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| Before & After We moved our couch out of the slide-out and put in a crib and a mini wardrobe, which is in the corner and pretty hard to see from this photo. Once I find a good rocking chair, that'll go in front of the wardrobe. |
I'm back to answer a few more RVing Logistics questions! Feel free to ask any others you may have in the comments section!
How will you handle all the traveling with a baby?
I have no idea!
We plan to be relatively stationary during the first year since Ryan will be in school any ways. We might make a Spring Break trip, we might not. It all just depends. After that though, I'm not too concerned. Since we like to set up a "home base" and then take short trips all around it, we usually only take trips that are 1-4 hours away... and I keep hearing that if you leave a few minutes before nap-time baby won't even know the difference.
I'm sure I'll do all kinds of posts on traveling with a baby once the time comes!
Do you ever miss just living a normal life?
Nope! We pretty much do live a normal life, just travel a little more often, so it doesn't feel that strange to us.
I of course miss certain things here and there... a normal toilet, a bathtub my pregnant belly could fit into, more cabinets... but most of the time I don't really care about those things since they're a trade-off for extra travel.
How do you deal with banks?
This is probably the most frustrating part.
We definitely prefer credit unions for their interest rates and their non-profit business outlooks... but we went ahead and switched to a "big bank" any ways since we figured it'd be far easier to deal with any deposits and withdrawals that way. False!
Even big banks aren't available in every city, or even every state, and if I had it to do over again I would have stayed at our credit union. Now we instead do what we would have done if we'd stuck with them, mail in our deposits and get cash by getting cash back at the grocery store... except we essentially earn no interest in our savings account this way.
If you're planning to start a big travel adventure, my advice is to stick with a financial institution you like. Don't go for one you think will be more convenient because it WON'T always be more convenient!
So far we've taken our little guy on three 8+ hour trips and it was far less traumatic than I thought it was going to be. We just stopped every couple of hours to do feedings and changes and he was a happy camper!
ReplyDeleteAs for banks - I highly recommend ING. It's all online, so there are no physical bank locations. They just have free ATM's (usually in places like 7-11's or those ATM's you see at the entrance to Target, etc). So you can get money out without buying anything. And you can deposit checks through an app on your phone. They also practically have no fees - not even overdraft penalties. I could really go on and on about how much I love them. I sound like I work there or something ;-)
That does sound convenient for most people, just wouldn't work for me! I don't have a SmartPhone and I LIKE going into branches for my banking which leads to me always being one unhappy camper! I always get so frustrated when I go to a big bank and they say "You know you could have just done this at the ATM." I say "No I couldn't have, I want FIFTY dollars back." They usually say something stupid like "You could get sixty and then come back and re-deposit the other ten."
DeleteOh, great idea. I will just deliberately make a second trip over here, to the place I would have been done with if I'd only gone inside.
Ugh, the bank debacle sounds frustrating! I definitely never though of that.
ReplyDeleteI love that the crib has a perfect little cubby!
It drives me nuts!
DeleteIt actually worked out even better than I thought it would. I'll have to post a picture from the other side soon too because the little mini wardrobe thing I got is pretty perfect!
Ok I'm going to try commenting from my phone since they still aren't showing up on my computer. My question is if you were able to keep the couch and put it somewhere else or no room?
ReplyDeleteIt worked! Nope, we put it in storage for now.
DeleteInteresting.... Just my personal preference... With a baby, I far preferred a comfortable, cozy chair to a rocking chair. Rocking is great and all. But settling in with a nursing baby and a book and getting comfy wins every time!
ReplyDeleteAh, but you probably had a little more square footage to work with! I'm a bit light in the space department and even most rocking chairs are too wide for my tiny area!
DeleteThe crib is looking adorable, love it! I imagine the bank thing is really frustrating :-/
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteAnd yes, it is... but it could definitely be worse so I don't really mind it too much most days,
oh my gosh! i love seeing baby bell's crib in your rv. :) we took a 6 hour trip when owsley was four months old. the only thing that really bothered him was facing backwards for so long. but as long as we stopped every couple of hours to feed him and let him stretch a bit, he was fine. i think traveling is easier when your baby is small. they might need more *stuff* for the trips, but they sleep longer and are more content with just sitting and staring. :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it so exciting?! I probably spend an hour a day gazing at it if you add up all the little minutes here and there!
DeleteI keep hearing a lot of the same thing, that it's decently easy the younger they are. We have to stop fairly frequently for me any ways so I doubt we'd even stop anymore for the baby than we already do!
Love the crib!!!! Looking so cute and baby ready already!!!!! So happy for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's so exciting!! =D
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