I've called this blog Trips with Tykes in the hopes that it would be helpful to all parents traveling with small children. But the reality is that I've never actually taken a trip with tykes (plural) as I only have one child. I'm happy to announce, however, that this is soon about to change!
Baby #2 (a boy!) is due in late September and we could not be more thrilled. My now four year old daughter has been asking for a sibling for many months now, as she has seen many of her peers have babies enter their families. So, she is probably the most excited of all.
We told her the big news when we were in Hawaii at the Aulani in March, and she was so thrilled that she made sure to tell Mickey, Minnie, and pretty much everyone staying at the resort her big news. She's was initially hoping for a sister, but luckily changed her tune about 48 hours before the ultrasound where we found out we were having a boy. She is already offering to feed the baby bottles and promising to hand clean diapers to me (but not do the actual dirty work of diaper changes - ha!) when baby comes in a few months. She's helping us brainstorm potential names, but has taken to calling the baby "Little Noodle" in the meantime.
Needless to say, my growing belly is going to keep my family grounded for a bit in the coming months, but I'm sure I'll have plenty of blog content to share. Our last big airplane trip is scheduled for early July, when I'll be 29 weeks pregnant, so wish me luck. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I flew at 34 weeks (my sister was getting married, so I was determined to make that trip). So, I'm hoping 29 weeks will be a relative breeze.
Here's the proud big sister "expecting" a baby brother in September!
andrea says
Big congratulations, so exciting! And she is so cute!
tripswithtykes says
Thanks! Isn't it great to have a little redheaded daughter? 😉 They always have such spunk.
Lucy says
Yay! That is just the greatest news - Virginia will be a stellar big sister. And her little brother will be her biggest fan (believe me; I've seen that first hand : ))
Flying should be fine. I flew around 30 weeks with George and then took a road trip to the beach for a week (!!) at 37 weeks (not the best family planning on our part, but we had to book our trip over a year in advance and had no way of knowing). Both went fine, but my doc was not pleased with the beach adventure -- she thought for sure I would go into labor (which jinxed me into being induced at 40 weeks).
Good luck and enjoy your pregnancy!!
tripswithtykes says
Lucy - a road trip at 37 weeks! You get a gold medal for that one. I thought I was being bold flying at 34 weeks. Excited to have a little brother for V. Only time will tell whether he will be as active as George!
Jessica says
Such great news! Congrats! Maybe you will have enough red head?
tripswithtykes says
I hope we have another redhead! What is it with all the travel blogging moms with redheaded kids? Must be a strange coincidence. 😉