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June 18, 2014
Last call! Win a RideSafer travel vest + Travels with Baby guidebook
The RideSafer travel vest makes sightseeing by taxi a breeze.
A quick note forthose of you who may have been out of town recently or otherwise busy (imagine that!), there’s still time to enter to win the RideSafer 2 travel vest, the FMVSS 213-certified alternative to car seats and boosters for children from 3 to 8 years, sponsored by Safe Ride 4 Kids, and I’m also throwing in a copy of the revised & expanded Travels with Baby: The Ultimate Guide for Planning Travel with Your Baby, Toddler, and...
June 13, 2014
Need to Know: Flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler
Flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler? Read this first!
Ifyou will be flying Ryanair with a baby or toddler, or are considering whether or not to book with the budget European airline for your family’s flight, here some important points that may really surprise you(!), especially if you’ll be flying Ryanair with a childunder 2 years.
1. Ryanair only allows children under 2 years to occupy a seat for all portions of the flight when they are at least1 year oldand areusing the CARES flight safety...
June 10, 2014
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 helpful in several possible ways.The 6- or 8-panel, flexible system can be used to corral your crawler and cruiser, while giving them a safe space to play with toys while you set up your tent or tend to the camp stove. With curious toddlers in your camp or energetic preschoolers, it can also be used to...
June 5, 2014
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 revised Travels with Baby: The Ultimate Guide for Planning Travel with Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler! I’ll be giving away another 3 copies in a giveaway at Goodreads, which you can easily enter right here:
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Travels with Baby
by Shelly Rivoli
Giveaway ends June 10, 2014.
See th...
May 30, 2014
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, and it’s won a 2014 Silver NAPPA award in Parenting Resources (woot!), but my new Family Travel 411 blogis nowonline!
To celebrate, I’m kicking off a sweepstakes featuring one of the most popular travel products on TravelswithBaby.com, which I have used with my own children and heartily recommend in t...
May 22, 2014
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 I could say in this post. Reflecting on 10 years since becoming a parent, figuring out how to grapple with motherhood and manage to stay afloat as a writer… and knowing I’ve got a good 10+ years or so ahead on this can be daunting.
But as you might expect, I’m packing up and getting ready for a ne...
May 19, 2014
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 you looking forward to (or with minor trepidation toward) an upcoming camping trip with a baby, toddler, or young children? Here is one of the Packing Lists included in the new edition ofTravels with Baby,to help you with extra items–on top of the most expected–to help make your trip as easy and...
May 14, 2014
Save the date! “Secrets to Stress-free Travel with Babies and Toddlers” coming to the Bay Area this summer
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! I’ll be giving three author talks onSecrets to Stress-free Travel with Babies and Toddlersin the East Bay this summer, and I’d love to see you there!
Children are welcome and I’ll follow-up with a Q&A session as time allows.
Have a question you’d like at the top of my list? Post it here below this pos...
May 8, 2014
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 amazingly crazy roller-coaster ride of motherhood.
This is an especially significant one for me. Ten years ago (ten!), I was celebrating my 30th birthday AND my first Mother’s Day over the same weekend. I had a 2-month-oldinfant on my lap, and traveling far or wide was about the farthest thing fr...
May 7, 2014
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 period of time (AKA during travel)?While I know that it is possible to help keep a kid quiet through a 5+ hour flight with justmovies and video games alone, I know there will also be consequences for doing so.
Here’s another screen-free favorite you can add to the mix for your in-flight entertainment...
