Family Friday: Kids’ Hike Full-Cushion Margarita Crew Socks
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We spent part of our winter holidays romping around a cold and snowy mountain. Here are socks that will keep your little one warm and dry.
These crew-length wool socks from Smartwool are soft, breathable, and odor resistant. They have a flat toe seam and elasticized arch brace for comfort and fit. With these and the right gear, they’ll be ready for a winter full of outdoor adventure and fun!
These socks are $15 at Zappos and come in a blue (neptune blue) or red (ash) pattern. They’re available in little kids’ medium (12-2.5) and large (3) sizes.
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Question – for those of you where you and your spouse are both going into the office, and your offices are close to each other, do you meet up for lunch? If so, how often?
DH and I work in the same business district and have for 7+ years now. Previously, our offices were 6 blocks apart. Now our offices are 1 block apart (my office moved buildings). My admin asked if we’d now be meeting up for lunch. She means this as a genuine question. I had never considered it, as I’m usually just trying to make it through the day as fast as I can and get home. And I have a sit down lunch maybe 6 times a year. I don’t know if anyone else who works near their spouse, so curious about others. I don’t think we’ll start, but you never know.
I have an interview with an oil and gas company in downtown Houston next week. I’ve been out of the work force or WFH for the last three years. What should I wear? It’s with a medium sized E&P. Full suit or black pants and j Crew shirt? Would also take recommendations for walkable black heels: headed to Nordstrom rack this weekend to look. Thanks for any guidance.
We’re going to fly with my 3.75 year old soon, and I’m not sure what to do about car seats. Last time we flew, we took the Cosco Scenera Next on the plane with us, but it was hard to stop my kid from kicking the back of the seat in front of him the whole time. This time, he’ll be too big for the Scenera Next. I’m thinking our options are either (1) ship a car seat to our destination and fly without any restraints, or (2) buy a larger carseat and bring it on the plane, or (3) get one of those harness things for flying, plus ship a carseat to our destination. I’d like to go with option 1 but am hesitant about flying with a squirmy kid for 3 hours with no restraints. Any thoughts? Thanks!
I’m sure this has been asked before, but how do you have fun with your spouse? Between sick kids, work stress, and family of origin stuff, I feel like my husband and I are ships in the night. We try to go out just the two of us but are often exhausted and don’t necessarily have a lot of capacity or energy to be footloose and fancy free. Our kids are 4 and 8, so not that little and I thought we would have more bandwidth by now.
Made it a whole 6 days of school and now one kid was up the past two nights and is home sick today. I’m soooo tired.
At what point do behaviour problems warrant intervention? My 6 year old kid is often awesome – kind and clever. But when denied something they want, they take it out on younger sib (3) and can hit, spit, ruin younger sibs toys/drawings etc. also just not cooperate. Obviously, we stop the behaviour, protect the younger kid but It’s exhausting. But… parenting is not easy, this i know. At what point do we say, this isn’t normal.
Any advice/tips on bribery-based potty training, and specifically how to stop if it works???
DD2 will be 3 in March and still in diapers. Big sister was day trained just before 2.5 after 3 days of boot camp method, motivated solely by (lots of enthusiastic) praise. We tried that with DD2 in early November since she showed interest and ability. It went ok, and then we found out she had pinworms and daycare asked us to put her back in diapers until we finished the course of medicine. After that DD2 insisted she wasn’t ready, and then we were thrown into travel/holidays/etc and didn’t want to push it. Now we want to try again, and are thinking she might be motivated better by straight up bribery – I’ve heard good things about offering a chocolate chip for every time they make it to the potty instead of in their pants. But if that works, how and when do you stop? I can imagine this child insisting on endless chocolate chips…
Speaking of hiking, we’re planning a trip this spring to Salt Lake City, Moab and Arches Nat. Park. Traveling with 1 and 2.5 year old. We chose Arches due to the many short hikes close to parking lots. Any must-do’s with kids/recommendations/tips? Thanks!
I feel like I should have resolved this by now after years of hybrid work from home, but… does anyone have guidance on how to keep the backside of your desk looking neat and tidy despite all the cords? My home office desk faces the door, which means that one million cords are twisted and gnarled and dangling, and the first thing you see when you look in the office. I tried rotating the desk so the cords can be hidden against the desk and wall, but I really prefer the other orientation. Specific recs for cord-keepers for the various power, monitor, speaker, modem, etc. cords? Currently I am trying to use zip ties but they still create a channel across the top of my desk that makes me look like I am running an electricity grid.
I broke a big toe yesterday and have to wear boot for the next 4-6 weeks, and walk as little as possible until the boot comes off. Any tips from those who have been there on how to take care of a toddler and preschooler while I wear this thing? I’m a SAHM right now and I’m struggling to think how I can take care of my very active toddler and get her energy out while I wear this thing.
Recommendations for harness to booster seats? My kid is 4 and 39 pounds, so I don’t want another convertible seat. The car seat lady doesn’t seem to have any reviews of this type of seat – just car seats (baby to toddler) and then boosters. Tia