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Date:         Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:01:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Paul Wyand <miatapaul@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Paul Wyand <miatapaul@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Traveling/Camping With a Baby
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You sound much braver than me. The only thing I would say is if you do it do not be surprised if the weather is not great that the baby may be very cranky and you may have to cut the trip short. I have four children. 2 step daughters ages 24 and 26 obviously not sleeping in my bed anymore! 2 younger boys ages 7 and almost 10 and they still sleep in my bed whenever they get the chance. I must admit it is great to have them snuggle with you but it does make married life difficult and 4 gets crowded in the bed and really bad those times all 6 of us were piled in! My wife and I are separated now and I have to say that when I have the boys at my place they some times sleep in my bed. It really does make us feel closer. I take my boys to several outdoor shows a year, they really love Reggae. I do not know if I would ever try it that young. The thing is camping makes it a bit more demanding on the parents. I would do a test week end camping first. I have to say one of my greatest disappointments is not having taken the girls and not being able to take the boys to see Jerry Garcia. Music when shared with a family is an amazing bonding experience. Most of my happiest memories with the girls involve music even if it was just silly dancing to disco cranked in the living room. Funny thing is they won't dance with me in the living room any more... boy do they grow up fast. Enjoy them when they are young, share your passions with them and work hard to keep the family together. So keep you plans flexible and do not get upset if the baby does not take to it well. They are there own beings and know what they like. Pack a lot of toys and have fun. Thinking of folk, my younger daughter's undergraduate college graduation had Pete Seager speak and sing at it. I think Jenelle was one of the few that knew the songs he was singing and even who he was. On the cloth diaper thing, we really tried, but in the end gave up on it. The service diapers often have so many chemicals in them, like bleach and industrial chemicals, that they can irritate the skin. If you have laundry facilities then home laundry is better, and rinse twice. I forget what they were called but there were 2 cloth diapers that worked really well, first used a normal cloth diaper but you put it in a leak proof nylon jacket thing that had Velcro and the other better one was a Velcro cloth diaper that had a leak proof outer shell. The one piece was really cool, but expensive. If we had the money that is all the boys would have worn. Buy my X did not have the same passion for saving the earth as I do so it was an up hill battle.

Music and Vanagons go together!


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