US Passports for Children

January 6, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
US Passports

Do you need passports for children when traveling to other countries? The answer is an emphatic "yes"!  Even when traveling to Mexico, EVERY U.S. citizen is required to have a valid passport. The only exception is travel to Canada by land or sea. When traveling from Canada by air, you are still required to present a valid passport upon return to the United States. This includes children. But a child is still allowed back into the US from Canada with only a birth certificate as proof of citizenship. … [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). … [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. … [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. … [Read more...]

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Share Your Plane Trip with Young Kids Disaster Story

May 12, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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Sharing travel tales of woe? How is this productive? Rest assured, I am not trying to encourage anyone to wallow in self-pity or scare the pants off some new parent preparing for their first airplane trip with a young child. Mistakes are our best teacher. And why not let someone else make them instead of you? So I'll go first. Here are my top 5 travel screw-ups! … [Read more...]

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Dr. Christiane Northrup

May 5, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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"Mothers are our taproots into the earth." Dr. Christiane Northrup encourages women to "Celebrate their maternal legacy" this Mother's Day. Here is a brief excerpt from her May newsletter, "Women's Health Wisdom": "Nothing, and I mean nothing, trumps the influence of your mother on all aspects of your life. And regardless of whether your relationship with your mom is thriving or on the rocks, if she is alive or has passed from this life, I want you to think of at least one great thing about your maternal legacy and celebrate it this Mother’s Day." … [Read more...]

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