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Traveling with an Infant: The Best Travel Stroller

Last December our son turned 3-months old and it was time for our first trip out of town. This meant it was time for our first airplane adventure.

We had so many rookie questions.

Do we use an Uber with a carseat (we live in NYC and don’t have a car) to take us to the airport?
Do we rent a carseat at our destination (if using Uber).
Do we use our primary stroller for the trip?
What do we pack?

You know, a lot of the normal stuff.

But it was the stroller part that kept tripping us up. Pretty early on we determined that we wanted to take a cab to the airport and use our own carseat.

This led us down a path of basically obsessing over travel strollers. We looked at a number of price ranges and our criteria was pretty simple: make our life easier while traveling.

Here’s a rundown of the top three options we considered, one of which we selected.

Podcast Episode 6: Exhaustion, Feeling Crazy and a Bunch of Firsts

There’s been a significant time gap since the last Hello Dad podcast episode.

You might say that between running my company, traveling for work and raising an infant my hands have been a bit full.

I’ve experienced exhaustion before in life, but never have I sunk to the depths of exhaustion that I’ve experienced as a new dad.

Our son is now almost five months old and he’s doing great. But this podcast takes us back a number of months when he was only two or three weeks old.

How to Get and Prevent the Dad Body

A British research firm previously reported that the average weight gained during pregnancy is around 14 pounds… by the baby’s father.

This weight gain is typically referred to is “sympathy weight.” I consider it to be the foundation of what has now been coined the dad body.

Before we get too far down the road, let me share my weight gain and weight loss (and weight gain) story with you.

Dear jetBlue, We need to talk.

Dear jetBlue,

I thought I’d write you a little note to share an experience my family and I recently had when boarding one of your flights out of JFK.

First, you have to understand that I’m a jetBlue fan, especially when traveling to Florida. I take you plenty of other places too.

In the middle of December my wife and I, along with our 3 month old son, ventured to the airport for our first flight as a three person family.

We did lots of reading and tried to be prepared for the experience because we didn’t want to be a huge pain in everyone else’s butt.

Getting through security was ok — gotta love TSA Pre Check! — so things started out Ok.

When we got to the gate my wife needed to go off and pump. She unfortunately quickly returned because the closest family room didn’t have an electrical outlet, and the breast pumping room was really far away.

26 Tips for First Time Parents Wanting to Enjoy the Experience

Having a baby for the first time is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, which is why I’ve put together 26 tips for first time parents that will help you during the first eight weeks.

Let me say it again.

Having a baby for the first time is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced.

It’s an amazing experience, but know that it’s not a cakewalk. In fact, it’s probably going to be one of the most challenging times of your life.

Prior to my son being born everyone and their grandmother seemed to want to give us advice. Do this. Do that. Don’t do that.

And if you search online for tips for new parents you tend to get the cookie cutter type results that are helpful for… about five minutes.

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