Mar 03 2010

Surviving Early Morning Flights With A Baby, Toddler, Or Young Child…

Sun Comes Up, It's Travel-Day Morning

Sun Comes Up, It's Travel-Day Morning

I was definitely dreading it, our first flight with baby. Not only had I read horror story after horror story about how she was going to scream the entire time and everyone would be shooting daggers at us, but I also had to drag my sweetly sleeping baby out of her crib a solid 5 hours earlier than I usually would!

Booking a flight at 7:30 made sense at the time, we were always up then anyway. It was only after I had paid for everything that it occured to me we had to be at the airport 3 hours before that, therefore leaving the house 45 minutes before that! We had to get up at what time? Was there any point in even going to bed?

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Feb 09 2010

Voltage Issues When Traveling With A Breast Pump

Got Proper Voltage?

Got Proper Voltage?

When I’m not making my own, I love to hear about other people’s travel plans.  And if you’re planning your first trip with baby, then you’re bound to have a question or ten.  I’m happy to answer as many as I can!

Recently I received an email from Samantha, who is exclusively pumping for her 6-month-old son.  That is a full-time job in itself, so Samantha definitely deserves to get away! She wrote to me regarding traveling with (and using) her breast pump… Read more »

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Jan 18 2010

Flying WestJet With A Baby…

For our most recent trip to Cuba, we booked online with WestJet Vacations.

WestJet At Pearson, Terminal 3

WestJet At Pearson, Terminal 3

This is WestJet’s first year flying into Cuba (Varadero, Cayo Coco & Holguin), and the first thing that struck me was how civilized the flight times are. Typically for Cuba you’re looking at an at least 7am departure, with 8pm departures home becoming more and more common (VERY difficult with a baby or toddler in tow). We left for Cayo Coco at a very reasonable 10am and our return at 2:45pm worked extremely well with our little passengers. Read more »

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