There are a lot of things I would have done differently had I planned for my second child when I had my first.
For instance, I might have made Mazzy's room more gender neutral instead of the girliest room alive (I lucked out with that one). I wouldn't have given my mother piles of baby clothes to store without sorting and labeling them by size. And I wouldn't have bought a huge single dresser instead of leaving room for two.
But the biggest mistake I made was buying a ridiculously expensive single stroller (I'll leave the price up to your imagination) that couldn't eventually accomodate my second.
Thankfully, I have this blog, and nice people sometimes give me stuff for free. After Harlow was born, Britax kindly sent me their basic B-Ready stroller complete with all the components to turn it into a double. (Before you get jealous, know that I am up at 1am writing this post while you are fast asleep.)
The Britax B-Ready is a modular single stroller that can also accommodate an infant carseat (or two if you have twins), a bassinet and a second seat in over 14 different configurations— the mind boggles, doesn't it?
For the urban dweller, like myself, it has large foam wheels for navigating snowy sidewalks or dirt paths in Central Park, a large amount of storage underneath the seat, perfect for shoplifting diapers at Whole Foods, and most importantly, an easily collapsible frame so you can quickly break it down and stick it in the trunk of a taxi without making a harried mom spectacle of yourself while stopping traffic.
I've been using it for a few weeks now and it handles way better than my single stroller— I barely have to use any arm strength to push both kids. And the components are super easy to interchange, and this is coming from someone who usually asks her husband to do this sort of thing for her.
Look, here's me, traveling all the way to the Upper East Side by myself to meet a friend at the Met. With my old stroller, I never ventured outside of walking distance.
And here's Mazzy looking pleased as punch in the second seat:
To commemorate the Mommy Shorts Facebook Fanpage reaching 10,000 fans, Britax has agreed to give a B-Ready Stroller ($500), in the color of your choice, to one lucky reader. Just to be clear— that's the basic single stroller— the additional components come separately and you can purchase to add-on when necessary. For instance, the second seat costs $150.
I wish I could give you all strollers to thank you for reading my stories and sharing your own over the past two plus years, but alas, I am not Oprah.
Only 7,990,016 fans to go.
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GIVEAWAY RULES
1) You must be a Mommy Shorts Facebook Fan to enter. If you are not one already, you can become one by clicking here. Then answer the following self-serving/ego-inflating question in the comment section below:
What is your favorite Mommy Shorts post of all time? Leave the title and link.
2) For a second entry, tweet about the giveaway. Then leave a second comment that you did so. Example tweet:
I entered to win a $500 @Britax B-Ready Stroller from @MommyShorts http://bit.ly/TpEXH9 #giveaway
3) For a third entry, follow Mommy Shorts on Pinterest and pin this post using the top graphic. Then leave a third comment saying you did so.
Winner will be announced Friday, February 8th.
GOOD LUCK!!!
I loveMazzy’s first year video. I don’t know how to link directly to it. https://www.mommyshorts.com/my-baby-videos/page/2/
Also I’m a facebook fan if that matters?
Favorite because I just went through the same thing! actually can relate to every post you have with a 5 month old and 3 year old:) thanks for the laughs! https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/things-i-already-know-about-my-baby.html
I love them all! You always make me laugh!
“Being 39weeks pregnant is like having a new boyfriend. You shave every day because you don’t know exactly when you’ll wind up back at his place”. I related because I was 37 weeks pregnant!!!
I pinned as well! 🙂
The Day Mazzy was Born!
AMAZINGLY captured a day in time that every child clearly wants to know for their future: just how much did I torture Mom BEFORE I was even here?!?
I love today’s post best!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/02/what-if-a-director-let-her-six-year-old-write-the-script-to-her-movie.html
I like today’s post best!
I like Shorts of facebook!
Best that I could think of was when you went upstate to visit friends and Mazzy said “daddy’s relatives are chickens!” that with the pic of her dancing around was def my favorite. Adorable
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/07/city-kid-in-the-country.html
Already a FB fan.
Pinned it and tweeted it! Double whammy!
The one about thw Dutch tv show wherebthe guys were hooked uo to feel what child birth feels like. My favorite thing was how you said you could watch men in labor all day. Lol
I enjoyed THE DAY MAZZY WAS BORN. I love birth stories.
Sorry, forgot the link: https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/12/birth-story.html
I’m a fan, and I would love to win this stroller for my sister-in-law that has a spina bifida baby that needs extra care. I became a fan on facebook.
I will answer All of them! I really like the ones after you had Harlow. They help to prepare me for when I will have two little ones!
I am a fan on Facebook! Favorite post…”the world’s worst wedding dates!”
I soooo cannot pick!! All of them for different reasons!!
Just tweeted about the giveaway!
My favorite post is 7 WAYS MY TODDLER IS SMARTER THAN ME:
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/07/my-toddler-is-smarter-than-me.html#more
and i pinned:
http://pinterest.com/pin/68398488062895157/
Newborns are a Piece of Cake (Knock on Wood)
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/11/newborns-are-a-piece-of-cake-knock-on-wood.html
Pinned the giveaway!
http://pinterest.com/pin/240238961344562061/
Pinned it, Facebooked it (just for fun) My favorite is 10 things you never thought you would yell in public & the wedding with M. Too funny.
I liked this one https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
Dear Rachel Zoe’s baby! I died laughing. So true. Poor kid. To be honest I’m a new comer to your blog, so I totally cheated and skimmed through the best of posts….. but really.. This was a good one. And now that I’ve found it I’ll read it more frequently! 🙂 (Does brutal honesty count for a 3rd?)
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/08/i-die-for-skylers-gucci-bomber.html
Entry 2 No twitter account 🙁 Can my pin count as a second entry?
Entry 3, but technically 2….. Link to my pin! 🙂
https://pinterest.com/pin/35817759508502520/
My fave post is OH THE PLACES A NEW MOM WON’T GO!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/03/oh-the-places-new-moms-wont-go.html
I still remember the leaving the house without combing your hair and not brushing your teeth but my baby was cute, all clean and dressed up! Thanks for the chance to win the stroller 🙂
I followed on Pinterest and I pinned the giveaway to my board Blogs to follow! Thanks!
My favorite post is the difference between 1st and 2nd time moms
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
My favorite right now is porn for moms with toddlers..
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/02/ryan-gosling-porn-for-moms-of-toddlers.html
I tweeted you! I’m on pinterest, but I haven’t logged in in months… if I can find my login I’ll pin it 😛
Porn for moms of toddlers !! Please make it a calendar 😉 https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/02/ryan-gosling-porn-for-moms-of-toddlers.html
Followed and pinned http://pinterest.com/pin/137711701077581376/
Really, you are so funny, it’s hard to choose. But, the post-maternity shopping post truly hits home for me https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/shopping-for-post-maternity-clothes-a-play-in-three-acts.html because I’m in the same boat!
I’m going to take the easy way and say ALL of your posts are my favorite! I love your blog and identify with so much you write – and our kids are really close in age (I have a nearly 3 year old and a 4 month old), so that makes it that much more fun 🙂
Pinned!
And I just repinned this on Pinterest!
10 differences between 1st and 2nd time moms
“Juice” – hilarious! I’m sure this will be me once baby #2 arrives!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
Ive been ff ur posts but i think I cant join your promo coz Iam outside US so I think it will be a hassle to send prizes out of the country…but still I really love your blogs specially the one when you itemized the things that you do for your first child and things that you didnt bother to do to your second….i can relate myself with every detail that you wrote…any ways keep it up!!!godspeed!!!
I’m your fb fan) and my favorite post so far : Lies I tell my Toddler https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/10/lies-i-tell-my-kid.html
I love all your posts due to the fact that I too have a “spirited” 3 yr. old girl (Izzy – even there names are similar!) and a 4 month old baby boy. I feel like I can usually relate to most of what you share. One of my recent favorites was your Are you ready for potty training flow chart [really who doesn’t love a good flow chart!]. 🙂 We are still dealing with this and it’s getting old as is our daughter. https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/07/are-you-ready-for-potty-training-a-flow-chart.html
tweeted it. https://twitter.com/Tiffany6477/status/299698146265665536
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/02/ever-wanted-a-man-to-experience-childbirth-how-about-two-video.html
My favorite!
Pinned it. http://pinterest.com/pin/40391727880280173/
Followed and pinned
https://pinterest.com/pin/189995678001735755/
I love them all! Thanks for making me laugh everyday!
My favorite was this parenting chart https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/06/parenthood-quantified-parenting-charts.html
Followed and pinned!
http://pinterest.com/pin/49187820902250554/
tweeted about the giveaway!!!
Pinned http://pinterest.com/pin/88031367688423781/
Britni Bradford
britni82 (pinterest/twitter)
britni.manry at gmail.com
I love the picture of “Our Get Along Shirt”.
https://www.facebook.com/mommyshorts#!/photo.php?fbid=590197257660754&set=a.153519957995155.29729.153515434662274&type=1
I tweeted. https://twitter.com/Alenedottie/status/299740298689536000
I pinned on pinterest
http://pinterest.com/pin/134122895124780383/
Can’t wait until there is another inappropriate elf contest so I can enter. Muahaha!
Those Elves Get More Inappropriate Every Year
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/those-elves-get-more-inappropriate-every-year.html
Loved both posts from Harlow’s birth. Funny and close to home since I had given birth soon before that!
Okay totally combined all my entries into one comment so here’s Entry number 2 where I pinned it, because I don’t Tweet! But I’d definitely tweet that if I did.
http://pinterest.com/pin/35817759508502520/
I love this one https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/10/lies-i-tell-my-kid.html
I just Love Britax <3
Pinned! Thanks to wanting to pin this so badly I finally learned how to pin from my iPhone lol. Only 10 weeks left to finally meet my princess and still no stroller this would be awesome!
My favorite post has to be “Filming the imagination of a 6 year old, literally”
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/02/what-if-a-director-let-her-six-year-old-write-the-script-to-her-movie.html
Its so creative, I love it!
The whole series of Naps Happen are great! It’s amazing where/how kids will fall asleep.
Just stumbled upon your blog, so my current favorite entry is “the big ticket stroller giveaway” 🙂
We have to pick ONE? It is nearly impossible to pick one but I was very fond of the lies we tell our children; shamefully true 🙂 https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/the-handy-guide-to-lying-to-your-kids.html
PS- pick me! pick me!
I like you on FB. One of my favorite posts was ‘Intruder in the House’
Definitely the New Years Eve Newborn Parent Drinking Game. It almost made the Husband and I feel normal about going to bed at 8:30. Sorta.
Very cheaply made. K-mart had better quality for $7. More
All time favorite this week: 10 Differences between 1st and 2nd time Moms.
Tienes twtter, o face?,
Gracias.