The off topic thread 6.0

[Cruyff14]

This is hilarious

 

[RPCB]

The Last of Us. Good start to season 2.

 

[RPCB]

 

[RPCB]

First time doing a postal vote. Received it today, filled out and posted. I might be the first person in Australia who has voted.

 

[Bradesmaen]

First time doing a postal vote. Received it today, filled out and posted. I might be the first person in Australia who has voted.

I hate doing postal votes here because it's difficult to go find someone else on the register

 

[RPCB]

I hate doing postal votes here because it's difficult to go find someone else on the register

Damn, you’re right. You live in Ireland, so would be very difficult finding an Aussie around.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Damn, you’re right. You live in Ireland, so would be very difficult finding an Aussie around.

There's a few and I know a few from other things but they're not the type of people I like to keep in regular contact with. I can vote in person at the embassy though which is about a 4min walk away luckily.

 

[RPCB]

There's a few and I know a few from other things but they're not the type of people I like to keep in regular contact with. I can vote in person at the embassy though which is about a 4min walk away luckily.

That’ll work.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Shame. Needed to be a tad longer.
As he lets go of the pitch someone in the crowd yells SERENITY NOW.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Shame. Needed to be a tad longer.
As he lets go of the pitch someone in the crowd yells SERENITY NOW.

 

[RPCB]

Shame. Needed to be a tad longer.
As he lets go of the pitch someone in the crowd yells SERENITY NOW.

 

[RPCB]

 

[chef]

Cracking episode of The Last of Us. What a show.

 

[RPCB]

Cracking episode of The Last of Us. What a show.

The episode really was wonderful and it was expanded from the video game.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Cracking episode of The Last of Us. What a show.

Don't often use this word but i'll make an exception ...was gobsmacked! Epic episode, had no idea of what happened in the game.

 

[Cruyff14]

Jatz did your eldest ever hit your youngest one? Our toddler will eye gauge, squeeze her head/hands/feet or shake the bassinet.

We don't know why, because she was such a gentle little girl only a few months ago.

 

[Jatz]

Jatz did your eldest ever hit your youngest one? Our toddler will eye gauge, squeeze her head/hands/feet or shake the bassinet.

We don't know why, because she was such a gentle little girl only a few months ago.

Never. We're having it in reverse though, the youngest (who doesn't know his own strength) is grabbing, pulling etc his brother. Have to try and explain to him that he doesn't understand that he's hurting him haha.

Very likely jealousy I'd guess. Our eldest gets that from time to time but he shows it by being quiet in like a corner or something, just goes completely into his shell. Hard to blame them, they go from being your whole world to being half of your whole world. How old is your little one now?

 

[Jatz]

I love our second one but I'm so over the not sleeping. I've slept in our bed once this last week because he just won't stay asleep and Mum gets sick of getting up to get him so that she can feed him.

She'd love another one or two kids but I am absolutely done haha.

 

[SM]

I love our second one but I'm so over the not sleeping. I've slept in our bed once this last week because he just won't stay asleep and Mum gets sick of getting up to get him so that she can feed him.

She'd love another one or two kids but I am absolutely done haha.

Is his cot in your room or his room? We only moved ours out of our room around the time she turned one for that reason that it was so much easier to roll over and pick her up for feeding or to settle her rather than walk over to her room.

 

[Cruyff14]

Never. We're having it in reverse though, the youngest (who doesn't know his own strength) is grabbing, pulling etc his brother. Have to try and explain to him that he doesn't understand that he's hurting him haha.

Very likely jealousy I'd guess. Our eldest gets that from time to time but he shows it by being quiet in like a corner or something, just goes completely into his shell. Hard to blame them, they go from being your whole world to being half of your whole world. How old is your little one now?

Ah, interesting.

She is 5 weeks.

I love our second one but I'm so over the not sleeping. I've slept in our bed once this last week because he just won't stay asleep and Mum gets sick of getting up to get him so that she can feed him.

She'd love another one or two kids but I am absolutely done haha.

Funnily enough, our toddler had the best sleep she's had in a long time. Granted, my wife had to get into bed with her and sleep with her, but she woke up after 6 and she was like a different kid.

Have you tried sleep training?

Yeah, the rough nights are brutal. I am back to work Monday (still got my unpaid leave though), so it's going to be interesting getting through tough days at work when I've been up since 4.30 with a broken sleep. It's what it is, doesn't mean it's very fun though.

My wife also wants another but I am done. We did IVF, but the costs, the sleepless nights and bloody cost of living too, it's a hard no.

 

[SM]

Ah, interesting.

She is 5 weeks.


Funnily enough, our toddler had the best sleep she's had in a long time. Granted, my wife had to get into bed with her and sleep with her, but she woke up after 6 and she was like a different kid.

Have you tried sleep training?

Yeah, the rough nights are brutal. I am back to work Monday (still got my unpaid leave though), so it's going to be interesting getting through tough days at work when I've been up since 4.30 with a broken sleep. It's what it is, doesn't mean it's very fun though.

My wife also wants another but I am done. We did IVF, but the costs, the sleepless nights and bloody cost of living too, it's a hard no.

Each to their own but for us this was something we have never even entertained.

 

[Jatz]

Is his cot in your room or his room? We only moved ours out of our room around the time she turned one for that reason that it was so much easier to roll over and pick her up for feeding or to settle her rather than walk over to her room.

His cot is in his room, the little lump outgrew his bassinet in record time.

He'd been a much better sleeper before this recent development leap, hoping he settles again soon. Been a pretty ordinary month though.

Mum actually laid one of her dresses down in his cot to try and help give him the sense of comfort through smell but no luck so far.

 

[Jatz]

Ah, interesting.

She is 5 weeks.


Funnily enough, our toddler had the best sleep she's had in a long time. Granted, my wife had to get into bed with her and sleep with her, but she woke up after 6 and she was like a different kid.

Have you tried sleep training?

Yeah, the rough nights are brutal. I am back to work Monday (still got my unpaid leave though), so it's going to be interesting getting through tough days at work when I've been up since 4.30 with a broken sleep. It's what it is, doesn't mean it's very fun though.

My wife also wants another but I am done. We did IVF, but the costs, the sleepless nights and bloody cost of living too, it's a hard no.

Yeah sometimes that's needed. We've run out of beds in our house due to the eldest moving into his own room so I've been on our big couch recently haha. Back is starting to feel it a bit but it's just one of those sacrifices for now.

I don't think he necessarily needs sleep training - apparently this developmental leap is just about done so we should hopefully see some progress soon. He has just started solids so that could be impacting it as well.

Yeah I'm with you. We didn't have the IVF costs but the sleepless nights and potentially having to feed 3 boys seems an absolute nightmare to me haha.

 

[SM]

His cot is in his room, the little lump outgrew his bassinet in record time.

He'd been a much better sleeper before this recent development leap, hoping he settles again soon. Been a pretty ordinary month though.

Mum actually laid one of her dresses down in his cot to try and help give him the sense of comfort through smell but no luck so far.

Ah yeah we're lucky the cot fit in our room even after she outgrew the bassinet.

 

[Cruyff14]

Each to their own but for us this was something we have never even entertained.

We didn't have much choice, after she got braced at 3 months old, getting her to sleep was a challenge pretty much every night.