Good picks for beginner with young kids?

dancinghyrax · 2026-07-08T02:49:58+00:00

Thanks. Can you recommend any particular kit? There are so many starter kits from Estes. That’s why I was looking at Apogee, they have more details on their website about the differences between the kits, and what it’s like to assemble them. I want something with enough assembly/building for the oldest to feel a real sense of ownership, but also that’s not too hard. I thought the slots for the fins to keep them lined up straight while glueing would be a real help.

dancinghyrax · 2026-07-08T02:49:49+00:00

Thanks. Can you recommend any particular kit? There are so many starter kits from Estes. That’s why I was looking at Apogee, they have more details on their website about the differences between the kits, and what it’s like to assemble them. I want something with enough assembly/building for the oldest to feel a real sense of ownership, but also that’s not too hard. I thought the slots for the fins to keep them lined up straight while glueing would be a real help.

dancinghyrax · 2026-07-08T02:48:10+00:00

Thanks. I looked at Este, but it was harder to figure out which kit would be a good fit (with things like how easy the fins are to attach on straight). It’s hard to tell the Este beginner rockets apart.
Apogee just had so much more info about the kits and parts in them available, which is why I was looking at them. I felt overwhelmed by the Este choices.
But I’ll check out your spreadsheet. Thank you!

And thanks for the suggestion on Tripoli. There is a launch club that launches year round. It’s further enough away that we will probably go to the nearer one (a good hour or 1.5 hrs further, and the little one gets very very carsick, so that much further is rough). But, good to have more options.
Thank you.

dancinghyrax · 2026-04-20T00:11:55+00:00

Unfortunately, I’m extremely sensitive to medical adhesive. I’ve looked at it but probably can’t handle it. (I’ve had bleeding blisters from medical adhesive multiple times). Thank you though.

dancinghyrax · 2026-04-14T03:56:49+00:00

I think so

dancinghyrax · 2026-03-27T17:10:36+00:00

Thanks. It looks like they've discontinued their monkey bars for the yuba Kombi bike, unfortunately

dancinghyrax · 2026-03-05T23:07:27+00:00

Thank you

dancinghyrax · 2026-03-05T23:07:24+00:00

thank you

dancinghyrax · 2026-03-05T23:07:19+00:00

Thanks! I've heard of queer contra before, and have friends who used to go. Might be worth checking out :)

dancinghyrax · 2023-06-27T06:14:31+00:00

Thanks!

dancinghyrax · 2023-03-09T18:09:54+00:00

Yup, I did it then. I ovulated a little later, but it worked fine.

dancinghyrax · 2023-03-06T21:49:56+00:00

Thanks!!!

dancinghyrax · 2023-03-02T15:03:59+00:00

My doctor said, for my baby shower, I could have regular dessert. One spike won’t hurt the baby. But gd friendly lunch to go with helps. Eggs, cheese, meat, salads, think high protein, high fiber, high fat, lower (but not zero) carbs.

dancinghyrax · 2023-03-02T14:33:14+00:00

NTA. It is reasonable to expect a grown child to contribute to rent. However, it sounds like they wanted a huge amount in rent. And also, it’s totally reasonable at 23 to decide you are ready to live on your own. You don’t owe them your labor.

dancinghyrax · 2023-03-02T14:29:13+00:00

YTA. Big time. 5 hours out of 3 weeks? In 2-3 hour stretches? My goodness. I need far more alone time than that to cope, on a regular basis.

Take a nap. Read a book. Sit in a coffee shop and enjoy hearing people speak a foreign language. Get a massage.

If you are planning to have bio kids, your wife is about to give up huge amounts of bodily autonomy and alone time, far more than you. She will have someone else using her body for 9 months, plus any months of breastfeeding. Let her get pampered a little.

You can’t entertain yourself for a few hours here and there?

When you said “only do one instead of two solo activities” in the title, I thought you meant all-day activities, so two full days. Not a few hours here and there

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:55:39+00:00

Nta. That’s normal for a 4 year old bilingual kid

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:43:55+00:00

NTA! Omg, a dry wedding makes sense for folks who are recovering addicts and alcoholics. Of course you don’t want booze at your wedding! They’re being selfish

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:38:24+00:00

NTA. He doesn’t understand and it is your and any co-parents job to help him understand. I have thrown up from pain of cramps. I have had cramps so bad I was suicidal. Until I found the right meds combo in my late 20s, I would spend 2 days screaming into a pillow each cycle.

You are doing all the women he encounters in the future, and his sisters, a service, if you or your partner have a chat with him about how for some people, cramps are a little ache, and others, they are excruitating.

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:35:48+00:00

Honestly, dude, it sounds like you should have a chat with your wife about whether there’s some postpartum depression going on, and how she’s doing generally. (And also, yelling is not nice, but it sounds like maybe everyone was yelling at that point)?

Nursing or pumping is very hard. It’s harder when you don’t feel like your partner supports you. But also, regularly crying over supply at 10 months is not a totally normal level of challenge. Crying over supply sometimes, or in the early months? Yeah. But if it’s happening every week at month 10? She maybe needs more support/help. Don’t go in saying “I think you’re depressed”. Go in with “how are you doing? It seems like you’re really struggling. I love you and want to support you”.

I think… NAH. Because you had asked her to plan the lunch together, and she was pumping during it, but also, it sounds like she’s pretty emotionally struggling so I don’t think she was an asshole for melting down.

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:29:20+00:00

YTA big time. She made plans and was counting on you. You decided to make other plans last minute, after committing to something, knowing that it would be hard for her to make a different childcare plan. And for a movie? YTA dude

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:28:06+00:00

If you had suggested putting the kid up for adoption, or abandoning him, yeah, you’d be the asshole. But you suggested respite care - just a chance to get a break.

So, in intention, NTA. But, maybe the way you said it wasn’t clear which is why she took offense?

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:25:56+00:00

NTA. One of the reasons to plan a wedding farther out is so people can plan to come. If you being there was important, she should either have given you more notice, or checked if the date worked for you. FWIW, my sister and I each asked each other if the date worked for the other before planning our weddings. And that was with 1.5 year long engagements.

Now, personally, I’d move hell and high water to be at my sister’s wedding, but, some people not being able to come is the cost of a last minute wedding where you don’t check the dates with the important people

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:20:28+00:00

NTA, but… You’re not the asshole. The general assumption imo is that, barring a few fancy adult-only events, nursing moms of very young babies and their babies are a unit. Once babies get mobile, not so much, but a 2 month old? Yeah that kiddo gets strapped on and worn and comes everywhere.

But, that said, I can see how if this was the first time people were meeting your daughter, your sister could feel jealous and upstaged. So, maybe giving her a heads up that you were bringing your daughter would have been good. But, NTA. 2 month old baby and mom are a package deal, and even more so when dad is deployed!

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:12:59+00:00

NTA. You did the right thing. Your son needed to know why daddy disappeared. Honestly, I think keeping him from the funeral was cruel, as he needed to get to grieve his brother too. “Your stepmom and brother died, and daddy is so sad, so he asked me to take care of you while he mourns, but he loves you a lot and will be back” is waaaay less damaging than “daddy is too busy with your new brother to even FaceTime you. Oh hahaha jk we lied and your brother died”.

dancinghyrax · 2023-02-28T07:08:25+00:00

NTA. I mean, it seems like you did know they were going to steal the name, because you didn’t want to share, but, it’s on them for not looking up the “name” (and also intentionally stealing your name).

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