PapaHacks, BabyHacks, and I have been on the road this week, and it’s really been a lot of fun. We traveled to Seattle and stayed just a couple of blocks from the Space Needle. PapaHacks was in a class all week, but the baby and I walked all over the city and had a ton of fun. We did the Children’s Museum, the Seattle Aquarium, Pike’s Place Market, the Pacific Science Center, and more.
I have to admit that the stroller was the ultimate Mama Hack this week. We have the kind where the car seat snaps right in so that the baby could face me as we trounced around the Emerald City. There’s a space under the car seat where I was able to store the Baby Bjorn (which I already raved about in an earlier article), so I could get the baby out of the stroller when she got fussy but was still able to have my hands free to push the stroller along.
In addition to the fact that I could use the basket underneath to hold my purchases, I was mostly relieved that it allowed me a way to strap the squirmy little baby down while I hauled us from the Seattle Center to the Waterfront and back. It also allowed the little one to drift off from time to time, so despite the fact that her entire world was off kilter while living in a hotel and spending most of her days outside, her nap schedule actually stayed fairly consistent.
The downside was that the stroller is pretty big, and it made the crowds a little harder to navigate. I’m really curious as to how a more compact stroller would have fared. Anyone have a suggestion for MamaHacks on what kind to look for?
(Mama Hack: n. A tip or technique that reduces the chaos in a mama’s life and makes it easier to manage or more convenient. Because no one looks back and says, “The more I carried my baby, the lighter she seemed!”)
