Travel Baby

The secret behind successfully travelling with a baby is to plan your journey with care. To be honest babies are very adaptable and resilient and can easily cope with travel as long as you feed them, change their diapers, pay them attention and don’t forget their baby toys and books.

Travel cribs are a brilliant invention, they are easy to set up and make your baby feel really at home and there’s a stroller available for nearly every terrain. Going by car is the best way to travel, you can carry everything you need and so once your baby is safely strapped into a car safety seat and all essentials are packed into the boot you can go wherever you want to go.

If you have chosen to use cloth diapers make sure you have sufficient supply, they aren’t as easy to get hold of as disposal diapers if you run short. Don’t forget to take a well equipped changing bag and plenty of changes of baby clothes.

Baby wipes are a must when you’re travelling. They’re a brilliant invention for when you are faced with a mucky baby with no water around. Keep a supply in the car all the time.

If you are bottle feeding don’t forget formula milk, bottles, teats and your sterilising kit.

A newborn will probably sleep for most of the journey but if you have an older baby make sure you take baby toys to keep your baby occupied while you are travelling. There are some well designed toys nowadays that you can stick to the back of the seat or the window of the car.

If you are travelling by bus, train or plane then make sure you plan with extra care. A backpack is quite good for all your essentials leaving your arms free for your baby which you could carry in a baby sling if need be. There are some really lightweight and easy to carry strollers nowadays specifically designed for confined spaces which are worth investing in if your use public transport on a regular basis.

Take care to keep your baby out of the sun. It’s well worth buying a good hat for when you are out and about and taking lots of sun cream. If it’s cold don’t forget your baby is likely to be a lot colder than you so will need a few more layers. It’s well worth checking that your baby is at a comfortable temperature at regular intervals throughout your journey.

By: Terry Ross

Stylish baby carriers have become the latest fashion must-haves for new mom and dads. Celebrities like Brad and Gwen are using them to carry their babes around town.

There are dozens of manufacturers producing high fashion baby slings for today’s fashion conscious parents. Using a sling allows a parent to wear the baby – it is a new accessory.

The sale of baby carriers has grown in leaps and bounds in the past few years for a wide range of reasons.

Baby wearing is convenient for the parent, comfortable for both the baby and for the parent. It provides freedom for the parent since their hands are free to do other things and at the same time keep a close eye on their infant. They can be used when baby is a newborn all the way up to a toddler. The carrier slings make it easy to hold a baby, and we all know that the more babies are held the more content they are and the less they cry.

For moms that are breastfeeding their baby a sling carrier makes it easy to breastfeed anywhere with the confidence of knowing that the sling is providing mom and baby with privacy.

More and more celebrities are having children, and in our celebrity-centric world people watch what they do. And they are using baby slings to wear their baby. So when celebrities are doing it logically follows that the general public will follow suit.

And it’s not just mom anymore. More and more celebrity dads and the not-famous dads are getting in on the convenience and joy of carrying their child in a carrier.

By: Joseph Peterson