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With a newborn coming soon, we are unsure of how to handle the sleeping arrangements when she arrives. Our current LO who will be almost 3YO really only wants Mom when sleeping. I as dad can do the entire bedtime routine by myself but he specifically wants mom to lie on her chest to sleep.

Can anyone share how they managed to transition the toddler to sleeping with Dad only. OR do you guys have any other sleeping arrangements that worked for you? We're not in a rush (anymore) to have the toddler sleep independently and we'll figure it out later when the kids are older.

I’m an happy owner of a Levo and soon to be a happy owner of the 25L Citta backpack. I absolutely love the Levo, it’s so damn comfortable.

My only 1 small grip/nitpick is that the front admin pocket zippers are constantly in contention with the main pocket. What I mean is…I keep confusing which one I’m trying to pull. So my question is, what zippers pulls do you guys use when changing them on a backpack?

As the title states, I need a sling recommendation around the 2.5L.

Features needed:

• Soft seatbelt like strap
• 3 zippered pockets
• semi structured or even totally unstructed

What my research has lead me to is:

• Aer Day Sling 4
• Tomtoc T33 2.5L
• Rework Toshi 2.5L
• Alpaka flight sling 2L

In Canada, I don't know why I can't get the T33 2.5L but I had the 3.5L and it was too big. However, the one thing that I loved about the Tomtoc was the strap. It's so comfortable even if it rubs around the neck.

So I was disappointed when I ordered the Bellroy Venture Ready 2.5L and the strap was more course and scratchy (I know it's to kind of prevent movement but I hate it).

I need an opinion

As the title states, I'm trying to have a party from my 3YO later and there is a decent amount of people who I'd invite. However, this year, there will be a newborn in the mix. The weather is cold so I was thinking of renting a community center party room and just getting some small bites.

Since my wife will be dealing with the newborn, I'm gonna have to do everything myself so I was wondering, what kind of activities would you kind of plan out for toddlers and kids (age 5/6) to have fun with for 2-3hours? Also not trying to spend a ton and have extravagant parties but just kind of an excuse to have everyone in one place to have a good time.

Yesterday I posted a question regarding my Ablecarry Max EDC as the shoulder straps were not comfortable. https://www.reddit.com/r/ManyBaggers/s/IMpvY1zdx3

So I’m back on my research for THE bag for me. The Ablecarry Max EDC straps are too structured for me. The padding is thick but a little hard. I haven’t had the chance to try other premium bags so my question to the community is how are the should straps of the following in comparison to the Max EDC:

- Aer Travel Pack 4
- Fyro Levo 30L
- Evergoods CPL 28L
- Rework Outbound 30L
- Bellroy work pack Pro 28L

All of these bags above seem to have thicker straps and I wanted to ask the community how it holds up with heavier loads

After watching too many hours about different bags, I decided to pull the trigger on getting the max EDC from Ablecarry but….it hurts my shoulders. The reason I think it hurts is because the shoulder straps are very thick but too structured so it feels like it’s digging into my shoulders.

My previous carry option was the Osprey 26+6 which worked OK but I wanted a more premium option with more organization. On my most recent short trip, I loved that the max edc was able to organize everything so neatly and I love the giant dump pocket for all my toddler’s stuff.

My typical day to day carry is a lot.
-shoes
-laptop
-lunch
-gym clothes
-microfibre towel
-water bottle
-sm

As the title states, our 2YO (almost 2.5) has been fully potty trained for a month. But these past few days he’s been refusing to sit on the potty to pee. We just went through a whole week of sickness and he was still able to go poop and pee.

So now he is holding in his pee for 4-5hrs at a time and refusing to pee until it inevitably flows onto the floor.

I did try bribing once and it worked but I don’t want to go down that slippery slope again.

I’m not sure what’s happening. I’ve basically stopped prompting and I just give him the odd reminder that mom and dad are here and the potty is there and he can choose to go anytime himself (which he was previously doing).

With the hybrid workplace seemingly gone for me. I need a quality backpack that I can basically put everything into (shoes, gym clothes, laptop, lunch, handheld gaming). Since it will become my EDC bag, I need something on the larger side 28L-32L. Comfort is the biggest thing for me. I was looking into the Aer duffle pack 3 but it's kind of on the small side at 21-22L.

Any recommendations?

We send our toddler (just over 2YO) to a Montessori school where they have been practicing peeing on the potty since day 1 (since last sept). It's about to be March break so we decided to clear our schedule and being potty training. However, today the teacher just told me that the last 2 weeks, our toddler has been able to pee in the potty fairly frequently when prompted (not every time) and today, he actually asked to go to the potty.

So I'm just dumbfounded because I had this whole plan of doing the oh crap method for a whole week but now I'm wondering if that would actually cause confusion. I'm now wondering if instead I need to kind of create a Montessori schedule with designated pla

As the title states, when was travelling with your kids actually fun and not parenting on hard mode?

Over the past 2 years, we tried an all-inclusive when the LO was 6 months and then a cruise when he was 1YO….i told myself never again because it was literally paying $1000s to just parent on hard mode.

But I want to travel with them to experience things…but at the same time I don’t want to struggle THAT hard…

First 2 years of his life, we basically never gave snacks except for those mum mums. Now that he's 2 and a bit, we've relaxed a little and have opened up his exposure to different foods A LOT. He's really interested in everything which is great.

However, he has a snack addiction (yes flame me all you want, although it was never my intention on getting him to LOVE snacks but I now see the flaw). I was this close to chucking out all the snacks out of the home last night because of the tantrums but I came to my senses and just hid everything really high up. Instead of just completely cutting out snacks, what are some "good uses" for snacks. My first thought is that they're good for the road?