Posts Tagged ‘coping on a flight with baby’
My 3 “Best Kept” Travel With Baby Secrets
I have been invited to participate in Tripbase’s “3 Best Kept Travel Secrets” blog tag game by Katie at TripBase who says “The aim of this game is to unite travel bloggers in a joint endeavor – to create an amazing list of top travel recommendations across the globe to share with the entire online travel community.”
Waiting For Our First Flight - 2006
I do tend to blather on and on – so i’m not sure how well kept these secrets actually are, but if you’re planning an upcoming adventure with your baby, here are my Top 3 Best Kept Travel With Baby Secrets: Read more »
Flying Southwest Airlines With A Baby
We’re fortunate enough to be within a reasonable driving distance from Buffalo airport, so we’re able to take advantage of the almost laughably cheap airfares that peeps South of the 49th parallel enjoy. This is the 2nd year in a row that we’ve chosen to fly Southwest to get to Florida, and if airfares remain what they are with Canadian carriers, I doubt we’ll head to FLA from Pearson ever again. The airfare for all 3 of us is the cost of one seat on either major Canadian airline.
Is it worth the drive to Buffalo?
Flying With Babies And Young Children During H1N1
I’m not normally a clean freak but after I had my daughter, I was definitely more cautious about keeping surfaces clean, and became much more vigilant about hand washing. Plain ol’ soap and water is our usual weapon of choice, but when we’re out and about, hand sanitizer does the trick and, of course, wipes. When they’re tiny, you can pretty much control what they touch, but keep an eye out for well-meaning people who fuss and coo AND touch baby’s hands. Why oh why do they do that? Those hands go straight to the mouth so do your best to keep them as clean as you can.
But I digress. This is about flying with babies and young children during H1N1, and we’ve just done it and lived to tell the tale. Read more »
