Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Folding Portable Car Seat
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Having a toddler in a city where public transportation is the way we get around means I don’t use a car daily, or even weekly. This presents a unique challenge when it comes to car seats, because it means we need to have one that not only will protect my child but can also be relatively easily stored.
For a while we used the Cosco Scerena, which was lightweight and comfortable, but not particularly easy to store or carry through an airport.
Enter the WayB Pico. I resisted it for so long due to the high price point, but once I made the decision to get it, I regretted not buying it sooner. It was a total game-changer for travel: It folds down and fits into a small backpack that can easily fit in an overhead compartment (and assistive devices, like car seats, do not generally count toward your carry-on limit, although this may vary by airline).
We’ve used it in car rentals to visit family and friends nearby, and we even used it on a trip to Europe, where even in those teeny-tiny compact cars, it worked perfectly and didn’t take up a ton of room.
One key drawback, however, is that it’s not great for longer car trips. It’s set in a pretty upright position that doesn’t recline, which means that the child’s head can more easily forward once they fall asleep. This can pose a variety of dangers depending on the child’s age, height, and weight, and can also limit protection during a crash.
I would say that for those trips in which long stretches in the car aren’t anticipated, but you still need a safe way to get baby to and from the airport and whatever city you’re visiting, the WayB Pico can be a very good option.
The WayB Pico Portable Car Seat is available at Nordstrom for $449 and also at Amazon.
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I’m feeling a bit extra about this, but I figured at least some of you may relate. I am feeling a little sad that my youngest is entering her final year of elementary school. I know there is so much to look forward to, but it’s going to be the end of an era. Due to a larger age gap between my kids, I’ve had a kid in elementary school since 2015! I need to remind myself to truly enjoy this last year and soak it in because it’s going to be over soon. Even on her last day as a fourth grader, she wanted me to walk her down to school, hand in hand. That’s the stuff I will miss most.
Off to my parents with my son tomorrow and I am so, so ready. We are going to eat our weight in fish and fruit, swim most days, and read all the books on the porch. My suitcase is half books and games.
From there, we will meet my husband in Scandinavia for a house swap. 2 weeks there (including an 8th birthday celebration) and then somehow it’s back to school! This summer has worked really well – a few days at camp, a few days swapping childcare with friends, and my husband took our son and MIL away for a long weekend.
Just wanted to pop in here to say how exciting it has been to see so many posts every day- I feel like for a while it was in the 50-60 range & now it’s normally over 100- I enjoy the engagement & the many questions across the age spectrum that are asked!
Yesterday I took the kids to the library (because the power was out at home) and we stumbled upon the annual science night hosted by State U. It was SO FUN even though my kids were younger than the intended audience. Shoutout to the many people who do outreach activities!
Oldest got to “be” one of his favorite planets and mostly managed to stand in the right place. And he totally nailed the compost/recycling sorting game.
Baby seriously enjoyed dumping the baskets to different balls lined up for each game, especially the ones his brother just carefully sorted. He met someone else with the same unusual name, for the first time ever, and the college kid was almost as excited as I was: “It’s even spelled the same! Cool!
Rare summer parenting win – my daughter is doing a camp this week that’s expensive and logistically inconvenient. I booked it because it combines two of her main interests in a really fun way and I thought she’d really like it. She loves it even more than I anticipated and has been really grateful and appreciative that we’re making this camp happen for her. And – even better than telling me this with words – she’s really showing her appreciation through her behavior and making life as easy on me as possible. I’m solo parenting this week so it couldn’t have come at a better time.
For those of you with bad sleepers who did not sleep train, at what age did they sleep through the night, and was there a specific “thing” that made it happen for you?
My kids have shockingly loved my (emergency at first, now intentional) crock pot meal for many weeks in a row now: two chicken breasts in the bottom of a crock pot; season with salt, pepper, italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder; top with an entire jar of your favorite pasta sauce, and maybe a little water in the jar to shake up and get the rest of the pasta sauce. Cook on low 6+ hours. Shred chicken. Put on top of noodles you made in the morning and heated up right before dinner.
Anything else super basic that your kids love for a weeknight dinner?
DS, age 4, has been wetting the bed through his diapers. He’s not ready to sleep-train for potty training, and, for reasons, I can’t imagine taking him for a dream pee during this sleep-deprived period in my life. Any tips or products to deal with this? I’m washing the mattress cover almost daily (along with sheets and pjs), and I can’t keep up with all this laundry. Should I just put a chux pad between the mattress cover and sheets?
What’s your motherhood sore spot? I have two so far in the first year of my baby’s life. The first is when people say “omg he’s so small!” to my low-percentile little guy. I take it as they’re implying I don’t feed him enough or that he’s not as cute as the big Viking babies that normally grow in our family. The second is when anyone finds out that I combofed with mostly pumping (as opposed to nursing) and they say anything along the lines of “oh yeah, if you’re going to pump you have to remove milk often if it’s going to work out,” as if I wasn’t bent over that damn pump 8x a day and STILL dealing with low supply. It’s funny, for that last one, I have no hangups about using formula (it was our plan to combofeed all along), but imply I just didn’t try hard enough at pumping? Hoo boy.