Every time one of these stroller or leash or whatever threads comes up, someone's always got to mention the horror of the bucket babies, referring to the infant car seat carriers.<br><br>
For all those who hate to see those poor bucket babies, I'd like to know what you would have preferred that I do given our situation, which I don't think is very dramatic, BTW, but rather something that a lot of parents face.<br><br>
Ds always feel asleep anytime we went anywhere in the car. If I tried to lift him out sleeping, he would without fail wake up crying and screaming, and it would go on for awhile. I tried putting him in the carseat with the sling already around him, thinking that I could just pick him up and strap him on while he was still asleep. Nope, he still woke up screaming just from being shifted around.<br><br>
So all I need to do is go into the grocery store to get eggs. Why the heck would I wake up a sleeping kid instead of just grabbing the seat, going inside, and then putting the seat back, all with him still happily asleep? After he grew out of the infant seat and into the one that didn't remove, I spent hours sitting in the car and reading (or sleeping myself) waiting for him to wake up. Sometimes it was fine, and sometimes it really sucked. It was nice to at least have that first year where I was able to do some basic quick errands without having to sit in the car for 2 hours first. How was he harmed by sleeping in the bucket seat while I went into the store vs. sleeping in his big seat while I sat in the car? Both times we're together, both times he is not attached to my body, both times he is asleep and being watched and cared for.<br><br>
I am a better AP parent if I disturb his sleep just so I don't have to use a 'baby bucket?' We do the whole laundry list of AP stuff, and I don't consider myself any less attached for using a removable infant carseat.<br><br>
There doesn't seem to be a single person on these boards who has ever said that they are in favor of strapping their kid down, crying and screaming, and then ignoring them for hours. So we can assume that that is not the case with ANY of the baby devices we are talking about. So can we please stop with the whole 'bucket baby' thing?
For all those who hate to see those poor bucket babies, I'd like to know what you would have preferred that I do given our situation, which I don't think is very dramatic, BTW, but rather something that a lot of parents face.<br><br>
Ds always feel asleep anytime we went anywhere in the car. If I tried to lift him out sleeping, he would without fail wake up crying and screaming, and it would go on for awhile. I tried putting him in the carseat with the sling already around him, thinking that I could just pick him up and strap him on while he was still asleep. Nope, he still woke up screaming just from being shifted around.<br><br>
So all I need to do is go into the grocery store to get eggs. Why the heck would I wake up a sleeping kid instead of just grabbing the seat, going inside, and then putting the seat back, all with him still happily asleep? After he grew out of the infant seat and into the one that didn't remove, I spent hours sitting in the car and reading (or sleeping myself) waiting for him to wake up. Sometimes it was fine, and sometimes it really sucked. It was nice to at least have that first year where I was able to do some basic quick errands without having to sit in the car for 2 hours first. How was he harmed by sleeping in the bucket seat while I went into the store vs. sleeping in his big seat while I sat in the car? Both times we're together, both times he is not attached to my body, both times he is asleep and being watched and cared for.<br><br>
I am a better AP parent if I disturb his sleep just so I don't have to use a 'baby bucket?' We do the whole laundry list of AP stuff, and I don't consider myself any less attached for using a removable infant carseat.<br><br>
There doesn't seem to be a single person on these boards who has ever said that they are in favor of strapping their kid down, crying and screaming, and then ignoring them for hours. So we can assume that that is not the case with ANY of the baby devices we are talking about. So can we please stop with the whole 'bucket baby' thing?