Off-Grid Island Life With a Baby - An Honest Look

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Last summer we became hosts so we wanted to talk about how we managed to live off-grid here with our child
Did you have any difficulties Klaus before he was born
Here in the city
I think the biggest challenge for me was wondering whether our city is warm enough
In the summer
Yes the city is warm so the impression was that the area was too cold but I think it's now safe to say it's warm enough
Yes it has been really warm sometimes over 25
Thus the greatest impact was how we managed to live through him
You know how sometimes it happens several times a day when he talks
Since we didn't have hot water I was born anyway
We actually found something really nice this way
Day one the first tree
We had to figure out how to do it
We now have walking water Have you found time
when the ice was strong and challenging to walk on
I think that's one of the most common questions people have
Not at all but I was surprised by it for a long time
It was about three or four weeks
I was a bit cautious just in case he shows up at that time and we can't leave
Maybe if we don’t have a community around us that can come here and bring us back to our right state
I think I'd mostly stay put I'
m not too worried about myself
But when you had a child it became
even harder I thought about it more
Some things collaboration are good
things We don't necessarily avoid them
But in the end I realized this is our home
This is the place where we live
We've raised objections to this
We have all the principles in place for children
So we've prepared everything typical
How do we move forward with children
He was born during the summer
So we returned and left home
We've got a life business going for him
When it's summer we enjoy him on the boat
We can transfer the car's safety to the boat
It has been fairly easy and helpful
He was walking for about five minutes toward the safety boat of the car
It wasn't too difficult to secure the car to the boat
We always keep all the water and food here
So leaving the child here won’t necessarily make a
difference We have a few more things to take home
Just like a child's seat and the child itself
But elsewhere placing the car's safety on a boat
It's not very difficult
I've challenged
it Yeah Ten years ago
You've challenged it
Don't think about it anymore
It's in a way getting home
So we warmed up the safety boat of the car for about two weeks
There we can warm ourselves and our children
So naturally when we heat the car's
safety boat we also have hot water
We put him in the boat
We turn the boat upside down
In the sauna So it won't be too warm for him
He doesn't stay in the sauna for long
It's really brief
It's really important to us that we can provide
our children with high-quality clean food
We grow our own food
We can be cautious knowing exactly
how the country has been draining
Where food comes from is what makes it enjoyable
Of course we don't grow or eat all our food bu
It's still a significant part of it
It's nice to for instance add some fish
If we can get something
We can send him to a new local fishery
For example
This vital aspect of animal life is that our children
can grow up surrounded by this natural environment
He places his hands
on the food and studies
its naturalness We had been pondering how
Environmental services
should respond when we
who have a child are living in the top corner
such places
Luckily they asked plenty of questions They
were a bit skeptical
about whether we'd want to
I grew up here as a child They asked
many questions about
how we do things
But in the end they've
seen quite a bit of interest
Our lives are coming to an end
This is a way of life people have
lived for nearly as long as they 've
existed when we did things that were meaningful and essential
Food and water
There's nothing new about it
It's just how things have always been
We unfortunately live
here We enjoy this kind
of life and we want to
show it to our children
at this is a way in
which you can choose life
Yes enjoy it
I think one thing is that
The university teacher
said that the child simply
needs warmth love and
consistency at the beginning
He doesn't need much and
that's true This is where
our children enjoy
themselves
roughly speaking
This content also applies to our
food so it's slightly
above 0°C here
Children can also enjoy
being outdoors even
during summer This is
truly common in Finland
We have also enjoyed
being outside
but nowadays
It was really really cold outside so
we decided to keep him in
here to enjoy the warmth
We don't need to worry so much
is he warm
enough and we don't need to
He missed him so much
When we're little
kids my job
is to keep
the city just a bit
warmer than usual
When I'm alone I don 't
heat up so much
I just go outside
and enjoy the sofa
So I don't need to warm
it up outside anymore Now
that we have a little
child just the three of us
We need more from
outside and it's warm
It's quite warm It's
warm enough
We also keep
it slightly warm from
outside We're
trying to ge
emperaturesconstantly
above 20 so the
child would be
comfortable and so on
Even though it's about
0 outside we can keep
the temperature
between
19 and 23 at night
Thus it's quite
clear that
we use a
bit more warmth
when with the child
Not too much
We now have three
so it's perfectly fine
to use a bit more
I'll
turn this
side up Upward
heat reduces
this
smaller pain
One thing a
child transforms
I was content
When I was
alone I was
happy but
I realized that if I
gain a friend
or a child
It's not enough
anymore Now he
needs his own
room at some point
Yes it's one of the major alternatives he produces
Therefore I must recommend the room
I've already started thinking
about it We need more space
A common question we've
received is
whether we have
Living so close
to the water with a
young child is of course
discrimination
I've thought about it quite a lot
but my friend said
that he would have lived
after this great event
In northern Finland
All the frightening
people came after
the flood so they did not use water
Yes they haven't understood
how frightening it is
Of course a
strong aftermath
is far more dangerous
If you stay there
it will call for
you We will live on here afterward
They're quite impressive
We had a question on Instagram
about how we could
get something done
We have a small child
Don't we
just want to
look at him and then
vanish It's really
hard to get
things done
Luckily it's June
and we haven 't
gotten that much done yet
Yes indeed especially
during
the first few weeks were putting things together and
thinking about
how this beautiful
The little person has
become part of
our lives Let'
s see how summer and summer
come around when we have
vettä
We mus
Get things done there
And I think he'd already be
a small helper after that
If you have any
questions about our life
here with the little
one or anything else
You can leave a comment below
We haven't had any
problems with
her She's a
pleasant little thing
Once our father took her
after he
had eaten
he let him do as
he pleased for he
was in a good mood
At first he gently removed him but then he started
operating on our father
himself Now he 's
enjoying it
They became friends
Yes the
beauty of this
life is that
I can always
be together
with my family
and be with our father
See the original
photos really
close up
It's not just a special
option—it's everyday reality
and watching how he grows
is truly something to see
We had to lift
the water from the side because our child
is turning over on that
side and is
interested in it
Above all so that
he doesn't stop
the water everywhere
He wants to eat
So I'll make some water for our
children I'll add a
bit of wholesomeness
e ones who
have eaten
Then I'll
add these napkotNapkot
Water
Järvelle
That's it
These are the old ones
They'll last about a week
Yes maybe just one
after another so I'll
make new ones This is
our child's
health Yeah
We all need him
Here we transform
our children's health
We can
wage the battle
so there will be more room
because the
home is fairly
small This is helpful
Yes here
are the
health
records and
Everything we need is
right here So
when we need
water for our children
we take just what we need
Hot water
from here
Yes we'll combine
it at the right
temperature and
put this in place
Joo
So it's easy
to make water
Creating off
-grid books
has always been far
more work
for me and I'
ve been a
little concerned
How much
water do we
use after
having a child
But it's gone really well
I have small
amounts of
water here I
kept
them in my
hand When we have
large amounts of water we
have this
The pulse
generator — that's
what it was When
our child was
really little he slept a lot
so it was easier
to find time
make these kinds of people
Yes this has
been the most
important thing
in my life
Good
Now Johanna is sleeping
It's going well now
What
What darling
Don't look at it
It's right there
