Planning a Disney vacation with your family? Chances are that you will need new gear to make your trip a success. Having functional and practical travel gear is very important, but there’s no reason that gear can’t be a little bit cute and in the Disney spirit too. With Disney travelers in mind, I went out […]
BubbleBum Review: Why This Booster is Our Family’s Most-Used Kid Travel Product
After 8 years of travel with kids and 5 years of blogging about it, I have tried a lot of kid travel products. A few have been awesome. A few have served a limited purpose well for a limited period of time. A few have been big flops. A very select few of these products […]
International Travel with Car Seats: What Do You Really Do?
If you want to start the mommy wars all over again, start a conversation about car seats. I’ve learned from posting a guide to car seats and air travel a few years ago that car seats can bring out the worst in millennial and Gen X parents. The judgment is real. Don’t keep your child […]
Flying American Airlines with a Stroller? A Rule Every Traveling Parent Needs to Know
When airline horror stories go viral with family travelers involved, I tend to hear about them pretty quickly. The stories are varied and usually pretty egregious – from families having milk and formula confiscated by TSA to an airline assigning a parent a seat 20 rows away from their baby or toddler. And let’s not forget the multiple […]
Getting Ready for a Trip with My Toddler
This post was sponsored by Diapers.com as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. I just got back yesterday from my first trip solo with my just-turned 3 year old son. I’ve traveled before with both kids solo several times (harder for sure, especially when my […]
Kid Travel Gear: What We Packed & What We Used
Travel with kids often means lugging some travel gear. Since my family includes a toddler and a 7 year old, we are not yet in the packing light stage. We have to travel with some gear whether we like it or not – car seats, strollers, and travel cribs aren’t exactly optional. My family took a trip […]
Packing the Perfect Daypack for a Potty Training Toddler
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PottyTrainTogether #CollectiveBias August was a major milestone month in our household – potty training boot camp for my little guy. With his preschool starting right after Labor Day, it was now or never. So I stocked the house with […]
gb Pockit Review: A Game-Changing Stroller for Travel with Kids
This post was sponsored by @GBChildUsa as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received the gb Pockit to facilitate my review. Strollers are both a life-saver and a source of frustration for traveling parents. If you travel with babies and toddlers as I have for the past 7 years, they are a […]
Go-Go Babyz Travelmate Review
One of my least favorite parts of air travel with young kids is lugging a car seat with me. Of course, car seats are a travel necessity. Naturally, I’ve toughed it out, dutifully lugging them through dozens of airports over the last 6 1/2 years of my life. I’ve tried a number of products to […]
Top New Products for Travel with Kids in 2015
It’s hard to believe it, but 2015 is coming to a close. The year has been filled with lots of travels for my family and lots of new travel gear along the way. As my son entered his toddler years and my 6 year old graduated from a lot of the “little kid” stuff, we’ve used […]
