When you travel internationally, you learn to adapt to your environment. But when you are traveling internationally with a baby or toddler, who hasn’t yet learned how to adapt to change, you come to appreciate the small things. At times, you miss those comforts from home that make life easier. Changing tables, playgrounds, high chairs,…
Before I get to the real point of this letter, let me first start off by saying thank you. I realize your primary job is to see to it that the hundreds of passengers sharing the giant tube in the sky with you arrive safely at their final destinations. And I appreciate that. I really…
How much does a baby actually remember? Somewhere in a baby’s memory bank are there experiences from infancy that will somehow feel familiar one day, but they won’t know why? Or are our little one’s memories fleeting soon after they happen? I tend to think it’s the former. Recently a friend made a comment about…
Our daughter is only 15 months old, so it might be a bit premature to call her a “genius”, but I’m fairly certain she is going to be one smart cookie. No, she isn’t reciting Shakespearean sonnets quite yet, in fact she really only has about five words in her vocabulary, and that’s if you…
Toddlers. They’re an interesting breed of humans, aren’t they? These tiny, messier versions of other humans make everything in life an adventure. I had a play date with a friend of mine last week who has a son seven weeks older than our toddler, Avery. Originally, I suggested a nice dinner out with our adorable…
I don’t know you, but I’m sitting several rows back and can hear the high-pitched wail coming from your child just as clearly as if you were sitting right next to me. I don’t know what instigated the deafening scream that is resounding through the entire coach section of this moderate-sized aircraft. Perhaps you took…
Let me start by saying I’m a stay-at-home mom, so my daughter doesn’t go to daycare. When my daughter was born, I decided to leave the job I loved to spend my days changing diapers, singing nursery rhymes, and playing peek-a-boo. I’m thankful to have a very supportive husband who allows me this time to…
Traveling with kids is hard… Like really hard. If someone tells you otherwise, he’s lying. But I’m here to tell you traveling with kids is worth it. When we are at home, I tend to keep Avery on a strict schedule. It just works better for us. Her bedtime is the same every day, as is…
Can we talk about hotel cribs for a second? Has anyone else noticed how freakishly tall they are? They’re weird and awkward and in every single hotel in America. It seems like all hotels in The States offer the exact same crib to guests traveling with babies. If you’ve ever requested a crib at a…