Toddler Travel Tips

This is one I should have written notes down for! I had an entire list of "lessons learned" I was going to share with everyone, but I've been so busy lately I didn't have a chance to capture them!

MILK!! Take it WITH YOU!!! Milk is the most difficult thing EVER to find in an airport setting! And they do NOT have it on the plane!! This was our most difficult "lesson learned". You can take it through the TSA checkpoint too!

Extra protection diapers - for obvious reasons when you are flying or driving - you may not be able to change the diaper as quickly as you normally would!

The car seat is your friend!!! Heard this tip from a friend at work who travels internationally all the time with twins and an older child. His theory is by putting them in the car seat - they don't even think to argue about it b/c it's like when they are in the car! Good point! And it worked like a charm! Although, I guess that effect starts to degrade once you are "potty training".

However, you can only have a car seat on the plane if you get a window seat, and since we travel non-rev and nothing is guaranteed - I had a backup too - CARES. It's an attachment to make the seat belt in the airplane a 4 point harness. You can see it here on Amazon.

Car seat buddy to attach to suit case - this was a lifesaver when maneuvering through the airport! You can see it here on Amazon as well. Gives you extra hands! Riley could have even ridden in it like a stroller, but we took the umbrella stroller knowing we would need it once we were there.

Distractions Galore!
Magnadoodle with attached pen (SCORE) This is also how we accidentally figured out Our Baby Could Read! When we wrote words on it, and he read them! ha!
Colors
Flash cards
Books

Portable dvd - enough said! Although Riley didn't like it as much as I thought he would b/c he doesn't really watch programs. So luckily, we took the Your Baby Can Read dvds - that he would watch!

Lovey - We took Riley's Goodnight Prayer Puppy.

Snacks!! I'm sure this one goes without saying.

That's all I can think of for now!! Happy Traveling!!