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Flying With Young Children

February 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Today I'll be flying with the kids from Grand Rapids, MI to Savanna, GA. We'll spend a couple weeks in Sea Island, GA with my husband's family. John is driving to Georgia so he can visit a few of his helmet video camera accounts. I always like to have a few new tricks up my sleeve when flying alone with the kids and I just came across this article in by Kim Wallace on BabyCenter.com called, "How to enjoy a plane trip with young children". It's very comprehensive and contains good, solid air travel advice. How to enjoy a plane trip with young children. Like many parents with young … [Read more...]

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Riva del Garda, Italy

January 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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When my husband asked a well-traveled European friend where our family should spend a month in Europe, his emphatic reply was Riva del Garda, Italy. With three young children, ages 6, 4 and 3, we needed a place that provided lots of activity to keep the little ones entertained. Lake Garda delivered in style! One thing to note... Riva del Garda is primarily a European vacation destination. Don’t be surprised if English is not spoken as often as other tourist regions. German will get you much farther than English in this part of the country. Riva del Garda is located on the north side of … [Read more...]

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5 Tips for Flying with a Baby

January 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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You’ve scoured the internet for travel destinations, successfully booked your vacation, and purchased of an obscene amount gear for traveling with your baby.  As your departure date looms ever nearer, apprehension mounts as you contemplate a flight with your new little bundle of joy. Fear not.  Whether this is your first trip or you’ve already got several baby travel adventures under your belt, we’ve collected some tips to make your travels relaxing and enjoyable. … [Read more...]

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Algarve, Portual – Tina’s Holiday Extras

October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Many of my posts are written from the perspective of a US citizen. But after spending a couple weeks with British friends who were staying in our guest house with their 18 month old baby, I realized that we need to provide more posts for our friends over the pond. With that in mind, let me introduce... Algarve, Portugal. For most Europeans, it's hardly an introduction. Pristine sandy beaches, sunny Mediterranean climate, safety and relative low cost make Algarve the most popular vacation destination in Portugal. In fact, Algarve welcomes 9 million foreign visitors every year! For those … [Read more...]

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You “Guten” anything for that?

September 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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by Michelle Moore, Nurse and mother of two When a child gets sick overseas... My husband and I traveled 14 hours from California to Germany, and were DELIGHTED when our room was equipped with black-out drapes so we could all adjust to the new time zone. We were equally delighted when our 2 year old slept the first 14 hours we were there...until we had to wake her up (as new parents, it was a strict and holy rule NEVER to wake a sleeping baby). While we thought we co-created the world’s perfect traveling baby (“What great adaptation she has to a new time zone!” followed by, “Great … [Read more...]

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Car Games – Part 2:Turn Your Car Into A Rolling Preschool

September 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Hmmm. Car Games-Part 1:Baby was delivered to you on May 22. Now, nearly four months later, we bring you Part 2 of our car travel series. It's been a wonderfully relaxing summer, replete with pleasure-filled days hanging out with the kids on the shores of Lake Charlevoix. With the start of the school year, I'm mindful of just how much time we're spending in the car! Living in rural northern Michigan, I have managed to escaped the drudgery of rush hour traffic. Even so, I spend hours a week behind the wheel with kids in tow. Studies show that much of a child's future success is … [Read more...]

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Photo Contest Winner!

June 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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We have a winner for the Baby Travel iPhone App photo contest! This contest was open to subscribers to Dr. Northrup's e-newsletter and we got some great entries. The Pop-a-Tot activity center goes to Jen Salko. Jen Salko's picture will be featured on the BabyTravel iPhone app the week of June 20. Two other contest entrants from Dr. Northrup's subscibers will be featured in the following weeks, including Margaret Windmer the week of June 27 and Jennifer Benner the week of July 4. We are proud to be a part of the celebration of Dr. Northrup's newly revised book, Women’s Bodies, … [Read more...]

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Car Games – Part 1: Baby

May 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
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If you read my last post, Share Your Plane Trip with Young Kids Disaster Story, you may have realized that I started BabyTravel.com not because I have all the answers, but because I made a lot of mistakes. But my ineptitude was not limited to air travel. In fairness to myself, I wasn't inept at traveling in the car with a baby, it just caused severe and lasting emotional trauma. So this is part one of a four part series on keeping kids entertained in the car. Life-altering experiences affect different people in different ways. I used to be a rock climber. Once a year, a group of us would … [Read more...]

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Baby Travel iPhone App

April 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Words cannot possibly DESCRIBE how excited I am to introduce you to this app. A big shout-out to my husband, John, for encouraging me to design an iPhone app and to Scott Holliday, the lead app developer at Jacobs Media. I also want to thank family, friends, Facebook fans and Twitter followers who have been spreading the word via Facebook and Twitter. Here's a copy our latest press release! … [Read more...]

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Technology to Make Travel Easier

April 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Faithful BabyTravel followers will know that I originally published this post 2 months ago. Since then, we've seen a HUGE increase in the number of iPhone apps for parents traveling with children. I am re-posting this with three times the apps. Please post comments if you have a great iPhone, Blackberry or Droid app for keeping kids entertained! Kayak.com Kayak.com is like a having virtual travel agent. And now, mobile phone applications make this massive search engine available wherever you go. The iPhone app includes KAYAK Trips so you can easily manage your itinerary. And yippee, … [Read more...]

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