Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Pronto Signature Changing Station
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With my oldest, I dutifully lugged a diaper bag large enough to fit a week’s worth of diapers and wipes, enough clothes and snacks for a dozen children, a library of board books … you get the idea. After my daughter left diapers behind for good, I realized that I never used half of the stuff I packed “just in case.” With my second, I went the opposite direction and got Skip Hop’s minimalist Pronto Signature Changing Station.
This clutch opens up into a well-sized diaper pad with all of your changing essentials within easy reach. I found the various pockets can hold about 4–6 diapers (depending on how large they are), wipes (case included), a change of clothes, and a few small extras (like hand sanitizer, a small tube of diaper cream, etc.).
I just throw it into my bag (perfect for those who don’t like carrying something that looks like a diaper bag) or clip it onto the stroller. We’ve even taken it on day hikes: It fits into my CamelBak backpack and our hiking baby carrier.
It is $24 (marked down from $30) at Skip Hop and $26.49 at Amazon and is available in a variety of patterns. Pronto Signature Changing Station
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
So I’m the biggest fan in the world of balance bikes. My older kids both used and loved them and now do pedal bikes. But 20 month old little sis isn’t quite there yet. She’s really enjoying her scooter. And she saw a tricycle over th eweekend and was enamored. I think she’s a little big for the tricycles an adult pushes though? She’s a tall 20 months. Any suggestions on a tricycle for that age?
For those with a nanny that you pay on the books, who do you use for payroll services? We’re in the process of hiring a nanny for my upcoming return from maternity leave, and must pay on books due to our jobs.
What are your recommendations for non-fictional, “sciency” educational books for kids from pre-school age to maybe 2nd-3rd grade?
My 5 yr old is super interested in learning about dinosaurs, space, volcanoes, the continents etc etc – just how stuff works.
I’ve tried the Magic School Bus series, and find the content pretty great, but some of the storylines that embed the content are a bit ridiculous and frankly outdated (like, why have a girl character that is an unlikeable know-it-all and/or in her books while the boys DO things?
National Geographics seems to have a few good books, but wondering what else is out there.
random question – do people go to playgrounds on Christmas? i’m jewish and have no clue what people do. the reason I ask is that where we live playgrounds have been open, but we haven’t been to any bc they are always crowded and people here aren’t the best at mask wearing, but i would love to take my kids and I was thinking that maybe christmas day or christmas eve day afternoon would be a good time?
My kid is 2 months shy of 3 years old. Lately she WILL NOT go to sleep until at least 10. She takes a nap 1 hour at preschool. When she is home, she doesn’t nap. She gets up around 7:30.
We do all the things. Room is dark, noise machine, there is a routine with some milk, a snack, teeth brush (she gets a bath only a couple nights a week due to dry skin, and honestly, a bath riles her up because she has such fun playing). I am considering eliminating the snack but she tells me she is hungry. (usually this is a banana or some pretzels, something small).
I can physically get in her in bed at 8:30 and spend 2 hours reading her books, then sitting there while she tries to fall asleep, chattering and singing and whatever the whole time. If we leave the room she screams, we have neighbors so I don’t think locking her in the room while she screams works for us, she is also super determined. I know 8:30 is late, but she won’t go to bed before then without forcing her and she just gets upset, and then we are sitting with her for 2.5 hours vs. 1.5 hours.
She has always been lower on the sleep needs, but this is not working for any of us. For a while we had a good routine at the beginning of pandemic, she would go right to sleep at 8 and just cuddle up and close her eyes and we could leave. Somehow, we got into this routine with parents needing to be there until she sleeps.
She goes to preschool for about 6.5 hours every weekday. No teething (all molars in), not sick (she actually sleeps better when she has a cold). I think its a FOMO thing with her. Any commisseration/tips? I am a mess.
Parents of older kids — Talk to me about middle school expectations. I have a fifth-grader and am freaking out a bit that he has only one semester left in the safe cocoon of elementary school. He has ADHD, which gives me a bit of pause, both in terms of his overall maturity compared to peers and his executive functioning skills. He’s very bright and is doing well academically, but I am concerned about how he’s going to handle having relationships with multiple teachers, all with different expectations. It’s definitely an opportunity for growth, but I’m expecting it to be a rough transition. Is there anything we can do at home to start preparing him (or ourselves!) for this, or is this one of those “take it as it comes” situations? The middle school he will go to is a public school with an excellent reputation, and yet when I hear my friends talk about what their middle schoolers are expected to do and the workload, I start panicking a bit because I’m not sure my kid is prepared for handling so many transitions during the day (a common problem for kiddos who have ADHD), plus several hours of homework in the evenings.
We don’t have many school choices here, so not looking at alternatives (which sound worse to us than the default choice, for a variety of reasons).
I loved the long discussion on yesterday’s board about pressure cooker schools. Given the reader profile of thissite I suspect we may not have as much collective experience with the opposite end of the spectrum, but can folks share their experience with the opposite– intentionally low-pressure schools? E.g., (not all of course, but generalizing) Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, etc.?
My kids went to a Montessori and forest daycare/prek, and my elementary-age kid just started at a Montessori elementary (mostly because our public school was doing remote learning and Montessori was in-person). She has the same pressure-cooker personality that I do– the one that made me more successful at my ivy schools, but also contributed to my various and sundry anxieties. I like how low-key the Montessori school is, and I hope that it will help her to enjoy learning for its own sake and not for its external validation. But I don’t actually know anyone who went to Montessori as an older kid! Thoughts?
Any general advice for treating a cold in an infant? My 3 month old caught a cold from my older DS. I’ve been using nosefrida and a humidifier but he’s still so congested, poor guy. No fever or any other symptoms.
A propos of the “return to work in remote times” thread yesterday- HBR’s Women at Work podcast just did an episode about the same thing this week. Nothing earth shattering was said, but I thought it comforting to hear other women discussing their experience.
https://hbr.org/podcast/2020/12/welcome-back-to-remote-work-new-moms
I love these diaper changing stations. A wise, experienced mom gifted me one, and it’s probably the single most-used item I had for my kids during diaper years. These are one of my go-to gifts in normal times for anyone having a baby. Hopefully people will be Going Places With Babies and making these useful again soon.
I lost my first and best one and couldn’t find the exact same one. I believe the second one I bought was this skip hop version, and it was bigger and a little clunkier/stiffer than my original, but it still was miles better than a whole diaper bag.
Any advice for getting preschoolers to eat faster? My daughter is almost 3 and meals have recently become like, take a bite, talk for 5 minutes, look around the room, talk some more, take another bite. Meal times take an hour even when she isn’t eating that much food. We’ve been doing repeated reminders that she needs to keep eating unless she’s done with her meal, but it’s not working. Anyone have any brilliant strategies?
Any advice on transitioning a toddler out of a sleep sack? Our 2yo has decided he’s done with sleep sacks. He’s certainly at an appropriate age to switch to blankets, but the transition so far has been painful. It takes him forever to get situated at naptime/ bedtime, and then of course he’s constantly kicking off the blanket and calling for help. Is there some secret to doing this, or a type of blanket that helps? Do we just need to ride it out?
Balance bikes – I’m considering buying one for my almost 4 year old for christmas/birthday because the grandparents want to get her a big gift. She has some gross motor delay so I’m not sure if she’ll even like it because she may struggle with it. Do you kids use theirs a lot? I also have an 18 month old – surely we’ll be fine with one they can share and don’t need two?
Good morning! I’m looking for an adult version of the Aden and Anais Dream Blanket (basically a few of their muslin swaddles layered together) in a King size. I’ve seen some that look like possibilities at Garnet Hill, but its so hard to tell on the Internet what they actually feel like. Anyone have a lead on something that would be similar to the Dream Blanket? Thanks!