OFFICIAL THREAD: General Cookery and Discussion

[otc]

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[brokencycle]

Hello. Is this the cooking thread where we talk traveling with babies?

Would you prefer this to be the thread about cooking babies? That's not cool.

 

[edinatlanta]

We can do wordle scores in here too if you would like

This thread is better suited for Connections

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[Fueco]

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[Piobaire]

Would you prefer this to be the thread about cooking babies? That's not cool.

Very unctuous and phatty so will want a bold wine with good tannins.

(Damn censor.)

 

[brokencycle]

Very unctuous and phatty so will want a bold wine with good tannins.

(Damn censor.)

All tannins are good.

 

[jcman311]

I'd say it went pretty alright, but I can't say that's not due to random chance.

In terms of "stuff", here's what worked:
- Picked up a Baby Jogger City Tour 2 to use as a travel stroller. Liked this more than the Uppababy Minu V2 and the Mountain Buggy Nano that I also tested. A lot of travel strollers aren't meant for <6mo, but those ones work fine. It was super handy to have during layovers as well as on the trip--restaurants, giving him to the MIL, etc.
- Nursing cover was handy as a makeshift shade for keeping out of the sun, shade on the plane, etc. (has a plastic stiffener for keeping it off the baby's head, plus some straps that let you easily hook it to seats/strollers/etc).
- Zojorushi coffee thermos to hold several bottles worth of mixed formula (we are like 90% formula). Fit inside a mini cooler along with an ice pack, some distilled water, 4 bottles, and a wearable breast pump.
- Little battery powered fan with a gorrila-pod style stand. Helpful if the plane got hot and for keeping stroller or his little beach tent cool in the hot weather.
- Cosco scenera next as a travel car seat. It's cheap and super lightweight...and doesn't rely on styrofoam for safety so it can't be secretly damaged by baggage handlers. It is not very nice fit and finish and has zero extra features (no sun shade, no detachable base, no carry handle)...but it meets safety standards and was easy to mange.
- Renting some stuff from a local baby rental service (there are also gig-economy baby rental websites/apps). We were there long enough that it was really nice to have a bouncer chair and play gym with hanging toys. Place we were staying provided a pack-n-play.

Stuff that didn't work:
- Boba wrap carrier. Too long and complicated to put on and off on the plane...too hot to wear during the day in Maui. Should have gone with either of our other options (Baby Bjorn Mini, or my favorite, the Baby K'Tan Active)


Techniques that seemed to work:
- Nurse the kid during takeoff and landing to avoid ear pressure crying.
- Strategically try to book an empty middle seat in a row you think is unlikely to be taken. Nobody took the middle on 3/4 of our flights so he got to hang out there. Redeye back from Maui was 100% full, but fortunately he slept the whole way on an inflatable nursing pillow on my wife's lap (not 100% sure the inflatable pillow was actually worth it though...)
- Minimize the amount of crap you're actually carrying. Check everything you don't immediately need(you're going to be waiting for the car seat anyways). We had diaper bag + a backpack duffel + small cooler with formula/bottles/pumps that could fit in the stroller's lower shelf (with 14-16hrs of travel time each way, we needed more than could be carried/kept cold in the diaper bag alone, but I would have loved to have ditched the cooler). Electronics/snacks went in a sack that fit in the duffel and only got pulled out after getting seated and stowing the duffel in the overhead.
- Figure out which bathrooms on the plane have a changing table...because apparently not all do (usually it is on the door, but the flight attendants will also know).
- Lounge access is nice (even if you're now that asshole bringing a kid into the lounge). Burned some united club passes from a credit card on the way there, used the amex lounge on the way back--Amex's new guest policy sucks, but I paid to add my wife as an authorized user on the card so she can get in without a guest charge (small local airport so we get DEN layovers almost everywhere).

1 baby?

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[edinatlanta]

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[edinatlanta]

This one was brutal

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[Piobaire]

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[Fueco]

1 baby?

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Somehow we managed to get four kids through a red eye flight, and dropped three off at school on the way home.

 

[Piobaire]

Did a miso glazed sea bass in the airfryer tonight. So easy and really good.