Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Soak and Save Bags
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Here’s an interesting product for people on the go with kids.
These are watertight “soak and save” bags with a little detergent pod inside for when you or your child gets messy but are nowhere near a laundry machine. We have all been there — when a Tide stick just won’t cut it and a change of outfit is necessary.
For me personally, I rarely dressed myself or my child in clothing that I would care if it got destroyed; however, there were a few times when I was still in nice work clothes while with my son, or we were at an event where we were all dressed up and I would care if I couldn’t later get a stain out.
Those occasions are when these would come in handy (or they would make an outside-the-box baby shower gift). These Wash.It.Later bags are $14.24 at Amazon for a pack of 3 and are eligible for Prime. Soak and Save Bags
Psst: Looking for more info about nursing clothes for working moms, or tips for pumping at the office? We’ve got them both…
Has anyone been to a Great Wolf Lodge or similar place with a 3 or 4 year old who is <42 inches tall? Friends went and now my daughter really wants to go, but I'm not sure what she would really do there. She seems too old for the baby/toddler stuff like a splash pad, but not yet big enough for any "big kid" rides. She isn't interested in the arcade at all, just the waterpark aspect. These places aren't cheap, so I'm inclined to make her wait until she's tall enough for the slides but maybe I'm being a grinch about it.
to the poster from yesterday who is taking her 14 month old to Paris- We took our 15 month old a few months ago and had to take a car service to CDG from our hotel early in the morning due to the taxi strike. ( bags, plus carseat, stroller toddler and busy RER wasn’t something we wanted to deal with) Anyway, the service was fantastic, clean, private SUV and he helped us with our bags all the way into the airport, for I believe 25 euro per adult, which is less than our taxi ride from CDG into the city. The name of the service is Prinz Tranzport, the business card says you can message on Facebook. I will absolutely use them next time we get to Paris.
My four year old has made friends with some kids a few houses down from ours (which is great!) Those kids play in their front yard and street a lot, and invited my daughter to join them last night (also great!) My issue is that those kids are a few years older, and have more experience looking out for cars and crossing the street than my daughter. Last night my daughter did stop at the end of the drive way before running into the street to join them (and I praised her for it), but I don’t think she fully understands looking both ways for cars. We live on a residential street with on-street parking, so its easy to not see a car coming, or not see a kid run into the road. Any advice on how to teach kids to be careful in the street? Should I just lean awkwardly against my mailbox and supervise them while they play for another year or two?
After a couple of phone interviews, the recruiter emailed on Thursday and asked my schedule for the next 2-3 weeks so I can interview at corporate headquarters, a plane ride away. I gave him my schedule immediately
(said it’s basically open) and haven’t heard back — should I follow up?
How do you all communicate your family schedules with your SO? We have a toddler with special needs (lots of appointments), I have a complicated medical situation which requires a lot of appointments, and both work full time (though my job is more demanding and requires more after work events and variable appointments). So I’m extremely scheduled and DH is a wonderful, very present partner but he’s so resistant to scheduling. I send him calendar invites for doctors appointments but he doesn’t appreciate that every part of our week down to which errands I will run each day is scheduled in advance. And sure, some of those are trivial and if they don’t happen it’s inconvenient but not critical but lots of inconveniences add up. He’ll want to change who’s doing a pick up or appointment at the last minute because he just looked at his afternoon calendar mid-morning and it’s frustrating. How do you all make sure you’re on the same page? He’s reluctant to sit down with our calendars on the weekend because his schedule is more flexible so he just says “yeah, that’s fine” to everything but then will change his mind. So I’d appreciate any other systems or advice you have! I realize I’m more scheduled than most but I don’t know how else we’d function.
I’m looking for advice about my 3 year old’s sleep habits. He turned three a couple months ago, and we moved him to a big boy bed. He has always been a champion sleeper– 7pm to 7 or even 7:30 am, a 2 hour nap every afternoon. I know as they get older, they don’t need that much sleep and will naturally begin to sleep less, drop the nap, etc. But when we took out the crib, it’s like everything just completely fell apart.
Our issues are threefold: bedtime problems, morning problems, and nap problems. The biggest issue for me is the morning. He now wakes up at 6:15 am most days. (I have an OK to wake clock. I have tried to encourage its use with a sticker chart, completion of which results in a Paw Patrol toy. This was successful exactly one time. He no longer cares about the clock or the stickers.) He knows he is supposed to stay in his room until the green light comes on, which is set for 6:45 because I’ve come to accept that 7:00 wakeups are gone forever. But he just doesn’t care. He charges out of his room as soon as he wakes, and he usually wakes up little brother in the process.
I would lock him in, but he does usually need to go to the potty. He will sometimes go potty and go back to his room, so I know he is capable of this, but more often he goes potty and then comes to get me. Husband travels so it’s usually just me, and I need about half an hour to get myself ready before they get up, but I can’t bring myself to wake up at 5:45 just because my 3 year old demands my attention at 6:15. What can I do???
I’m planning to travel to Glacier National Park this summer with my daughter, who will be just turned two. Any suggestions for places to stay, things to do?
Ladies – trying to figure out how to create a safe play area where my 15 month old can play freely in our apartment, somewhere we can easily also keep an eye on him from the bedroom or kitchen. Thinking our hallway would be an answer, but not sure how to temporarily “enclose” the space for playtime, while also keeping it flexible because we have a 70 lb dog so wouldn’t want any permanent gate situation. He sleeps in a pack-and-play so that’s not an option for him when awake as he just wants to move and play with empty yogurt containers.
I think the reality is he may just need to roam the apartment and get re-directed to playing with toys near us, and we probably need to re-visit what we’re okay with him getting into vs. things we don’t want destroyed.
TIA!
Has anyone tried the Colugo baby carrier? Or what’s your current favorite? We used to have a lillebaby but I didn’t love it – and seem to have misplaced it! I’d like something we can use for a newborn (with or without insert). Thanks!
34 weeks pregnant with a toddler. What would you do to prep for the second kid? I recall (hazily) prepping tons of meals in advance of kid 1’s birth, but not much else that I did. Honestly, between work and poor sleep, I can’t think of what I should be doing…
I would like advice on how to handle the fact that my 6 year old insists on always “winning” or “getting it right”. He’s a really bright kid with has lots of friends and is well adjusted. However, he sets very very high expectations of himself and gets very upset (tears, usually) when he doesn’t get an answer right. For example, if we’re playing a trivia game and he doesn’t know the answer, he gets visibly emotional and refuses to receive hints (in fact he gets angry when we give him hints).
I want to teach him, gently, that no one knows everything and it’s fine to not always be right (or first, or the winner).
Or maybe this is developmentally appropriate and I’m making too much of this?
Advice?
Thanks for the thoughtful responses to my milk inquiry yesterday! Really appreciate it. :)
Just replied to you from yesterday but wanted to provide you some encouraging anecdata and say I am thinking of you and pulling for you. I know how stressful this is. From yesterday:
I was induced three times and did it each time without any pain relief. I also was monitored heavily and on IV meds so not able to do the bath or walking. I also did Bradley and each induction was just pitocin. It is intense but do-able. It is unusual and I did it by choice not because I couldn’t have meds. You can do it! I wish you great luck and success, it was obviously not so bad that I didn’t do it again. I just had my fourth five days ago and the fourth time was a charm. Threatened with another induction, I did two rounds of acupuncture, and she came on her own, so if you haven’t tried that (I know you said you tried everything), it is worth it if you can swing it financially.
My kiddo is almost 3.5 and at an age/comprehension level where it would make sense to do a better job teaching her what to do in emergencies. Any good advice or resources for this?
Trying to find some joy in the last 2 hours of my 18-month old’s day – what activities do you do at that age? I don’t mean educational activities necessarily, just any activity that I can manage at the end of a work day, and that the child and I would both enjoy and feel like we’re spending quality time. It’s too cold for the playground, still, and she hates baths.