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Before we hit the road again when Mali hit 4 months, I was massively anxious about flying with her. Never mind the fact we were leaving our home, packing up all our worldly possessions to go & stay somewhere new with no baby equipment whatseoever, all I could think about was surviving the flight. If we could do that, then the rest would be easy!
I’m sure you know what I’m talking about…being trapped in a big metal tube with a screaming, inconsolable baby for hours & hours…everyone looking at you accusingly and you being totally & utterly helpless to do anything about it. “What a bad mother – can’t she do anything to shut up that baby?”, you can hear them whispering…
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It’s summer and high season for travel in many parts of the world. Kids are out of school and even those who don’t consider themselves location independent often hit the road for a few days to a few months to enjoy the freedom of a more relaxed summer schedule.
Remember the days when your summer travel was spontaneous and everything you needed fit into your backpack?
While having kids certainly doesn’t mean an end to your traveling days, it certainly DOES mean more gear. If every gourmet baby magazine and kid’s gear website were to be believed we’d need a travel trailer to pack along all of the listed “essentials” for our little darlings.
Fortunately, if you can push past the glossy marketing campaigns and resist the temptation to “keep up with the Joneses” you’ll find that it’s not really as bad as it looks and a few well chosen pieces of gear will go a long way.
In this article I’d like to move beyond the obvious car seat, stroller and carrier conversations to a few choice items that may not be on your radar yet. These are items I’ve considered essential as my kids have grown and are perfect for the location independent parent or any parent hitting the road with kids over the summer…
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While it’s been quiet on the article-front here lately, it’s been quite busy behind-the-scenes and everything’s about to change. We’ve just put together a new team for the Professionals site including a full-time editor and a small team of writers.
It’s working brilliantly so far so we’re doing the same with the Parents site – which means that we’ll soon have lots of great new content for you, our first ebook and plenty of inspiration and personal stories to follow.
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A recent post on the NuNomad blog talked about the pros and cons of travelling with kids at different ages. It’s an excellent post, packed with useful info for location independent parents – or those planning a nomadic lifestyle.
One of the things it brought to my mind was the need to keep your kids connected with the world beyond. But how do you do that safely in a world where the internet has brought not just benefits but real dangers to children?
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