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Originally Posted by wright1d
Today is going to be the first day we take our 1yr old with us. What do you do with her when docking?
I'm a bit concerned what to do with him at times my wife and I need to be on deck. I might be able to close him in our aft stateroom but don't really like that idea and I'm sure he can climb out if we try to leave him below?
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Here were our tactics, take them or leave them:
(1) Baby on mama's back in the Ergo carrier while line handling
(2) baby momentarily strapped in to car seat while mom and dad do the docking shuffle
(3) Bring a friend along to either hold baby or help dock
(4) Learn how to dock solo and/ or have marina dock hands/ friends ready to help when you pull in
(5) Use a tether in the cockpit to keep baby out of the way while docking (embarrassed to say we used this for the kid and the dog at times)
The method we used most often was bring a friend and solo dock with on shore help standing by.
Hope that helps!