Today's video has been highly requested. It seems that many families are interested in how to handle traveling with small children. I have a lot of experience in this area and today I offer my top ten tips for you.
We have three children, ages 5, 7 and 17 months. I've traveled everywhere from England with my two toddler daughters alone, all the way to Japan with my 3 month old baby boy... alone too!
This time, my husband was with us and we were with all three kids. So whether you have a short flight over Thanksgiving weekend, a long-haul flight or even just a road trip, I think you can benefit from my advice in today's video.
Here is a short summary of my ten points in the video:
1. Plan as much as you can! Then be prepared to throw your plans out the window when things change :)
2. Be prepared with snacks/ activity books (see my suggestion below).
3. If you allow your children to use an iPad or tablet, deprive them of it for a few weeks before the flight to make
it a special treat.
4. Have your children bring a backpack on the plane with their own personal items: activity books, water, snack,
airplane pillow and headphones. Make sure they know they're responsible for it.
5. For babies, make sure you have different ways to carry them. Moby wrap or baby bjorn in addition to a stroller.
6. Have a sense of humor! Laughter is one of the best ways to dissolve stress.
7. Emphasize that you are a family team and that we all need to think about other people before we
think about ourselves.
8. Totally surrender. You won�t be able to relax with a toddler on an airplane. If you do, it�s a pleasant surprise!
9. Employ patience. Extreme patience.
10. Do what comforts you and try to focus on why you are traveling in the first place.
These are the three items I mentioned in the video:
Never Bored Kid Book age 5-6 These activity books are really impressive. We've tried dozens of them and these are definitely the best! Also age 6-7, age 7-8, age 8-9, age 4-5
Kids airplane neck pillow shaped like a dachshund. These pillows were so welcome on the flight. The airplane no longer supplies pillows so I was grateful we brought these for the girls.
Lil Gadgets kids headphones Again, the airlines don't supply headphones. I find that these, which are made for children's heads work a lot better than the standard adult earphones.
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