Have you ever started your family vacation nicely organized with each item for your child (or each child!) cleverly packed and stowed, only to find that one day later all chaos has unleashed itself across your hotel room? What I like about the Free Like Birdie Complete Travel System is that it goes beyond traditional…
Half of the battle in being able to enjoy traveling with a baby or toddler is figuring out how to keep them safe in completely new surroundings. In addition to my Checking-In Safety Checklist included in both Travels with Baby guides and the “Staying Safe and Sane with Friends and Family” pre-trip advice in Travels with Baby,…
I know many of you have already enjoyed the benefits of an Amazon Kindle at home and also during travel. For those of you who already own the kindle Fire, and those considering investing in one, be sure to take a look at the new Kindle FreeTime Unlimited subscription service where, for either $4.99 per…
It’s been like Ask Shelly: Paris whack-a-mole around here lately! 😉 I always love to hear your questions, and of course I love France, so before I return to some earlier questions I’ve promised answers on, let me answer this easy one! Well, maybe not SO easy. Catherine writes: Hi Shelly: I am emailing you…
Here we are, my firstborn and I, on the ferry to Koh Phi-Phi, just before we were instructed to climb down a ladder into a wooden longtail boat bobbing beside us. For most able-bodied passengers, this would not be a big deal. But I had a baby to carry–and both boats were moving. Fortunately I…
If I’ve learned one lesson over the past few years, it’s this: It doesn’t hurt to ask for what you want from the universe. Sometimes it — and a whole ‘lotta supportive, incredible, and influential people are listening. You readers took me by such surprise when I decided last fall, for the first time ever,…