Shirts (6)
Leggings (6)
Sweaters (2)
Sweatshirts (3)
Warm jacket (1)
Socks (421)
Pajamas (6)
Sleep sack (2)
Crib sheets (2)
Travel crib
Sound machine
Baby monitor
Diapers (532)
Wipes (2 packs)
Tylenol
Motrin
Benadryl
First aid kit
Nail clippers
Aquaphor
Butt Paste
Bib (1)
Sippy cups (2)
Travel blackout curtains (2)
Roll of blue tape (1)
Emergency trip to hardware store to get tape that adheres better to travel curtains since the window is not conducive to the travel curtain suction cups
Black garbage bags from 7-11 because the curtains fell down despite truly using two entire rolls of tape
Tin foil from an Airbnb kitchen drawer because the baby won’t stop sneezing from the chemical “ocean breeze” garbage bag smell.
Salvaged blue tape from the “tape ball from hell” bunched up in the garbage after the fourth time the curtain fell.
Chair to reach the top of the window while holding the roll of tin foil.
iPad with Bluey to keep 3-year-old occupied on the bed in the next room while both parents strategize, “spot” each other on the chair, roll the tin foil into long sheets, and adhere salvaged tape to the window frame, while one holds back tears at the thought that maybe somehow this won’t work either and nothing will work and nobody will ever sleep again.
One conversation about truly very safe and fine “Nap Pods” that ends with the more hysterical parent snapping “I didn’t bleed out during a c-section so we could zip him into some suffocation pod for our convenience!”
Miracle extra roll of tin foil in another drawer in the Airbnb pantry.
Bottle of terrible Prosecco in the back of the Airbnb pantry.
Two mugs
Bag of cookies also secretly purchased from local 7-11 in anticipation of bribing the toddler while his parents sit on either side of him on the bed drinking lukewarm mug Prosecco and zoning out the Bluey while the baby finally, blissfully naps in total, NASA-grade darkness.
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I built a similar spring break packing list for my two under four at 4:45 this morning after the baby woke up to feed. I literally laughed-out-loud at this and feel so seen. Brava, Bess.
Hang in there... my twins are 6 and Bluey gets more and more relevant... they ask me about what it was like in the olden days of the 80s often and if we really didn't wear helmets. Also - you figured it out with AirBNB - you CANT go on vacation and really enjoy yourself without doing at least two loads of laundry per day and saving all of the uneaten restaurant leftovers because the wind blew and suddenly chicken tenders are not to their liking.