Travel in peak seasons with the added chaos of gift shopping and possible weather issues can be challenging enough. For those of you who are setting out for Thanksgiving travel or journeys through the rest of the upcoming holidays with young children, do yourself a favor this week and simplify what you can—while you still…
“…I have to wonder how many Southwest travelers will grow to resent this new system of boarding, where families are more likely to get split between rows and fellow passengers like my neighbors—who boarded the aircraft solo—are even more likely to end up ‘traveling with children’?” Southwest Airlines has for years been regarded as one…
Here is a question from a reader in Australia that I’m sure many of you may share. While I’ve addressed some of these issues in various parts of Travels with Baby, here are some tips specific to travel with a baby around 13 months, and a few new ideas. Hi Shelly, I live in…
“As far as convertible car seats go… the Triumph is pretty darn wide.” This question originated on the Travels with Baby Facebook wall. Since it raises some important points about using a popular convertible car seat on aircraft, I thought it would make a good Ask Shelly post here in the blog, and if any…
Hi Shelly, I love following you on Facebook!I have a travel question…My son will be 10.5 months when we travel to Club Med Ixtapa in Mexico in two weeks. We bought an extra seat on the plane for him but we really don’t want to bring his car seat because we will not use it…
Every once in a while, if you’re lucky, and if you keep having babies (ha!), a great new product comes along just in time to make traveling with your child a little easier. I should probably disclose up front, however, that I am in the somewhat unusual position of being approached on an almost-weekly…