Here's few tips to help when you're planning your next trip with the family. Over the years I've come up with a number of tricks that, though simple, streamline travel and make it the fun and worthwhile thing it should be.1.Buy a portable high-chair. Wherever you may find yourself eating, your mother-in-law's place, a restaurant in the middle of nowhere or even a picnic table on the beach, having a safe, easy and secure place for your little one to eat makes life much easier.
2. Think about getting a combination stroller/car seat. The benefits to having this are obvious, but don’t think they’re just for road trips. A smart parent traveler will find one that can also be used on a plane. Then your baby can go from your car to the plane to the rental car to the theme park without causing you serious mental damage.
3. Remember that your kids are small and need to rest! It’s easy to pack an itinerary to the brim and barely having enough time to bathe your kids (and yourself!) before tucking them into bed. It’s not just the kids that will enjoy things more if they’re rested. The more time you get to recharge and decompress, the less time you will spend wanting to scream like a lunatic.
4. If flying, keep an extra set of clothes for the kids in your carry-on. This does equal more to carry, but the alternative is spending a three-hour flight next to a child who has vomited on himself. A good thing? I think not.
5. Another flying tip: take the Red-Eye. We all know how important routine is to kids and the stress and trauma of travel, especially by plane, is greatly lessened when they can recognize a bedtime that’s only a little different from the one they know home. The plus side, of couse, is that they are more likely to sleep, which equals rested, happy kids once you reach your destination.
2. Think about getting a combination stroller/car seat. The benefits to having this are obvious, but don’t think they’re just for road trips. A smart parent traveler will find one that can also be used on a plane. Then your baby can go from your car to the plane to the rental car to the theme park without causing you serious mental damage.
3. Remember that your kids are small and need to rest! It’s easy to pack an itinerary to the brim and barely having enough time to bathe your kids (and yourself!) before tucking them into bed. It’s not just the kids that will enjoy things more if they’re rested. The more time you get to recharge and decompress, the less time you will spend wanting to scream like a lunatic.
4. If flying, keep an extra set of clothes for the kids in your carry-on. This does equal more to carry, but the alternative is spending a three-hour flight next to a child who has vomited on himself. A good thing? I think not.
5. Another flying tip: take the Red-Eye. We all know how important routine is to kids and the stress and trauma of travel, especially by plane, is greatly lessened when they can recognize a bedtime that’s only a little different from the one they know home. The plus side, of couse, is that they are more likely to sleep, which equals rested, happy kids once you reach your destination.
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