Planning

Airline Child and Infant Travel Policies: United States

Airline Child and Infant Travel Policies: United States

Below is a comprehensive list of airline child and infant travel policies for the United States.   Below you may click on the links to each airline (in alphabetical order) to be taken directly to the airline’s website page that describes their policies on domestic […]

Twelve Tips to Help Baby Survive a Time Zone Change and Jet Lag

Twelve Tips to Help Baby Survive a Time Zone Change and Jet Lag

Question: I will be flying with my son solo from Sydney, Australia to Vancouver, Canada when he’ll be  5 months old.  Can you tell me how Veda adjusted to jet lag and the different time zones each time you traveled? Can you give me tips on how […]

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 […]

Seven Reasons Why I Love Family-Friendly Etihad Airways

Seven Reasons Why I Love Family-Friendly Etihad Airways

Before I had a baby I had certain criteria that I used to decide which airlines I would typically choose to fly.  I was a pretty loyal customer too, sometimes paying more in airfare just to fly with a certain airline (I’m talking about you, […]

What’s the Best Stroller for Travel?

What’s the Best Stroller for Travel?

We try to avoid stroller use as much as possible to cut down on weight, extra things to carry-on, and because strollers are often not practical to use on the sidewalk-less places where we travel.  I cannot, for example, imagine pushing my baby through the […]

What Documents Does Baby Need for International Travel?

What Documents Does Baby Need for International Travel?

Don’t forget to pack the documents below in your carry-on or diaper bag when traveling internationally with baby.  Rather than traveling with photocopies of everything, I save space by scanning all of my critical travel documents (passports, visa pages, birth certificates, yellow fever immunization proof, […]

20 Steps to Prepare for International Travel with Baby

20 Steps to Prepare for International Travel with Baby

1)       Get a U.S. passport for baby 2)      Pick your destination and determine length of stay 3)      If you are traveling for work with baby, identify a care provider situation that works for you 4)      Decide if baby will travel as infant-in-lap or get a […]

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.  […]

Confessions of a Cheesecake Drugging: Is Sugar the Answer to Baby’s Jet Lag?

Confessions of a Cheesecake Drugging: Is Sugar the Answer to Baby’s Jet Lag?

I try my best to feed my baby healthy, organic food focused on lots of whole grains, fruits, and veggies, and I try to minimize the amount of sugar, including juice, that she gets.  However, I have to confess that recently my husband and I […]