Welcome baby number two to Bus life!

Oonrahnjay · January 31, 2018, 09:58:14 AM

Best wishes for happy days, great adventures, and a wonderful life together.

PitRatPaddy · January 31, 2018, 10:28:48 AM

Congratulations to you both!

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Scott & Heather · February 01, 2018, 01:20:19 PM

Thank you again! Btw the song was great! The next country hit.

You're right I absolutely have to count my blessings. I have a wife who loves living in a Bus and loves driving it for days on end too. Why am I complaining? Houses have issues, furnaces die, wood rots, plumbing breaks, leaks, and freezes...

But, my friends, the grass is so lush and juicy on the other side!

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windtrader · February 02, 2018, 11:30:03 AM

Wanting to settle down in a permanent home has the most key benefits for your young kids. Having raised two sets of kids, one who moved a lot and two who were born and raised in one home, our experience clearly demonstrates the benefits in your kids emotional and social development are superior by having a stable base. Nomadic bus life may be fine for pre-K and older high school kids but the formative years are best nurtured in a rock solid stable environment.

eagle19952 · February 02, 2018, 05:44:50 PM

Quote from: windtrader on February 02, 2018, 11:30:03 AM
but the formative years are best nurtured in a rock solid stable environment.

Depends on who, what, when and where....

your experience may differ.

DoubleEagle · February 02, 2018, 06:37:24 PM

I think they can be nurtured in a rock solid MCI, and they may even pick up mechanical skills along the way. Scott might need a 45 footer with slide-outs at some point, though.

windtrader · February 02, 2018, 07:26:48 PM

Any environment can offer a great environment for growing children during their formative years. My hunch is that percentage is rather low compared to kids raised in an environment where they have consistent and frequent engagement with peers. Some may point to army brats but that is different as their peers are in the same situation and face similar challenges; so in that sense there is commonality amongst their somewhat nomadic lifestyle.

Kids dropping into established communities face far different challenges. They are always the "new" kid, trying to find and fit into some compatible cliche. Then you have kids who are not even given any opportunity to meet and bond with a group of peers. It has be be a lonely experience.

Absolutely, I'm no childhood psychiatrist, just going on what I have personally observed and experienced, sprinkled with a dose of common sense.

Jim Eh. · February 03, 2018, 05:54:06 AM

Since we seem to be taking the point of the paternal grandparents of Scott and Heather giving them nurturing advice on child rearing ... consider this, Scott is on the road with his chosen profession. The other choice with a sticks and stones abode is that he rarely sees his kids (and vice versa) while they are in their formative years. Bin there done that, would not want to do it again. The environment Scott and Heather have the opportunity to raise their kids in, I think, is very rare, unique, and will be a positive in every way. It is really what you make it. That is just me though, I'm a busnut.

Oonrahnjay · February 03, 2018, 07:21:00 AM

Quote from: Jim Eh. on February 03, 2018, 05:54:06 AMSince we seem to be taking the point of the paternal grandparents of Scott and Heather giving them nurturing advice on child rearing ... consider this, Scott is on the road with his chosen profession. The other choice with a sticks and stones abode is that he rarely sees his kids (and vice versa) while they are in their formative years. Bin there done that, would not want to do it again. The environment Scott and Heather have the opportunity to raise their kids in, I think, is very rare, unique, and will be a positive in every way. It is really what you make it. That is just me though, I'm a busnut.

IMO, good advice - well thought out and well stated.

luvrbus · February 03, 2018, 07:54:12 AM

The bus life lol I saw a family of 9 (7 kids) 3 dogs 1 cat living full time in a 40 ft MCI that took some planing and organizing and they had it down pat not a thing out of place but 7 kids in a 320 sq ft would be a little much for me

a lawnmower would be music.Congrats on the new addition you 2, dads have a huge responsibly of watching after girls I know this 1st hand I have 4 of the daddy's girls love those girls

eagle19952 · February 03, 2018, 02:33:25 PM

Yup, kids need sticks and bricks...not.

https://www.bumfuzzle.com/adventure/

Scott & Heather · February 04, 2018, 04:46:54 AM

Windtrader don: I honestly understand where you're coming from without a doubt. And I think Heather and I for sure will be keeping an eye out for signs of travel stress with our kids. But having myself grown up moving a LOT across different states, different cities within those states and even having a Mom who married three times, I can tell you that with the right personality I did just fine on that lifestyle. Graduated magna cum laude with highest honors, never got into drugs booze or smokes. Had a lot of great makeout sessions but waited until I met and marry my wife to take it to the next level if you get my drift. Always been a productive member of society...life has worked out well for us. But I do see and fully respect your point here

Cliff, I have daddy's girls all the way and I love it. I honestly can't express how thrilled I am to have two girls. Now when they are teens, you all better be around to help me through it....

Jim H: really well said. That's our theory right now. You nailed it. At this point, if we left the road, I'd be gone every day all day. Some weekends I'd be gone all weekend. Right now my family has me Sunday through Friday morning. Friday night through Saturday night I'm gone but I actually usually take them with me to gigs but since I have a newborn and the flu is crazy this year, they are staying home for a month or two rather than mingling with hundreds of people every weekend. I can't even imagine giving that time up. I am the first person to wake up my daughter every morning, when we snuggle in the rocker for 30 minutes and then I feed her breakfast and then she plays. At night I'm the one to read to her and then sit in the rocker for another 30 minutes before I put her in bed for the night. During the day we just have a blast. Of course I'm booking concerts and doing paperwork alongside my wife (she's the financial organizer) but my daughter always has us around. At this point, the girls have the consistency of the Bus and their parents and I wouldn't trade it for anything. That being said, I'm not dumb either..if at some point I see my girls craving a different life experience I'll do what I have to to get off the road and give that to them. They are my world now and short of spoiling them into brats, I want to give them whatever they need to grow into precious ladies who love their parents and love others and work hard.

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Jim Eh. · February 05, 2018, 09:56:44 PM

You seem to have the dream job ... oh, and the singing thing sounds like a great pastime.

Dave5Cs · February 06, 2018, 02:58:22 PM

So Scott you are saying you are a DRIFTER and in the daytime you seem to be off your ROCKER. Am I getting the picture right?
Thought I would help.

Scott & Heather · February 06, 2018, 03:16:31 PM

Hahaha. That's just about right Dave lol

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