tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post8690710571830499437..comments2023-12-25T23:08:27.873-05:00Comments on Car Free with Kids: Surviving carfree babyhoodAngela V-Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06870595899814271197noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-57835009135814526502010-03-02T13:23:04.637-05:002010-03-02T13:23:04.637-05:00"So far, I have yet to meet a real life pregn..."So far, I have yet to meet a real life pregnant lady who has biked."<br /><br />My lovely wife Katie biked up until the day before she went in to labor. Some of her thoughts: http://civilizedconveyance.blogspot.com/2009/11/39-weeks-date-night.htmlmelanthiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246040307098563553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-23768333422666316252009-10-29T09:47:42.018-04:002009-10-29T09:47:42.018-04:00Hey JM! So nice to hear from another pregnant bike...Hey JM! So nice to hear from another pregnant biker and car-light family. The transportation does get more complicated with two, especially during babyhood. We've got a bike setup that will work for two, but we'll be waiting until 10-12 months for that. Until the bike riding has decreased, which is sad! There are folks around that ride with younger infants though, and I think you'll be able to dig up links around the site for more info.Angela V-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870595899814271197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-4756071691639938292009-10-28T20:24:27.516-04:002009-10-28T20:24:27.516-04:00Great blog! I was a real-live pregnant biker, too...Great blog! I was a real-live pregnant biker, too, though I did give up my 22-mile round-trip commute in winter (and admit that by the time spring came, I only rode it a few times, because I rode on very busy roads, which made me nervous by then). I did keep biking until the week I was due (on side roads, shorter trips). [I also ran until the day I went into labor, a week overdue, but running's a different story.]<br /><br />We're not car-free but I'm trying to keep us car-light and love our bike trailer. I'm not sure how we'll get around efficiently with our toddler and our next baby (once it arrives) (before it can ride in a trailer), but I'll peruse your blog for tips.JMhttp://notlikeacat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-6612361829820589832009-04-20T11:58:00.000-04:002009-04-20T11:58:00.000-04:00Great blog!
I'm a real life pregnant cycler. I'm ...Great blog!<br /><br />I'm a real life pregnant cycler. I'm now five months and still doing the daily 10k commute. Just at a rather slower pace. I'm over here in the other Cambridge... the one, thankfully, with lots of cyclists to give me safety in numbers.<br />Do you guys have any tips about the best buggie/stroller for public transit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-72484778604598492192009-02-26T14:50:00.000-05:002009-02-26T14:50:00.000-05:00Hi Christa and Anon! Of course we don't mind links...Hi Christa and Anon! Of course we don't mind links! You have a great site, so I'm happy to reciprocate. And I do think community is so important in going and _staying_ carfree. Without others around, you start to feel like a freak (so thanks for the comments!)Angela V-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870595899814271197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-14716077068204163962009-02-25T19:03:00.000-05:002009-02-25T19:03:00.000-05:00it's $$$ but I just saw a shop selling a cargo bik...it's $$$ but I just saw a shop selling a cargo bike in somerville in which you can hook up a carseat for an infant... makes me want to have more kids.<BR/><BR/>I'll be reading your site. I'm in the boston area and beginning a more biking life. ( trying) I wish I had the support of ppl like you 6 years ago when I was pregnant with my first and a non driver. I had so many people telling me I could not make it with out a car that I signed up up for driving lessons and learned to drive while 6 months pregnant and at age 30. I sort of wish I never did. It's been a slow road to feel comfortable behind the wheel. I get a lot of flack for it. But last spring when my car was down and I needed to not have it for several days I realized that I felt stranded without it and I was shocked and sad that I had truly become a driver. So I'm trying to back track a bit. anyhow- your blog is an inspiration!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-49193572991265920062009-02-24T21:32:00.000-05:002009-02-24T21:32:00.000-05:00Hi there, I love your inspiring website. I hope yo...Hi there, I love your inspiring website. I hope you don't mind that I've added a link to your site on my regional car-free guide. Cheers :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-83449122649476200472009-02-21T01:34:00.000-05:002009-02-21T01:34:00.000-05:00A-MEN! I love this post--especially the last parag...A-MEN! <BR/><BR/>I love this post--especially the last paragraph. BTW, I haven't checked in in a while. Sounds like you guys are expecting another. Congrats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-23370955240954013472009-02-20T08:34:00.000-05:002009-02-20T08:34:00.000-05:00Thanks for the great comments, and nice to hear of...Thanks for the great comments, and nice to hear of a real life pregnant biker. <BR/><BR/>With regard to bus and baby, yes, absolutely babywearing is the way to go (it's the way to go on foot too; I don't think we really used a stroller until about 18 months). People are much more likely to interact kindly with you when you have an adorable baby tucked up close at eye level, and it keeps the baby much happier. And yes, I could see the nursing thing working well on the bus. Alas, I was not nursing H as that was Angela's job, and a bottle on the bus is a bit harder to pull off smoothly. <BR/><BR/>But even though I preferred walking, I'd take the bus over a carseat any day. Any cartrip with H during babyhood was nearly 100% screaming.Doreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528990176958878276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-79262521165786146862009-02-20T08:15:00.000-05:002009-02-20T08:15:00.000-05:00Good for you for being carfree with a little one. ...Good for you for being carfree with a little one. While we've been carfree for the past five years, our son is 10 so we had a car for the first 5 years of his life (of course we lived in a yurt 15 miles from the nearest town for several of those years so there weren't many simple alternative options). <BR/><BR/>I'd also like to put a plug in for the baby sling, particularly on transit. It keeps your kid very close, makes it convenient to nurse (so I'm told), and best of all is very easy to get around with. You're also much less likely to raise the ire of those on the bus when you try to bring your giant SUV stroller on the bus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-79454472353516897552009-02-19T21:06:00.000-05:002009-02-19T21:06:00.000-05:00Just have to say that my design partner-in-crime, ...Just have to say that my design partner-in-crime, Sarah, who I think you've met, is still biking. She's due in early April. When we're out together, I have this urge to guide her by the elbow over snowy curb-cuts, until I remember that she biked to our appointment.<BR/><BR/>Also, my experience was that if you're nursing, baby on bus is vastly superior to baby in carseat. I had access to a car, but still did a lot on foot or public transit b/c it was less hassle. I nursed a lot on the bus, T, on park benches after whipping Speedy out of the running stroller, etc. If you're driving, and it's feeding time, you & the kid are S.O.L.SpeedyImahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18423038243948515463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-1361940992992789072009-02-19T13:25:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:25:00.000-05:00here is a link to the other set-up"http://holliman...here is a link to the other set-up"<BR/><BR/>http://hollimanchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/11/finally.htmlaubreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361847723178436411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481848041027802961.post-24304077543846098122009-02-19T13:23:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:23:00.000-05:00I had my baby in a trailer at about 5 months. We h...I had my baby in a trailer at about 5 months. We have a Burley Solo trailer that I strapped his car seat into with a strap. The base was super secure attached to the frame and then the seat just clicked in and out. <BR/><BR/>We even had a roll over when my wife took a corner too sharply and the trailer tipped. The kid didn't move an inch. We cried for about 10 seconds and then got over it. We were a bit shaken but he didn't have a hair out of place.<BR/><BR/>The car seat handle acts as a roll bar and then the cage of the trailer. We felt totally safe and he loves it.<BR/><BR/>At 11 months, he graduated to the back of the Xtraclycle in a Peapod and my toddler sits in a homemade seat attached to the FreeRadical frame.<BR/><BR/>You can check out some photos of the different set-ups here:<BR/>http://hollimanchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/08/better-than-christmas.html<BR/>and then here:<BR/>http://hollimanchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-house-to-wallingfordon-bike.htmlaubreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14361847723178436411noreply@blogger.com