I want to travel and I want to have a family with Shurik. Problem is most people view it like me wanting to be a ballerina and champion hot-dog eater at once. Bet though there are more people traveling with babies then the latter...
It's all very hypothetical at this point, so there can be no plan. The issue is whether to do it on the road, and the challenges would be the same kind you all guys faced back at home, but plus... the road. Destination is unknown :)
You could have said something similar about your trip to begin with :) Living on the road is, well, like living a life anywhere, except it's on the road. Yet you went ahead and researched and planned it before setting out. That's what I mean.
He-he. Don't know if you remember, but I began our travel blog using "a baby" as a metaphor for the trip. http://stusik-i-sharik.livejournal.com/437.html We did do a lot of research before going on the trip, in fact we did so much of it we ended up with two rolls of travel-TP... When I get pregnant, which is most likely to happen on the road, I will see how my body reacts to it and plan accordingly. The biggest questions come on after the baby, let's say, 3(4? 5? when do they become less of a limp noodle? :) month old, and then the question would be "can I travel with him/her and not harm him/her? May be even benefit? From you, as of a mother of two great girls that I have myself held in my hands, I want to know an opinion. Not whether you'd do it yourself, but whether you, knowing me, think I will be making a mistake by dragging a child on the road with me under the misconception that we all, parents and child, will benefit from it .
My thoughts on this are pretty simple. When your travels just started, could someone really tell you if dragging your marriage on the road was a good and safe thing to do? No one could. Maybe you had better certainty than others, but still... And it turned out to be a great thing. But you started out knowing your companion really well. So I think you are smart to plan to spend the first few months of your baby's life in one place - you need to get to know your companion. Then you'll have a much better idea of what you can do together.
For pregnancy and baby's early years, it makes sense to have in mind, or even on paper, a list of symptoms that require immediate medical attention and the ones that just need to be watched closely. Once you know what those are, you can decide what kind of resources you'd want to have nearby.
It's all very hypothetical at this point, so there can be no plan. The issue is whether to do it on the road, and the challenges would be the same kind you all guys faced back at home, but plus... the road. Destination is unknown :)
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We did do a lot of research before going on the trip, in fact we did so much of it we ended up with two rolls of travel-TP... When I get pregnant, which is most likely to happen on the road, I will see how my body reacts to it and plan accordingly. The biggest questions come on after the baby, let's say, 3(4? 5? when do they become less of a limp noodle? :) month old, and then the question would be "can I travel with him/her and not harm him/her? May be even benefit? From you, as of a mother of two great girls that I have myself held in my hands, I want to know an opinion. Not whether you'd do it yourself, but whether you, knowing me, think I will be making a mistake by dragging a child on the road with me under the misconception that we all, parents and child, will benefit from it .
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For pregnancy and baby's early years, it makes sense to have in mind, or even on paper, a list of symptoms that require immediate medical attention and the ones that just need to be watched closely. Once you know what those are, you can decide what kind of resources you'd want to have nearby.
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Destination is unknown :)
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