New baby. Is backcountry season on hold?

My wife was skiing Mazama Ridge with her 6 week old grandson in a baby bjorn on her chest. Her daughter was backcountry skiing about 9 months into the pregnancy. Why stop? Be safe and cautious, yes.

Ha! My wife *did* say falling in snow is much better than falling off a skateboard or horseback riding. Snow it is!!

When ski touring with my son when he was younger I would routinely make him ski suspect avalanche slopes first.
He used to ask why he and not me, had to do this. I told him it was I was a father and had to be careful.

My 2 cents.
# I will never get used to people asking for parenting advice on a ski website.... I know its because I'm old and nasty and not used to the "sharing" mentality of you millenniums.....but  really???  

# Buying an airbag to makes yourself safer......? If you think you need to buy an airbag ... you are already skiing suspect slopes. If risk of death is not an option.... which seems to be the point of your question.... then you need to stay on slopes that have zero risk.....period.

# Give it up...NO.. you will need to escape...as much as I enjoyed being a parent and love the little shit and his mother... there where days when they needed me to go away and get some fresh air and days  when I needed to get away from the bliss that is marriage and parenting. Mental health for parents is important. All that mucus, poopy and crying ..you'll need a break .

# Skiing with your bundle of joy in a backpack..... There's a guy at Crystal who regularly skis with his infant in a pack and he's a telemarker. Makes me cringe every time I see him ski... Everybody knows telemarkers fall all the time.
If you're fixed heel that's a wee bit better but I still cringe...too many idiots on the slopes that may collide with ya. Maybe bunny slopes OK. Backcountry certainly as long as it just a plod. I used to take mine in a sled on XC skis.

# Do you know how much that sperm/egg miracle is going to cost you???? No new gear for you!

Scotsman,

The question was how others "approached" it. So, yeah, I *really* was interested. I'm not letting the forum tell me what to do. I'm letting it help with the communication of the situation. I'm not sure where I stated that buying an airbag pack is "safer." Again, it's the communication of how to approach my new life as a father with the goal of doing things I love that potentially put myself in more risk than watching tv on the couch. I hope that the initial question isn't implying that this forum is going to tell me what to do.

So far, I don't know how much it's going to cost me. I'm still living in a world that nothing is going to change.

My guess is that you will want to miss as little as possible of the development of your youngster.

I never got into the bringing the kid out for backcountry skiing. We did do crosscountry skiing and sledding etc. Which was fun, just remember they won't be aerobically moving so they are going to be a lot colder than you.

Mine is 4 now and planning on teaching him to ski via lift assist this year. Totally sucked not being able to do that regularly last year.

As for me getting out.. Well i just try and make the days that I get to count.