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 just tweeted ,
Ientered on a britax giveaway
I tweeted about the giveaway. @chinadolljam
Same for me https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html 10 differences between 1st and 2nd time moms. Only have one so far!
The handy guide to lying to your kids is hilarious!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/the-handy-guide-to-lying-to-your-kids.html#more
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/JenniferCrewell/status/296022112957788160 New tiwtter fan too 😉
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/nycmom2be/status/296022234324148224
Favorite Post: https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/10/lies-i-tell-my-kid.html (“Lies I Tell My Kid”).
I tweeted about you and the giveaway on twitter!
I followed Mommy Shorts on Pinterest and pinned the giveaway.
http://pinterest.com/pin/203576845627981076/
I don’t have a Twitter account, but would tweet about your giveaway and your blog if I did. 🙂
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2010/08/sophie-why-has-every-mom-you-know-shelled-out-20-for-a-rubber-giraffe.html
Sophie: Why has every mom you know shelled out $20 for a rubber giraffe!!!!!!
LOVED that one! 🙂 Made me laugh….. And yes, I FINALLY know who Sophie is and we’re on baby #4! Although, we’ve misplaced her at the moment!
i like the 10 Things That Suck About Your Kid Being Sick (Besides Your Kid Being Sick) post
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/my-coughing-sneezing-three-year-old-tyrant.html
Pinned ya!
http://pinterest.com/ams6045/new-baby/
Tweet Tweet: https://twitter.com/4649miranda/status/296022703209590785
The Baby is out of the Bag
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/09/the-baby-is-out-of-the-bag.html
I love the recent one about bedtime stalling by toddlers! We are dealing with that right now!
I pinned it. User name “melzalk1” http://pinterest.com/pin/255649716319446167/
i tweeted
https://twitter.com/karinaroselee/status/296022868930727936
I am following you on Pinterest and I pinned the first pic of this giveaway. http://pinterest.com/pin/498070040009396358/
I am now following you on Pinterest and pinned!
Pinned! 🙂 http://pinterest.com/pin/302093087474688917/
NEWBORNS ARE A PIECE OF CAKE (KNOCK ON WOOD)is my favorite post!
my fav post is the “I Don’t Know How She Does It Either”
🙂
Pinned the contest to Pintrest –
http://pinterest.com/ksiss123/new-addition/
Tweeted!
this is totally my favorite! It’s something I’m guilty of on a daily basis (I have four young kids ;P)
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/10/lies-i-tell-my-kid.html
i tweeted!
https://twitter.com/love_fluff/status/296023733578104832
Your posts are so funny and totally relateable! It’s hard to choose just one favorite post, but I would say it’s probably Shopping for Post Maternity Clothes. https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/shopping-for-post-maternity-clothes-a-play-in-three-acts.html#more
Pinned! http://pinterest.com/pin/302093087474688917/
Is the beach worth it?
I entered to win a $500 @Britax B-Ready Stroller from @MommyShorts
https://twitter.com/ansprenger/status/296019640642072576
Tweeted
Being from south fl, must go with hurricane schmurricane
5 Totally Inappropriate Childrens Books
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/05/5-totally-inappropriate-childrens-books.html
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/your-toddler-compared-to-your-college-roommate.html
I tweeted!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/10-things-i-didnt-know-about-potty-training.html
Potty training my 2 year old right now
2nd entry – I tweeted. 🙂 See it here https://twitter.com/lkharabora/status/296025846869794816
I love all your post but one of my favorite blogs is 10 different things between 1st and 2nd time moms.. https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
I pinned!
Tweeted
I LOVED Grandpa’s baby death trap, but now that I’m entering the third tri with #2, this one is really resonating 😉 https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
Pinned it!
http://pinterest.com/pin/232850243205903175/
I’m new to Mommy Shorts (and loving it) and my favorite post so far is “10 Things That Suck About Your Kid Being Sick”… my four month old is presently sick and it does, indeed SUCK (we’re presently playing the pediatrician do-we-go-or-do-we-wait game… totally un-fun!!!). megancrose@gmail.com
Tweeted!
https://twitter.com/Hezzerlah
Favorite article is “The World’s Worst Wedding Date” as I just attended my cousin’s wedding a few months ago with my then-19-month-old son. Pretty much exactly your experience! Except the ceremony was outside in a park (I didn’t get to hear it, but it looked nice…), and there was no food before dinner was served 3 hours AFTER the ceremony!) except the cute little cupcakes that were supposedly stand-ins for the wedding cake. Guess who had a couple cupcakes as an hors’d’ovre?
3rd entry – Following you on Pinterest. Also Pinned. See it here – http://pinterest.com/pin/394557617324141390/
I follow on Twitter (@megancrose) and tweeted https://twitter.com/megancrose/status/296024809375150080 megancrose@gmail.com
I’m a fan on Facebook, and my favorite post was the post partum shopping one, because is TOO TRUE!!! I laughed out Loud reading it !
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/shopping-for-post-maternity-clothes-a-play-in-three-acts.html
Would love the britax stroller, as I already have a britax infant carrier and love it!
Love your stories, they are great and inspiring 🙂 I’d love to be entered to win this stroller. We have a 2.5 year old girl and a little boy on the way in April.
My favorite post of yours is “Oh, The Places New Moms Won’t Go!” from 3/3/12 https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/03/oh-the-places-new-moms-wont-go.html
I love the line “You’ll wear the same pants
four, five, six days in a row.
You’ll look around wondering
if anyone knows.” they are all great but this ones my favorite!
Thanks!
Pinned
My personal favorite: Porn for Moms of Toddlers
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/02/ryan-gosling-porn-for-moms-of-toddlers.html
tweeted! @missemerson
I follow on Pinterest (Megan Crose) and pinned http://pinterest.com/pin/258534834831084653/ megancrose@gmail.com (and THANK YOU for the chance!!!!)
stranger knows best, https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/06/stranger-knows-best.html is my favorite!
Brand new to your blog! Can’t wait to start reading to see my fav post.
I just tweeted! I entered to win a $500 @Britax B-Ready Stroller from @MommyShorts http://bit.ly/TpEXH9 #giveaway
Intruder in the House – hilarious! What mom can’t relate to all the “stolen” items! https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/04/id-like-to-report-a-robbery.html
Tweeted about it just now!
I entered to win a $500 @Britax B-Ready Stroller from @MommyShorts http://bit.ly/TpEXH9 #giveaway
(Copied your tweet example as I’m new to twitter )!!
@jess_lee780
Already posted in my other comment my favorite post of yours about the post partum clothing shopping!
I follow you on facebook 🙂 My favorite post is:
12 Spectacular Kids’ Birthday Cake Fails (https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/11/12-birthday-cake-fails.html) because it is hilarious and reminiscent of my cake decorating skills.
I don’t have a twitter account but I’m following you on Pinterest and pinned this post for a 2nd entry for the giveaway; http://pinterest.com/pin/46373071135124671/
Thanks!
I tweeted about the giveaway. @justerikaspeak
I pinned the Big Ticket Stroller Giveaway!
I just pinned it! http://pinterest.com/pin/77476056061820449/
For the Funnies My fave would have to be…. “Those Elves Get More Inappropriate Every Year” From 12/09/2012
( https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/those-elves-get-more-inappropriate-every-year.html ) … Dexter Elf hehehe
For more practical yet funny an entertaining reasons…. “12 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Potty Training” From 1/22/2013 ( https://www.mommyshorts.com/2013/01/10-things-i-didnt-know-about-potty-training.html#more ) … Using an Ipad in the potty hehehe
As a doula, I love birth stories, so my favorite is The Day Harlow was Born (both parts).
Intruder in the house. So true and so cute.
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/04/id-like-to-report-a-robbery.html
I tweeted! (@mesillam)
Pinned ya! (And following your pins too!)
http://pinterest.com/pin/241013017530730085/
One word……”pagina” 😉
I would love to win “The Big Ticket Stroller Giveaway”…I need a second stroller for my toddler!!
I love the “12 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me about Potty Training” story! This is going to be so helpful!
I pinned it!
I entered $500 @Britax B-Ready Stroller from @MommyShorts by tweeting it out!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/ginayshen/status/296030753807015937
I tweeted about the give away. https://twitter.com/gretcheneder/status/296030581752463360
I like OH, TO BE THREE IN NYC
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/the-holidays-are-mostly-over.html
I tweeted about this giveaway! @triciamirabal
I tweeted about the giveaway.
https://twitter.com/AllisonBadiou/status/296031373775482881
What’s a Jew to do in Bloggerville on Christmas?
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2010/12/whats-a-jew-to-do.html
I just started following you today! But this post literally had me cracking up. Its so true! Looking forward to reading more. https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
Also liked your Facebook Fan page and started following on pintrest. (No twitter for me)
I tweeted!
https://twitter.com/Istanbella
I’m new to your blog and just friended you on Facebook (Christina Sylvester skinner). I have to say I really liked this post about what to wear to a summer wedding. Those outfits are ADORABLE!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/07/special-occasion-clothes-for-kids-interview-with-jenny-cooper-from-crew-cuts.html
Hey, check out this pin on Pinterest: Mommyshorts, give me a bReady, one can never have too many strollers.http://pinterest.com/pin/217439488231107836/
& I followed mommyshorts on pinterest
Just pinned and followed!
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/christinaskinn5/status/296032573912653825
I pinned this.
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
Also 10 difference between first and second time moms, particularly the documentation part. It’s sad, but oh so true! Haha
my favorite blog post is https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
I am due with my second child (a girl this time, boy first) so this was fantastic and made me giggle =)
I tweeted
https://twitter.com/MsMunster99/status/296032251584602112
pinned on pinterest
http://pinterest.com/pin/345299496399689801/
pinned: http://pinterest.com/pin/82824080619259552/
Pinned and following.
http://pinterest.com/pin/98164466849977541/
10 differences between 1st an 2nd time Moms. This really hit home!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2012/12/10-differences-between-first-and-second-time-moms.html
https://twitter.com/CandasK/status/296032984224649217
Tweeted!
All time fav is —– http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mommyshorts.com%2F2013%2F01%2F5-reasons-having-twins-is-easier-than-one.html&h=-AQF066xj&s=1
fave – porn for moms of toddlers…lol
http://pinterest.com/pin/154740937168828660/
And pinned! 🙂
my fav is the differences between a first and second time mom
My favorite post of all time is “Parenthood Quantified”!!!
https://www.mommyshorts.com/2011/06/parenthood-quantified-parenting-charts.html