Walking to school tips

Long story short: we recently moved from the suburbs to the city and this year my kids will be going to a new school.The school district is short over 400 bus drivers and they have about 11,000 students they have been scrambling to find transportation for. Because of this, we were deemed that we live too close to the school to qualify for them to take the bus.We are a one car family, to ride the city bus would cost us about $9 per day in bus fare. My husband can take them to school, but he works 45 minutes away so he can’t pick them up. This means that I will have to walk to their school with the baby (19 months old) to get my 6 and 7 year olds and walk them back. We can’t afford the bus fare daily (I looked into like monthly passes and child discounts etc and that’s the lowest I could find provided I am reading everything right… I will be calling to make sure I understand their fees), let alone buy another car. It’s a 1.3 mile walk and will likely take me 35-40ish minutes each way.The baby hates being in a baby carrier because we didn’t go anywhere to get him used to it due to lockdowns. How should I best prepare for this? Any suggestions for things that I should buy in order to make this daily journey easier? I’m low key freaking out that I didn’t learn that we wouldn’t have transportation until a week before school starts. Thank you for any suggestions. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3AL3PyV