus rugby is in dire straits, still do (where is Lomax gonna slot in?).

But yet, one or two Fly Halves get injured and we're struggling. Same with scrum half, we've thrown Tate back into the mix who clearly isn't ready or back to his old form.

Using a cricket analogy, we've historically produced great fast bowlers because our pitches are bouncy, and that's due to climate. Conversely, we don't produce as many spinners as say the subcontinent because pitches don't turn due to our weather.

I'm wondering what it is about Australian rugby conditions that means we have a plethora of depth in some positions, but not others?

Dad to a 17 month old girl here. She's never been a great sleeper and was waking every half hour to hour with mum, co sleeping and breast feeding back to sleep.

2 or so weeks ago we decided to try night weaning, with me in the bed and mum in a separate room or out of the house. We were making progress with the best nights being 2 big wakeups and a bunch of smaller ones. Typically I handle a big wakeup by putting her in the carrier and bouncing her back to sleep on the yoga ball. She even managed to be patted back to sleep for 2 whole nights without any carrier.

Then about 5 days ago she got a cold and she's struggling a bit to breathe at night time. Last few nights have been really bad, eg needed the carrier from midnight to 1am, then woke every 20 to 30 min until 5am when she woke up.

We're thinking about reverting back to mum co sleeping and feeding her back to sleep until she gets better, and then trying again with me in the bed.

Has anyone had experience with temporarily abandoning night weaning for sickness? Did they get back onto no longer relying on the boob after they got better?