Travel, vacation & …swimming pool, beach, sea , ocean

Travel, vacation & …swimming pool, beach, sea , ocean  

Many of us have experienced that Traveling with kids, as a family, is not always just pleasure…and I already heard many parents say:  it's better to stay at home than boarding on a plane as a family.

Well, my first recommendation is to read some articles, get some tips browsing the web…some articles are standard and state the obvious, many of them try to sell us something…but sometimes, we get this specific tip…that fits us, and which can make the holiday much more pleasant….

I wanted to share with you how we got to make the Water Slig….

So we were a big family already…..taking a vacation with 3 kids….., like a friend told me: Good Luck….

So we were at this place by the ocean, and they also had a pool …and I challenge you to go into the water with 3 kids ages; 1 year, 3 years, and 8 years old….

What a celebration, who shall I hold…. I started juggling

My oldest already new to swim, but insisted I would play with him

My middle child, 3.5 years old, wanted to play…and as he still does not swim…you need to hold him and assist so he will not be drawn….

And the youngest, 1.5 years old also want to join the celebration – and well with her you need to be super careful

And you as where my wife was, well it’s a vacation…she was taking a NAP…

So I tried to enter the pool with my baby in a baby wrap sling….my baby was wrapped and secured and I could assist my second child….it worked BUT

The fabric absorbed the water and became very heavy

It took ages to dry afterwards….and meanwhile we could use our sling ….

So for me this kind of things are a challenge…

We looked over several fabrics and at the end we had 2 options

1.       Mesh fabric – like they use for sports shirts (football , soccer, basketball…)

2.       Dry fit – the new kind of fabrics used for sport in the past recent years.

We found out that the mesh fabric was lighter in the water and more comfortable, since it a mesh, the fabric did not "catch air" like a balloon – ware as with the dry fit fabric, it was not comfortable….

Why over the shoulder SLING, and not carrier style with 2 straps

1.       Size, place in the bags – we wanted something small and compact, like the Sack'n seat

2.       We found out that this way – one hand can secure the baby, and the other hand has more freedom to assist the other kids in the water.

As an extra bonus – we found out that this is a great sling for traveling….when you are out with the stroller, for example, …and do not have space to take all the other things – it’s a great solution for a handy sling…

So

What will you do on your next vacation…

Travel, vacation & …bedwetting….at night - a product is born

Travel, vacation & …bedwetting….at night

Many of us have experienced that Traveling with kids, as a family, is not always just pleasure…and I already heard many parents say:  it's better to stay at home than boarding on a plane as family.

Well my first recommendation is to read some articles, get some tips browsing the web…some articles are standard and state the obvious, many of them try to sell us something…but sometimes , we get this specific tip…that fits us, and which can make the holiday much more pleasant….

I wanted to share with you how we got to make the Soft'n Dry….

At that time, when we traveled, our kids were 4 and 6 years old (a boy and a girl…)

Well, they were both long past the diaper stage…but from time to time, it happened that they had a bedwetting issue at night.

Usually,it happened when they were emotionally troubled or been sick, had a cold.

And yes, going to a vacation, sleeping in foreign bed, for some kids, it's an issue and can be emotionally hard.

I recall that one of my kids, had a period of constant bedwetting problem, every night.

You can imagine (or maybe you also experience…), every day to change the bedsheets, every day to make laundry, every day…every day…

And we had this mattress protection which you put UNDER the sheets….but still you have to change it every day…

If you have this problem as well, you understand me….

And then you go traveling, or even on a vacation for one week….

AND, on the first night in the hotel….where you suppose to stay the whole week…your child "made his bed" at night, what's now?

What are you going to do all week? What an embarrassment with the hotel…shell we tell them? Ask to change the shits? What about the mattress…

So this was US….what now?

So we were in India at that time….I went to look in babies /  kids stores if there is something to protect the mattress like we had at home.

And of course I did NOT find what I looked for…..BUT

I found something that the locals are using instead of diapers….as using disposable diapers making all this garbage is a problematic issue in India, since in many cases there is no garbage disposal system, and they have to burn their own waste….in many times they avoid diapers, and just let the kids go without anything…

And from there, the conversion of the product and material to something which can be useful in our world was very quick.

For few months we used it ourselves,  tried it in various options, sizes as well in different weather (winter /summer…)…

And with few adjustments and changes….we got to the Soft'n Dry….

It might looks like simple fabric, and it IS…But

• It is super absorbent
• It dries very fast
• The water (pee) spreads widely on the fabric, and not just gather where the spot is…
• It saves a LOT of hustle
• You protect the mattress; it dries in less than 30 minutes after washing
• No need for full laundry round,

And most important

You do not have to change all the bedsheets every day !!!

Its recycled materials, it Hypoallergenic,,,,

So

What will you do on your next vacation…

Soft'n Dry…..it comes in different sizes and colors…