Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:50:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Beth Heimlich Subject: Babies and Birding MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't know about attaching bins to baby carriers, but I can reassure = you that you can bird fairly well with a newborn + several months. Just = time it for when they're sleeping-which becomes scheduled for most = babies after awhile. Being walked in the baby carrier is a wonderful = way to cope with colic-although, it's usually midnight when you're = dealing with that. It becomes more difficult as they get mobile and making noises. Early = childhood can be very trying to actually accomplish birding-because of = short attention spans, all their "movement" and noise. I would suggest = you leave the kid behind for serious birding.=20 Sort of time to stop and smell the roses. Making a bird walk fun = becomes more of a nature study as you have to stop and deal with what's = at hand-rather than chase after a bird song. The 18-month old who = insisted on moving rocks out of the path (all afternoon) is a wonderful = memory-but we saw no birds. A word of advice-do not expect the kid to necessarily follow your = outdoor interests. It might happen. We continued the hiking, birding, = canoeing, camping with our son and although he enjoyed Scouting trips = and even hiked the Maryland AT as a young teen---he couldn't wait to go = off to college in a big city. His current interests are no where close = to ours, of course; but we have hopes than the outdoor interests will be = revived once he has kids himself.=20 Congratulations-and enjoy them while you have them. =20 Beth =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================