![]() ![]() It was easy to transfer him straight to the cot when we'd get back to the hotel each night. We didn't want to miss Paris by night so when our little one got tired, we'd get him ready for bed, put him in the Grobag and let him sleep in the stroller. We used this when we were in Paris when our first child was 10 months. They have a small opening in the back and a two-way zip so you can strap the child into a car seat or stroller with the Gro-bag on and easily transfer them to a cot or vice versa if you are travelling. *Tip: I have recently started using the T ravel Gro bags and find them great.We wrap a foam mattress around the mattress itself and then wrap it in plastic for the flight. We take a stroller and a travel cot. I don't find the mattresses that come with travel cots comfortable enough for the kids they are very thin and hard. *Tip: Most airlines allow you take two pieces of baby equipment with you for free.Snacks – apples, popcorn and lollipops are my favourite as they last the longest!.iPad (for when we both they tired of entertaining!).I’ve also used these colour boards, which again kill a lot of time as he tries out different shapes and patterns.The novelty of the new toy is great, they’re really small and neat in his little hands, and the transforming function keeps him busy for ages New, small figures – I have found the Superwings transformer characters great on flights.Large beads and string / laces – I picked these up at our local Flying Tiger shop and they keep him entertained for a good twenty minutes!.If the water pen is too messy, my little one also loves colouring with a wipe! Magic water books – colouring fun without the mess.The things I’ve found most useful for the toddler are: Selection of distracting toys for the plane.Portable changing mat – We use The Wriggler anti-roll changing mat (obviously, since we created it!) and would be lost without it since it stops those wriggly wrestling matches wherever we go.Blankets (small blue and pink cellular blanket to help them nap on flights or in the car on journeys – they’re smaller versions of what they sleep in so they get great comfort from them).Buggy clips - attached to the buggy means the buggy carries a couple of extra bits and frees up my hands for chasing the toddler.Buggy/Stroller - ours is the Uppababy Vista and we bring the Rumble seat for our two year old so both can sit if they get tired. ![]() The four of us travelled with a 15kg suitcase (for the hubby and I), and a 20kg suitcase for the kids’ stuff. We were self-catering and had a hire car which had an impact on some of my choices. This was for a one-month trip to a warm climate with a two-year-old and an 8 month-old. My list of ‘essentials’ has grown exponentially since having kids, but I’d be lost without them. As relaxed and slow-paced as it was, life was made a lot easier by having certain essentials with us. Or the long weekend we spent in Paris, where, alongside the Louvres, Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower we also found secret playgrounds, city parks and even had pizza delivered to our picnic blanket by a bike carrying a pink balloon.īut perhaps the most memorable of all was the lazy month we spent in a gîte (an old converted farmhouse) in the southwest of France, waking up to fields of sunflowers in the mornings and walking to the local bakery for fresh baguettes. Like the week we spent in Barcelona and Montserrat, cycling around the city with our then 18 month-old taking in the sights. These days, our holidays are different, slower and we pack less in (experientially, not physically), we’re still parents (so it’s not truly a holiday…!) and the broken sleep has travelled with us, but in many ways we know we’ll look back on these as being among the most memorable trips of all. But as time went on we slowly came back around to the idea. And then we had our first baby and when we would routinely pack as much crap to go to the supermarket as we had to spend a month in Thailand pre-baby, we couldn’t ever imagine it being worth the hassle again. My husband and I always promised ourselves that having a baby wouldn’t stop us from travelling.
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