Goodnight Mom

In my last post , I wrote about our experience taking Max to Cosmic Honey for a camping party weekend. When I drafted that post it got very long because I was trying to talk about everything related to partying with a baby AND being prepared for a camping weekend. So instead, I decided to split the post in two.  Steve and I both enjoy camping so we didn’t want that to stop just because we have a baby who needs to nap a lot. Our first trip with him was when he was 4 months old. Now he’s 18 months, and has recently transitioned to one nap per day. I’m hopeful that our next trip will be a little easier!  It’s not always going to be easy, and if you go camping with your young child they probably won’t get as much sleep as they usually would. But they’ll have so much fun outdoors, it will be way worth the hassle!  Practice makes perfect I just wanted to shout out to the fact that our first camping trip with Max was in July 2020, he was 4 months old. I told Steve, we have to pr...

Steve and I are members of a vibrant community of people connected to a place called Cosmic Honey, a walnut orchard a few hours north of the Bay Area. He describes it to our friends and family as a hippie rave farm. The people that live there, and those of us who visit, are creative, artistic and we love to have fun with each other.  When we knew we wanted to have kids, it was part of our dream to bring them up in this community. We’ve been to the orchard twice with Max this year. Both times he’s been the only baby at adult-centered events. But the exciting thing has been how welcoming everyone has been to Max, and how loved he is by the people in the community.  This past weekend we attended GemFest, an annual festival celebrating Geminis! There were over 70 people attending (all vaccinated) . A lot of people were telling us they are planning to have kids soon, one couple already expecting. I think seeing Max at GemFest comforted them. You really can take a step toward parent...