I have nothing useful to add but I love everything your posts imply.
When Kiddo was around one or two his father’s day gift was one of those “coupon” books to go get lunch from Mr. Meer’s favorite place across town or to get pizza, with me as an escort. More “act of service” type things than money since our money is shared.
Does your partner like dad jokes? Just thinking of dad initiation type things like “Mounds of appreciation for you” (with Mounds candy) or “We donut know what we would do without you” (per some stuff I just found on a Pinterest link)
Not much experience with that type of stroller and definitely not higher end ones. My sister has a fairly ordinary department store level brand double kid jogging stroller that’s made it just fine through 4 kids and lots of babysitting of my kids before I became SAHP.
All strollers have wheels that go round and round. Handling them in person would be best to see how easy they break down and how sturdy the cargo area is if using it for shopping.
H got a self serving (for me) father’s day gift. I had enough CC points to get him an apple watch, since he doesn’t look at his phone during patient care hours and then tends to forget it I wanted to have a way to call/text so he’d know if I needed anything urgent while home alone with Bobbin. Luckily he likes tech gadgets so it was win-win
He loves coffee. But not making it. I suspect I can eventually get him interested in either a super historical or super innovative brewing process, but not yet. He does need more caffeine…maybe that will be the gift from
Yes! Good thought! He wants to do so many things that are closed!
Oooh we can make him a joke book. He loves the worst dad jokes
I have a second hand premium stroller, and before getting pregnant had investigated enough to see that there are premium strollers that are just pretty, and some that are tough and run better. My 12 year old stroller is definitely better for errands and walks than 99% of new bargain strollers.
I also know dad and brother and SIL went through several jogging strollers and trailers. So I think it’s adorable that immediately after upgrading himself to daddy, he’s looking for a stroller that can handle his hobbies. I strongly agree that in store would be the best way to judge. But all the stores have Corona virus. [quote=“LadyDuck, post:84, topic:1328”]
Thule chariot lite 2
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I gave Mr. NB a onesie that says “I laugh at dad jokes” for his first fathers day. Would be pretty easy to make if you have any cheap onesies and markers lying around…
The Thule Chariot Cross looks the goods. One of my sisters used a Thule Chariot for her firstborn. We only ever used a cheap bike trailer I picked up off a friend for nix. It had a good run until our kids got to big for it, by that stage the eldest was able to ride her own bike.
We had a good Baby Jogger City Elite pram that served us well for both kids. Donated it on to St Kilda Mums when the youngest didn’t need it anymore. A $25 stroller from Target that we had for ages covered us for the odd day or two that she needed to be pushed around after that and before she became independant and wanted to walk everywhere.
I don’t know enough about them too go through the pros and cons between Lite and Cross.
Generally any bike is fine to tow them with, but as a rider I found a more solid bike like an MTB preferable to a road bike for to the tension the join between the trailer and bike puts on the frame.
How do you organize your kids’ toys? My desire to be organized is warring with my desire to not spend money. The wiggler has a LOT of toys with smallish parts (shape puzzles, letter and number magnets, etc.) and I’d love to be able to lock some of them away in bins or something so that he can only play with one set at a time and stop losing them.
We recently changed up (or are in the process of changing up) our system. I had been using three large tote bins and just rotating out one bin for a few weeks, then the next bin for a few weeks whenever I remembered to rotate. I had been trying to do it when he was asleep but it got to be too big a pain timing-wise so eventually he caught on to me and would occasionally lead me to the closet where they were stored and ask for new toys.
Recently I realized I had a bunch of medium sized plastic bins as hand me downs from my parents who know I don’t care about matching - three of these with two lids, two of those with two lids, etc. so I recently shifted to “Food/Kitchen”, “Legos”, “Dress Up”, “Stuffed Animals”. I’ll post a picture a little later.
In addition to random plastic boxes, I cut up some cardboard boxes from pull ups and used those for some of the storage containers under his train table, took me just a few minutes and a pair of scissors per box so that was nicely budget friendly and I didn’t have to waste my time shopping. Toys down there are out of sight, out of mind. Puzzles and the like are more likely to end up there, not sure how much of that is because of my kid’s temperament though. The ones in plastic boxes that are out where he can see them are more likely to get played with.
So far he has a wine crate for books, one for big toys, and a gift basket repurposed to hold his little stuff. I glare strongly at the realization that by Christmas my system will fail.
What about one of the massive tool chests with room for little pieces?
I’m a big fan of the Montessori style “task baskets” on a shelf. Definitely requires a more minimalist approach to toys. But the general idea is that all pieces for one task go back into one basket, and things are put away before a new basket comes out.
We have a box for each type of item. One for puzzles, and ALL the puzzle pieces go in there. The boxes are clear, so he can see what’s inside.
We have about twice as many toys as will fit on his shelf, though, so I have started taking boxes of stuff and putting in my bedroom. He chooses what stays and what goes. This is caused by grandparents + toy library + I Love Duplo.
at all of this.
