Travel Tips
Flying with a Colicky Baby
We took John on his first flight at 10.5 weeks. His colic/reflux was bad and he wasn’t happy very often. Although he wasn’t thrilled with the flight, I was able to keep him basically content and mostly quiet. Each baby and each day is different with a colicky baby, so I won’t claim that these … Continue reading
Caption This! (Plus Travel Tip for Infants)
I’m still in the process of surviving an infant with colic who doesn’t sleep during the day (fortunately he does sleep at night, although he wakes up several times). My post about traveling with colicky infants will have to wait because I have to choose between writing and sleeping and I hardly get any sleep … Continue reading
Travel Tip: Find Fun Anywhere
Of course it’s stressful flying these days. Especially with kids. But if you slow down and take some time to have fun, your kids will be less stressed and better behaved. That’s good for everyone! Like most children, Ella used to be terrified of the loud hand dryers. But now that the noise doesn’t scare … Continue reading
How to Get Your Child to Buckle Up
Today’s high wind advisories across half the country have me thinking about turbulence and staying safe by buckling up in flight. Here’s a chart of the projected turbulence for today. Green areas are moderate (AIRMETS), red are severe (SIGMETS). The numbers inside of each area show which altitudes that the advisory is for. For example, … Continue reading
Part II – I Have My Baby (YAY!) Now What?
(Click here for part I: “What to Expect”.) Pardon me interrupting your “baby-moon” but traveling with an infant is an entirely different experience! (By the way, be sure to enjoy reading a book or magazine on the way out. You will not be reading on the plane for, oh, about another six years…) Here are … Continue reading
What to Expect… When You’re Bringing a New Baby Home on the Plane
So, Congratulations! You have waited and waited for your adoption, and you are finally heading out to get your baby and bring him or her home. Wait… what? Babies are hard. Travel is hard. Travel with babies is hard. There is definitely no instruction manual for a new parent flying a days old infant home. … Continue reading
Airplane Fun
A fun thing to do on your next flight: Take the camera with you to the lavatory and snap a photo of you and your child. If you’re like me, you’re rarely in photos as the one behind the camera. Get in a picture for once! Travel blogger Heather Poole started the trend and there … Continue reading
Disney and Laundry Soap
We just had our first Disney experience, spending 3 days at Disney World and 3 days on a Disney Cruise. Needless to say, it was amazing! I’ll write more about it later, but today I bring you a small travel tip: Always bring small packets of Woolite with you on your trips. I packed 4 … Continue reading
Travel Tip: Create a “Passport”
Whether you are frequent or first time fliers, I highly recommend starting a “passport” for your kids. A “passport” is a logbook so you can record each flight. I received a pre-printed one on one of my flights, but it would be easy to make your own. Just staple some papers together, draw some dividing … Continue reading
Keep the Relaxation in Vacation
Confession time: I hate planning vacations. We travel a lot, but it’s usually for trips planned/arranged by others, related to either my husband’s or my work. I usually wait until we actually get to the location to look up local activities and events and then go from there. This definitely causes me to miss out … Continue reading
