Family Friday: 18” Kids’ Suitcase
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This kids’ suitcase is the product of a collaboration between Target and blogger Naomi Davis, who writes about her family’s life at love Taza. They have three kids (and twin newborns!) and they often travel as a family, which is well documented on their blog. It makes sense then that they would collaborate to make matching suitcases and travel accessories for both kids and adults. Whatever your thoughts on their blog (if any), their collection is pretty adorable. I especially like this kids’ suitcase because it recognizes that even though your kid will want to pack it and wheel it for a while, eventually they’re going to give up and you’re going to be stuck with it. The best feature is the strap on the back that lets it slip over the handles of an adult’s suitcase so that they can then carry it. Pretty brilliant! The suitcase is $39.99 at Target, where it’s getting great reviews. Love Taza 18” Kids’ Suitcase
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What happens at your first pregnancy appt? I am 6 weeks and see the doctor next week. Should my partner come? He is excited but I don’t know what happens during this appointment – is there any reason he should be there?
I know this has been discussed on here a bunch (and there’s also useful info on the internet), but any tips for what to ask/look for when visiting daycares? I’m pregnant and we have our first tour this afternoon, at a home daycare.
I’m crossing my fingers that this place is going to work, because it’s literally two houses down from ours, and would be so convenient. We live in a low-SES neighborhood and I know this daycare place is very low-frills, but I’m hoping it is safe and stimulating. Our baby will be 7 months when she starts, and she’s our first so this is all new to us. Any non-obvious questions?
I work from home usually twice a week, so something I’m hoping is that they’ll let me come next door and BF her (assuming I’m still BFing) on those days.
I am expecting my first and need advice about strollers! How much do you use your stroller, and at what ages? Do you think it makes sense to buy one in advance, or should we wait and see if we wish we had one?
We don’t have a car so we walk a fair amount (we walk to church every week; dh shops and runs most errands on foot; we’re only considering strollers with largo cargo baskets), although we also have decent public transit and you can only take strollers on the bus if they’re folded (anything goes on the subway). We have idyllic fantasies about taking family walks to the farmers’ market with baby in a charming pram, but we don’t currently take walks at all so who knows (and they’d probably have to wait for warmer weather anyway, since baby is due in November). Also we’re planning to do some amount of babywearing, but don’t want to babywear all summer because it’s frickin humid around here.
I hope we will be getting a college student (or two) for help after school this year.
If you do this, what do you do in December (when they go home) and January and then in May / June?
My friend lucked out and her helper lives in our city, so is always available. Maybe they help find friends? My work is always super busy b/w when the kids get out for Christmas and NYE, so I feel like I am always very desperate (even day camps only go to 4, which doesn’t cut it).
Two wholly unrelated questions –
1) Any recommendations for G rated movies for kids who are easily scared? My daughter got scared during Moana (had to shut it off!) and Ratatouille. We would love to have an at-home movie day soon, but when I looked up movies that were G rated I remember being traumatized by some of them when I was a kid!
2) My daughter is going to be a flower girl in a few months. She is currently very anti-dresses, but I can sometimes get her to wear one if I put shorts/leggings on her underneath the dress. This is fine with the bride. Any recommendations of sources for fancier leggings? Her clothes are typically very simple.
Does anyone have 4 kids and a demanding job and is able to handle it all? I’m a big law senior associate with three kids, ages 5, 3 and 18 months. I am finally just starting to feel like myself again, have started traveling for work a bit, started losing some baby weight, and generally have a little more time/sanity. We are done, DONE having kids. And I just found out that I am pregnant. I was on the pill and this is very, very unplanned. I am devastated and don’t know what to do.
After initially completely freaking out, my husband would be ok with whatever I ultimately decide, but I know that he thinks having another baby is going to be a huge stressor on our family, and would prefer not continuing the pregnancy. There are many, many logistical issues that would need to be figured out, and while I know we could survive, I don’t think we would be thriving for a long time. He also has a demanding job, our current childcare situation is complicated and expensive, and would be even more so, etc. On top of that, I’m almost 39 and just tired of trying to keep most balls in the air on any given day, and adding another baby on top of that seems impossible.
I’m not really sure what I’m looking for here, but the only other person who knows is my sister, and she’s currently 10 weeks pregnant with her third and struggling with major morning sickness. While she’s supportive either way, I don’t want to burden her with even more. I know what the rational decision is, but I’m very torn about what the “right” decision is. Thanks for reading.
Just need some words of encouragement that babies get easier and that I’ll survive on my own for the next 4 weeks.. I have 8 week old twins, DH works long hours and have no family nearby. I’ve had some help until now but now I’m on my own until I go back to work. I totally did not expect this to be easy and expected it would feel impossible (which it does), but not sure I anticipated all the post partum hormones or how hard it is to live in 3 hour increments.
If it’s just for a short period of time, can you use sitters through an agency? We have local sitter placement groups here in my large SEUS city – you couldn’t use them for every single day of the year, but you could as a fill-in when you need extra coverage around the holidays.
For May/June you may just need to find another person, like a college student who is home for the summer rather than someone attending the local college.
We have a five year old Crate & Barrel couch that frankly, I hate. I don’t find it comfortable no matter how I try to arrange myself and no more than two people can really fit on it (we bought it when we lived in a very small apt). I’m trying to convince my husband that one of the Room & Board small sectionals would be a good investment. We need something comfortable, that will hold up to kids and dog, and our style tends to be like R&B. Can anyone share reviews or recommendations? TIA!
Do you give your kids gummi vitamins? We use it as an incentive to move things along in the morning. Is there a brand you like? We have been doing the Flintsones gummis, but I just noticed that there is a whole world of them including ones with omega-3, fiber, and probiotics. Those seem like a good idea, since kiddo seems to have constipation symptoms. Is there one you really like?
My twins are two now. You are IN THE THICK OF IT. It is all downhill, or at least it was for us, from about three months on. We had a severely IUGR twin and had to wake them up every three hours to force them to eat for the first four months and it was unspeakably rough. Plus we weren’t allowed to take them outside so they wouldn’t get sick.
Here is my advice for you: you do not have to do anything else. ANYTHING. ELSE. I did shower every day, just because my husband took just as much parental leave as I did. I pumped, played Candy Crush, washed bottle parts, snuggled/fed babies, watched Top Chef, occasionally texted baby pictures to grandparents, and slept. NOTHING ELSE. I did not sweep. I did not cook– one of us each day made an Arby’s run or something and we ate one huge meal and snacked occasionally. I did not clean the toilets. I did not put on real clothes unless someone was visiting that day and “real clothes” meant one of my t-shirt maternity dresses.
Smiley babies are way better than newborns. Crawling babies are better. Toddlers are even better. You can definitely do this! Just know this is the hardest part and it’s limited in duration.
I need some patterned t-shirts to wear around the house on weekends and days I don’t work. My baby is 4 months and a messy nurser. All of my summer Ts are solid colors but I need something patterned to conceal the milk stains. Would prefer Old Navy or Target price range, but both of those only seem to have solids or stripes this year. Any ideas? Also I live in a small town so will need to buy online.