Looking for some helpful new travel toys to keep your little ones busy during your upcoming travels? Here are some of my hand-picked recommendations of travel toys for babies, toddlers, and kids under 5 years. (This post contains affiliate links and your click-throughs help support this site–thank you!) 1. Lamaze Freddie The Firefly Freddie the…
If you’re looking for screen-free alternatives to help keep your child entertained on an upcoming flight, road trip, camping trip, train ride, cruise (when wouldn’t these come in handy?!) … consider these favorite travel toys for young children. No charging cord or batteries required! And better still, these travel toys will help keep your child’s…
Chances are you have enough other things to worry about these days, so keeping mosquitos at bay — and off your bébé — during your vacation shouldn’t be one of them. For those of you planning a family camping trip or travel to other mosquito-friendly destinations, here is a timely excerpt from Chapter 8: Health…
Planning a family vacation with grandparents? Whether it’s a family reunion with many branches of your family tree or a just your household taking a much-needed vacation with one or two grandparents, I can tell you from experience that multi-generational travel is great way for families to bond and make memories—when it’s done right. Here…
Travels with Baby Tips: How to Plan Your Best Vacation with a Baby? Planning your first vacation with a baby–or second or third for that matter–can be daunting. And that’s without the current health issues to consider. After all, it’s more than the commitment of the time and money. There is that bottom line of…
Greetings from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area, where we’re finishing week 2 of our shelter-in-place order. We’ve got two parents working at home with three “distance learning” kids at home. Chances are your family scene looks a bit like ours? (AKA controlled chaos?) If so, just remember when you start to feel…