I used to love hotels. The abundance of fluffy pillows and fresh towels, that I don’t have to personally wash. The pool, gift shops with funny local nicknacks, and always the breakfast. Hotels were a fun break from reality. That, was before we had a traveling toddler in tow. Now, I walk into a hotel,…
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Vanlife Log : How to Snowboard with Baby on Board
Vanlife Log. Day 6. We have been trying to figure out how to snowboard with baby on board for over a year now. None of what we have learned is perfect, but it is possible. You can snowboard as a new parent. You can snowboard with baby on board! Here is how we ride…. 5…
1st Birthday Cake & Party for under $25!
The 1st Birthday, the big number 1! For some good simple baby fun, focus on the 5 senses to create a total sensory experience for baby. Sound. Sight. Touch. Smell. Taste. Sound Play music, clap for baby, provide lots of fun crinkly wrapping paper to tear and shake Sight Use bright colors and…
Van Naps
The Van, a tiny home for sure, but not any other home comes with a more perfect changing view of sunrise and sunset. Really tried to keep the baby stuff to a minimum, but after 5 days of no nap, we needed a swing. We liked the Ingenuity Portable Baby Swing because it is small…
Month 3 Postpartum: Sleep
Last Sunday I woke the husband up for work. No, he doesn’t work Sundays. I thought it was Monday. Its 1 o’clock, finally got baby down for her morning nap. Yup. Everything was going just fine, I read it was time to start implementing a schedule, we were on a nice 10am ish 3 hour…
Month 2 Postpartum Workout
Ehhhh… Back on the old horse. The doc gave the clear to workout, and I meant to get right on that, but I’m exhausted and a postpartum workout is pretty much the last thing I feel like doing when I do get a few precious free moments. But I gotta do it, even if its…
Week 8 Postpartum: Baby Vaccines
Fynlie received the first of her baby vaccines today. I wrapped her up in a soft blankey and nursed her while they swabbed her tiny thigh with cold alcohol. She let out her first tiny little “waah” cry. I was hoping nursing would distract her, and maybe she wouldn’t notice the shot. The food distraction…
Week 6 Postpartum: quiet time
Week number 6 is the week where the Dr. will clear you to “do stuff”. I headed straight to the pool and jumped in, only coming to the surface to grab a touch more air, and then dipping back under. Quiet. Weightless. Amazing. Quiet. Quiet used to make me antsy. I liked a good…
Week 4 Postpartum: Sleep deprived and homebound
I don’t think I’m ever really completely asleep now, my mind is fully set to baby and I can wake up right before a cry starts. The little cries seem to linger elusively in my mind, like the feeling of being on a boat, or seeing waves when you close your eyes after a full…
Week 1 Postpartum
Labor feels like forever ago but we still can’t believe we have her. And while everything can be on the verge of falling apart at anytime, when it’s good, it’s so good that you forget it ever wasn’t. The newborn world is all a very delicate Eco system with one thing working one minute and…