We have the Odyssey. I have a few friends who have the Sienna. Honestly, in the end, you can't go wrong with either.
For me, I've just always had a slight preference for Honda's, and I MUCH more prefer the dashboard and gearstick on the Honda than the Toyota (the Sienna has a gear shift that you have to move right and left as well as up and down. Hate it.).
I would recommend driving both and see which you prefer.
Almost this except we usually liked Toyotas. We went with the Odyssey because of the dash board. It would have been a downgrade from what we were replacing. We also got a good price on a barely used one. We love the van.
We showed the trailer to DS(3.5), and he was afraid of it. He actually was scared in a lot of parts of Toy Story 2. If it was Cars or Planes, he would be fine. He is sensitive.
our ds LOVES Cars. Like the characters and the toys. But he's never seen the movies. One night we put in Cars 2 and we didn't get 30 sec. In before ds was screaming to turn it off. He was *horrified. Lol.
Cars 2 is really violent. We are not fans. If DS really wants to watch it, there are parts I skip.
We also start Nemo off after the mom dies.
DS was fine with Frozen, though and isn't overly sensitive. LILO and Stich really upset him, though, I had forgotten about the CPS trying to take her away thing. :/
Post by dbsk8dance on Feb 12, 2014 13:27:41 GMT -5
My 4 year old does not nap either. It has been an issue at Pre school as well, but they never suggested an iPad! They either move him to another class or give him a book or legos to play quietly. Part of it he had to learn (which is their job to provide rules and mine to talk about expectations at home.)
I would tell them you are fine with whatever activity they provide. You shouldn't have to provide anything. Maybe if there is a book that she particularly likes, then go with that, but if not, they need to give her something.
Post by dbsk8dance on Feb 11, 2014 16:22:24 GMT -5
I actually had this happen yesterday on a Snugride 30. It took me over 10 minutes to get her out. There has been no food or drink on the carseat and the Snugride isn't even a part of this recall.
I'm on Maui right now. We stayed at the grand Wailea for one night. If you can swing it, I highly rec the spa. They take spa finder gift cards that you can get at Costco. We paid $319 for 2 massages and got $50 to spend at a restaurant on property. Just call and ask for the Hawaiian airlines magazine deal. The spa is fantastic.
Monkeypod restaurant is great and has two happy hours and is super close to the GW. The humumunukunukapuaa restaurant on property is great too.
She'll be able to spend lots of time at the beach and the pools are great.
Kellymom.com has lots of good breast feeding/ pumping info.
So does ML and MMM. I've learned so many ideas from the boards.
I hated the first 3 months with DS. He was so small and I was super stressed about making sure he gained weight. The trauma of his birth was really hard to get over. We were lucky that he didn't have nicu time. I know that would have added to my stress.
Brag pliant- I walked into the handle of our screen door with my boob last night and have a big scrape and bruise. We're heading to Maui this morning so it's going to be pretty ugly in my bathing suit.