Traveling with kids isn’t easy. There. We said it. While you’ll see endless photos of perfect families with perfect kids smiling for the camera on Instagram or Pinterest or Facebook or wherever you spend your time online, let’s face it: … Continued
Lucky us. We had a family reunion to attend and it just so happened to fall during a veritable storm of sleep disaster for Little Monster – she was working on dropping from two to one naps, she was in … Continued
Wondering how to travel with the whole family without bleeding money out your ears? Traveling with more people means more plane tickets, more beds to sleep in and more meals to buy. As I have learned through the years (and … Continued
Fun-size people can be temporarily distracted by fun-size snacks. However, tiny candy bars alone will not get you through an all-day road trip. You can find out why I feel so strongly about the perils of sugary snacks as well … Continued
If anyone tells you that sleep isn’t an issue for tiny travelers, then…well, whatever. Maybe that someone has a unicorn baby who will sleep anywhere, but chances are if you have a baby and you want to travel, you’re going … Continued
I’ll admit it. When I got an invite for a family reunion that overlapped with Little Monster’s first birthday, I mostly had a foreboding sense of uh oh. The reunion was either a 13-hour drive away or a two-hour flight, … Continued
Your child may be less flexible in daily life than an average kid for a number of reasons: physical or mental health issues, pure personality, or even just going through a “stage.” It may be hard to imagine a child … Continued
It’s true. Traveling is expensive. Beyond that, it’s not a necessary expense so it can be really hard to justify why you should spend $3,000 on planes tickets and hotels versus repaving your asphalt driveway at home. And maybe you … Continued
There are lots of reasons to get your baby a passport that have nothing to do with, say, running from the law. Family travel has a lot of great benefits. Maybe you decide to apply for a passport for your … Continued
We are American, which means we drive approximately 14 hours every summer to get from our house to my parents’ house. Sometimes we spend the night at a motel halfway, nobody sleeps, and then we fight crying kids back into … Continued