Sid definitely sounds like an easy going child to travel with (except for the sleeping part). I am sure now that Sid is back home and around all the familiarity he will return to that 12 hours of sleep. Children are adaptable and flexible this way thankfully. Itās also nice that he is content when you go out for meals. My son was all over the place. He would not sit still. I love the image of Sid sprawled out in between you and Stacy in the king sized bed. I heard that you have Covid, I hope you recover quickly and you donāt get any horrible symptoms from it. Take care.
Sharing these feelings and sentiments is very beautiful. I am glad tour with family went well, and hopefully you can get Sidās sleeping back to the way it was. Iāve never imagined how hard it is to travel with a baby and how time consuming it is, but reading your experience is changing my whole narrative. Iāve never given excuses to my friends who are new parents to why they havenāt been in contact as much and why we donāt go out as much anymore, but now I feel selfish and I do understand it a bit more.
I truly hate looking at photos for memories and prefer to write a poem about the memory to either romanticize it, relive it, avoid it throughout releasing the negative emotions of it out on paper, or just simply cherish it. I donāt know if thatās better or worse.
Also, āIs he a fan of T+S? (Only if singing in a high-pitched voice and replacing all the words with āmeowā and or āSid-do-do-do-do-doā).ā Oh, no, is he obsessed with Baby Shark? Because if so, I am so sorry for you. Hahaha
I'm happy to know that overall things went well on this first tour after so long and first tour with family. Is the plan to bring Sid on every tour now that you lived the experience?
So true about the memory thing, I constantly search for photos in my cloud whenever I'm telling a story and I feel upset when I realize I didn't document something but maybe I should be more present and focus on what's happening in front of me so I can actually remember it later instead of relying on documentation.
It's so awesome that you got to bring Sid along for the tour and to give him all of the amazing experiences for the first time! (even if he won't remember them lol). I saw you and stacy walking with Sid in Seattle and it was the cutest sight, y'all are such an adorable little family š„¹ How has Sid been since you came home from tour? Is he adjusting back into the regular routine again?
Also, I hope you are feeling better, Sara! Having covid is no fun and as excited as I was to see you and Tegan at Zonafest tomorrow, your health is top priority. I hope you're well!
We definitely respect and appreciate the effort it takes to tour, let alone, tour with a new born. But Iāve gotta say, when I saw you and Tegan on Ventura, I too really loved that show, especially because it was a cozy crowd and not one where we couldnāt move around. I hope you heard me scream and applaud you saying: āSara on that bass!,ā because I was so genuinely intrigued by that instrument transition. I hope you heard me. To add a personal observation in that performance, your vibe was solid boss vibes! YOLO. šš½
I like when you or Tegan say that your favourite show was Vancouver so I can say Iām personally responsible for it. I mean, I danced A LOT in the upper far corner of the Commodore.
That was great! It was awesome hearing you talk more about Sid and what itās like to travel with him!
I hope your feeling ok with covid and everything, Iām day 10 now (I think), my voice still sounds off. My mumās one or two days ahead of me and still coughing everywhere but is feeling ok. I assume youāre with Stacey and Sid and they have it too? If so I wouldnāt worry too much about Sid having it, my aunt, uncle and baby cousin (whoās about 2 months older than Sid) all had it when my cousin was 2 months old and apparently she just got a bit of a sniffly nose.
Anyway, hope youāre doing ok.
This is sort of unrelated but does Sid have dark blonde hair or is it just brown but really thin? Thatās kinda interesting if he does, cause you and Stacey both have naturally dark brown hair, right? Anyone in your family with lighter hair, or Staceyās?
I just found the hair thing interesting (feel free not to talk about it if you donāt want to)! Love the Sid related content!
As always, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts Sara!
Hearing about the regression situation with Sid having to sleep with Stacy in her bunkā¦ I believe Stacy more than earned her time alone in the rooftop hot tub lol.
The description of Sid sleeping between you and Stacy with his arms stretched out and a little smile on his face is absolutely adorable. As adorable as the photo of him with his headphones during the VIP part.
This tour seemed to be challenging and super tiring between the sickness, having to cancel shows having to adapt to having a baby on tour, but you pulled it off. Itās nice to read that you had many new and great moments and Iām sure that getting to tour with your partner and child was an unforgettable experience.
It makes me so happy to read and listen to you talk about your family. As a closeted lesbian it gives me hope of maybe someday getting to have that too.
I donāt know any same-sex couple with children, so I hope you know that the representation you give is so important. So thank you so much.
PS:I know you have COVID so I hope you feel better soon!
PS 2: is there a chance that Sonia and Stacy will write about their experience on tour? It would be great to hear their thoughts about touring with you.
Five years on from my son being born and I canāt remember my former life. Eating or drinking alone now feels strange, even when itās a precious day off from parenting. Itās a mean trick almost. When you are a fully engaged parent, youāre worn out but when youāre away from the family, you miss something and feel guilty about it. From everything Iāve read and listened to, it sounds like you two are excellent parents. The days are long but the years are short. Youāre doing great, Mama bear.
P.S. Sorry you got the āRona. I hope you fight it off quickly. Feel better soon.
Sara, I hope you are managing ok with covid š I really enjoyed reading your tour reflections š§” All the bits about traveling with Sid; as draining as it was at times, Iām sure these memories are worth the struggles. I admire you and Stacy for doing what you can to incorporate Sid into meals out early on and now touring as a family. I remember the early newborn days fondly. Rosie was 2.5 weeks old when I began venturing out regularly; first for short coffee dates and then meals out. That motivation to maintain some of my normalcy proved to help to this day, both for me and my child. Itās probably why Rosie could hang from VIP all through to the end of your main set in Seattle š Definitely worth disrupting the bedtime routine āŗļø
The Ventura show was so fun! I really enjoyed VIP and just the whole vibe of that night. I threw you the Flames jersey......I realized about a week after I ordered it, that itās gonna be a good hot minute before Sid is gonna fit into it š¬ hope he can enjoy it at some point ā¤ļø Thanks for such a fun tour and I hope more fans will get to experience it in 2023 š„°
Iām curious about food while on tour. I saw you eating dinner before the show in DC, and yes, Iām the creepy dude that gave you the Thank You card. It struck me as to why you eat out on tour that much and why the snacky foods. Iām sure you have friends in many of the cities you performed in and I wonder why you donāt get home cooked meals brought to you? Like, if our friends were in town on business, the first thing my wife and I would offer would be if we could bring them some home cooked food. Or is going out to eat a way of mentally freeing yourselves from the confining nature of the tour bus? Iām curious.
We mostly eat on the bus, and try to make food when we can. I wouldn't call it "home cooked" but I avoid eating like crap whenever possible. I loved your thank you card! NOT CREEPY at all!!!!! Loved that weird, show in DC. Thank you for supporting us!!!
Iām the plant lady. Ivy would do well on the bus š¤
Sid definitely sounds like an easy going child to travel with (except for the sleeping part). I am sure now that Sid is back home and around all the familiarity he will return to that 12 hours of sleep. Children are adaptable and flexible this way thankfully. Itās also nice that he is content when you go out for meals. My son was all over the place. He would not sit still. I love the image of Sid sprawled out in between you and Stacy in the king sized bed. I heard that you have Covid, I hope you recover quickly and you donāt get any horrible symptoms from it. Take care.
Sharing these feelings and sentiments is very beautiful. I am glad tour with family went well, and hopefully you can get Sidās sleeping back to the way it was. Iāve never imagined how hard it is to travel with a baby and how time consuming it is, but reading your experience is changing my whole narrative. Iāve never given excuses to my friends who are new parents to why they havenāt been in contact as much and why we donāt go out as much anymore, but now I feel selfish and I do understand it a bit more.
I truly hate looking at photos for memories and prefer to write a poem about the memory to either romanticize it, relive it, avoid it throughout releasing the negative emotions of it out on paper, or just simply cherish it. I donāt know if thatās better or worse.
Also, āIs he a fan of T+S? (Only if singing in a high-pitched voice and replacing all the words with āmeowā and or āSid-do-do-do-do-doā).ā Oh, no, is he obsessed with Baby Shark? Because if so, I am so sorry for you. Hahaha
I'm happy to know that overall things went well on this first tour after so long and first tour with family. Is the plan to bring Sid on every tour now that you lived the experience?
So true about the memory thing, I constantly search for photos in my cloud whenever I'm telling a story and I feel upset when I realize I didn't document something but maybe I should be more present and focus on what's happening in front of me so I can actually remember it later instead of relying on documentation.
It's so awesome that you got to bring Sid along for the tour and to give him all of the amazing experiences for the first time! (even if he won't remember them lol). I saw you and stacy walking with Sid in Seattle and it was the cutest sight, y'all are such an adorable little family š„¹ How has Sid been since you came home from tour? Is he adjusting back into the regular routine again?
Also, I hope you are feeling better, Sara! Having covid is no fun and as excited as I was to see you and Tegan at Zonafest tomorrow, your health is top priority. I hope you're well!
So disappointed to not perform at zone. :( We're all on the mend, thankfully. But, yeah...covid still not a joke :)
Zonafest wasn't the same without y'all but i'm so glad y'all are resting up and doing better!
We definitely respect and appreciate the effort it takes to tour, let alone, tour with a new born. But Iāve gotta say, when I saw you and Tegan on Ventura, I too really loved that show, especially because it was a cozy crowd and not one where we couldnāt move around. I hope you heard me scream and applaud you saying: āSara on that bass!,ā because I was so genuinely intrigued by that instrument transition. I hope you heard me. To add a personal observation in that performance, your vibe was solid boss vibes! YOLO. šš½
I like when you or Tegan say that your favourite show was Vancouver so I can say Iām personally responsible for it. I mean, I danced A LOT in the upper far corner of the Commodore.
Hey Sara,
That was great! It was awesome hearing you talk more about Sid and what itās like to travel with him!
I hope your feeling ok with covid and everything, Iām day 10 now (I think), my voice still sounds off. My mumās one or two days ahead of me and still coughing everywhere but is feeling ok. I assume youāre with Stacey and Sid and they have it too? If so I wouldnāt worry too much about Sid having it, my aunt, uncle and baby cousin (whoās about 2 months older than Sid) all had it when my cousin was 2 months old and apparently she just got a bit of a sniffly nose.
Anyway, hope youāre doing ok.
This is sort of unrelated but does Sid have dark blonde hair or is it just brown but really thin? Thatās kinda interesting if he does, cause you and Stacey both have naturally dark brown hair, right? Anyone in your family with lighter hair, or Staceyās?
I just found the hair thing interesting (feel free not to talk about it if you donāt want to)! Love the Sid related content!
Anyway Really good post!
Feel better!
Phoenix, he/they/it, 15, Australia
Stacy was a blondie till she was an older kid...though we're still not sure about Sid and what's gonna shake down with his hair...
As always, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts Sara!
Hearing about the regression situation with Sid having to sleep with Stacy in her bunkā¦ I believe Stacy more than earned her time alone in the rooftop hot tub lol.
The description of Sid sleeping between you and Stacy with his arms stretched out and a little smile on his face is absolutely adorable. As adorable as the photo of him with his headphones during the VIP part.
This tour seemed to be challenging and super tiring between the sickness, having to cancel shows having to adapt to having a baby on tour, but you pulled it off. Itās nice to read that you had many new and great moments and Iām sure that getting to tour with your partner and child was an unforgettable experience.
It makes me so happy to read and listen to you talk about your family. As a closeted lesbian it gives me hope of maybe someday getting to have that too.
I donāt know any same-sex couple with children, so I hope you know that the representation you give is so important. So thank you so much.
PS:I know you have COVID so I hope you feel better soon!
PS 2: is there a chance that Sonia and Stacy will write about their experience on tour? It would be great to hear their thoughts about touring with you.
Five years on from my son being born and I canāt remember my former life. Eating or drinking alone now feels strange, even when itās a precious day off from parenting. Itās a mean trick almost. When you are a fully engaged parent, youāre worn out but when youāre away from the family, you miss something and feel guilty about it. From everything Iāve read and listened to, it sounds like you two are excellent parents. The days are long but the years are short. Youāre doing great, Mama bear.
P.S. Sorry you got the āRona. I hope you fight it off quickly. Feel better soon.
This was so lovely, really is such a big change to everything having Sid with you. But such a nice one I imagine. š
A noise machine thatās such a good idea, itās only until you listed it do you realise just how much you need to look after a baby on the road.
I hadnāt seen the picture of Sid in his headphones until after Iād read the post. And wow that really is just as sweet as Iād imagined it. š„¹
Thank you for doing this tour recap Sara, it was great.
PS Sorry to hear that you finally caught Covid Sara, I hope you have a speedy recovery.
Also that houseplants question, wow thatās amazing! š Credit to whoever thought of that.
Beautiful! Adorable! Glad Sid got to travel with you. Wait till he starts walking and youāre on tour. love ya!
Sara, I hope you are managing ok with covid š I really enjoyed reading your tour reflections š§” All the bits about traveling with Sid; as draining as it was at times, Iām sure these memories are worth the struggles. I admire you and Stacy for doing what you can to incorporate Sid into meals out early on and now touring as a family. I remember the early newborn days fondly. Rosie was 2.5 weeks old when I began venturing out regularly; first for short coffee dates and then meals out. That motivation to maintain some of my normalcy proved to help to this day, both for me and my child. Itās probably why Rosie could hang from VIP all through to the end of your main set in Seattle š Definitely worth disrupting the bedtime routine āŗļø
The Ventura show was so fun! I really enjoyed VIP and just the whole vibe of that night. I threw you the Flames jersey......I realized about a week after I ordered it, that itās gonna be a good hot minute before Sid is gonna fit into it š¬ hope he can enjoy it at some point ā¤ļø Thanks for such a fun tour and I hope more fans will get to experience it in 2023 š„°
The way he's growing...he could be in it a lot sooner than you'd think...thank you!
Youāre welcome ā¤ļø
Thanks for sharing!
Iām curious about food while on tour. I saw you eating dinner before the show in DC, and yes, Iām the creepy dude that gave you the Thank You card. It struck me as to why you eat out on tour that much and why the snacky foods. Iām sure you have friends in many of the cities you performed in and I wonder why you donāt get home cooked meals brought to you? Like, if our friends were in town on business, the first thing my wife and I would offer would be if we could bring them some home cooked food. Or is going out to eat a way of mentally freeing yourselves from the confining nature of the tour bus? Iām curious.
We mostly eat on the bus, and try to make food when we can. I wouldn't call it "home cooked" but I avoid eating like crap whenever possible. I loved your thank you card! NOT CREEPY at all!!!!! Loved that weird, show in DC. Thank you for supporting us!!!
Yay!!
Interesting question. Iād be like letās set up a camping stove and make some meals.