Finally Wednesday: Kids’ Ultimate EZ Fold Wagon

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Radio Flyer Kids' Ultimate EZ Fold Wagon | CorporetteMomsWhen we were traveling last week, I saw a mom pulling her kids (ages 2 and 5, I’d guess) through the airport terminal with a foldable wagon. One kid sat in it and one walked beside her, and the wagon was piled high with carry-on luggage. Amazing. I marveled at it — it struck me as much better than bringing a double stroller if you really only need a single, and the fact that the mom could pull her carry-on luggage and/or her kids seemed great. The wagon I saw was a Quest wagon, which specifically says not to use it for kids (rather, for beach and sports stuff), but this Radio Flyer wagon is foldable and is intended for kids. It’s $179 at Amazon. Radio Flyer Kids’ Ultimate EZ Fold Wagon (L-3)

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Need some pumping anecdata from you wonderful readers. I am 5 mos postpartum. Back at work since 3 mos pp. I used to be such an amazing pumper. I could fully drain in about 10 minutes, 15 tops, with great output. Flow would be fast and furious from let-down and eventually just stop — no tapering off.

Since I’ve been at work my supply has dwindled a bit, but not too much. What HAS significantly changed in the past few weeks has been the amount of time it takes to pump. I’m getting about the same amount of milk overall, but it takes so. much. longer. Like 30-45 minutes. And I’ll go through maybe 2 letdowns. But there is no distinct stopping point – the milk slows down and then all of a sudden boom — another letdown — and I just have to stay hooked to my pump until it’s done.

Is this just a thing that happens at this stage? Or is there something I can do to get my efficiency back?

Did anyone here have a parent who worked nights? My husband has been working nights for about 4 years. It was always difficult, but now with a kid it feels so much harder. Because of our schedules, my daughter and I go 4 days of the week without seeing him at all, and then only see him for a few hours the other days because he doesn’t wake up until around 1:30-2:00 in the afternoon.

We got into a big blowup argument last weekend about how he doesn’t feel like he’s part of the family (the argument part came about when he blamed me for that, rather than blaming his job). It’s totally understandable that he doesn’t feel part of the family. I do 95% of the parenting and the vast majority of decision making. The long term solution is clearly that he needs to get a day job, but in the short term, do any of you have any suggestions about how to make him feel “part of the family”? I think we’re going to go to the zoo this weekend.

This is just so so hard and I don’t know anyone who deals with anything similar. Help me, hive.

Need some sleep help for my younger one.
Scenario: My 9 month old cosleeps with me, in my bed. I know this is bad on many levels, but I’m super careful with bedding, and she is super stubborn, and my many, many attempts to get her to sleep in the crib didn’t work (think many nights of waking up every 30-40 minutes) so I’ve given up on that. I don’t have the ba11s to do CIO so please don’t suggest that.
My older (4.5 year old) one sleeps in his own room, on a mattress on the floor.

My longer term sleep plan is for the two of them to sleep on the mattress on the floor in the kids’ room. I think the younger one needs a physical warm body and I’m hoping to substitute mine with my son’s, or maybe with a comfort item (hasn’t worked so far).

Some questions:
– When can I do that? Perhaps when she reaches the one year mark? Anything I should be worried over like the older kid rolling over the younger one? She can crawl and pull up and frequently sits up in bed (to check if I’m there) so I feel like she’s less vulnerable to the early dangers.

– Any suggestions to begin this transition gently? I’m thinking I’ll start off sleeping with the 2 kids in their room and will slowly egress. Or something.

– Night weaning. I’m starting to do it by just patting her back to sleep but I’ll need to get that sorted before I start the move.

– Any success stories of cosleeping babies who eventually slept on their own? I feel like the possibility of reclaiming my own bed to enjoy with my husband seems so remote right now.
Thanks so much.

My 18-month old isn’t talking or walking yet. I’m not too worried – my other kids were late talkers, and this son is furniture walking like a champ – but the doc wants us to see a neurologist to check him for autism and have someone from state come help us with the physical stuff. Is there any downside to any of this? Thx in advance!

FYI, both links go to the Quest wagon right now, neither to the Radio Flyer.

Thanks for the idea though – this kind of thing might be a good gift for my sister who lives in a condo where her garage is pretty far from her unit.