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Fuel economy. Husband was dead seat against the petrol and wanted to spend more up front for diesel.

I have a 2021 outlander. 7 seats is great but useless for car seats. We discovered (a bit too late!) that three car seats wouldn’t fit…

I tried the Shine Optimum Clean Pods from Woolies last time Aldi was out of stock. The Shine washed just fine but had an overpowering…

We’re in Victoria. Given the backlog of elective surgeries here after Covid, we didn’t have high hopes either. What I would say is when…

The public wait lists are a mystery, there doesn’t seem to be logic so take what your doctor has said about two years with a grain of…

We always keep a basic dog leash in the car. Always willing to rescue a loose dog if we see one.

I have a baby and very small children, living right near a fire depot and a hospital that has a helicopter coming and going. Sometimes the…

S9 is great for pumping on the side of breastfeeding / adhoc needs. Especially if there is an older child that keeps you from sitting for…

Truly. I’m on my third baby and have two different Spectras that I bought second hand. I've thrashed them and also loaned to friends.…

How funny is this though? It’s like playing a video game.. it always feels hard as you’re playing, but then when you revisit an old…

3 months in with 3rd baby under 3 here! Something that really helped me is the wisdom ‘9 months in, 9 months on, 9 months near’ .. it…

So true! The death notice in the paper mentioned how devastated the parents were, so it a lot to think about that level of sadness being in…

My house is also very old and I had similar thoughts around how no doubt things would have happened here over time. I went researching and…

Seconding this and confirming it is a thing in Victoria too. Hospital discharge refers baby into regular visits with Maternal Child Health…

This 100%! We had engineered our life to be manageable on one income but it’s bloody tight.. especially last twelve months of doom and…

When you’re in the newborn blur and you think you need some whizz bang product to solve a problem, wait three days and usually it…

Just ordered the 8kg version, can’t argue with the 5 year warranty over other brands with 2 year. Had been eyeing off the 7kg via…

Yes our local was offering a free small coffee for features on customer social media.. literally simple post a pic or story of your coffee…

Isn’t the real question where are people supposed to live when both mortgage or rent are being defined by external factors to become so…

I understand the concept to try and get both parents back to work, but there seems to be a huge gap in considering that maybe for some…

This 100%. If the Medicare rebates and other payments can use a couple threshold, why can’t income tax too? Single income getting taxed…

Never had a problem with the generic Coles brand!

Got one when we levelled up from one baby to two babies - two car seats and double pram would have left zero space for anything else in our…

No tips but come here to say I can relate somewhat with a debt of 107k before the indexing, paid down from 120k so far. I try not to think…

Agree! Currently using a Valco snap duo with two under two, used from newborn with the littlest one laid flat just fine. We prefer the…

Before I had my baby, I thought I’d be continuing my working from home job with her hanging around as well, and that I’d be super able…

If anybody asks you what you need, tell them you would absolutely love one of those BABY vouchers they sell at the major supermarkets. You…

Just replaced a five year old Fiat with a brand new Mitsubishi coming with ten years of warranty and fixed service costs. The Fiat was fun…

Went through this saga recently with the added requirement of plumbed water and ice, made things very difficult with only two models under…

No trouble at all, all the best to you too!