Digging with a baby
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guilty.
When my son was really small id have him in th efrontpack, then when he graduated to the stroller id leave it outside the stores and sit him in a crate Odub style.
problem is the little guy cant sit still, i call him wiggley worm; so id end up pulling a couple dollerbin terds and let him play with them when i got my dig on.
here here
although digging with a toddler is more traumatic
especially when they got one in the chamber
lol
The first time I went ot WFMU I took my kid who was two at the time. I didn't know what I was in for, first off she fell asleep right off the bat so I was doing the one armed dig with the kid sleeping on my shoulder. I got through an hour and then I just couldn't dig anymore, no strength left. Some dealer had his daughters with him and they were beggin to hold my child while I dug through the crates, but as a paranoid New Yorker ain't no way that was going down. So she finally wakes up and realizes she's in a big room with a bunch of record geeks. She starts crying but get her to calm down and we hit up a bunch of tables together, it was quite fun and I would buy her one child's record from every table we hit that had a section. She ended up with more records than me! A good thing was they also have a mini carousel at WFMU which she rode and loved. It was actually a great time!
I once took her (when she was three or four) to the flea, in the afternoon of course not at the crack of dawn with the rest of the weirdoes, and she HATED it, screamed, cried, threw a fit, never again.
Now that she's six I take her to the stores with me and she's pretty cool. Usually I'll buy her some skittles and she just looks at the flyers, sits where there are chairs or benches and waits patiently. The key is keeping her distracted and still, also plan a reward for the end, if they start misbehaving you can threaten to take the reward away and, at least mine, behaves well.
lol. It took a while to get to it but it was worth it.
I learnt alot from my daughter who's now 7. currently going through everything that worked with her with my son, although, with a new lady, she's waaaaay more understanding and usually will give me up to 25 minutes in any store.........
but;
a baby's way easier than a toddler.
front back packs suck.
those backpacks that hold your baby are the best hands down. if you sway, they still feel like they are moving, plus, they can see over your shoulder, so they're feeling "big like daddy"---------easy.
My current girl makes slings, so if anyone needs one, hollerate.
I think they are uncomfortable, and look wack on men. get with the backpack. but chicks love em----plus, they look good on females in an egyptian-hippy sorta way.
Toddlers, forget about it, unless you can let them run around the store, or you are mad fit and can carry a toddler in a backpack...
BUT, THAT DOLLAR BIN IDEA IS GOLDEN. I am def going to try that.
I gave my daughter a fisher price turntable and some records when she was 2. she destroyed that shit. literally. every record I gave her was toast.
Have botttles. or something they can eat, be preoccupied with.
if they fall asleep in the strooller, you are all good till they wake up and realize they're in the same boring place.
falling asleep in the backpack is good, cuz they wake up to the bird's eye view.
just my experience.
will try dollar bin idea soon, thanks nz!
cosign. once she was about 4, she was easy as cake. all about the reward "
you want some hot chocolate or ice cream after we look at records?"
never failed. she kept her mind on the prize.
in a good way. you're all so proud of the ways you've outsmarted them.
I have to agree this baby looks a lot more comfortable than the one in my record bag.
Nah, its not outsmarting them its rewards and positive reinforcement, parenting 101.
Santa brought my daughter a big bird portable and 45s, in two weeks she destroyed that shit. Like pressing down on the needle when the record was playing, oh man, complete loss.
lol
pics please!
Wait, you're onto something. Combo baby carrier/record bag. Plus a matching diaper bag... for terds.
What's with the dookie humor on the Strut today?
I don't see how this could make us any less than 10 million dollars. I'll start the patent application, you go round up some babies for testing.
Working on one right now!
Excellent
Here is the dollar bin method in action with my 2 year old daughter Beezus!
She's a natural!
I also recommend stocking your record shelves with turds in the front, about 10 is good,
that way they can pull them off and do whatever they want with them.
Parents listen up!
No Starks at the front of the stack!
Yeah she's been pretty good about them for quite some time, she has a bunch of her own records
so she doesn't need mine anymore.
Soundbwoy 2 huh? At least she recognized a bootleg when she saw one!
all that baby food makes it tough to afford the non boot version of greedy g