Car Rides & Road Trips: Lauren
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Rpoad Trip with 4 1/2 Month Old!
Asked by S.R. from Phoenix
on December 17, 2008
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Hello Moms,
I am getting ready to move this Friday from Arizona to Michigan and its a 31 hour drive. I am traveling with my son who will be 5 months Christmas Eve. ...
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- Best of luck with the move. I hope it all goes well. I have lived in Michigan and loved it. I am a native Chicagoan living in Albuquerque now. Anyway, driving with you...
- Fly! It will probably end up being cheaper, especially when you factor in the enormous amount of time. His airfare will be free sitting on your lap, and he'll probab...
- Wow,that's quite a trip! If it's financially feasible, I would suggest you find someone to make the trip with you, then they could fly back on a ticket you bought them...
Forward Facing Car Seat vs Bulky Winter Jacket
Asked by P.R. from Reading
on December 2, 2009
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Hi moms! As winter turns its brutal cold self upon us, I have already dug out those bulky winter jackets for myself and my 2yr old son. He is currently in a forward fa...
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- I highly recommend the Britax Marathon seat to solve your dilemma. It is rated for a very high height and weight limit (I am not sure what they are anymore because I'...
- To combat this problem, we put a lighter, hooded jacket on under the heavy coat, took off the heavy coat in the car, and put a blanket over the child. We leave the bl...
- Here's a link to some info on bulky clothes in car seats- http://pediatrics.about.com/od/carseats/a/0107_wintercoat.htm Although your 2 year old is over 30 pounds, it...
Does Your Child Have Memories of Thier Infancy??
Asked by L.O. from Detroit
on May 30, 2010
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My 4 year old daughter just told me today that she remembers going camping when she was a baby. ( We are planning a camping trip next month..) She said she remembers d...
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- My earliest memories are at about 1.5, and they're sporadic & mostly sensory. Sitting on the steps with my dog (the feel of the concrete under my thighs and calves, an...
- I have a friend who has some very very early memories. She can recall vividly being made to eat beets, not liking them, and spitting them out. She was one year or le...
- I know this sounds weird, but I can remember before I could walk...In fact, it was before I could crawl...I could inch around. There was a black cat, melvin, who would...
Fitting a Britax Marathon in Purchased Flight Seat
Asked by J.S. from Pittsburgh
on January 14, 2010
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We are flying next week (on a 777) and have purchased a seat for our 19 month daughter (8 hr flight). I'm planning to buckle her into the Britax Marathon car seat, bu...
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- I flew with my 22 month old and a Britax Marathon. You will want to install it forward facing, just as you do in your car. You won't need any seat belt extensions an...
- we took our then 7 mo old son to FLA & brought his car seat, also a britax. we put it in front facing & used the lap belt to secure it. he did great. just make sure...
- I also have a Britax Marathon and flew with it twice. It will fit fine in the seat. It needs to be forward facing and all you need to do is use the lap belt to secur...
Long Distance Grandparent/grandchild Relationship
Asked by M.A. from Pittsburgh
on February 22, 2007
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I was wondering if anyone had any advice on helping a child develop a strong relationship with a far away grandparent. Right now we live close to my family, but far a...
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- Hi M.. I have the same issue. My parents live in a different state. What I did was send pictures to family that lives far away through email weekly with little upda...
- I am in the same situation, well sorta. we live close to my family but his family lives in arizona. what i do is send her pictures and e-mail her almost daily. she is ...
- We have the same issue and the internet cams are great. We can IM and see each other and your hearing impared issues become moot.
That's Ok, Maybe NEXT Month I Can Buy......
Asked by T.N. from Albany
on April 18, 2011
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Listen, I am SICK AND TIRED of ratty ole towels! Holey, stringy, faded, mismatched, gnarly, scratchy towels! I want some BIG WHITE FLUFFY NEW towels, LOTS of them, in ...
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- Towels are like sheets. They wear out and get hard to deal with. They NEED replacing once in a while. ("Need" is the operative word here!) I have a whole list of...
- For Real! I have said that about wash rags for the past year! lol. I did finally go out and just get them b/c I was tired of all the fraying strings on them while wa...
- Yep! A haircut (last one was September), new filters for my vacuum (we've been using the same ones for 6 years - they're washable but are disintegrating), new bras, ne...
Carseats on Airplane
Asked by T.F. from San Diego
on February 18, 2010
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I will be traveling to Virginia with my 2 1/2 year old. Southwest recommends that you use a 5 point harness carseat on the plane if your child is under 40lbs. My son...
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- Just ask yourself if he'll sit still for 3hrs w/o being confined or would he do better and sleep in his carseat?
- We've only ever used a car seat once on an airplane and that was when my son was 10 months old. He didn't want to stay in it, so we ended up holding him the entire ti...
- Normally I would recommend that the car seat is brought on the plane, because checking a car seat does about as much damage as a car crash. Since you aren't checking a...
Seeking Advice---how to Travel with 11 Week Old
Asked by L.R. from Dallas
on July 23, 2008
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We are traveling to the San Francisco/Sonoma area in 2 weeks and I searching for advice on how to travel efficiently. My dtr will be 11 weeks old and I will still be...
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- We just traveled to California with my 7 and 4 year old boys, ok yes very different than an 11 week old, however, my husband is Platnium status ( he is always gone) an...
- ask your pediatrician, but at this age I don't believe it is necessary to sterilize bottles (if you can wash well)Attach carseat base to carseat (but label both with a...
- I would recommend that you ask your friends if they can borrow anything that you need (pack and play/crib, stroller, car seat) and I would buy as much as possible when...
Moving with an Infant
Asked by K.N. from Denver
on August 27, 2008
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We are going to be moving (within 30 miles of where we are now), any ideas on how to make the transition easier for our 11 month old? I want things to be as smooth as...
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- When I moved with my kids, I made sure their rooms were the last to be packed up and the first to be set up. Try to keep his routine the same as always. He should be f...
- An infants world is "you", so as long as you are there they really don't care about their room, or the road trip, etc.
- I guess that I am a little different from the other posters in what I have done with my kids when we moved. Of course our moves have only been across town. We would ...
What Do You Want for Christmas?
Asked by T.K. from Dallas
on November 23, 2011
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I know. We're moms. We are only supposed to want altruistic things like world peace and an end to hunger. Or non-monetary things like, a long bubble bath, the chance...
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- My material needs are really simple. I'm always delighted with a new, warm scarf, or socks with no toe seams, or slippers without memory-foam footbeds, which cause my ...
- I want to replace my car - it has 175K miles on it! But it still runs fine and it's paid off, so I'll live with it. I guess my most reasonable wish list item is new...
- My 18 year old daughter is just like this....she has NEVER asked for anything for Christmas. I have managed to come through with some pretty cool, off the wall things...
