Packing

How to Pack and Prepare for a Four Day Trip with a Toddler- A Demonstration Video Series

How to Pack and Prepare for a Four Day Trip with a Toddler- A Demonstration Video Series

I am taking a trip tomorrow to Portland from Chicago with my almost 20 month old toddler, plus I am 13 weeks pregnant.  We’ll be flying there Thursday afternoon, taking the red-eye back Monday night, so I’m planning and packing for about four days of […]

Rubber Stamps and Ink Pads- A Traveling Mom’s Best Friend for Rewarding Good Behavior

Rubber Stamps and Ink Pads- A Traveling Mom’s Best Friend for Rewarding Good Behavior

Rubber stamps and ink pads are my savior these days.  My toddler LOVES the rubber stamps (most toddlers do), and they are a very quick and easy way to coerce a strong-willed toddler into good behavior at home and on plane trips, road trips, and […]

Toddler Carry-on Bags

Toddler Carry-on Bags

Veda is now 19 months old, and although we are still flying with her infant-in-lap, she will soon be turning two and will be required to have her own seat, plus we’ll be adding a newborn to the traveling mix shortly after her second birthday. […]

Packing a Travel Fun Bag for Toddlers One to Two Years Old

Packing a Travel Fun Bag for Toddlers One to Two Years Old

Veda and I, sans papa, are hitting the road again on Saturday on a long day and a half journey from Ladybrand, South Africa back home to Chicago.  A travel fun bag is critical to our success. My mind is now on packing, and deciding […]

Adventures in Potty Training on the Go Part I: What’s the Best Portable Potty?

Adventures in Potty Training on the Go Part I: What’s the Best Portable Potty?

My little munchkin is very interested in using the toilet.  That means it’s portable potty time. She says “poo-poo” and does the baby sign for toilet whenever she goes pee or poo in her diaper.  She also loves to take her diaper off, which she […]

Flying with Cloth Diapers?

Flying with Cloth Diapers?

Every time I start packing my carry-on for a short or long flight with my babe in tow, I struggle with whether or not to use cloth diapers for the ride, or to use disposables.  There are pros and cons to each, but in the […]

How to Pack Cloth Diapers for Long Travel

How to Pack Cloth Diapers for Long Travel

This blog was posted as a guest blog on All About Cloth Diapers on February 9, 2012: I spend 80-90% of my time traveling and living in various places around the world for weeks or months in each place with my fourteen month old, and […]

Hail, the Red Plastic Swing: Do Toddlers Really Need Toys?

Hail, the Red Plastic Swing: Do Toddlers Really Need Toys?

I always worry when we leave our home-base in Chicago that my toddler won’t have enough toys and books to keep her stimulated and occupied.  We can only fit so many toys in a suitcase for her, and if we are traveling for more than […]

To Ship or Not to Ship?

To Ship or Not to Ship?

If you’re traveling for a longer length of time, it may make sense to ship items that you may need for baby that you won’t be able to purchase, particularly if you are heading to a developing country with more limited access to baby supplies.  […]

Streamlining Mom (or Dad’s) Carry-On with Baby’s

Streamlining Mom (or Dad’s) Carry-On with Baby’s

I have worked over the past year traveling with my baby and now toddler to streamline my own carry-on bag with her’s so that I have only one bag to travel with, rather than two.  It’s definitely useful to have two separate bags if you […]