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Walking

Surviving carfree babyhood

by Dorea 02.19.2009

We recently got an interesting comment from Charlotte of Chic Cyclist, on the thread about how we gave up our car. Charlotte writes: “some vestigial teenager in me clings to the ‘option’ of having a car somewhere, just in case. I’m going to have to read about how you handled the early months of H’s [...]

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Walking in the Winter with our Toddler

by Angela 01.05.2009

We have made a lot of progress on walking with H since we posted about it five months ago. H has gotten older and is more physically skilled and she’s gotten a lot of practice at walking. Some credit for this has to go to her grandma who is more likely to walk with her [...]

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Hospitals, Birth & Carseats

by Dorea 09.29.2008

Angela and I were just remembering coming home from H’s birth, over two years ago. We were at a hospital about four blocks from our house. They wouldn’t let us leave with the baby unless we put her into one of those infant carseats (or “baby buckets” as we call them around here). We hadn’t [...]

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Unforseen perks, and a small logistical problem

by Dorea 09.10.2008

Last night a close friend of ours was celebrating his birthday. Now, this might not seem like a big deal, except for that this group of friends contains several families with very young kids, and the birthday boy really wanted an adults-only party, so there were many logistics involved. We managed to rustle up a [...]

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Some finds on the web

by Angela 08.22.2008

Today I wasted a little time on the internet (OK, you can change “today” to “everyday”) and I found a few interesting websites I hadn’t seen before, so I thought I’d share: There’s a great page on carfree cities from Bikes at Work, Inc. This page uses census data to rank cities according to alternative [...]

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Complaints

by Angela 08.20.2008

Just because you are carfree doesn’t mean that you never have to interact with a car, and somehow everytime I use a car it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. This weekend, my mother, H. and I rented a car and drove down to see Dorea in Woods Hole. The trip down started with [...]

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But is it safe?

by Dorea 08.18.2008

The most common question I get about biking with my daughter is whether or not it is safe. I’ve also noticed that on any thread on any forum or list that addresses biking with kids, someone says some version of “You are all really awful parents. You should never bike with children in X setup [...]

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Walking

by Angela 08.04.2008

Our toddler is increasingly uninterested in riding in her stroller. She wants to walk! Of course, the problem is that walking with a toddler isn’t always, um, productive. And then there’s the problem of walkability and safety. Walkability and Safety We live in a fairly walkable neighborhood, but safety is a big concern when we [...]

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