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 Family Friendly Vacationing: Tips for Traveling with Ba

Create a Road Read Routine: Infants are indeed creatures of habit and any major or minor change to their daily schedule can make them, and therefore you, miserable. It’s impossible to keep an identical routine while you’re on the road, but you can do a few things to help them adjust. Create a daily trip routine and try your best to stick with it. The more predictable their day is the happier they are. Allowing them eat, play, and sleep according to a schedule will calm their fears and anxieties.

Keep Nursing: Many mothers feel they should stop nursing when they go on vacation. This can be one of the worse things you can do before vacation. If your baby is still nursing before you go on vacation, changing over to strictly bottle feeding can be very emotionally taxing on them. It’s better to allow them comfort of breast feeding to help calm their vacation anxiety. It may be a good idea to introduce a bottle into your feeding routine so while you’re on vacation you can feed them when they demand it and save the breast feeding for dire situations or when you’re in your hotel room.


Travel Time: The best time to leave is at the beginning of your child’s sleep cycle. Leaving in the evening or before you baby takes his or her daily nap will give you a few hours of uninterrupted driving time. If it’s possibly avoid leaving as soon as they wake up or midway through their sleep cycle. Avoid traveling at times when they baby may be extremely cranky or just getting up. A cranky baby will create a very stressful drive.
Don’t’ forget the first aid kit: It’s important to carry a baby ready first aid kit should any emergency arise. Make sure to include the name and number of your pediatrician as well as the name number and local of the hospital closest to your destination.


Take Pit Stops: Spending hours in the car can make anyone miserable; your baby is no exception. Feel free to drive as long as possible while your baby is sleeping, but once they are away you will want ever hour or so to get out of the car and let them get some fresh air. In may tack some extra time on to your trip, but ultimately keeping them happy will keep you happy.