Our stroller isn't one of the $15 cheapies. It has a 5 point adjustable harness like a swing and it can recline. We've used it since LO was 2 weeks old and it was too hot for a carrier. Reclined all the way back is basically flat. We did the same with DS and have never had issues.
Have any of you started using the stroller without the car seat? Or an umbrella stroller?
Everything I've read has said about 6 months. My mom would put my almost 11 week old in an umbrella stroller tomorrow if I let her. But now I have to stress about picking out an umbrella stroller. I have a britax b agile. Do I need a light weight stroller?
My mom too! That's why I asked! We also have the b agile. My mom took LO out for a few walks in it and she seemed fine. It reclines. I was just wondering because it's ridiculous hauling that thing some places.
We have the b agile double for our twins, which only holds one car seat. So we've never used it with a car seat. But we have used it since at least 4 weeks old in the fully reclined position. They seem comfy and secure in there, and we weren't on any crazy streets or off roading with them.
Just took LO for a walk in our city mini today. She is 15 weeks.. Reclined all the way back she was very happy, basically lying down (lifted her up for the picture).. The harness was tightened all the way so I don't think we could have put her in it any earlier
Oh, that reminds me, have you all heard of the app/website Next Door? It's kind of like a social network just for your neighborhood. I've had it for a while but it's finally catching on here. Today a lady from my street with girls my boys' ages messaged me!
Our stroller isn't one of the $15 cheapies. It has a 5 point adjustable harness like a swing and it can recline. We've used it since LO was 2 weeks old and it was too hot for a carrier. Reclined all the way back is basically flat. We did the same with DS and have never had issues.
Had no idea you could use them if they reclined all the way! However...my LO wants to sit up if he's flat so I'm not sure he'd like that.
Oh, that reminds me, have you all heard of the app/website Next Door? It's kind of like a social network just for your neighborhood. I've had it for a while but it's finally catching on here. Today a lady from my street with girls my boys' ages messaged me!
I LOVE this app. More so for the comedic relief it gives on almost a daily basis. People post and comment with the funniest stuff.
@ChardeeMacDennis lotion is a main source of messes around our house too. We have to replace our carpet because of an incident that occurred while I was laboring at home.
1. @dancegurl1118 I've been reading about how to live life (because I'm That annoying, philosophic a-hole), and one thing I read was our society's constant push to "be happy" is nonsense. Allowing yourself to feel and grieve the hard moments is important. I see you're going through a tough time right now. It's good you can just acknowledge that. Keep it in perspective - this too shall pass. You're a good mom and a good nurse - I know it from how you talk about each of those with such detailed concern. Crying at work, in front of managers, happens. If you do not make it a habit, no one will hold it against you. I know that from experience, and some bad mistakes. YOU GOT THIS, mama! Be the strong lady that you are and that you want your baby to grow into. Talk to yourself as you would talk to your best friend. You got this.
2. I'm in love with the Working Mamas thread. I love seeing everyone's careers - makes me respect you smart ladies even more. I feel like @hoodoll82 is my non-profit soul sister
The rest is a long Dear Diary post. Apologies...
3. Today is the one year anniversary of my grandfather's death. Crazy. I was pregnant and didn't know it. I came home for a week, to say goodbye to him (he was unconscious, but we like to believe his twitching indicated he knew I was there... Who knows). I helped arrange his funeral, pick out his coffin, and just be there with Grandma. They were married almost 74 years. Jewish tradition is to shovel dirt into the grave of loved ones. I was genuinely afraid I would pass out into the grave. One of the craziest experiences of my life. I miss him every single day. I thought it would get easier, but it hasn't.
4. I was crying a little today, and snuggled LO's neck. He giggled and shrieked, making me smile. What a blessing and comfort.
5. I still haven't told Grandma we are moving overseas again in January. We leave her city in two weeks, which she knows, but she thinks we are coming back. I can't bring myself to do it, but I need to.
6. The movers are coming on Tuesday to put all our stuff in storage, and I'm falling apart. I am forgetting all the reasons we are doing this. DH is my rock.
@virginiaunicorn11 I'm so sorry for your sadness today. LOs are great to lift your spirits. What are you moving overseas for? You are in Germany, correct? What prompted you to move there originally?
@virginiaunicorn11 I'm so sorry for your sadness today. LOs are great to lift your spirits. What are you moving overseas for? You are in Germany, correct? What prompted you to move there originally?
Thanks! We were in Germany for a year for a professional development fellowship, and now we are back in the U.S. until January. I'm a government relations rep for an international non-profit organization. Previously US focused, but switching to Europe. Which is exciting and what DH and I wanted... I'm just getting some anxiety about pulling the trigger. There is no "end date" to our move, and we are very close to our families.
@virginiaunicorn11 that is amazing, and so brave of you. We are tied to our families as well ( my choice). DH would move out of the jersey in a minute for cheaper living. It sounds like you'll do great in Europe. Plus, now everyone will have a fantastic reason to travel to Europe.
@virginiaunicorn11 I'm sorry for the loss of your grandfather. I believe he would be extremely proud of you as a mother and truly honored you gave your son his name (which i'm still dying to know, btw). My grandfather died about five years ago and I still dream that he is alive quite frequently. We gave our son the middle name, "benner," which was also his middle name. My grandma said he would have been so excited and proud. I think your grandfather would be too.
It does get a little easier, but it's never easy. I don't know about you, but my grandpa's death was the first death of someone really close to me. It kind of changes you in a way. There is always a sadness that wasn't there before. But you get to have all the wonderful memories too. I've grown more grateful, and a little less sad in the last couple of years. I hope you feel better.
@virginiaunicorn11 girl, you are wise. You always have such great advice and an even-keeled temperament. I have no doubt you will rock your move back overseas. I'm sorry about your grandpa, grief is both hurtful and yet poignant. I'm glad your LO shares your grandpa's name and keeps that connection. I wasn't close to any of my grandparents, and they have now all passed into the clearing, but I remember my grandpa on my mom's side fondly. If we had lived closer to him and I could've spent more time with him, I'm sure we would have a made a special connection like you had with your grandpa.
Moms who still have post baby stomach pooch... have you found any good leggings that don't make you look like a doughy blimp? I feel like all my old leggings dig into my belly. I'm trying to find some with a good thick waistband. Anyone found any? Losing the belly is SOOOOOO hard. 3:-O
Moms who still have post baby stomach pooch... have you found any good leggings that don't make you look like a doughy blimp? I feel like all my old leggings dig into my belly. I'm trying to find some with a good thick waistband. Anyone found any? Losing the belly is SOOOOOO hard. 3:-O
I'm still wearing my maternity leggings. I feel like I'm going to have this belling forever!! I call it my kangaroo pouch.
Hey, I meant to add this to the DH/SO thread but I have a draft saved there and it won't even let me select the text box. So, I know I've mentioned my other online home Metafilter before, but there was a recent mega thread there that seemed relevant here. It's a lot to read, but a quick skim through it might help you realize things about your own relationship. I know it did for me.
Moms who still have post baby stomach pooch... have you found any good leggings that don't make you look like a doughy blimp? I feel like all my old leggings dig into my belly. I'm trying to find some with a good thick waistband. Anyone found any? Losing the belly is SOOOOOO hard. 3:-O
I have a pair by "hue" that are decently thick. If u wear them with a looser shirt it generally hides everything. I think I bought them on amazon. Just note they run long, so I cuff mine at the bottom
So a truck with two men just pulled up my neighbors driveway, pulled back down and then backed into my driveway and sat there for 10 minutes. I locked all the doors but they had a paper and were writing stuff on it. It wasn't a company truck just a new Toyota Tacoma. For the first time I was not worried about my own safety but my LO's. There are so many entry points in the new house that we moved in that I was nervous. I called DH at work just to give him the run down Incase something happened and he told me to go get one of his guns. And that one was loaded with a round in the chamber and all I had to do was squeeze (?!?!?!) Don't get me wrong I have my pistol permit and have taken gun safety classes but I was NOT ok with hearing there's a gun in the room across from the nursery that could theoretically be pointed through walls to her crib. Nope.
The truck left after 10 minutes (still creepy and unsettling) but I demanded the gun be moved ASAP.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
^^^yikes!!! How stressful and scary on so many levels! Did you get the license plate number? And a loaded gun right near the nursery! That would totally freak me out!
@AlwaysSunny1012 yeah not sure what my husband was thinking with that being his place for one of the guns. I'm sure it's if someone is breaking in in the MOTN but...nope.
And then another old minivan pulled into the neighbors driveway (our driveways are connected) and creeped super slow while staring at our house. So I opened the garage door so they would see someone was home..and they turned around and left. So creepy. We live in a super normal area and rarely lock our doors so I have no idea what's going on but it's weird.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
That would terrify me @dancegurl1118. We don't keep peanut products in the house because one of the boys is allergic but everyone is allergic to bullets! I think a gun in the house would drive me crazy.
My first meeting with the Working Moms Group was good!
It was trivia... And I think I managed to impress instead of annoy (hooray!)
Out of five of us, three of us have kids with the SAME NAME .... Whomp whomp.
When we went to pick a trivia team name, one of the women suggested something super inappropriate, and I knew I was in good company. Yay!
Smallest of worlds, our daughter's middle name is a tribute to the band that brought me and DH together (we met at a concert). And I kid you not, one of the moms? Her cousin is the lead singer in that band. It was so hard to play it cool. I must have done ok because she friended me on Facebook. PHEW!!
@ChardeeMacDennis I'm not anti-gun, I'm anti guns that aren't locked up. I'll be on his ass to move it as soon as I get home, he won't refuse -- he's reasonable, I'm sure it was just a stupid oversight that better not happen again.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
@hoodoll82 what I wouldn't give to be a cat for just a few hours?!? That's all.......
Especially a cat that loves at any of OUR (June moms) houses. (As I'm up at 340am looking at Samurai asleep not even a foot away from me....all comfy on the bed)
Yesterday I cried. From lack of sleep, from arguing with Verizon all day, from an especially rough day with LO. I haven't had a decent nights sleep in 6 months. Third trimester was a tough one. I was debating staying at a hotel for the night, just to get some sleep.
I just woke up and it's past 5am. DD just slept through the night. She slept through the freakin night!!! 8:30-past 5 am. She's still sleeping. She didn't wake up at 1 or 2 to kick and cry or coo. I know this may be a one time thing, but just when I needed it, she did it. Woo!! I don't think I've ever been happier to see 5 am.
Re: Randoms!
He was already in time out for writing on the wall and he "just needed a wittle wotion."
Crying at work, in front of managers, happens. If you do not make it a habit, no one will hold it against you. I know that from experience, and some bad mistakes. YOU GOT THIS, mama! Be the strong lady that you are and that you want your baby to grow into. Talk to yourself as you would talk to your best friend. You got this.
2. I'm in love with the Working Mamas thread. I love seeing everyone's careers - makes me respect you smart ladies even more. I feel like @hoodoll82 is my non-profit soul sister
The rest is a long Dear Diary post. Apologies...
3. Today is the one year anniversary of my grandfather's death. Crazy. I was pregnant and didn't know it. I came home for a week, to say goodbye to him (he was unconscious, but we like to believe his twitching indicated he knew I was there... Who knows). I helped arrange his funeral, pick out his coffin, and just be there with Grandma. They were married almost 74 years. Jewish tradition is to shovel dirt into the grave of loved ones. I was genuinely afraid I would pass out into the grave. One of the craziest experiences of my life.
I miss him every single day. I thought it would get easier, but it hasn't.
4. I was crying a little today, and snuggled LO's neck. He giggled and shrieked, making me smile. What a blessing and comfort.
5. I still haven't told Grandma we are
moving overseas again in January. We leave her city in two weeks, which she knows, but she thinks we are coming back. I can't bring myself to do it, but I need to.
6. The movers are coming on Tuesday to put all our stuff in storage, and I'm falling apart. I am forgetting all the reasons we are doing this. DH is my rock.
Sorry for the long post. Life be cray!
I'm a government relations rep for an international non-profit organization. Previously US focused, but switching to Europe. Which is exciting and what DH and I wanted... I'm just getting some anxiety about pulling the trigger. There is no "end date" to our move, and we are very close to our families.
It does get a little easier, but it's never easy. I don't know about you, but my grandpa's death was the first death of someone really close to me. It kind of changes you in a way. There is always a sadness that wasn't there before. But you get to have all the wonderful memories too. I've grown more grateful, and a little less sad in the last couple of years. I hope you feel better.
Edited cause my phone ate words, again
We are told frequently that women are more intuitive, more empathetic, more innately willing and able to offer succor and advice. How convenient that this cultural construct gives men an excuse to be emotionally lazy. How convenient that it casts feelings-based work as "an internal need, an aspiration, supposedly coming from the depths of our female character."
The truck left after 10 minutes (still creepy and unsettling) but I demanded the gun be moved ASAP.
And then another old minivan pulled into the neighbors driveway (our driveways are connected) and creeped super slow while staring at our house. So I opened the garage door so they would see someone was home..and they turned around and left. So creepy. We live in a super normal area and rarely lock our doors so I have no idea what's going on but it's weird.
It was trivia... And I think I managed to impress instead of annoy (hooray!)
Out of five of us, three of us have kids with the SAME NAME .... Whomp whomp.
When we went to pick a trivia team name, one of the women suggested something super inappropriate, and I knew I was in good company. Yay!
Smallest of worlds, our daughter's middle name is a tribute to the band that brought me and DH together (we met at a concert). And I kid you not, one of the moms? Her cousin is the lead singer in that band. It was so hard to play it cool. I must have done ok because she friended me on Facebook. PHEW!!
(As I'm up at 340am looking at Samurai asleep not even a foot away from me....all comfy on the bed)
Yesterday I cried. From lack of sleep, from arguing with Verizon all day, from an especially rough day with LO. I haven't had a decent nights sleep in 6 months. Third trimester was a tough one. I was debating staying at a hotel for the night, just to get some sleep.
I just woke up and it's past 5am. DD just slept through the night. She slept through the freakin night!!! 8:30-past 5 am. She's still sleeping. She didn't wake up at 1 or 2 to kick and cry or coo. I know this may be a one time thing, but just when I needed it, she did it. Woo!! I don't think I've ever been happier to see 5 am.