Traveling with Kids 101: My Favorite Tips & Tricks for Flying ✈ and Road Trips with Little Kids
TRAVEL TIPS
A quick summary of each travel tip from booking to arriving at your destination.
BOOKING
Under 2 can be a lap infant, over 2 has to have a seat
If using a carseat, it has to be in the window seat
Cosco carseat fits every airline we've flown, it's light, FAA approved, & affordable
PACKING
Roll clothes up to fit more
Diaper bags don't count towards carry ons
We like to check 1-2 bags and carry on a small roller suitcase and toddler backpack OR diaper bag
We use this carseat backpack carrier and gate check bag
We no longer use a gate check bag for our stroller (and we’ve had no issues!)
PACK MORE EXTRA CLOTHES in carry on than you think you'll need!
In our carry on roller suitcase: 2-4 extra outfits per child, 1 extra outfit for me, extra snacks, diapers, wipes, blankies, chargers
In our diaper bag: zipper pack used for diaper changes, 1-2 blowout bags, a Wash It Later bag
Large zipper pack: diapers, wipes, foldable changing pad, diaper sacks
Blowout bags: 1 chucks pad, 1 diaper, 4-6 wipes in a small baggie, 2 diaper sacks ALL in a gallon sized baggie
For a toddler: all the snacks, a water bottle, a new toy or 2, Amazon Fire Kids Tablet
A few random things we like to pack you might not have thought of…
NoseFrida and saline — dryness from air travel and different climate can lead to congestion
DockATot fits in large checked suitcase
Sterilization bags for pacifiers, bottle and pump parts, and teethers
Packing tips for pumping, bottle, or formula feeding from moms in the Tough Love Mom Squad:
One mom said on a week long roadtrip 9 hrs from home they took 2 big containers of formula, 5 bottles, and a bottle brush; they always rinsed them out thoroughly and it saved room
Pack a small can of formula for the trip there and back as well as a formula divider cup for diaper bag
Another mom mentioned that she brings pre-made formula that is sold in small 2 oz bottles; she packed 4 of those for the flight and put formula powder in checked luggage so security wasn't even an issue, saved them a few minutes of time!
Blowout Bags
AIRPORT
Give yourself an ample amount of time
Save yourself and JUST USE THE STROLLER AT THE AIRPORT!
We use our double tandem stroller (aka double long NOT wide)
Don't be all stressed, it rubs off on your kids and will make them stressed
If your child is close to 2 and a lap infant, bring proof of birthday (like a birth certificate)
Sometimes if extra seats are left over on a flight, they'll let you bring your car seat on for your lap infant and use a seat for them
Gate checking items is FREE
Other baby things (like a pack n play) are NOT FREE
Qe like to use Babyquip — baby equipment rental company — so we don’t have to pack certain baby gear items! Use “mrslizhenderson” for 10% off
Most airports have mother's rooms and/or Mamava pods for private and quiet feeding and pumping
When just traveling with one child, we use a Zoe travel stroller because it folds down into a size that fits into the overhead compartment and it also fits down airplane aisle!
SECURITY
TAKE YOUR TIME!
Baby wipes often gets flagged
Breastmilk, water used to mix bottles, and formula CAN GO THROUGH
TSA may check formula and water, but again, they ARE allowed to go through
Break down the stroller as much as possible, load onto conveyor belt, and TSA will push through and swab the frame
Carry baby through “old school” scanner, we let our toddler walk
BOARDING
Family boarding usually comes after the initial boarding group
Get gate check tags upon arrival at the gate
Use a baby carrier or sling to carry baby and have 2 free hands while boarding
We like to have our kids by the window
Keep zipper diaper change pack and snacks accessible
PLANE RIDE
The swallowing motion is what helps with the air pressure changes so as long as baby is suckling on something — pacifier, bottle, water, breast — all should be fine
Diaper changes: airplane bathrooms have a table that folds down usually over the toilet
Ask flight attendants which bathrooms have changing tables so you're prepared
Some encouragement — we've had great flights we've had nightmares, we all, including our kids, are human
DEPLANING/DEOBARDING
Wait until everyone else is off
Again, take your time
Use baby carrier so you have 2 free hands
ACCEPT HELP if offered!
CONNECTING
Restock diaper bag
Get food, refill waters
Change diapers/pull ups before getting on
We give ourselves at least 20 min before boarding time to get to our next gate
DESTINATION
Remember: most places you’re going, you can buy anything you forget
I usually only like to pack enough diapers and wipes for travel, buy more when we get there
Bring a seatbelt lock if you anticipate using ride share or a rental car
most rentals have anchors now, but some ride share vehicles do NOT and seatbelts won’t always lock well, so this small metal device locks the seatbelt in place to secure the carseat
If possible, stay at a place with a kitchen or kitchenette
Order groceries or food delivery to be delivered upon arrival to save time and avoid hangry kids!
ROAD TRIPS
Stop every few hours
Plan for it to take at least 1-2 extra hours than expected — take your time, allow for longer stops
Just like flying, pack lots of extra clothes, diapers, snacks, wipes, etc
Every stop, have everyone go to the bathroom/ get diapers changed
A FEW EXTRA NOTES
Set the goal to NOT SWEAT — you are truly not inconveniencing others — TAKE YOUR TIME and do not put undue stress on yourself
If I think a travel day is going to be stressful, it will be stressful. If I only notice how difficult my kids are being, they will only seem to be more difficult
I find that if I'm joyful and nice to people they most likely will be nice and happy and patient back! I genuinely haven't ever encountered one rude person on the insane number of flights we've taken with our boys — what you look for you will see!
FORGET what others are thinking! In my opinion AND experience, if you're chill about your kids’ meltdowns, other people will be too!
When it comes to schedules — it's okay if your little one’s sleep schedule is off for a day or you’re changing time zones, kids adapt fast!
RESOURCES & LINKS
Babyquip Baby Equipment Rentals use "mrslizhenderson" for 10% off
Cosco carseat — FAA approved and lightweight
Wash It Later bag — all natural liquid tight garment bags for pre-soaking clothes on the go, ideal for baby blowouts and other big messes
Diaper sacks — perfect for containing stinky diapers or messy clothes
NoseFrida and saline — dryness from air travel and different climate can lead to congestion
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FULL TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:00] 14 flights by the time he was one, I think my oldest should use that as his fun fact, when he grows up, you know, you have to like do introductions and a random fun fact. That should be his, but seriously, we have done a lot of traveling with our boys and these early young years of their life. My kids aren't even two, four and two yet.
And I truly cannot tell you the number of planes they have been on. It is a lot. It is a lot, and we've done a handful of road trips too. So that being said. This topic of traveling with your kids has been in high demand, and there's no better way to give you all of the tips and all of the information and all of the details than via this podcast.
So since the website is live, you already know that you'll be able to find all of this to be able to bookmark and read through via the blog, all the links you need that I mentioned today, that will all be@thetoughofmom.com. Blog and you can just search travel and you'll find it there. I also have my mommy at me and mommy plus two packing [00:01:00] lists link below because it's nice to not forget random things that you don't realize you need.
So that being said, Buffalo. And get from here for takeoff. I can't believe I just said that let's do this.
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uh, flying or taking a long road trip with kids can make a mama sweat. I mean, my heart beats a little faster when we get to the point where I need to start packing. So, I mean, even now, Those get thrown off there's air pressure changes. The food options are different. You might have a blowout with a kid. I mean, there's just so many things that could go wrong and you're in a context in an [00:03:00] environment you're not comfortable with.
It's not your norm. So it's okay for it to feel. Anxiety ridden and to be nervous about it. But personally, my husband and I learned a lot of lessons the hard way when it came to traveling with kids, including including the time that I didn't pack enough onesies flying home cross country at Christmas time with a three-month.
And Royce ended up swaddled, thankfully, and just a diaper at an airport lounge while Casey ran around at 9:00 PM, looking for clothes for our three month old, because he had a big blowout and I did not have enough clean clothes. Can you say. Face Palm. Right. We scored a nice Philadelphia taxi onesy out of that.
I still laugh when I see it to this day, because it's such a memory of just learning by failing as a parent, which I feel like is the story of our lives sometimes. So in the hopes that you don't flail as hard as we did with certain things, when it came to travel, With our kids and to save you the hours of [00:04:00] research and prep and sifting through blog articles and travel bloggers, all the stuff that I did before I came became a self-proclaimed confident traveling with kids, kind of mom, I'm not a professional, but let's just say I've got some life experience and that.
Come here to share with you on the show is what's worked for me. And when I share this with other moms, they're like, oh, thank you so much for that tip or for that advice. And so I'm coming with all of it today for you, because I want to share with you all that I have learned and all that I do when we do still travel with our kids to make it a true.
And stress free event. Most of the time, most of the time we can't be perfect. Right. So I'm going to take you through the process from booking your trip, to packing for your trip to the airport, to the plane, ride, to connections and your destination. And I'm also going to do a quick drive by so many pumps today.
So let's start with booking and I'm mostly going to focus around traveling via airplane today because that's what we've done most of with our [00:05:00] kids living on the opposite side of the country from our families. But, um, you can apply a lot of this stuff to road trips as well. And honestly, in my opinion, just from.
I was more anxious about flying with my kids, uh, before I ever did it, then I was about road trips. That just felt more manageable. Uh, so that's why I'm really focusing in on airplane rides and traveling via the sky. So let's talk about booking. All right. The basics around booking. If your child is under the age of two, they can be booked as a lap infant, which is.
If they're over two years old, they have to have their own purchased seat and ticket. So that's just the basics. When it comes to booking your flights, uh, before our children were one, uh, we usually kept them as a lap infant. There were a few circumstances where we got a seat for them, but most of the time when our boys were under the age of one, We book them as lap infants.
And usually what you do is you just book your flight as normal and then call the airline and add your child on as a lap infant via the phone. [00:06:00] Um, definitely do that before you get to the airport. So it's not one more thing you have to remember to do. Just call the airline right after you book your tickets and say, Hey, I need to add this child.
Here's their name? Here's their birth date. They're going to be a lap infant, a one. Our kids are closer to the age of two, honestly, just with our boys. I don't know. It's different for other kids may be, but it's hard for us to have them on our lap the whole time. To be honest, we've usually are flying cross country, but.
We ended up booking a seat for them. Once they get closer to the age of two and put them in a car seat, because it's just easier to manage a bigger child. That's a little more strong-willed at that age. So when you do travel with the car seat, when you purchase a seat for your child and use a car seat on the airplane, that seat does have to be installed next to a window FYI.
So when you're, if you can choose your seats on your. You do have to put your car seated child in a window seat. Uh, there is a certain brand that we bought cause our Greyco car seats do not fit on airplanes. They are too big. There are too wide. And so we bought a brand [00:07:00] called Costco, not, not the big chain wholesale store, C O S C O M.
They have fit every airline that we've brought it on. It's. Six or seven pounds and it's FAA approved and it's affordable. So we use that for Cal right now. Um, it also helps when you're thinking about time of your flight to not do on that's too early. Like if you're taking off at 7:00 AM, you're gonna have to get to the airport at what five, five.
And I'm guessing your kid doesn't wake up at early. So just think about the time of day that you're flying as well. I don't recommend red-eyes. I've done that once with a child that is not fun, do not recommend. And it's also really helpful if you can schedule flights around nap time. So just a few little things to think about there when it comes to booking your flight.
Now, let's talk about packing this one's a B. It's a lot to think about, again, go grab my freebie packing list because it will ease your mind a lot and making sure you're not forgetting certain things, but in this section of the episode, I'm not going to tell you what to pack, but I am going to give a few pointers that will help with packing.
In general. [00:08:00] I have found that rolling clothes when you're packing them is really helpful. It just helps fit things better. If you're putting together outfits for your kids, you can roll them up together. So I love to do that. Uh, when it comes to bags, let's talk about the different bags, diapers. Do not count towards your carry on FYI.
So like, if you're doing a bunch of carry-ons for the way you're traveling, your diaper bag does not count. That's like a freebie, it's a gimme, but you still don't have forearms. I know we wish you all did for every circumstance as a mom. So what we like to do is check a bag or two, and we put most of our stuff in there.
And then we have a carry on roller suitcase where we pack a bunch of stuff. I'll go over that in a minute, but we usually check a bag or two, we have a carry on suitcase that we put overhead in the overhead compartment. And our toddlers now have backpacks. So we don't use a diaper bag anymore. We just usually put their stuff in the backpacks, but when they were younger, we used the diaper bag.
The big. Thing that you need to know when it comes to packing is to [00:09:00] pack extra clothes in one of the carry ons, make sure it is on the airplane with you and accessible when you're connecting accessible during your flight, because you never know how many clothes you're going to need for that child. I mean, this is where I'm giving you full permission to over-pack in a certain area.
When you are carrying bags on, you want to make sure you have more extra clothes than you think you would. Okay. Uh, again, the story you heard earlier about running through the Philadelphia airport at 9:00 PM during Christmas, because our baby was literally in just a diaper. Uh, you don't want to be there.
So. Make sure you're packing more clothes than you think you'll need for your travel day. Uh, we like to pack as well in our carry on for the next day in case they lose our check bags. So we've usually got like a sleep sack for Cal, uh, some pajamas for the boys and extra outfit for the next day. Some extra diapers.
I also throw in extra clothes for me, in case a kid gets sick or has a blowout on me, especially when they were younger. That was really [00:10:00] important. We also throw extra snacks, extra diapers, extra wipes, and anything else, like extra chargers stuff that we might need throughout the day of traveling as well goes in that carry on suitcase.
I also love having a car seat, backpack carrier. So when we. Use a car seat on the airplane. You obviously have to bring it through security through the airport, to the airplane. So we just get one of those generic ones online that has backpack straps. And again, that car seat I mentioned is literally six or seven pounds.
And so when you throw it in that bag, put it on your backpack. It feels like nothing to carry. I mean, I've carried that plus a kid on my hip, through the airport before. Totally fine. It doesn't feel difficult at all. So definitely get a backpack car seat kit. Especially, if you anticipate needing to carry your car seat through the airport, if you got your kid a seat, or if you're going to try to get a seat for your child, we'll talk about that in a minute in the diaper bag.
Let's talk about that. My favorite mom hack, if you would call it that, I just think it's a mom [00:11:00] tip a way of being that is super helpful is keeping a big zipper pack used for diaper changes in the diaper bag. So when I like, when I'm out in public, if I need to change a diaper or a pull up, I just whip that thing out and it's got wipes.
It's got diapers, it's got diaper, rash cream, and it's got those little poop bags that I can tie everything up. Smells bad. So those are just, it's like a fabric bag that has one zipper. It's one big pocket. And that's where I put everything for diaper changes. And when we're traveling, I also throw in a change pack in there that just folds up and I just throw it in.
That is huge, huge, huge for the diaper bag. And I also in the carry on, like to throw in a couple of blowout bags on these are my special secret, but a blowout bag. And on the blog article for this, you will see a picture of what income what's included in that, but basically it's a Ziploc baggie that you can use for disposal.
So I put it in a Ziploc bag. I get a chucks pad, which is that, you know, when we gave birth, You had to [00:12:00] lay on the bed on top of that, like that, and that fabric, uh, like disposable pad that was like, mean gauze kind of you, you lay on that to Chuck's pad. So you pack up one of those that you can use if there's a blowout as your changing pad.
So if it gets dirty, you can just throw it out. I put in another Ziploc baggie with like five or six white. A diaper. And if you want to be extra, you can put some clothes in there as well to change our child into. And I like to use a Ziploc baggie to put all the dirty stuff in and just Soro that out altogether.
And, um, it just works great. If you know, your kid had a blow out instead of taking the diaper change pack, you take that blowout bag and you deal with the mess and you walk away new and fresh. So blow up bags are gold. Again, you can see a picture of that in the blog for this episode for toddler. Man in that carry on a specialty, but in their backpack as well.
I always have snacks. I always have a water bottle. Obviously when you get to the airport, it's empty because of security and going through that without any issue. Um, and I [00:13:00] also like to, we use a tablet for travel. We just download games on it before, so it doesn't need to be connected to wifi. And then when it comes to just keeping them happy and distracted, Like having a fun travel experience.
I also like to go to the dollar section at target a few days before traveling, you know, like the week of, or something and grab a few new things and not show them them until we're on the airplane and they get something new and exciting in their backpack. So that's how we pack a few other random things that we like to pack that you might not have thought of that might help you.
This is not like a. This is not a be all end all list. This is not a, you need to pack these things, but they're good things to think about in case you might need them. So first is a nose Frieda and salient, or one of those snot suckers, um, and some saline because when you travel on airplanes, there's a lot of dryness.
You might be going to a different climate and that can lead to congestion. It can lead to bloody noses. So it's just nice to have that [00:14:00] nose free. It's not sucker and saline on hand in case that comes. Along those lines of the dryness from traveling is a humidifier. We have like the small portable travel humidifier that has a USB cord, and I'll have to find a link for it, but those are huge.
They're so helpful. We bring them whenever we're traveling, some are fairly dry, or if it's like the sick flu season, just to help our babies breathe better. Um, also a small portable sound machine. If that's something your baby uses at home, they sell ones that you can. There's so many tribal ones out there.
So just find a travel one. That's not going to take up a ton of space. You can throw it in your carry on, but a small portable sound machine has been huge for us as well. And then there's also these bags called wash it later bags. So this isn't an amazing product in case you have blowouts or anticipate a lot of them.
I always keep one in our diaper bag, but it's basically this bag that you open it up. Add some water. There's a little detergent pot in there and you throw in the pubic. So they don't get stained and you just let [00:15:00] them sit and soak, and it basically holds the dirty clothes and they've been tested to where.
The, the, the creators of these, their parents obviously had them hanging in their living room for literally days to make sure that the product doesn't leak. So it's basically a thing where you put some water in, it's got the detergent pod, you put the clothes in and you let them sit and soak. So they don't get disgusting and stained.
And all of that, you don't have to throw. And when you get to your destination, you can throw them in the wash and they do not leak. They have been tried and tested. So those wash it later bags are gold. If you do have a blowout again, not something you have to get in half the pack, but they're really nice to have on hand.
And honestly, just the day to day life too. Um, when our kids were younger, we did use a DACA top for sleep, so that would fit into a checked bag. And we just use the DACA in general. Really young. And we did travel with them when they were really young. So it was nice to have that on hand at our destination.
And, uh, DACA taught, fits in a [00:16:00] checked bag. So that was gold. We just throw it on top, close the bag up and get ready to go. And then last but not least something you might want to pack. And if you're a bottle feeding mama, you probably already pack this. So you're way ahead of the game. But I didn't even learn about these till Royce was like, But they make a lot of different bottle brands, make sterilization bags that you make a wave.
So you put the products in them, you put some water in and then you microwave them and it steams and sterilizes whatever's in the bag. Those were huge when we traveled to put pacifiers in and chewing toys and all of that stuff. So those are some random things you might want to pack again. A snot sucker and saline travel humidifier, a small portable sound machine.
Watch it later bags. Um, your doctor tat can fit or whatever sleep, little lounge thing usually can fit in a checked bag. And then sterilization bags that you can microwave are gold. Now, personally, I don't have experience with bottle or formula feeding, but I did reach out to our Teflon mom community for tips on travel.[00:17:00]
If you're in that circumstance. So one mom said that on a week long trip, they took a road trip, nine hours away. So for this week long trip, they took two big canisters of formula and five bottles because they always rinse them out thoroughly. And that saves room packing if you're only bringing five. So she was saying she brought five and two big cans of formula.
Um, and then a small can for the trip that she kept on hand and accessible. And then also in the diaper bag, she kept a formula divider cup for the formula and the rice cereal and for baby food. Um, for those that when her baby was transitioning, you know, between just getting milk to. Eating more solids.
Um, and she also packed a bottlebrush. So those were some things for that mama that she said was really helpful. And then another mentioned that premade formula is sold in small two ounce bottles. And so what she did for her flight was packed four of those. I don't know how long her flight was. So you'll have to kind of think ahead.
I know you're a great planner, especially [00:18:00] man, those of you who pump and bottle and breast and formula feed are you are, you have so much forethought. Like your brain power is amazing and it's probably 10 X because you have to do. So much forethought when it comes to planning for stuff like this. So just wanted to commend you there for a second, but this mama said she packed four of those two ounce bottles for that flight and put formula powder in her checked luggage.
So she didn't have to worry about security checking in or anything. She thinks that saved them a few minutes of time. For sure. So again, those pre-made bottles of formula might be really helpful as well. Um, okay. At the airport, we're going to switch now from everything at home, preparing. Packing booking your flights all the way to now we're at the airport.
Give yourself time. We give ourselves an hour and a half to two hours, depending on the size of the airport for like parking, to getting through security and checked in to getting to the airplane. Give yourself time. If you're there super, super, super early, great your little ones get to watch airplanes and they're going to have a blast.
So [00:19:00] just think and plan ahead of how early you need to be at the airport. And just to save yourself, just use a stroller at the airport. Okay. Um, you get the undercarriage to caring for carrying things. And personally, with our two boys, we use a double. Th it's tandem like the double long, not double-wide because doorways, like, think about doorways yank and fit through them, but it is so helpful to have a stroller at all times, going through the airport.
And I'll talk about what that can look like through security and everything, you know, getting on the plane, but safer. And use a stroller at the airport. Okay. Please use a stroller. You will save your back. You will save your brain. You will save your energy. I mean, it is so helpful to have an, uh, a stroller at all times.
Now, if you have a toddler, especially make this part fun, make being at the airport, a fun experience. Talk about what you see, talk about what they're seeing. This is likely a new or rare experience for them. So maybe. [00:20:00] Fun. I like to give our top. Both of mine are toddlers now. So I like to give them jobs and responsibilities like, Hey, can you carry this?
Hey, I mean, rice loves pulling a suitcase now really make a mark. But he loves doing stuff like that because it gives them ownership of this experience. And man, he just, he loves it. He loves traveling and it's because I'm not doing anything special other than just being present with them and making it fun and giving him jobs.
So again, don't be all stressed out. Don't don't it's and it's easy to be like, if you feel that way, don't feel guilty. I still have my moments of stress when I'm traveling with them, but that stress will rub off on your kids, especially if they're toddlers and that will make them stressed and it'll make it a not fun experience for anyone.
And we all have those. When it's not super easy, but just be aware of where your mindset and how you're feeling and how you're thinking. So it doesn't become this overwhelming, completely stressful experience. It really can be enjoyable most of the time. Most of the time, I'll [00:21:00] be realistic here. Now let's talk about checking in.
So you got to the airport, gave yourself time. You're pushing the kids in the stroller. You've got like 5,000 bags with you, all your like guests out of these, off my hands and onto the airplane, please. So you're at check-in you're at the check-in desk. If you have a child close to the age of two, just like a hot tip here, no matter what era airline you're on or what they say, bring the birth certificate.
We have had one time recently, we were flying and Cal looks a lot older than he is because he's just a big, big kid and they totally, totally thought he might be too. Yeah. I mean, we had bought him a seat, so I don't know it was, it was funny, but they want to have his birth certificate or proof of birthday.
So just make sure that, and we had forgotten it. So just make sure that you pack your birth certificate for your child, especially, especially, especially if they are booked as a lap infant, because they need to be under 24 months. And sometimes if they're close to the age of two, they want proof. No, I promise I would talk about strollers.
So we gate check [00:22:00] our stroller and if we are bringing a lap infant, so if our child is sitting in our seat and we did not get them their own. We bring, we, we often bring the car seat to the boarding gate, um, because sometimes on some airlines, if there's no one on standby or all the standby seats have been booked in, there are extra seats on the airplane.
If there are open seats, they likely hopefully will let you bring a car seat. Uh, personally, we've never looked out with this. We've tried and it's never worked out, but it is a little airport hack that you might not know about. And you can, you can ask for it because fun fact, um, kids are safer just like in the car.
Obviously they're safest in a car seat, including on an airplane. So ideally if there are open seats on an airplane, you have every right. To ask for one of those seats. So you can install your car seat and have your child in the safest environment for that flight. Um, but if we bring a lap infant, we'll try to get a [00:23:00] seat.
Um, if we, obviously, if we book a ticket for our child, we bring the car seat through. So we usually bring the, we always bring the stroller. We usually are bringing the car seat through and we can check any extra car seats, pack and plays, whatever else suitcases at the check-in desk. But again, when it comes to the stroller, you wanna bring it.
But anything for kids, car seats, strollers, those are free when it comes to checking them, whether you're a gate, checking them or doing it at the check-in desk, strollers and car seats get checked for free. They do not count towards your checked bags, but seriously, save yourself and use a stroll in the air.
Gait check it when you get to the gate, uh, you will also get it back when you deep plane, the flight, when you get off of your flight at your destination. So just to keep the stroller with you, promise like you will, you will not regret that. Um, other baby things that you might want to check like a pack and play.
Those are not free. You do have to pay for that as a checked item. If your flight requires paying for [00:24:00] checked items. So. Oh, we like to do in those situations where we're going somewhere and we're going to need baby items like a high chair or a booster seat or a pack and play, or a baby gate. We use a company called baby Quip.
It's literally just a baby equipment rental company with services in all major cities. Personally, it was an amazing experience and we rented a pack and play high chair. One of those baby gates, a couple of baby gates, actually, and a couple of baby toys. And it was a phenomenal experience. I'm not just saying that we could text with the provider.
I got email reminders about the trip you can add to the order once it's placed, if you need to take stuff off or add to it, it was very affordable, very affordable and very simple, very professional. I love the experience using that. Baby Quip. If you need equipment at your destination, like a pack and play, or literally anything, a crib, anything strollers, car seats, they rent everything.
Baby-related and it was super, super [00:25:00] helpful. So if you don't want to pack that stuff, you can rent it at most destinations. Check their website. And if you do book anything, you can get 10% off your order. Total. If you're renting through them for the first time using Mrs. Louis Henderson. So do use that. If you don't want to bring a pack and play, or you don't want to bring certain things, you can rent your equipment when you get where you're going, which is so nice.
So at check-in we get our tickets, we take care of whatever we need to take care of. Usually check one of the car seats, car Royce's car seat. Cause he doesn't need one on the airplane. Now. He's pretty independent. So it just works out with him in the seat. If we had Callas a lap infant, we would also check his car seat unless we were going to try to get a seat on the airplane for him.
And then we check our bags. So we do that and get going. Security is up next. This is the first of many times you are going to hear me, tell you to take your sweet time. Don't stress. Okay. This is not a stressful situation. [00:26:00] Security is not that big of a deal. You will get through it. You will make it through.
It's not about. It doesn't need confrontation. I mean, you might, you might come to an issue about something, but it, you don't need to be stressed about it before anything happens. Okay. So very typical normal. If you've been through security before, without kids, same stuff, shoes you'll have to take them off, take off metal things, get electronic things out.
Like voices, tablet has to be taken out of his backpack and putting a thing by itself. Liquid stuff applies. Uh, we've applesauce works fine. Getting through like kids' snacks stuff is okay, but we do empty their water bottles. So just some notes there. Um, or you can just get pre-check and avoid a lot of those things that also helps a lot, a fun fact about baby wipes.
If you have a pack of wipes in any of your bags, which you will. They, for some reason on the scanners, we've been told, look like they have bomb residue on them. So often those get flagged almost every time we go through security, which is why we give ourselves an hour and a half to two hours [00:27:00] when we're getting to the airport, because.
I can't remember a time. We haven't had a bag pulled off of the conveyor belt and checked, opened and checked. And it's usually because of baby wipes. So just a little note there. Um, so you're not shocked. Also breast milk can like liquid breast milk, not frozen. Campbell's. That that is allowed through TSA.
If anyone tells you differently, they're wrong. Um, so go look up the documentation and the paperwork for that, because it is 100% allowed by TSA to go through security, just to make sure that your ice packs keeping it cold are frozen. That's a big little caveat there cause they might take the ice packs away.
If they're not frozen completely. Um, same with water use to mix bottles and formula. One mom said that they might check your formula canister, like in that dispenser. And if you have bottles filled, they might check those as well, but they are allowed to go through security. So if you have water bottles specifically for mixing with formula, those are allowed through security.
No other [00:28:00] type of water bottle is so just make sure that you have those, like, you know, sectioned off with your stuff when they're going through in the bags, um, or communicate that to the TSH. Yeah, just communicate openly. It doesn't need to be confrontational. They are allowed to go through when it comes to your stroller at the security gate, we take, so our seats on our stroller detach.
And so we take those off and put them through the scanner, through them, on the conveyor belt, through the scanner. Um, so basically just your. Break it down as much as possible. Take off all the pieces that detach, and then they take the stroller frame or the whole stroller. If it doesn't come apart at all and they push it through the security thing the TSA agent does and they'll swap the frame to make sure it's safe and doesn't have anything sketchy on it.
And what you'll do is your carrier child always walks through now at his age. Um, and you go through the old school scanner. So not that x-ray one where you stand with like your arms above your head, but you go through the old school. No issues there we walk through and then we [00:29:00] grab all our things and we just keep moving.
So, you know, it takes us a few minutes to get resettled with all of our stuff and all the kids and making sure everything's on and in the right place. And we didn't forget at all, but it truly is not that difficult of an experience. The biggest things is breast milk and water for your formula are allowed.
They might check your form formula. They might check your baby weight. The typical rules apply for going through security and when it comes to your stroller, uh, just take it apart as much as you can. Communicate with them openly carry your child through the x-ray machine and y'all are good to go. So that's what we do through security.
Again, I'm not an expert at this. It's just what we do. And the first few times I did this, I was sweating bullets. I was nervous. I was trying to go as fast as I could, because I didn't want to slow the people down behind me, but I'm at the point now. And I realized this pretty quickly, where. Uh, you don't have to stress over these things like people will get through when they're getting [00:30:00] through.
If someone isn't a rush, just let them ahead of you. Not a big deal. Like you're not, it's not your fault. They're running late. You know, you take care of your bills. Take care of what you need to do. Don't overly stress yourself, just because you're worried about how it's going to impact someone else. Just take care of it.
Get through because we're far more flustered, more stressed, probably gonna forget something. It security. We're probably gonna, you know, get frustrated and yell at our, I mean, don't go there. Just don't let it happen. You're good. You got this. At the airport after you get through security, something that helps our boys a lot is letting them get their wiggles out, especially before you board.
So, you know, getting them out of the stroller or letting them run, letting them walk around, letting them look at stuff, letting them look at the airplanes and climb on the chairs. We just usually take them to one of those. N unused gates where there's no airplane parked. There was no one waiting for their flight and we just kind of let them run wild around those seats where there's no one else and get some of those wiggles, some of that energy out, [00:31:00] something to look out for that is so amazing that so many airports to have nowadays are mother's rooms or mama VA pods.
I think I'm saying that right. M a M a V a pods mama VI. It's meant for. Those are meant for moms who are breastfeeding or need a clean, quiet space to feed their baby or to pump. And they're lockable. They have an app that you can download and through the app, you can unlock the pod head in that. They're amazing.
I've used them a handful of times. And, um, recently I've started to notice airports, having more mothers rooms that are similar, where basically it's a sink, a rocking chair, situation of sorts, a changing table, uh, a garbage can for anything you need to discard. Um, and they're so helpful to have those. I love taking advantage of that.
So there's a quiet space for me and my baby. So if you anticipate needing either the mom of a pod or a mother's room, just look up where it might be download [00:32:00] the mama app before they also have those in a lot of public places like malls and train stations and wherever else. So, especially in large cities, so definitely be on the lookout for those they're so useful.
I love using. And they're usually pretty clean and comfortable there. I haven't been to an unclean one, so love them. Love the mother's rooms. Love the mom of a pod. They're amazing. We also got a travel stroller that folds down like super small. It's called Zoho strollers, C O E, but they fold down so they can fit into the overhead compartment of an airport or an airplane and airport and overhead compartment of an airplane.
And. You don't have to break it down before you get on the airplane because the strollers fit down the aisles of airplanes, which is so cool. So those are really helpful too. If you're like, I don't want to bring my big, I'm only, you know, if you're just traveling with one kid and you don't want to bring your big honkin, you know, whatever stroller, that's huge, but you want the convenience of pushing your child all the way to your [00:33:00] row and your airplane.
Those are great strollers. Now let's talk about boarding the air. If you're not flying first-class or you're not one of those priority members for the airline that you're flying, you will board after that group gets on. So there's first class priority, you know, special members of the airline, whatever family boarding is after that on every single airline we flown.
So we usually get to the gate, we try to give ourselves 20 minutes, at least, you know, we've wrapped things up, wrap around the play, getting food bathroom diaper changes, and we give ourselves about 20 minutes to be early, to be. And when you're gate checking things. So if there aren't extra seats and you have a lap infant, you were going to try to get a car seat seat.
Totally fine. You can gate check your car seat and you'll get it upon D boarding the plane. Same with your stroller. You'll want to get gate check tags. So we usually do that when we get to the gate. Some airlines will give you the tags when you're scanning your ticket to board, but we like to get them right when we get to the gate, um, you'll need one for each piece of your stroller.
So [00:34:00] if your stroller breaks down into like two or three pieces to put them on the plane, you'll need two or three gate check tags, same for, um, if you just put it all in one bag, which we don't put our stroller in a bag anymore, we used to, but we don't know. And it's still fine holding upgrade. Um, you just need one.
Again, get your gate check tags. When you get to the gate for boarding your plane and with all of this, take your time, especially when it comes to getting on the airplane at the end of the jetway. So they scan your tickets. You walk down that long hallway, that's the jet way. When you get to the end of that, that's where you're going to leave your gate check items.
So we pushed the stroller all the way down that bad boy to the end. That's when we get our kids out of the stroller, just because it makes life a lot easier. We get to the end. They're folded up. Let people go past us. We're like, yeah, just go ahead. People offer help. Especially if I'm traveling alone, I accept the help.
Very graciously and very gratefully. You get down there, get your stuff ready to gate [00:35:00] check. And our double stroller actually has these extenders that you attach on before you put the seats on to convert it to a double stroller, not just a single and just want to give you a little hint here, pack those extenders in your carry on like, take them off the stroller and put them in your carry on suitcase.
Do not leave them on the stroller. Take your stroller apart if it's extended or. Ben converted to like a double. And it's usually a single, we learned that the hard way when one of our extenders completely snapped, just completely broke. So basically any loose parts that are on your stroller or that you think might get lost, take those off, bring them on.
They could fall out of the bag. They could get broken. So just a little hint there about, um, strollers that do convert to. Because there's often extra parts and those can break very easily when they're loading them or unloading them or putting more bags on top of them. So just a little hint there. We also like to have our kids by the window, whether or not they're in a [00:36:00] car seat.
Again, car seats do have to be by the window. Uh, children just sitting in their own seat don't necessarily, but we like to keep them by the window because it just makes traveling a bit easier with keeping them contained and safe and you know, they get to look out the window and see what's going on. It's super fun too.
So when your children are younger and you're boarding the plane, And they can't yet walk or stand. What I would do was use a baby carrier or a sling. So when we get to the end of the jet way, take the baby out of the stroller, put them in the carrier. Sometimes I would do this too, before we boarded and I would just push the stroller empty down to the jetway.
If you're going to use a carrier, put your baby in there. So that way, when you're getting on the airplane, your strollers bank gate checked, you're getting to your row. You have two free hands that's gold. So use a baby carrier, use a sling of sorts. Um, and I also, once we're settled in our row getting into our seats, I like to pull that zipper pack that has the diapers and the [00:37:00] wipes and the rash cream and the poop bags and all that fun stuff that big zip baggy, not the blowout bags, but just the diaper change.
I like to pull that out of the diaper bag and keep it accessible. So when there is a diaper change that's needed, I just grabbed the kid. I grabbed that off the floor and we're good to go. And then we also. Very accessible. So you're boarded, you're sitting on the airplane. Let's talk about this plane ride.
You'll often hear to feed your baby on the way up and on the way down to mitigate that air pressure change that goes on and can bother your ears. But as long as they're suckling on something, it's that swallow emotion that helps clear the ears. So pacifier bottle, giving your toddler a water bottle, putting them at the breast, whatever it is.
That creates that swallowing motion will help them during takeoff and landing with what's going on in their ears, you know, popping their ears. When it comes to diaper changes on the plane ride bathrooms on airplanes, most bathrooms have a tape. Like this little platform [00:38:00] table that folds down, usually over the toilet.
When you get on the airplane, just ask the flight attendants, say, Hey, which bathrooms have the changing tables. That way you're prepared. And when it comes time to change it, you are inevitably going to change a diaper on the airplane. So when that time comes, make sure that you just know where it is. Just ask when you board say, Hey, does the one back here, whatever one's closest to you does that one have a changing table for my.
If it doesn't she'll point you to the right one, if it does you're gold. So there are some, just a little, another little tip there. You, they do ha I didn't even notice until I had kids, but next time you're on an airplane. You will see that there is a changing table for babies, which is so awesome. Um, some encouragement because we've had great flights and we've had some nightmare flights and.
Just because we're equipped in this and we've done it a lot. It doesn't mean that every flight goes super well recently, just about a year ago, we had an amazing cross country trip. It went seamlessly. Both boys were amazing. We had a [00:39:00] connection. I mean, it was a great flight. And then just a few months ago we had a not so great one.
So it, it, it's a crap shoot and you never know what you're going to get out of here. Because they're human. So just some encouragement. We've had some great flights. We've had some very not great flights. And I did do a red eye with Cal last summer. And I'm definitely, if you're going to do a red eye, if you have to do a red.
Book a seat for your baby, no matter how young they are, because you won't sleep. If they're not like safe and strapped away, I've tried to sleep with like holding my baby, but you just really, you really don't sleep. So get a seat for your baby, put them in their car seat. So they're safe. And then you can both sleep for an hour or two.
I was, it was still a doozy of a flight, but it did make doing a red eye with him. Solo. A little more tolerable now. Yes, sir. I've the airplane ride? Yeah, I landed. And it's time to get off the plane. I don't know if it's called deep planing or deep boarding. Someone's going to have to let me know that, but nonetheless, it is time to end this ride.[00:40:00]
We personally, this is just a personal preference. We wait until everyone else gets off. We usually are near the back of the plane anyways, because that's where it's easiest to sit as a family, but, and usually where you can get seats together, but we like to wait until everyone else gets off because then you're not stressed.
You don't feel like you're holding anyone back. You can take your time. You can put your kids where you need to put on and put your bags where you need to put them. So we just wait until everyone gets off. Again, take your time. And what's awesome about this is flight attendants, people around you. If there are people still around, you are so willing to help.
So just accept it. This is one of traveling has been one of the best lessons for me in learning how to accept help. So when people offer that when you're traveling, you know, totally accepted and you know, if your spidey senses go off and you're like not feeling great about someone, okay, deny it. That's fine.
But. Most of the time, people are very willing to help they're there and seeing your struggle, seeing. Do this on your [00:41:00] own probably are inspired by what you're doing. And so just accept the help there. They're there to help you. If you're connecting, we've done so many connections because flying cross country from Vegas to the east coast always has a connection for us.
What we do is we open up our carry on suitcase and we restock the diaper change pack. Diverse. Um, we restocked any snacks that need to be refilled because usually our boys are 11 on the snacks. We refill water bottles, we change diapers and pull-ups before we get to the gate. So we'll usually get off the plane, go eat, hang out, whatever.
And then usually 20, 25 minutes before it's time for us to board is when we put fresh pull-ups and diapers on our kids. And we give ourselves at least 20 minutes before boarding time to get to our next gate. So that way we're there and ready for family. For our next flight. Now another plane ride and you get to your destination.
If you didn't have to connect, you are so lucky. Connections are not that fun with kids, but they're survivable. So if you do have to do it, just know that we've done it too. [00:42:00] When you get to your destination, something that I like to remember, especially when I'm packing, because I am a chronic over packer.
And once you've got to pack for two other human beings, oh my goodness. I could be packing like five suitcases and I really shouldn't. So. Something I'd like to remember, is that in almost every single place we will go, especially for staying state side, is that you can buy things that you forget, like, or you can buy things.
If you don't want to pack enough for your entire trip, you can probably get that. I usually only pack enough diapers for our travel day and maybe a few extra, especially for going to see family. And I do the same thing with wipes. I know that when we get there, they can either have them ready for us. Or we can go, go to the store and grab some when we get there, diapers, wipes, snacks, all the things you don't have to pack enough for the entire trip, unless you're going somewhere where you're like, I don't know for sure if they're going to have that.
Um, and if you do need to pack all the diapers you need, like we've done that for road trips before. That means that on the way home, you're gonna have extra room in your suitcase because [00:43:00] you won't have 60 diapers. You're going to have maybe five. So you will have extra room. If you do pack everything that you'll need on the baby front.
I also bring the seatbelt lock. I'll post a picture of it in the blog article for this episode. But basically if you anticipate Ubering at all with your car seat, obviously you got to have your kid in a car. Most rental cars nowadays have the car seat anchors, but some Uber's and other types of taxi services do not.
And seatbelts won't always lock well. So two things I always, always, always, always bring when I anticipate that being the case and I was having to put our kids in an Uber or a taxi is our car seat. So I know exactly how to install it correctly and safely. And I also bring this car seat lock and basically what that does.
It's a small metal device. It kind of, I don't know how to describe it. You'll see a picture. It, what it does is it locks the seatbelt in its place. So it doesn't loosen and tighten and loosen and tighten and ultimately not [00:44:00] have. You know, tied down. So I keep that in. I keep those two things in our diaper bag.
Every time we travel and a few other notes about your destination, super, super helpful. If you can book a place that has a kitchen or kitchenette, so things like bottles, things like breast milk, things like I don't even know what else food snacks are available and you're not having to eat out and, you know, try to scout scavenge for snacks for your time.
At all hours of the day and something else we've done a couple of times that is so nice is we'll order groceries or door dash to be delivered at wherever we're staying, especially if it's an Airbnb to be delivered there. Once we, you know, right around the time, we'll arrive super helpful to just have that and be able to feed our family and.
Not have to stress about going out and getting groceries or going out to dinner and trying to keep the kids happy when they're hangry. So a few, a few thoughts there, when it comes to your destination. Now I did promise you a quick drive by on road trips, [00:45:00] a few things that have helped us we've flown more than road trips that we've taken.
So not as experienced, but a lot of the things I shared will apply, especially when it comes to packing and all of that. And your destination, but something we do on road trips that really helps us. We'll stop every few hours. And every single time we stop, everyone goes to the bathroom. Everyone gets a diaper change or a pull up change.
Again, we bring a lot of extra clothes, extra diapers, extra snacks, extra whites, because you never know what's going to happen in the car. And honestly, uh, it's a free for all like travel days in general. The typical rules don't always apply. You want to have snacks all day. Okay. We'll do snacks all day.
You want to, you know, watch shows a lot of the day. Great. Let's do that. Um, and we do plan to take when we're, when we're driving, we plan for the trip to take at least one to two extra hours. The map says, because you know, stops take longer. You're going to have to stop more often. So just take your [00:46:00] time, give yourself time.
Don't be stressed about how long each pit stop is taking. That's just, that's just how it goes with kids. It's a constant constant lesson in letting go of perfection for real, a few extra notes about traveling that I just wanna encourage you in, and that I didn't really didn't fit into any of those categories.
The first one, I personally, this was like racist first year during one of his 14 flights, I set a goal for myself of not sweating, literally, literally, and figuratively actually of not sweating during the travel day. I know it sounds so silly. Right. But mainly because it stressed me out thinking about inconvenience, inconveniencing other.
Truly. So my goal was don't get stressed about inconveniencing other people. From the time I showed up at the check-in desk to security, to boarding, my goal was take your time and don't stop. Don't put undue stress on [00:47:00] yourself. And I want you to really grasp that as well. Make that your goal. I'm not going to sweat.
I'm not going to sweat it. I'm not going to put under undue stress on myself. Personally, if you think it's going to be a stressful trip, it will be stressful. If you only notice how difficult your kids are being, they're only going to be more difficult, but, and I've learned this personally, if I'm joyful and if I'm nice to people, they're mostly.
We'll be nice and happy and patient back truly. I mean, I'm maybe I'm oblivious to, or I just write off annoyed people, but I genuinely have never encountered one on the insane number of flights that we've taken with our boys. What you look for, you will find what you look for. You will see what you worry about and let consume you in your mind.
You will find so just don't put that undue stress on yourself. Don't worry about things that haven't even happened. Just be in the moment, be present, take [00:48:00] deep breaths. As you're traveling, it will all be fine. It will all work out. I also found that the way that I carry myself in the way that I dealt with difficult moments, cause our kids are not perfect.
When we travel, the way I dealt with those is what others would reflect back. So if my kid was having a meltdown and I dealt with it, calm and. People around me would be chill and respectful and honestly helpful. A lot of the times they would like offer help in some capacity or give me a smile, which are so encouraging, like make eye contact with people around you.
Don't be ashamed. Don't like, look down because you got your kids with you and you're worried how it's going to affect other people. No, no, you are a mama traveling with your kids, giving them life experiences. It's huge. It's a blessing. We. Since we live in Vegas, uh, when we're flying home, we are often one of the only families on the flight and it can get really interesting, like, you know, character wise, like people that are on there, but I honestly never experienced a negative [00:49:00] Nancy or whatever, whatever that phrase is, you know, I'm not good at those phrases, but it really is how you carry yourself what your outlook is on the situation.
Is what you will find. It's what you will experience as what you will see. So forget what other people are thinking. Most likely they, what, what they're thinking is that your baby is absolutely adorable. Even if they're hot, even if they're fussing and crying, like babies are just cute. So they're probably thinking that first off and second off, they're probably an awe at you and what you're doing, because a lot of moms just, just are nervous about doing this.
Even if it's traveling as a family with your husband. It can feel like a lot. So with all the flying that I've done with the boys and this, again, I'm not lying, I'm being fully transparent. I've not had one nasty comment or look from someone and maybe I've been oblivious to it. Like I said, and we've had some ugly meltdowns, but in my opinion, if you're chill about it, if you handle it, you know, not in this freaking out [00:50:00] stressed.
Other people will respond the same way and it really can be, even if it's not a great experience, you know, cause kids will be kids. It can be an okay experience. That's not a nightmare. Like it can be a not nightmare. I promise. I promise. And then when it comes to your schedules, nap, schedules, sleep schedules, time zone changes, your kids will adapt.
It's okay. If they're completely offered day. I mean, I don't think on our travel days, our kids' schedules are. And yeah, they might be more tired that day and whatever, but it's just one day it will be fine. I promise. I want you to, now that we've gone through all of that, and it's so much to swallow and digest.
So save this episode for the next time you travel. But what I want you to do is to head to the link in the show notes below. Um, I'm also going to put it on the blog when that goes up on Friday, but you can get my complete packing list for you plus. Mommy and me packing lists or your mommy plus two packing lists.
If you're bringing two kids with you, it covers what you and your little [00:51:00] one, or your little ones will need for like a long weekend trip. So adjust. You know, the amounts and everything that, so it fits your trip. And so it fits your family. I'm not a pro traveler or a travel blogger, but I am here to share what has worked for me.
And since summer is basically here, uh, I hope this episode has just served you so much. There's a post up in our Facebook community. The tough love moms squad. You can just search that on Facebook, or you can click below to join and. Um, on that post that I put up today that corresponds with this episode, if you're listening later, just search, travel episode, travel with kids, any tips that I didn't share, I mean, I didn't even talk about pumping.
So honestly, any tips that I didn't share, things that have worked for you, go share it on that post. So it can just be a resource for our com amazing community of tough love moms. And just remember if you walk away with nothing else today, don't sweat it. Traveling with. It's not this difficult. I mean, it is difficult and it is hard, but it doesn't have to be all difficult in all hard.[00:52:00]
There are beautiful moments and you are giving your kid an amazing life experience of getting to travel as a young child. I mean, I got that growing up and I do not take it for granted. It was amazing. And if you're doing that for your kids, even if it's hard and a little stressful to think about, you're more equipped.
You are more prepared. And I just want to encourage you that the people around you that are watching you do what you do at the airport on the airplane, in the parking garage, they're in awe and you never know what they've walked through in their life or what they did or didn't get to experience as kids, but just know that what you're doing in your moment as your family, for your kids, getting to travel, whatever it's for, it's all.
And they will not take it for granted when they grow up too. So they're not going to remember the meltdowns. They're not going to remember that you forgot the applesauce pouches or that the tablet wasn't charged. They will remember the experience. And I want you to remember it, to remember it in a good light.
It can be good. [00:53:00] It will be hard. In some moments, but it won't be all hard all the time. So enjoy your travels, the summer mama safe travels to you and your whole family. And again, if I miss any tips or advice or things that have worked really well for you, or you want to expand on something, I shared go to the tough love moms squad.
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