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Usually, when we go out to dinner, we look at everything on the menu, see a thousand things we want to get, argue about it for a while (since we expect to share our food, it's important we don't pick things that nobody else will want to eat), and then finally say "if we're still hungry after eating this, we can come back and pick something else".
And you know what? We never are "still hungry". It's just a ploy to get us to shut up and order!
*rants and raves for a while*
So, I'm getting all excited about Jenn's new kid - kinda have to be, she's going to have my middle name, and anyway, I'll be watching her for a while - I'm doing all this research and all. I'm thinking Jenn doesn't have nearly enough sling styles. Those things are expensive, though. The best solution may be to buy fabric and make them ourselves - with luck, we can make some slings for Ana to wear as well, so she doesn't feel left out.
Let me just say something here: Strollers? So not worth it. When the baby *can't* walk, they're fairly light, and when they *can* walk - make them walk. (Hell, we even make Ana carry her own diapers, though in that case it's more a situation of "we can't stop her from wanting to carry a bag, so we fill her bag with her diapers".) There's no fun lugging a stroller up and down stairs to get into the subway, or onto a bus. So slings are definitely the way to go. (Unless, of course, you, y'know, can't.)
And that's my theory on child-rearing: Make them walk, and leave the stroller at home, because those things are a pain. It's not *much* of a theory on child-rearing, but I'm sure it's helpful to at least some people.
(Hopefully, not everyone, because I'm more than willing to beg for stuff, and begging for slings is one of them - though you may want to send used but still usable baby equipment to the New Orleans Hurricane victims.)
Oh, and, right. I feel cheated out of food I could've looked at and not eaten all those times we've gone out to dinner. Sniffle!
(I know this entry is lacking in substance, but everything in the world outside of my life is kinda bad right now, to the point that even *I* don't want to dwell on it.)
And you know what? We never are "still hungry". It's just a ploy to get us to shut up and order!
*rants and raves for a while*
So, I'm getting all excited about Jenn's new kid - kinda have to be, she's going to have my middle name, and anyway, I'll be watching her for a while - I'm doing all this research and all. I'm thinking Jenn doesn't have nearly enough sling styles. Those things are expensive, though. The best solution may be to buy fabric and make them ourselves - with luck, we can make some slings for Ana to wear as well, so she doesn't feel left out.
Let me just say something here: Strollers? So not worth it. When the baby *can't* walk, they're fairly light, and when they *can* walk - make them walk. (Hell, we even make Ana carry her own diapers, though in that case it's more a situation of "we can't stop her from wanting to carry a bag, so we fill her bag with her diapers".) There's no fun lugging a stroller up and down stairs to get into the subway, or onto a bus. So slings are definitely the way to go. (Unless, of course, you, y'know, can't.)
And that's my theory on child-rearing: Make them walk, and leave the stroller at home, because those things are a pain. It's not *much* of a theory on child-rearing, but I'm sure it's helpful to at least some people.
(Hopefully, not everyone, because I'm more than willing to beg for stuff, and begging for slings is one of them - though you may want to send used but still usable baby equipment to the New Orleans Hurricane victims.)
Oh, and, right. I feel cheated out of food I could've looked at and not eaten all those times we've gone out to dinner. Sniffle!
(I know this entry is lacking in substance, but everything in the world outside of my life is kinda bad right now, to the point that even *I* don't want to dwell on it.)
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:02 am (UTC)Slings are pretty cool though. :D
Double strollers are HELL thank goodness I didnt use one for long.
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:11 am (UTC)I do take the bus to get to the museum and back, but I've walked long distances with both Ana and Seth. You walk until they whine, then you pick them up until they or you whine, then you walk until they whine. Easy - and a lot easier than lugging a stroller everywhere.
Of course, to each their own. If you've done both and say strollers rock, I can't tear that away from you :)
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:14 am (UTC)Or the other day, we went to the CMOM, it was the bus to the boat, but then it was walk around lower manhattan, eat lunch, walk through the park, go on the train, get lost, walk to the museum (that was longer than it needed to be), and then spend the whole three or four hours of museum time - walking around. And then home.
Or the trip to the central park zoo - the only thing that I would've wanted a stroller for there was when she fell asleep on the train and ended up napping in the park. But I didn't have a sling either. And we took a nice LONG walk in the park, because I (of course) got lost.
Seriously. I walk everywhere.
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:58 am (UTC)They walk everywhere.
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Date: 2005-09-03 05:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-03 05:01 am (UTC)I'm so bad, I should be in bed by now.
*hugs*
Actually, I'm going right about now anyway. Call tomorrow.
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Date: 2005-09-03 05:22 am (UTC)With the exception of 3 years total, I've been here since 1969. My whole life. ;)
A LOT of NYers drive, especially in the outer boroughs, or a lot rely on taxis and public transport.
I walk miles a day, and with my son, I'd get nothing done.
A good stroller matters, too...bad ones make it harder.
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Date: 2005-09-03 06:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-03 04:57 am (UTC)Yeah, strollers suck. I try to give people a smile when I see them using slings. I can't really imagine ever buying a stroller, should I ever have kids. Just
And maybe if I've got a job by then, perhaps I can get her a sling as a welcome baby present... Hm.... Though I'd rather get her one of those super cool mixer things, but GOD they are so expensive.
You know, making/selling slings is a pretty lucrative business.
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Date: 2005-09-03 05:01 am (UTC)You should probably ask her :)
You know, making/selling slings is a pretty lucrative business.
Hell. Yeah. I'm wondering if they use some sort of special cloth to make them cost so much.
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:02 am (UTC)Slings are pretty cool though. :D
Double strollers are HELL thank goodness I didnt use one for long.
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:11 am (UTC)I do take the bus to get to the museum and back, but I've walked long distances with both Ana and Seth. You walk until they whine, then you pick them up until they or you whine, then you walk until they whine. Easy - and a lot easier than lugging a stroller everywhere.
Of course, to each their own. If you've done both and say strollers rock, I can't tear that away from you :)
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:14 am (UTC)Or the other day, we went to the CMOM, it was the bus to the boat, but then it was walk around lower manhattan, eat lunch, walk through the park, go on the train, get lost, walk to the museum (that was longer than it needed to be), and then spend the whole three or four hours of museum time - walking around. And then home.
Or the trip to the central park zoo - the only thing that I would've wanted a stroller for there was when she fell asleep on the train and ended up napping in the park. But I didn't have a sling either. And we took a nice LONG walk in the park, because I (of course) got lost.
Seriously. I walk everywhere.
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:58 am (UTC)They walk everywhere.
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Date: 2005-09-03 05:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-03 05:01 am (UTC)I'm so bad, I should be in bed by now.
*hugs*
Actually, I'm going right about now anyway. Call tomorrow.
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Date: 2005-09-03 05:22 am (UTC)With the exception of 3 years total, I've been here since 1969. My whole life. ;)
A LOT of NYers drive, especially in the outer boroughs, or a lot rely on taxis and public transport.
I walk miles a day, and with my son, I'd get nothing done.
A good stroller matters, too...bad ones make it harder.
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Date: 2005-09-03 06:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-03 04:57 am (UTC)Yeah, strollers suck. I try to give people a smile when I see them using slings. I can't really imagine ever buying a stroller, should I ever have kids. Just
And maybe if I've got a job by then, perhaps I can get her a sling as a welcome baby present... Hm.... Though I'd rather get her one of those super cool mixer things, but GOD they are so expensive.
You know, making/selling slings is a pretty lucrative business.
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Date: 2005-09-03 05:01 am (UTC)You should probably ask her :)
You know, making/selling slings is a pretty lucrative business.
Hell. Yeah. I'm wondering if they use some sort of special cloth to make them cost so much.