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How do you run errands with an infant
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blu6385
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Re: How do you run errands with an infant
when DD was in the infant car seat i had no problem taking her ever since then , I rarely take her out to stores it has nothing to do with working around her scheduele. (I am FTWM so we are not home all day) It has more to do with the fact that like you i feel its more work to take her out of the car seat just to run in a store for a few minutes now at 2.5 she just wants everything  so I just rather do errands on my own and leave DD home with DH.
when we go out and have things to do with DD we dont base anything on her naps or anythinng we just go and do it
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Posted 6/20/13 4:49 PM  |
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Kitten1929
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Re: How do you run errands with an infant
Posted by statusquoscreenname
I found that I just had to get used to being very inefficient. It takes longer to do everything, you might only get 1 thing done, but the more you do it, the easier it becomes. Lessening your expectations also helps... there will be meltdowns, diaper changes in bizarre spots at inopportune times, and much more, but it gets easier as they get older I found. Longer between feedings, able to shove a few cheerios or pieces of fruit in their mouths on the go etc.
I also found it helpful to change where i went to run errands. If I could walk to a rite aid rather than driving to a cvs, consider it done! Switch the Target I go to that has other stuff nearby so we aren't doing the car seat shopping cart shuffle 8 times in 2 hours, absolutely. It might just be easier for you to do 1 or 2 things a day rather than expect that you wil be able to have a mega productive day.
At the very least, as each month goes by, I found it got easier and easier to go out. Now if I could just figure out how to get them into a shopping cart during a rainstorm I'll be all set myself!
Great advice 
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| Posted 6/20/13 4:55 PM |
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ali120206
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Re: How do you run errands with an infant
Posted by Bridex100
I thought it was relatively easy to run errands with an infant. We had a travel stroller system so I'd transport DS in the infant car seat to the stroller base.
Once he became a mobile toddler, it was much more difficult.
Then I had a second DS. Forget about running errands with the two of them together! When DS#2 was an infant, I would often run errands with him alone while DS played with older DS.
Now I just run errands after I drop them off at preschool, during lunch or after the boys go to bed.
Same here (except we just had a snap n go).
I still take DS 2 on errands though - he's a good companion but hates the car.
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| Posted 6/21/13 5:55 AM |
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