walking on travels

Tears rolled down my face. I paced back and forth, bouncing, rocking, making annoying shushing sounds over and over again. Nothing was working. My throat was dry and I was going hoarse. I was ready to give up. The baby was not going to go to sleep. Our journey begins The night we arrived in [...]

A major deterrent when thinking of traveling with young children is the effect it will have on their sleep. There is no way to guarantee you and your child won’t suffer from jet lag but there is a little hope when it comes to the spot they will lay their head. We do not co-sleep [...]

It’s no secret that Dek slept horribly while we were on the East Coast for 3.5 weeks this summer. Facebook updates, Twitter lines and posts were involved in my need to process why we were having such a hard time. We were up in the middle of the night a lot. Most nights Dek was [...]

Dek is almost two. With each trip and each new stage of his life, I have met with different stumbling blocks. This trip, sleep was our biggest challenge. When we flew into Philadelphia on July 20th,  Dek slept great. I regularly got 8 hours of sleep. He usually got his 10-12 hours. He napped like [...]

I took a Baby Bjorn Travel Crib with me on the trip. Dek would need a bed, and I could not depend on the hotels to have one available. I knew the printer would not have one either. I’m not even sure they have ever had a baby on press before. Probably not. Dek has [...]

Traveling across time zones is always tricky. I have found loads of advice in baby and travel books, blogs and from other parents. Some say you should always keep your child on your time zone and not switch to local time. Others even suggest you not travel more than 3 hours outside of your time [...]

One of the hardest things to do when planning a trip is find a hotel or other accommodation. At least it is for me. I’ve picked some bad hotels in the past in my efforts to save money (a trip to Phoenix when I was pregnant comes to mind), so I have become a bit [...]

I have always been a bit hesitant about using hostels when we travel. I had heard that hostels had come a long way from catering only  to student backpackers and were now hosting a variety of travelers, including families, but I was still always a bit nervous.What if it was dirty, too noisy or we [...]

(This could have also been titled: Taking your 14-month-old on an international business trip- insanity or genius?) After over 24 hours of travel, we landed in Hong Kong and I thought, “we did it! We actually made it in one piece!” I got a lot of strange and slightly stunned looks when I first told [...]