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I've never seen those before. Thanks for sharing. I have three daughters. Two were exclusively breastfed; never a bottle even tried. Looking back, it's kind of amazing that we never needed to try a bottle. My middle daughter was exclusively naso-gastric tube fed - she couldn't suck, swallow and breathe in coordination. Between 3 daughters and 30 years of mothering, here I am asking about how to get a baby to take a bottle!
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chocolate-chip chooky replied to saraha's topic in The Chat Board
I sometimes have days/weeks where I feel like I need a holiday from being myself. I hope this passes soon. Thinking of you 🌻 -
Interestingly, we also see wild foxes and deer occasionally, but these are introduced and not native. Possums are super common all throughout urban areas. They are common to a point of being a pest, because they live in roof cavities. My Dad handfeeds possums that live in their garage. Snakes...well, I'm sure you all know that we have plenty of snakes. I've posted photos before of some of our impressively big ones. Our area has echnidas, but I've only ever seen them killed on the side of the road. I've never seen a live one unfortunately.
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Where we live, yes, it is common. I'm in Brisbane, which is a major city, and we live in suburbia, but on the edge of some bushland. There is a healthy population of kangaroos and wallabies. We have to drive VERY slowly in our street, especially at dawn, dusk and night. I'll add that while this is common for us, it isn't common everywhere. My parents, for example, would never have a wallaby in their yard, but they have had koalas. We've never had a koala in our yard. I can't imagine seeing animals like bears or mountain lions 🙂
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Have any of you had experience with the issue of stored breastmilk tasting icky? Just wondering how common it is. We've read about it as one possible explanation for bottle refusal. Apparently the lipase can act quickly in some EBM, making the stored milk taste soapy. Can't say I've had a taste though. It's possible that trying formula could be one solution.
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@caffeineandbooks Thank you for raising this. I'm in Queensland also, and I homeschooled through the HEU for 9 years. We were lucky enough to navigate the system when getting a QCE as a homeschooler was much more doable, and programs such as Unilearn gave credits towards the QCE. I realise that a lot has changed in just a few years, and it seems more changes might come. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what the proposed new rules actually look like in practice. I'm really hoping the reality isn't too grim for those of you still homeschooling.