Moving aboard with new baby??

Kasey,

Maybe some other members will come to your rescue. I can't answer to your questions, but there is a really good blog that may help. Brittany also posts a lot of her stuff on Facebook. Also, there is a "Women Who Sail" section on FB where you might get some feedback.

Windtraveler

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Windtraveler/157478277626830

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenWhoSail/

I hope this helps. Also I'll add that we have seen a few boats cruising with kids. It is amazing to watch these kids, and if they are older, when you speak with them, they are so polite and boat smart. Best wishes with you soon to be "little sailor"!

Ralph

Psy,

CONGRATS!!!

Over the years we have seen many boats with children aboard. We know of one couple who owned a Nor'Sea 27 that had a baby as they were cruising the South Pacific, called him there kicken-kiwi. Then continued on cruising for another year or two.

In Mexico we got to know a number of kids living aboard and EVERY ONE of them was mature beyond there years! ALL GREAT kids who learned what being a family member really means.

Most recently we know S/V Plume. They have a web site at;
Home

You might want to look through some of there blogs back a few years.





And a batch more info on young ones aboard.

Greg

Firstly congratulations!!!

While what you do when is obviously something your husband and you need to figure out, let me say that it absolutely possible, in fact very rewarding to live onboard and cruise with an infant.

We did several thousand miles with our daughter onboard most of it before she was a year old.

We didn't make any hard and fast decisions about what we were doing until she was born however, the first month(s) are pretty crazy and taking the pressure and not pushing yourselves will help.

Once we got a hang of parenthood we found doing it onboard quite easy actually albeit with a few adjustments.





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Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Hey congratulations!

My wife and I lived aboard for 10 years and moved back to land about 4 years ago. At home we have a 2.5 year old boy and a 4 month old boy. We seriously contemplated staying aboard and raising the kids aboard, and we sail with them, but for now we're in our small house.

With the benefit if recent hindsight I'd say you can do it, but being in a house or apartment may be much more preferable. I'd also say, based on my experience, that it really depends on who the stork brings you.

Our 2 kids are as different as can be. One is an easy-going "angle baby" who you can put down for extended periods without fuss, and who doesn't mind if you mess with his sleep schedule. Our older one, is a "spirited baby" and had to be constantly carried and rocked for a couple months, had specific bedtime routines etc. With one of them, living aboard full time seems like it would be easy and fun. With the other, torture.

I'd highly recommend that you give it a go if you want to, BUT DON'T put yourself in a position where you're stuck living aboard if it's not working for you. Don't sell the farm so you're financially stuck, and don't get emotionally stuck to the point where moving back to land means failure. Try to be flexible and adaptable with your proposed plan, because God and babies love to laugh at the best made plans.

MedSailor