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Weekly Questions Week of 10/22

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Re: Weekly Questions Week of 10/22

  • SLC1102SLC1102 member
    babys_2018 said:
    @SLC1102 Do you mean you're having problems with this app? I can't use it on my mobile for the last week. If I try, there are no reply or love it options so I can only read. It sucks. For some reason it works on my iPad which helps but it's not as convenient. 


    Yep, the bump mobile app.  It's annoying.  Looks like there's now a posted message from IT that they're working it though....guess we'll see.
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  • MLD912MLD912 member
    @fraufarbissina
    I would bring and check the car seat. 
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  • justsuziejustsuzie member
    I can only post and reply on mobile. My desktop has locked me out of posting anything. Of course I’m the odd one out. 
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  • fraufarbissinafraufarbissina member
    @MLD912 ah ok I didn't even consider that as an option but that makes total sense
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  • mileswithmylesmileswithmyles member
    @fraufarbissina are you going to have her sit in it during the flight? 
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  • fraufarbissinafraufarbissina member
    @mileswithmyles most likely no.  The flight is only 2.5 hours so I think we can make it with her in my lap
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  • mileswithmylesmileswithmyles member
    @fraufarbissina you can buy a travel bag for it with wheels to make it easier to transport. They will let you check that and the stroller at the gate for free. 
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  • bwow615bwow615 member
    @fraufarbissina second the gate check. It's a pain lugging it all the way to the gate, but if you don't get free checked luggage you would have to pay.  We are traveling at the end of this month and are probably just going to pay the 25 each way to check the bag with our other luggage so we don't need to carry it all the way to the gate.  
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  • lincbeesmomlincbeesmom member
    @fraufarbissina I checked it at the counter and picked it up in baggage claim. I don’t really see the point in dragging it all the way to the gate. Also, every airline I’ve checked a car seat with has put it in a thick plastic bag. 


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  • ivyvines6ivyvines6 member
    lincbeesmom said:
    @fraufarbissina I checked it at the counter and picked it up in baggage claim. I don’t really see the point in dragging it all the way to the gate. Also, every airline I’ve checked a car seat with has put it in a thick plastic bag. 
    The only reason I'm hesitant to do that is in case the luggage gets lost.
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  • Ceridwen77Ceridwen77 member
    @fraufarbissina my friend let me borrow this really cool contraption that allows you to wheel around a convertible car seat, but in a way that your kid can sit in it and be pulled like a mini stroller. It was pretty cool and made it easy to transport the seat around. Also we purchased a second travel stroller - it was $99 but so worth it. Super light, easy to collapse/open and collapsed extremely small. I actually keep it in my trunk at all times for any impromptu walks while we’re out. 
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  • sharkmama39sharkmama39 member
    I was in a wedding 4 weeks after having DD- the woman helping all of us was able to help me figure out what size. Honestly, boobs are the huge concern. Literally and figuratively. She had me go two dress sizes up for that reason. I ended up taking in a little on the waist but the rest was perfect bc at the time my boobs were ginormous.
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  • fraufarbissinafraufarbissina member
    ivyvines6 said:
    lincbeesmom said:
    @fraufarbissina I checked it at the counter and picked it up in baggage claim. I don’t really see the point in dragging it all the way to the gate. Also, every airline I’ve checked a car seat with has put it in a thick plastic bag. 
    The only reason I'm hesitant to do that is in case the luggage gets lost.
    Yeah I like to avoid baggage claim if I can so that nothing gets lost and we can get outta the airport asap. I may not be able to avoid it this time with the pack n play, though. @Ceridwen77 those sound handy! We probably don't travel enough to justify spending money on any gadgets. I have been thinking about getting a second stroller anyway though so maybe that one is doable.
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  • thunderberrythunderberry member
    I've seen some people post here that they are looking already for daycare/childcare. It surprised me because it honestly never occurred to me that I'd have to look this early. Is this mostly for people who are going back to work shortly after the baby is born? I'm planning to take a year of mat leave, so I assumed I had some time to sort that out, but maybe I'm wrong!
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  • abhphillyabhphilly member
    @thunderberry Not sure where you're located, but here in the US we typically get at most 12 weeks' maternity leave. In cities, daycares can have reeeeeallly long wait lists (like, years long), so it's necessary to get on the list as early as possible if you'll have to go back to work when the baby is 3 months old. 
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  • abhphillyabhphilly member
    @ladystinson That's kind of what I meant by 12 weeks. We get 6 weeks short term disability and then can either get 60% pay (maybe even 50%?) or use all of our vacation days but get 100% pay for those for the last 6 weeks.
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  • mileswithmylesmileswithmyles member
    @thunderberry @desertdweller21 with DS, MIL watched him so it wasn’t on my radar. But I got on it this time because we have pretty limited options for infant care and we would prefer not to do in-home. A lot of places give priority to current families and their babies over new families. I already put this baby on the waiting list for DS’s place for fall of 2019 because they only take 12 kids in that class and the give priority to staff and students at the college and then current families. 
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  • sharkmama39sharkmama39 member
    Interestingly I had the opposite experience with daycare interns of city size. We encountered no wait lists when we lived in San Jose. When we moved to a smaller city, that's when we discovered impacted day care. 

    I say say make a few inquiries to better understand what your situation is. If you discover a lot of the daycares are impacted, then I would start looking into wait lists. If not, then you can hold off.
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  • Poppy0419Poppy0419 member
    The perks of working for myself is I’ve been able to semi slack when I feel awful. The cons is that my money coming in has reflected that. And it will be the same for post partum. Double edged sword. 
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  • ladystinsonladystinson member
    @abhphilly ahh gotchya. I worked for a bank when I had DS and we got 6 weeks for vaginal and 8 weeks for c/s then you could take and additional 4 weeks short term at full pay before tax... I miss that lol
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