I’m seeing a lot stokke Tripp trapp high chairs on fb marketplace and I’m wondering why? If you bought the chair, are you or are you not using in toddlerhood? Why or why not? Looking to get one but not if it doesn’t seem to be used past needing a high chair. TIA!
ETA: I’m a new mom and did not know this was an old chair. I was under the impression it was a new kind of thing!
I’m currently renting a house that has stairs. I’m quite clumsy and worry about slipping while holding baby. From what I’ve seen I think I could handle installing a runner myself, but I’m wondering if it’s renter friendly? The biggest thing appears to be stapling too the floor, does it cause much damage if the land lord decides to remove the runner/we take it when we leave? The floors appear some kind of bamboo (not sure if it’s artificial or not). TIA!
Hi all! I see a lot of negativity on here and that makes me so sad!! Our partners who work while we stay home would be working anyway, so it’s unfortunate that some don’t see that their lives should change and having a baby will create more work (duh). WE ARE WORKING TOO!
I don’t want to brag (because this should be normal and not a flex) but I want to share how much my wfh husband does to support me while I take care of our 8 month old baby girl.
First, every morning he gets up to start his day around 630 while baby and I keep sleeping. When we wake up around 730 I send him a pic of us in bed and he comes to greet her and say good morning. This isn’t necessarily helpful but I love seeing how happy she gets to see him come in the door.
Then If he’s not busy he will help through out the day happily with out complaint. For example, hanging out with her while I poop, hold her while I eat lunch, flip laundry, empty dish washer, etc. There are days where he can’t help at all and we barely see him but he makes sure to come check on us whenever he gets a break.
Every evening he takes primary right when he gets off. We normally hang out all together as a family while we chat about our days but if I want to go run, work out, or even just read by myself for 30 minutes he encourages it. He takes the last nap of the day, which is arguably the hardest one, and then starts cooking dinner when she wakes up while I shower. Once dinner is done he cleans up the kitchen while I clean up the baby and we all hang out in the living room. We chat while she gets the last of her zoomies out.
Then we start our night time routine around 7:45/8. I nurse her one more time and then brush her two teeth. He does bath every. Single. Night. Sometimes he asks me to take it if he’s had a particularly hard day but it’s so rare. I clean up the bath time while he does lotion and diaper, then delivers me a fresh baby in a sleep sack so I can sing to her and go to bed (we co sleep).
While we’re in bed for the night, he does the closing shift to make sure we start the day with a clean slate. The kitchen and living room are always tidy when I come out the next morning. I had left clothes in the drier and when I came out this morning they were all folded in the couch ready for me to put away.
Don’t get me wrong, I do A LOT too but that’s not really the point. The point is I think my husband sees it as “I’m taking care of family” not “I’m helping my wife”. And it makes me grateful for the man I married.
TL;DR: being the working parent does not give you the right to shirk all responsibilities on the stay at home parent.