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Anonymous says
We need to get our kid a big boy bed — he flipped out of his crib this weekend. Should we go with a cheap IKEA twin size and upgrade later, or go with a full/double and higher quality? Any other recommendations? His room is pretty big and we already have a HEMNES (IKEA) dresser.
Cb says
My son’s room is pretty small so this is necessary (at least until he’s a bit bigger and has fewer toys) but I really like the IKEA Hemnes trundle. I feel like it keeps him more contained and the storage drawers are great for extra storage.
Lily says
Our oldest’s crib converted to a toddler bed, but when we moved to a new house, we converted it back into a crib for our youngest, and got our oldest a full pottery barn kids bedroom set (the Catalina) with a full size bed, large dresser and bedside table. I’m really glad we did because in theory she will have this bedroom set until she leaves for college/adult life. I only had a twin bed growing up, but I realize now how nice it is for kids to have a full-size bed if you have the room. All four of us can snuggle in the bed while we read at night, my husband or I can sleep in the bed with her if needed, the girls can have sleepovers at some point without needing a trundle, etc. When our youngest outgrows her crib, I don’t think we’ll bother using the toddler conversion kit, I think we’ll just move straight to getting her a full-size bed as well. Toddler conversion kits are nice in theory, but they aren’t supposed to hold the weight of an adult since they are really just cribs.
EDAnon says
I would go straight to the bed you’d like long term.
NYCer says
+1. This is what we did we both of our kids.
Anonymous says
+2. I don’t think there’s a right answer on twin vs full but get a real bed that he will keep long-term.
Anonymous says
IKEA twin and he can upgrade when he moves out! Children get twin beds.
Anon says
+1
Anon says
It’s less about the kid and more if you want the option to use his room for guests and kick him to the couch!
Anyway, either way, I think a solid bed is worth it so you can lie down next to him when you’re reading or he’s having trouble sleeping.
Anon says
If you need more time to decide, you can try putting the crib mattress on the floor as a floor bed.
Anonymous says
Or just a twin mattresss on the floor… we’ve been meaning to get the frame for a year but it’s actually been really fun for the kids to have it on the floor.
Anonymous says
Big fan of the Busunge bed from Ikea. Starts as a crib mattress size with a cozy nook headboard and expands to a twin size. I thought we’d upgrade when kid was older but at 11 she just wanted it repainted to white to match her room redesign.
We never did doubles/queens as we didn’t want to get in the habit of laying down with the kids to get them to sleep. We’d sit in the rocking chair instead.
FWIW kept our kids in cribs until age 4. They had to ‘earn’ their big kid bed (twin size) for their 4th birthday by showing they could stay in their crib when it was converted to a toddler bed starting at 3.5. The twins tried to climb out around age 2 but we dropped the mattresses to the floor and added a piece to close the gap at the bottom.
anon says
My kids are in twins because that’s what fits in their shared room, but I’d go with whatever you want in the room long-term, rather than planning to replace it in a few years.
Anon says
growing up i had like one friend with a Full sized bed, now i feel like most of my friends buy full sized beds for their kids, which i don’t totally get because then in college they will for sure not have a full sized bed as a freshman. and i dont think a full is really comfortable for guests who are a couple and there is no difference in length between the two
Anon says
Is the expectation for couples really a queen these days? My husband and I have never had bigger than a full, and that seems like it’s usually the size our friends and family have too?
Cb says
We’ve got a full and while it’s nice to sprawl across a big hotel bed, the full is fine.
Mary Moo Cow says
Funny, I feel like the outlier because we have a queen instead of a king. We had a full for the first few years of married life, and then got a queen and moved the full to the guest room and heard minor grumbles about having to sleep on a full.
Anon says
I think so, unless you live somewhere like NYC with tiny rooms where a queen won’t fit. I feel like more people now even have kings.
Anon says
I feel like most people have kings for adults! I’m tall for a woman and am a fairly restless sleeper, but I’m unable to share any bed smaller than a king with another adult and DH and I have always prioritized having a king bed, even when we were living in a one bedroom apartment in the Bay Area and the king bed didn’t leave much room in the bedroom. I have no problem sharing a queen with my 5 year old, but doubt I would even be comfortable with her in a double bed. I have never visited a friend or family member who had less than a queen in their guest bed, and I feel like most have kings.
Boston Legal Eagle says
We have a King for us and twins for each of the kids. So we went both big and small?! But the King does help when our older kid comes into bed with us – a full would not work.
Anon at 10:55 says
Same, we did a twin for our kid. Floor space is a much bigger priority in her room since she wants lots of space to play and we want her toys to be (somewhat) contained in her room. And agree, I like that we can all be in the king if necessary.
AwayEmily says
We upgraded to a king when I got pregnant with our third because we wanted to maximize family snuggle time. We don’t ever let the kids sleep with us, but one of my favorite things is when all of us get into bed on weekend mornings and read stories together.
Anon says
Well even for a single adult guest, a full is more comfortable than a twin.
Liza says
We got double beds for our girls right away, and I’ve loved it because there’s plenty of room for one of us to lay down with them to read stories or cuddle/talk before bed, even now that they’re getting to be bigger elementary schoolers. A bed frame and mattress is a pretty big investment, so I’m not sure I’d plan to upgrade later, unless you’re talking about 10+ years.
Anon says
+1 to getting a full and being able to lay down with them.
SC says
Another +1. My 7 year old has twin-over-full bunk beds. The full is great to be able to lay down with him and read at night. Yesterday morning, all 3 of us cuddled in the full bed. Kiddo alternates every few months between sleeping in the twin and full bed.
Anon says
What age? We converted the crib to a toddler bed at age 2.5 and that bought us another year+ before we had to go bed shopping. We then went with a twin bed. We have a decently large house and have king beds in our bedroom and the guest bedroom, but our non-primary bedrooms are not huge and my kid likes having a lot of the floor space available for play (and I like the toys being contained in the kid’s room) and a full size bed would have made that challenging. We actually have the bed in a corner which isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing but maximizes floor space. We’ve never regretted buying a twin. We have a really nice glider for reading together.
AwayEmily says
Another complaint into the void…in ten days I am supposed to fly across the country to give two big talks. Between the pandemic and having a baby, this is my first major professional event in three years. And yesterday the baby tested positive for Covid. She is completely fine and hasn’t even had a fever, which is wonderful, but chances are very high (given that she is a baby and has sneezed into my eyes several times) that I’m going to end up testing positive as well and not be able to go. I’m just so bummed; I’ve been looking forward to this for months.
EDAnon says
I am so sorry! It’s so hard. My kids got Covid but I didn’t (my husband did). Maybe you will get lucky!
My version of this is that we all were sick before the holidays, got better for a week, and now littler kiddo is sick again with a fever of unknown origin. My husband and I both have critical work today so that’s fun. We were hoping 2023 would be better than 2022, but it is staring out very similarly…
Lily says
Best case scenario (other than not testing positive at all) is testing positive tomorrow or Wednesday, and then being better in time to go on the trip? It would have to be a game-time decision but I think as long as you are testing negative on a rapid test, you’d be good to go.
Anyway that sucks and I am sorry! But really glad the baby is feeling ok.
Anon says
You may be ok in time to go. I tested positive for covid on a Sunday morning (symptoms late Saturday) and my work cleared me to come Friday with a mask if my symptoms resolved. On Saturday and Sunday I took rapid home tests and was negative. My symptoms were really mild. This was last week in the northeast so whatever variant that is.
Hope baby escapes symptoms! For what it’s worth while I did infect my husband my 5 year old never tested positive or have symptoms so you never know with covid.
Cb says
I tested positive on a Saturday after a few days of symptoms and was negative by the Thursday.
Anonymous says
My husband had it just before Christmas, and despite sharing a bed with him for at least 1 one while he was symptomatic (and extremely sniffly) before he tested positive, I didn’t get it, nor did my son. Same thing happened when I had it in June – husband and son stayed negative. Fingers crossed for you!
Anon says
Same, my daughter and I didn’t get it when my husband had it late last summer. He did avoid us basically as soon as symptoms started but he was around us a lot in the 24 hours before that.
Anonymous says
I posted Friday about getting Covid from my in-laws (thanks to those of you who were a sympathetic ear – my reply got eaten). I didn’t test positive until after my symptoms were much better, and I’ve been completely symptom-free since Saturday. So far the rest of my household has been testing negative, knock on wood, and our house isn’t big enough to do real isolation. As of last night, I was still testing positive, though.
Similar boat, though. I’m a week and a half away from my first in-person conference in 3 years, and while I should be good to go, it all depends on the rest of my household staying germ-free.
Clementine says
Commiseration. My baby just tested positive for COVID this morning.
He’s fine, just super grumpy.
Anon says
You may still be able to go if you test negative in time. It’s possible. Several people I know declined to test around day 8+ because they didn’t want to risk seeing a positive, but of those who did test, many were negative by that time. A lot of others weren’t negative until day 12+ or so, though, and a lot of researchers have confirmed that the 5-day guideline from CDC is absolutely not fit for purpose. CDC’s own research shows that people with COVID test positive for a median of 8 days (not sure if that’s changed with most recent variants). Anyway, I hope you can safely go!
Anon says
I really dug into the research when my husband had Covid and took forever to test negative. The 5 day rule is not that scientific, but it’s also not necessary to isolate for as long as you’re testing positive. Between day 5 and 10, a positive test is meaningful and indicates potential infectiousness. After day 10 though, it was essentially impossible to pick up infectious virus, even from people who were continuing to test positive. This research is about a year old, so possibly things are different with new variants. Fwiw, my husband had an extremely mild case (cold like symptoms for about 3 or 4 days, never ran a fever or felt stay-in-bed sick) but didn’t test negative until day 13. He isolated until day 10 and then we just had him wear a mask around us, and no one else got it.
Anonymous says
I just dug into the research, and a lot of what’s been published is from Delta, so who knows how useful it is for the Omicron variants. Some researchers have said 3 days post-fever might be a good indication of when someone stops being contagious. The CDC website says that someone could theoretically test positive on an antigen test for 90 days! Seems like there are a whole bunch of theories about when someone stops being contagious, but every journal article basically ends with, “But we don’t really know, so we’ll stick with 10 days, and antigen tests are the best proxy we have, even though they really might not be that accurate at identifying when the virus is actually infectious.”
Anon says
Right, and then CDC takes all that and says “actually let’s make it 5 days to serve big business!” It’s infuriating.
Anon says
The research I found was Omicron, but early Omicron (January/February 2022). I did find one article where they tested a bunch of samples from rapid antigen positive people for live virus. Many of the samples from people on days 5-7 showed infectious virus and a few from day 8 and 9, but zero from day 10+. My understanding is that live virus isn’t a guarantee of infectiousness, but if you don’t have live virus you can’t be infectious. Of course this was a limited sample size, but it was more than just a guess/theory. I’ll see if I can find it and link it.
Anonymous says
Live virus isn’t a guarantee of infectiousness, because in order for someone to actually become infected, they have to get enough virus. If the test finds the one virus particle that’s infectious, well, that one particle probably wouldn’t have been enough to make anyone sick.
AwayEmily says
Thanks, all, both for the commiseration and for the bits of hope. Last time I had it I tested positive for 12 days, so I was kind of assuming that would be the case this time as well, but hearing some of these stories about shorter durations is encouraging!
Anon says
Anecdotally, people seem to clear it a lot faster the second time. I posted above about my husband being positive for 13 days but that was his first time. Fingers crossed for you!
Anon says
Also anecdotally, but my brother had OG Covid in December 2020, and then one of the newest varients earlier this month, and it took him longer (8 days) to clear the new one.
Elizabeth Rogers-Pachico says
Another total anecdote, COVID is the one thing I didn’t catch from my baby. I basically held him for the whole week, and I have caught literally every other thing he gets (so not like I have some super immune system). Maybe you’ll luck out!
Anon says
shoot! can this be deleted please! did not notice that auto fill name!!!
Anonymous says
I really want to reduce the amount of stuff we bring home this year, but all 3 kids have February birthdays. Any experience gift ideas or other ideas? The two year olds can have balloons. The six year old is a bit more tricky. The zoo is too far (over an hour away plus time for parking) so we won’t make it often. Maybe the children’s museum…or maybe I should make him a coupon book for donuts and mommy/daddy time.
Anonymous says
He is 6 get him a real gift.
Anon says
Why the snark? Kids that age love doing fun stuff with mom and dad, especially without younger siblings in tow. He’s not a teenager being dragged somewhere against his will. It doesn’t have to come in a box to be a “real gift.”
Anonymous says
It’s not snark? He’s 6. A real present. Don’t start your decluttering with a child’s birthday.
Anon says
Your tone is snarky. I don’t understand the insistence that it’s not a “real” gift unless it comes in a box. Many 6 year olds would love to have a special experience with mom and dad. And doing an experience gift isn’t mutually exclusive with getting a physical present or two. Most people give their child more than one gift per birthday, plus there are gifts from friends and relatives. I understand and relate to the desire to not have your house overwhelmed with physical stuff, especially if you have three children having birthdays the same month.
Anon says
Sorry but +1 to this. As someone who also has a February birthday, it kind of sucks that parents are grandparents are over the gift-gifting spirit and always want to pare back or do something different. Experience gifts are good for the whole family but birthdays are supposed to be about the kid. Get real gifts, maybe ask what they wanted for Christmas but didn’t get, or the coolest gift a friend mentioned, or whatever. But celebrate those February kids just like you would say, an August kid, and do something real.
Anon says
I didn’t read it as Christmas fatigue in OP’s post. The only thing related to timing seems to be the fact that all three kids have birthdays in the same month. I have summer birthday kids that I often do experience gifts for, fwiw.
I’ve seen people say “it’s a gift to the parents, not the kid” here a lot, but I don’t get that. Getting a zoo membership you’d get anyway and calling it a birthday gift is a little questionable, but if you’re doing something you wouldn’t otherwise do because you think it would be fun for the kid in question, how is that not a gift to the child?
Anonymous says
I’m the OP and I have a December birthday so believe me I get it. He got literally every single thing he asked for over Christmas and he was like “meh.” I know I shouldn’t respond with minimalism but my kids are so entitled and I don’t know how to get out of it. It’s not really about not getting him a gift as much as it is getting him something he will enjoy/use. You probably have a point that birthday is not the time to implement this.
Anon says
If your kids like the zoo, that’s a good experience event. Driving an hour every weekend would be a bit much, but for birthdays? Go for it. It’ll be fun and you won’t remember the drive when you look back on the day.
Anon says
Mine is 5 in February and her big birthday gift is a long weekend trip to Legoland, but that’s expensive and a big time commitment as far as experience gifts go. I think a coupon book for special outings like donut shop, ice cream shop, pool, ice skating, trampoline park, etc. would be a big hit with my kid! I like doing at least one gift from us that can be opened, but we tie it into the theme. This year she’s getting Lego mini figurines she can trade at the theme park. Or sleeping bags for a camping trip, new swimsuits and goggles for a pool/waterpark trip, etc.
Anonymous says
That’s funny: we’re doing Legoland for the littles’ birthdays (twins) because it falls the same weekend as their birthdays and family is coming in town for the event too. We’re obviously bringing big bro and he will enjoy it more than they will.
Spirograph says
At 6, a one-time date for donuts or some other special treat might cover it, but the coupon book idea is cute *as long as you’re able to make those things happen on the timeline that he wants.* At least with my kids, I can see them viewing the coupons as a promise and a recipe for tears if the kid wants to do donuts on X day that isn’t logistically feasible for other reasons.
Is there some performance/monster jam/etc coming to your area soon that he might be interested in? My daughter and I got dressed up and went to a show for her birthday and she loved it.
Anon says
I think I have a higher tolerance for driving than many people, probably because we live in the middle of nowhere, but we drive an hour to the big city with the zoo and children’s museum 1-2 times per month, and every couple of months we go to the much bigger city two hours away. But if you think you won’t go often, it’s probably not a great idea to get a membership. I second the suggestion to go to the zoo for his birthday celebration and get a membership somewhere closer to home.
Anonymous says
I’d get the 6 year old a Lego kit and a lot of Lego organization stuff to go with it. Hockey/ice skates, a bike, a sled- something you’d buy anyway.
Stickers, balloons & finger paint for the two year olds.
Anon says
consumables – so like instead of all new toys, things that get used up. and/or things that relate to/are add ons for recently received holiday gifts or accessories for osmething he/she already has. For the 2 year olds, crayola color wonder stuff, for the 6 year old – what does your kid like? arts and crafts supplies, stickers, bath bombs, maybe a gift card to a local ice cream shop, baking supplies etc. this is definitely a know your kid thing, but 6 might be a bit young to understand that he cannot use all coupons at once. does kiddo have a bike – LED lights for the wheels, bell, basket, etc.
anonM says
Both kids have winter birthdays (Dec/Jan). I got one kiddo their new twin bed sheets/quilt. The other kiddo is getting new summer sandals, new winter snowpants, and a small tool set. We also go to Chuckie Cheese and bake a (boxed) cake on actual birthdays to make it a little more special, given just how very close both birthdays are to Christmas/NYE.
mrskbp says
Can 6 go to a movie and bring a friend? Or even movie evening at home with friend and popcorn/treats/make your own sundae?
As a stocking stuffer, my children received $10 gift card to 5 below. They could pick out what they wanted, it was candy and a small toy, but they liked the independence and were able to open something.
Or bring friend to bounce place, out to lunch, meet up at park/YMCA pool for an afternoon?
My one son also requested to sleepover in my bed for a birthday. We had a treat, watched tv in the big bed and “stayed up late”.
Anonymous says
We’re doing an overnight at an indoor water park/hotel. Bonus is the cousins wanted to get rooms and come too! DD asked for some makeup to play with at home, otherwise it would be art supplies. Pizza and cake at the hotel.
DLC says
My almost six year old wants nothing more than a Chuck E Cheese birthday party. So that’s his present.
Other ideas: passes to the climbing gym, theatre, movies, pinball arcade. Also- in my mind, a one time experience can be the gift. We often say, “For your birthday we are going to ClimbZone!” It doesn’t have to be a place that we visit multiple times or need an annual pass for. Or it can indeed be the place we visit multiple times, but which he loves so he will be excited to go. And maybe on the birthday trip we get ice cream to make it special. Maybe a six year old’s idea of what would make his birthday special might be smaller scale than one might think.
Oh that’a another idea- on my kids’ birthday, they get to pick out one box of sugary cereal to eat that week.
startup lawyer says
TBH our policy is parents don’t give gifts on bday. If a grandparent throws in a gift, that’s fine. He gets a party and cake and an outing from us. But he’s 3 so idk how long that will last. :)
Anon says
Probably not long. Around age 4 is when they get an awareness of what other kids are doing.
Seafinch says
My kids this age love experience gifts. We don’t usually buy them anything. I make a huge fuss with carefully selected (by them) menus for each meal on their birthday and we decorate, do homemade cake etc. They always have a few presents to open and usually get one or two experiences from close family and friends. This past year my 6 and 3 year old received a gift card for a fancy Tea Salon and we went over Xmas and they absolutely loved it. My 8 year got an outdoor drive through safari experience two years ago and it was a huge hit. Their aunt gave them movie theater cards for Xmas and that was also a massive hit. Mine definitely do not feel hard done by as long as they have something to open. They prefer the experiences.
Anon says
Same. I’m the Legoland poster above, and I was upfront with my kid that it would mean almost no physical gifts from us and she still enthusiastically wanted to do it (of course her grandparents and aunts send gifts, and this year we’re having a friend party, so it’s not like she won’t get any toys). She’s really enjoyed other experience gifts in the past too. I guess it’s kid-dependent but I’m always surprised by the negativity when it’s discussed here.
mrskbp says
Can 6 go to a movie and bring a friend? Or even movie evening at home with friend and popcorn/treats/make your own sundae?
As a stocking stuffer, my children received $10 gift card to 5 below. They could pick out what they wanted, it was candy and a small toy, but they liked the independence and were able to open something.
Or bring friend to bounce place, out to lunch, meet up at park/YMCA pool for an afternoon?
My one son also requested to sleepover in my bed for a birthday. We had a treat, watched tv in the big bed and “stayed up late”.
Anon says
does your preschool notify you when your child is the ‘victim’ of an issue at school or only if your child is the perpetrator? we’ve had two instances recently, one a little girl cut my 4.5 year old’s dress and then another where a little girl purposefully colored on my daughter’s dress and pulled a necklace off her neck and received no communication from the teachers. i dont expect to be notified every time a kid pushes someone or something or the teachers would probably spend all day notifying parents, but am i out of line to expect to be notified in those types of cases?
HSAL says
We were only informed if there was a physical injury. Independently owned daycare.
Anon says
We’ve never been informed about any “victimization” of my kid, but I don’t know if anything like this ever happened. I believe you get informed if your child is bitten, but that never happened to us either.
Anonymous says
I don’t think I’d expect a call during the day right when it happened, but if another kid is damaging my kid’s stuff while it is on her body, I think I’d want the daycare to acknowledge that it happened & what they are doing to prevent it from happening again. Like cutting someone’s clothing while they’re wearing it with a scissors would make me question what kind of supervision is happening.
Anon says
We got notices when “a friend” (never named) bit / hit our kid(s). Have never received a note for non-injury instances.
I’m not sure if parents of the instigators get notes or not. (I’m guessing not, since I’ve never received one but my kids certainly do / did their fair sharing of biting, kicking, and hitting … at least of me … during the 2.5 – 3.5 stage.
OP says
at school my child is a complete angel, hence the restraint collapse and tantrums when she gets home so i’ve never been notified of any bad behavior on her part. apparently on Friday first this girl colored on my daughter’s dress and then later that day pulled her necklace off her neck. i’m not saying by any means that i think my child is perfect, in fact if there is something happening, some kind of argument etc. that precipitates each of these physical altercations and my daughter is a participant, i’d love to know so i can work with my daughter to talk about how to handle these situations. though it sounds like at least with the dress cutting, the little girl in question was mad about something else and literally walked up to my daughter to cut her dress as a way to express her frustration
NYCer says
I don’t necessarily think those events warrant special notice. My only point of reference is a private part-time preschool though, so maybe the norms are different at daycare. Maybe the cut dress should have been mentioned at pick-up? But even then, I am not so sure. FWIW, we have been at our current preschool for 4.5 years (3 years with my older daughter, and now 1.5 years with my younger one), and I have never received any sort of day-of notification from their teachers about any in class incidents. My friend got a call when her son bumped his head and need stitches, so I am guessing calls are limited to physical injuries.
CCLA says
Any recs for resorts with kids specifically in Cabo? We were looking at Hyatt Ziva but I’m a little put off by how big it seems…but the kids would adore that play area. Also looking at Grand Velas which seems to be the best – budget variable and willing to pay if the Grand Velas is really much better. Anyone been to both (or either)? I know there have been a few threads on this front but none I’m seeing that were about that area. We aren’t tied to the idea of all inclusive but I do want a good kids club and a shallow water play area, so think we might end up at an all inclusive which is fine as long as the food isn’t terrible. For this particular trip my main goal is to relax somewhere warm where I can reserve a pool cabana while the kids are happily playing supervised somewhere else.
Anon says
not me personally but i know someone who recently went to the Grand Velas one and thought it was great. My in-laws have been to the Grand Velas Riviera Maya and said the food was quite good
Anon says
Hyatt Ziva was a big disappointment to us. We were at Cancun not Cabo but the disappointment had nothing to do with the beach or the local area (we love Cancun) and I think the Ziva resorts are all fairly similar. I’ve never been but have also heard good things about Grand Velas. It’s definitely a fairly insane price point, but TBH I’d pay if you can afford it. We haven’t had a good experience at a family resort that cost much less than $1,500/night, which is frustrating to me…if you pay close to $1k/night (like for Hyatt Ziva, Moon Palace, etc.) I feel like it should be good! We’ve been to several adults only places we liked at a much more moderate ($500-800) point. But it seems like for family resorts you really have to pay through the nose unless you want a sub-par experience.
One caution about Cabo in general: the beaches there tend to be rough and not little kid-friendly. It wouldn’t be a big deal for my kid, who prefers the pools anyway, but if your kids are set on swimming in the ocean, Hawaii might be a better choice coming from the west coast.
CCLA says
Thanks for this. If you happen to see this, would love to know what was disappointing – was it the food, service, property, or just overall meh? FWIW we fully intend to stay at the pool – went to Hawaii a few months ago and that’s all the kids wanted to do, so we decided for this time to lean into the pool time. I was a little hesitant that for Grand Velas it appears you cannot reserve cabanas, and I do not like having to scramble for a pool spot, but will look into it further…maybe it’s just not as crowded and therefore no need to scramble.
Anon says
The biggest issues for us were that the food was really bad and it just felt kind of crowded and tacky in a way that I’d expect from a $300/night all-inclusive but not a $900/night one (big time Carnival Cruise vibes). Service was also not great, but I would put that as a smaller issue because we don’t care as much about it. Rooms are pretty small and basic compared to other resorts I’ve been to, but again that wasn’t a huge deal for us. I think it was partly about expectations – we were expecting a luxe experience with good food based on the price and reviews here, and it just fell really short. If you go in expecting the resort to be kind of tacky and the food to be very mediocre you might not be as disappointed.
startup lawyer says
Oh no I am horrified. I am going soon and disappointed to hear.
CCLA says
Super appreciate this detail. I realize this is a very privileged issue to have, but crowded and tacky vibes is what I was worried about, thanks for that info.
startup lawyer says
The Ritz in Grand Caymans was really great for relaxation and calm beach BUT the food was pretty terrible especially at that price point. Kids under 5 eat for free though. We had a great time but for the food.
startup lawyer says
nvm i see u just want cabo.