Food and Diaper Logging, Carseats, and Strollers

We made some changes after our cross-country trip. Up until our trip we had been logging every diaper change and every feeding. We would track how many ounces of milk and what solids they ate, and we would mark down whether or not the diaper had urine or stool. We just didn’t bother to bring our log with us on our trip, and we realized that we really didn’t need it. I thought we would have continued until the girls were one year old, but we’ve been finding less value in logging everything as time went on.

A few days after we returned from our trip, I swapped out the Graco Snugride infant car seats for our Britax Marathon seats. We probably should have switched earlier, but it was really convenient to keep the girls in their infant car seats for our trip. The larger Britax seats are heavy and they would not have fit down the aisle of the airplane. If we had decided on using the Britax seats, we would have had to make multiple trips into the plane to set up the two seats and then separately bring in the girls.

Miranda seems to really appreciate the larger seats. She’s smaller than Eleanor, but she complained more about sitting in the car with the infant car seats. With the Britax seats, she seems more content to look out the window. We’re not sure if it is because the seat is more roomy, or if it allows Miranda to sit up a little taller and therefore be able to see out the window.

Because we retired the Graco Snugride seats, we also had to stop using the Double Snap n Go. We’ve switched over to using our Peg Perego Twin Aria stroller. The girls finally get to look forward while being pushed around in the stroller. I think they enjoy the view. The stroller is also nice because it’s narrow enough to fit through the doorway at the daycare. That’s critical on days when I can’t help Agnes pick up the girls. It would have been nice if the Twin Aria included a place where Miranda and Eleanor could put their cups, though I guess they didn’t have that in the Double Snap n Go either. It also can be a bit of a pain to close.

I’m guessing that we’ll stick with our new carseats and stroller for quite some time. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to use the narrow stroller until the girls no longer need one. The Britax Marathons are rated until Eleanor and Miranda are 65 pounds. At that point, we’ll be able to switch over to a much cheaper booster. At least that’s the plan.