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Travels with Baby Tip #31: Why and how to practice camping with your little kids
Practice makes perfect – we hope! Whether you’re gearing up for your first camping adventure with your baby or toddler, or you’re pondering how best to do it now that your child’s a toddler or a...
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See (really) Big Trees Calaveras State Park
To complete our Eastern Sierra road trip, I felt it was only natural that we should call upon one of my favorite parks, which we would be “practically passing right by” on our way home, if we just took...
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Tips for Camping at Big Trees State Park, California
Big Trees Calaveras State Park is a great place to visit by day, but it’s also a fantastic place to bring the family for a camping trip. Big Trees is a sizable park with two main campgrounds and...
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Rivoli Roundup: Tips for camping
It’s not too late to squeeze in a family camping trip with your little ones this summer, especially if you haven’t already made plans for Labor Day weekend with its bonus holiday. I’ve rounded up my...
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My entire life I’ve watched my family—and later my in-laws—set up camp kitchens in the wilderness to put my own at home to shame (this includes a rafting trip we took through a remote wilderness area...
View ArticleThree campsites to avoid when camping with babies, toddlers and young children
There’s plenty to think about when planning and packing for a family camping trip with children under 5 years – especially if this is the first time you’ll be camping with your little one(s). I’ve...
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Camping with your baby or toddler? Remember these tips.
One of the best things we packed for our first camping trip with baby? Bouncinette with zip-shut mosquito net. Brilliant! It’s that time of year again! Are you planning to camp with your baby or...
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Photo Fave: First camping trip with baby
Where does the time go? Good thing we take pictures. I came across this snapshot while looking for a cute camping photo for my previous post (Camping with your Baby or toddler? Remember these tips)....
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Pack This: Roadtrip-ready water reservoir with tap + travel tips
Don’t road trip without it: 3-gallon BPA-free water reservoir with tap. Sure, you can pack along water bottle for every member of the family for your next road trip, and I recommend you do. But when...
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The Goodreads + Travels with Baby book giveaway is on!
Are you on Goodreads, the marvelous site where reading enthusiasts can easily share book recommendations and discover new titles–and sometimes score free new books through the Goodreads book giveaways?...
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Postcards from the Penthouse: My review of Wailea Beach Villas, Maui
The lanai is beautiful. Wish you were here. (But I’ll roll up my sleeves and press on with my review of Wailea Beach Villas–on the 2014 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List of World’s Best Places to Stay,...
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Pack This! “Tell Me a Story” cards for travel with preschoolers
The “Little Robot’s Mission” set of Tell Me a Story cards from eeBoo. Have you ever noticed your child getting grumpy and more demanding after playing games on your phone or tablet for an extended...
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Happy Mother’s Day 2014…think fast!
Is it me, or is this what it’s all about? I want to send out my most heartfelt Happy Mother’s Day greetings to all of you experiencing for the first time–and even the second, and the third, and the…the...
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Save the date! “Secrets to Stress-free Travel with Babies and Toddlers”...
I’m talkin’ Secrets to Stress-free Travel with Babies and Toddlers! Bring your questions, your books for signing, and if you like – your babies, too! Heads up for my San Francisco Bay Area readers!...
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Packing List for Camping with Babies, Toddlers, and Young Children (an excerpt)
Camping with babies, toddlers, and little kids? Fun stuff–when you’re prepared! Read on for extras that can make all the difference. (Above: Our first time tent camping in Yosemite National Park.) Are...
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Birth of my new blog! Please stop by and say hello to…
“Well, I’ve been afraid of changing ‘Cause I’ve built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older and I’m getting older too…” - Stevie Nicks, Landslide Lyrics There is so much...
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Win a RideSafer travel vest + Travels with Baby guidebook ($155 value)
The RideSafer travel vest. Are you ready to celebrate with me? Not only is the new “Ultimate Guide for Planning Travel with Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler” now available on multiple continents,...
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New Goodreads book giveaway and… see you this Saturday?
Whew – there’s a lot going on this week! Here are a couple of updates and reminders (for you and for me!). Want to win my new book? Heads up to those of you still hoping to win a copy of the newly...
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Pack This! The Superyard for camping with a baby or toddler
The Superyard play yard can be a great help on car camping trips with a baby or toddler (or both!). If you’ll be car camping with a baby or toddler this summer, the Superyard play yard may prove...
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Need to Know: Flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler
Flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler? Read this first! If you will be flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler, or are considering whether or not to book with the budget European airline for your...
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