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@johnd I'm about to take my daughter on a 7hr flight tonight! We've taken her on long overnight flights before and she was fine. I booked a late flight and let her run around the terminal as much as she can, so she only lasts maybe 30 min to an hour before passing out. Even on daytime the flight...

@helivesinyou Yeah, same. I pretty much say as much to her. Often after she works out her feelings she'll eat it...or not, and I save it for later (or eat it myself)

@saramae I've had multiple losses. After my second loss (which was before we had a living child) I didn't know how I could go through it again. The advice I was given is that you're ready to try when the fear of never having that child outweighs the fear of another loss. It's really hard to...

@tssalacious I don't think you need activities. The kids will gravitate to each other, dragging parents along. If you notice someone looking isolated, introduce them to someone. We had a mixture of people as well and it was fine, just focused on providing lots of food and drinks (array of juice...

@kybekynekane The first outing often devolves into a short nap, that's why it's preferably lower-impact. Last weekend I screwed up and took her to a new playground at that time. She had a ball, but passed out on the way home and then refused to nap for the rest of the day And yes! I told her...

@kybekynekane Sounds very similar to us. She's nearly 2, but in general we found that she needs at least one "outing" a day, preferably two. The outing can be anything out of the house: walk, playground, park, library, class, grocery shopping, errands, etc). This held before we bumped to one nap...

@samuelp1994 My daughter loves to help, so we lean into it. She helps pick up her things, put clothes away, wipe up spills, empty the dishwasher, grocery shop (I hand her food, she puts it in the cart), and feed the cats. I like your rule about naptime work. I sometimes struggle with rushing...

@rainbow42 I'm still on the fence, but ~95% sure I want to be OAD. Our daughter is 2yo. I'd consider tabling the discussion for now. I don't care how easy your baby is (ours was, too), it's still pretty hard. Also the trauma of your complications is still pretty raw. It's recommended to wait a...