Practical baby travel tips, destination guides, packing advice, flying help, sleep and feeding strategies, and firsthand recommendations for traveling with a baby. Find realistic advice to make family trips easier, from your baby’s first flight to long-haul international travel.
Are you thinking of flying halfway around the world with a baby? Gulp! But don’t panic, I don’t want to scare you. However, I do want to prepare you. Preparation is key for traveling on a long haul flight with a baby. After several long haul flight experiences with my three children as babies, I…
As you twist and crack the seal on your brand-new crisp bottle of water you remember you have to go through security for your flight. Chug it or toss it? Despite frequent flying, I’ve been here and it’s not fun. But, don’t throw away your bottle yet! When traveling with a baby, you are allowed…
I wanted to find out what travel destinations were the most baby-friendly for our first baby’s first international trip. So I asked Google, “what are the most baby-friendly countries?” Looking back, I laugh at myself a bit for this. After that first trip, we brought him to Cuba. Next, we brought our second baby to…
Pitstop on the way home from the hospital? A celebration when the baby is one month old? Some people travel with a newborn, and some people don’t travel until their child is 1, or 7, or 16. People’s customs and comfort levels vary widely when it comes to going out and traveling with the littlest…
I set my sights on Machu Picchu several years ago, but our travels mostly took us east and west rather than north and south. After our first baby was born, I considered Machu Picchu for his first international trip. I was worried away from that idea after a little research though. I considered it again…
On our trip to Dubai, I knew I wanted to look beyond Dubai and discover other places nearby. Abu Dhabi was a top pick, even with a baby. Actually, we found the UAE to be very family-friendly. We’re not huge tour people, we prefer to wander around ourselves, but sometimes we find a tour helpful….
We’ve heard all sorts of reasons why it’s not a good idea to travel with a baby, or why people are hesitant. Everyone wants to do what’s best for their babies. We love our babies fiercely, they become our whole world. I get it, I’m right there with you! But if you really want to…
We visited San Francisco and Napa Valley pre-baby. Post-baby we headed back to the Bay Area and wanted to check out more wineries, but we had a baby with us this time! Is it still possible to go wine tasting with a baby? Thankfully the answer is: yes! I don’t know all the wineries, there…
Why in the world do we take our baby away from his comfy home environment? Disrupt his routine? Wrangle squirmy on a 15-hour flight? Carry a sweaty love for hours trekking? It’s not always easy, sometimes it’s really difficult, but we think it’s important. If you want to travel with your baby, here are some…