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Flying with a toddler? Beware of airplanes with airbags.

ByShelly Rivoli August 8, 2013August 23, 2022 Updated onAugust 23, 2022

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Air Travel | Tips | toddler

Tough time at the airport with your toddler? Remember these tips…
ByShelly Rivoli November 24, 2011August 23, 2022

Hit the airport cafe and build log cabins out of wooden stir sticks How are you keeping your little ones entertained while flying this weekend? Here are a few ideas – be sure to share your own in comments below. How to keep your toddler or preschooler entertained on an airport layover Tips for…

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Air Travel | Ask Shelly | giveaway

Banish boredom–not kids–from flights: "My Busy Kit" giveaways!
ByShelly Rivoli November 3, 2009August 23, 2022

This giveaway is closed – but the kits are still available here! I was appalled, to say the least, by the news this weekend that a noisy 2-year-old was removed from a Southwest flight before it even left the runway. But that is the topic of an entirely different blog post. The bottom line here is: as…

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Air Travel | baby gear | CARES

What’s the difference between CARES and the Baby B’Air?
ByShelly Rivoli October 1, 2009May 25, 2023

After seeing multiple parent remarks online recently where CARES was described as something used for infants (no!), and another mention of the Baby B’Air being installed in a child’s seat (no again!), I thought it might be a good time to revisit these flight safety products for children. Let’s start with the little red vest pictured here,…

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Air Travel | Popular Posts

Seven Easy Ways to Get Your Car Seat Through the Airport
ByShelly Rivoli April 5, 2023June 2, 2025

Looking for an easy way to get your car seat through the airport on your next vacation? Whether you plan to use your child’s car seat on the airplane or not it’s far better to check the car seat at the gate than subject it to the rigors of the airport baggage system and 50…

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Air Travel | budget travel | Tip Tuesday

Get (at least) one round-trip ticket with a new mileage credit card
ByShelly Rivoli January 10, 2012August 23, 2022

With the right card your family may board its next flight a little faster. This is the second post in the “Fit more travel into your family’s new year” series this month. If you missed the first post, you can check it out here. Would an extra round-trip ticket (or possibly two) help…

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Air Travel

How to diaper a squirmy toddler at 30,000 feet
ByShelly Rivoli July 2, 2012August 23, 2022

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of diapering your little one in an airplane lavatory, it may be hard to picture how infinitely small the fold-out diapering table might be. By the time your child can toddle down the aisle of the aircraft, he will likely be longer than the diaper changing tray is…

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