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@bigskyguy76 I think sometimes older generations don't understand how babies could hate the car because they remember their kids loving it. But older car seats were so different -- much roomier. My mom didn't believe me about how bad it was until she sat in the backseat and tried to entertain...

@bigskyguy76 Any chance you can take a bus or train instead? That's what we did when our kid screamed in the car, though this will obviously depend on the availability of transit where you live. We'd take a travel car seat (Cosco Scenera) and strap it to a rolling suitcase containing all his...

@christhepenitent Wow, this is our exact schedule at the exact same age. I never really put it together that our weekend naps tend to get pushed past 2pm -- I just blamed that on us always being on the go all weekend but now I realize that it's actually really predictable.

@maprayer You can use any crib that converts into a daybed because that means that it's stable even when it's missing one side. The IKEA Sniglar is one example. I personally used a mini crib, the DaVinci Dylan. There are instructions online with photos showing how to set up the sidecar...

@maprayer No, a firm bed is safer than a couch. Couches have too many crevices where a baby could get stuck. If your bed is too low, you can either cut down the legs of the crib or add risers to the legs of the bed. Make sure you look up the Safe Sleep Seven if you haven't already. I see from...

@newlywedmandy Ditto with my 2½ year old, and sleep is getting later the older he gets.

@pal1322 It was the right thing for us, but you need to do what's right for your family! There are other people in this sub who did it differently.

@rdavis0720 I don't know if that's true. Do you have a source for that? My baby certainly isn't cranky -- he's remarkably calm and easy going. Every baby is different, so maybe a cranky baby is just cranky regardless.

@kampell No, and we needed to get a video monitor for the first time for this reason!

@rdavis0720 If he's sleepy but not hungry, he falls asleep in other ways, e.g. sometimes he falls asleep in the carrier or stroller. Then we either continue on with our day and he finishes the nap in the carrier/stroller, or we lift him out and he finishes in the crib. Whatever works for him and...

@osh Thank you! Who knows what the future holds but this all would have been unimaginable to me a few months ago.

@chrissygerzen Will you be doing before/after care when your kid is in school? Some daycares offer an escorted walk to and from a matched school, especially if the school doesn't have a daycare in the building. If both kids are in that daycare, you might only need to do one drop-off.

@seventytimes7 Thank you so much! I hope your daughter's transitions go as easily as ours did!

I posted here a couple of months ago about weaning my cosleeping 2-year-old. Well I have an update. Almost immediately after he was weaned, my kid started sleeping through the night. But then his tossing and turning started getting really wild. He would crawl around the bed in a half sleep and...

@rhianne Or in our case, Eat Activity Eat Sleep! Feeding on demand and feeding to sleep works great and there's no harm or shame in doing it if you want to! Especially as they get older and their wake windows get longer -- otherwise they might cut their nap short just because they're hungry. The...