Coffee anyone ?

[Cecilia's-herd]

This year I bought a $90 umbrella stroller, trying to be nicer than usual. I like umbrella strollers because they fold up for the car and are light weight. That one broke after one use. Then I got this one instead, just like I had for the other kids. It's still here. With my other two with my other two boys I wore the wheels down on them.

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We don't do big fancy jogging strollers (had one once, SO bulky and HEAVY...and we broke it on too many walks), but some times you can find them second hand for a decent or giveaway price.

I wish that would work for us in the future but I don't think you can put a newborn in that. Correct me if I'm wrong?

 

[Finnie]

Seeing the flooding in NY & NJ on news right now! Wow.....and tornados. We have any members in that area? Subways in NYC flooded! Airports flooded!

Makes my rain like a mere sprinkle.

My sister is in Ct about 1 -2 hours inland from the coast... haven't heard anything from the text I sent.

I saw that about flooding in New York. Crazy.

I didn’t know about this until I read @Mini Horses post this morning. My sister lives in NJ, just south of Newark. I sent her a text this morning, and I still haven’t heard back from her. @farmerjan, I’m glad you finally did hear from your sister.

Oh boy guess what!! Right as I am typing this, my sister texted, and she has no flood near her!

 

[Bruce]

Maybe I will just use the 4 ft one and hook it up and be done with it.

Sounds good, just get it done. Maybe you can put a loop in it behind the cabinet.
Move the stove to cut the gas ..... boy that doesn't sound good if you somehow end up with a leak in the flex hose!
Another nice thing about the Glenwood, it is on 16" legs, the shut off is just inside the left side, under the storage drawer.

I need to charge higher prices for eggs if I'm going to afford a stroller.

I don't think you can charge that much more!

Oh boy guess what!! Right as I am typing this, my sister texted, and she has no flood near her!

Good news!

 

[Alaskan]

I need to charge higher prices for eggs if I'm going to afford a stroller. Why in the world are they so expensive?! no rain here anymore. I think one of the cows is pregnant because I got zero cream today. Going to have to sell it as skim!

Eh.... we used an umbrella stroller in airports... and a jogging stroller for hikes.

But usually had to carry the kids.

The idea of blissful peaceful walks through the neighborhood.... ha... Kid wouldn't stand for it. Had to carry kid while pushing the stroller.

So all the baby carrying things got more use.

Sling, and backpack

 

[Alaskan]

Looking at the map, maybe meeting in Brenham as the halfway place.

Ha! You can go visit my dead relatives and eat ice cream!

Would y'all believe I got NO FAT? I had to meter their feed because two of them were way too big, so they were all meat

Wow! Our piggies had so much fat!

I wish that would work for us in the future but I don't think you can put a newborn in that. Correct me if I'm wrong?

True... newborns can't sit in the umbrella stroller, it doesn't lean back far enough.

My jogging stroller did go back flat. And I never would have spent the money on one... didn't use it enough... got it from my sis.

For infants we just carried them ALL THE TIME.

 

[Cecilia's-herd]

For infants we just carried them ALL THE TIME.

Y'all are nuts. I like personal space.

 

[Alaskan]

Y'all are nuts. I like personal space.

Had no choice... he cried if he was put down. So he was always held... truly 24/7!

 

[Alaskan]

The rest didn't have that issue... but the first one broke us.... so....

 

[Cecilia's-herd]

Had no choice... he cried if he was put down. So he was always held... truly 24/7!

I hope to the lord baby Romano isn't like that. I might cry every day

 

[farmerjan]

Once you become a parent, there is no such thing as personal space. At least until they get to a much older age. They do not understand it and they NEED to security of the parent. Some are fine with being put down more, some are not. Until they feel like they have some "control" of their own, you are theirs.... if you do not realize that you need to get mentally prepared for that. The slings and backpacks are much more soothing and encourage a baby to feel like they have security. Why do you think that the native americans used cradle boards... other's used all sort of slings of different types? It made it possible for the mother to do her work and have the child close. Back then, they also needed to have the child safe, and be able to use their hands with weapons and such if needed for protection.

I remember thinking that there were days I would climb a wall from the demands of a baby... and my ex was no help when my son was small. No patience. You have to have the patience of a saint and draw from some deep wells of reserve when you are ready to blow your top, or cry til you think you can't cry anymore.

I am not trying to be critical, but you really do need to understand that your life is not your own once you have a child. You learn to find a balance, but in the beginning it is not going to be about you needing space... you are going to have to put that child first in everything you do.