Comments on: Packing For a Trip with the Kids

By: Lenetta @ Nettacow

Lenetta @ Nettacow — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:33:56 +0000

Just wanted to let you know I linked to this on my weekly link roundup. Thanks! (Link to post is under my name.)

By: Jenni @ Life from the Roof

Jenni @ Life from the Roof — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:46:01 +0000

I like the air freshener idea as well. I laughed about your “bowing to the electronics gods” as I recently had to take my 18 month old on a 9 hr, 3 flight trip to Alaska and back by myself. A passenger on the plane sitting next to me commented on the studies that discourage kids from watching any tv before age 2. My general policy is not to let him watch tv all the time or even most of the time, but when you’re on flights with a toddler, priorities change :). It would have been interesting if I had shut the DVD player off and let the passenger deal with a screaming toddler for 3 hrs straight.

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By: Road Trips with Kids « Dresses ‘n Messes

Road Trips with Kids « Dresses ‘n Messes — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:20:29 +0000

[...] My friend, Marie from Make and Takes, just had a lady guest post on her site about this very topic. She has some fabulous ideas, my favorite being a portable potty! Check her ideas out here: http://www.makeandtakes.com/packing-for-a-trip-with-the-kids [...]

By: Ashlee Archibald

Ashlee Archibald — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:53:16 +0000

Have you seen the idea of putting bags into an empty baby wipe container to hold them? I do that for my car. I love it and I dont have bags flying around my trunk :)

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:21:55 +0000

I travel solo with my kids all the time since moving away from my parents. My husband and I talked about it before our big move and at that time we had only one child (now 2) and since I was taking on the role as Stay at home mom he wanted to make sure our kids knew their grandparents. Last year alone I made the 520 mile trek 1 way 6 times, 5 of them just the kids and I. My upcoming trip will be different though because I do have a potty training child. Thanks for the list!!!

By: Becca

Becca — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:55:47 +0000

I loved this post! Great ideas for all those road trips. I esp loved the idea about the potty. perfect for potty training moms :)

Here are some of my ideas for a car kit. Feel free to stop by and take a look.
http://naptimejournal.blogspot.com/2009/05/summer-time-kid-car-kit.html

Have a great day!

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:01:40 +0000

I’m so glad you posted this!! My husband and I are taking 3 kids on a 2 week road trip this summer along the coast (No. Cal up thru Oregon and WA). You gave me some great ideas I hadn’t thought of like taking quarters for laundry and packing a cooler of drinks. Thanks for all the helpful info!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:46:13 +0000

We are leaving soon for a 7 week road trip (with some 2 week stops in the meantime) and I cringe at the thought of packing the car for this!

Handy tips!

By: deb

deb — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:20:28 +0000

when i took my niece on a cruise vacation, we bought postcards @ each stop along the way. She wrote on the back… what she learned there, or what she liked about the place. We then punched a hole in the upper corner of each one, and placed it on a keyring. when we got back, she had apersonalized memento of our trip.

(this has nothing to do with packing… but it’s a fun thing to do while traveling.)