I hate amusement parks. Standing in line all day sucks and I'm not paying for the opportunity to do so
Disney knows how to handle crowds and lines, though. They've got this on lock and you hardly notice you're in line. Seriously. We did Disneyland over Thanksgiving one year and the park reached capacity the day we were there, and we did not wait longer than 45 min for any ride. (As opposed to HOURS at other parks.)
I was not really interested in parks before this trip, and it was great.
i remember falling down an escalator at Disney when I was 2. #relevant
I went to Disney the first time at 2 and I remember a lot of the trip. Mostly, the characters, dancing in Epcot, going on rides for the first time, also I had to sit in a booster seat, which I didn't have to at home and I was pissed about it.
Could you imagine just sticking your 2.5 yo in the back seat with just a seatbelt??
We thought about Disney this fall, but are holding off because of the new baby. We will probably go when he/she is around 2. H an dP will be 4 and 6, which are perfect ages.
I did literally every activity growing up. I don't want my kids to be that busy, but I also want them to be able to explore their interests and be well-rounded. At this age, activities are great for interacting with other parents and to give he kids some social interaction. P did swim lessons and we took her to open gym once and a while at little gym. Now that we have 2, we go to the Y. They play in the daycare there.
I just wrote a blog re: activities and then deleted it. I'm team do what works for you. My kids do a lot of free/low cost activities but it's because it works for our lives and not because I think I'm raising "well rounded" small humans.
I imagine the amount of activities my kids are in freaks people out, but it's always important to remember that we homeschool so a lot of those activities are during the day. Baseball definitely interferes with dinner; we're still eating together, but it's late. I'm not a huge fan of that, but it's only for two months. Swim season is harder for me because it's in the morning
Post by nutmeg8484 on Mar 16, 2017 22:05:00 GMT -5
wells2010 lol about 2.5 year old you just buckled in the back. H and I were channel surfing last night and came to an episode of rugrats. The first words out of my mouth were "None of those babies are old enough to be forward facing!" H thought I was crazy and then commented about how Angelica should NOT be in the front seat. becoming parents has made us crazy.
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wells2010 lol about 2.5 year old you just buckled in the back. H and I were channel surfing last night and came to an episode of rugrats. The first words out of my mouth were "None of those babies are old enough to be forward facing!" H thought I was crazy and then commented about how Angelica should NOT be in the front seat. becoming parents has made us crazy.
Also our parents had no clue what was safe. I'm sure the car seats in the 80s were a joke anyway.
My dad made me sit in this very old (probably 1970s) car seat until I was like 5 though. I didn't mind that for some reason because it sat me up higher to look out the window.
Re car seats- on the plane, it took me awhile to get L's car seat installed, and it would fit rear facing even when grumpy old man stopped reclining his seat. I was treated to such gems as "it looks like its meant to face forward anyways" and then the under their breath "I'm a no car seat survivor. Hahaha parents these days."
It was all I could do not to share with them the testimony of the flight attendant I read before the FAA on behalf of the NTSB about how awful it was on an unexpected crash landing to have parents wrap their lap infants in blankets and pillows AND PUT THEM UNDER THE SEAT IN FRONT OF THEM. That's the emergency plan, folks. The flight attendant had to tell a parent that was the best she could do for her now-deceased 20 month old boy.
Survivors indeed. I'm still pissed I didn't say something. There is room to side-eye some modern parenting behaviors, but vehicle safety is not one of them, you grumpy old farts.
Post by CoachTsWife on Mar 17, 2017 10:07:50 GMT -5
My parents never used car seats for us. It is crazy to think about it now, but I remember playing in the back of my friend's parent's suburban - all the seats were folded down so we had a huge play area. I remember standing in the middle of the front seat and playing with friends all over the back seat. It is so cringe-worthy now but was NBD way back then. We also rode in the back of Dad's pickup. I grew up in a small farming community in the Midwest so none of these now-very-illegal things were uncommon way back then.
I have a vivid memory of my dad driving and me, about 3 years old, standing on the passenger seat with my hands on the dashboard so I could look out the front window. Then he slammed on the brakes, and guess whose face went straight into the front windshield?
Luckily we weren't going fast, so it was just a slam into the glass and it didn't break. I was lucky to be a "no car seat survivor". My dad still has guilt over this.
wells2010 lol about 2.5 year old you just buckled in the back. H and I were channel surfing last night and came to an episode of rugrats. The first words out of my mouth were "None of those babies are old enough to be forward facing!" H thought I was crazy and then commented about how Angelica should NOT be in the front seat. becoming parents has made us crazy.
Also our parents had no clue what was safe. I'm sure the car seats in the 80s were a joke anyway.
My dad made me sit in this very old (probably 1970s) car seat until I was like 5 though. I didn't mind that for some reason because it sat me up higher to look out the window.
My IL had a really old car seat. Forward facing, like a foot elevated on a camp-chair like structure and you strapped the kid in and then tightened the chair around it like a cocoon.
MIL jerked it around one day "See how it hardly moves!?!" I have not let him go in the car with them since.
We didn't have a car growing up so I always got rides with a friend. Her dad drove a station wagon and we rolled around together in the back- it was really fun!
CoachTsWife I absolutely remember riding in the back of my grandpa's pick up to go pick strawberries. 45 min away. He had a bench seat back there (not bolted or strapped down in any way). We were supposed to sit on it, but rarely did.
My dad would also let me sit on his lap while driving occasionally (though usually just around the block in our subdivision).
My parents never used car seats for us. It is crazy to think about it now, but I remember playing in the back of my friend's parent's suburban - all the seats were folded down so we had a huge play area. I remember standing in the middle of the front seat and playing with friends all over the back seat. It is so cringe-worthy now but was NBD way back then. We also rode in the back of Dad's pickup. I grew up in a small farming community in the Midwest so none of these now-very-illegal things were uncommon way back then.
We did this too. Except I lived in NJ, the most population dense state, and I would ride around down the shore in the hatchback part of my best friends Jeep Cherokee at like 8 years old. My parents were furious when they found out though. Though I rode in the front at age 4, because 80s.
Post by mrsbeachcat on Mar 17, 2017 11:18:23 GMT -5
I think it's totally weird to be cavalier with the most important person in your life's life. I was mentioning To my friend that our mutual friend's (who recently moved to Florida) Instagram stresses me out because: 1) she has already switched her 20 month old to forward facing. Her boy is smaller than Bill, who as of yesterday was 25.4lbs. 2) she cobeds with huge duvets and soft pillows everywhere. Her husband and two dogs were also sleep in the bed. 3) she takes him out on a boat without a life jacket.
My friend was like, "eh. we did all that when we were kids and we are all fine"
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