Travel tips- overseas!

I'm currently sitting by the pool at a villa in Provence, France. It's lovely and warm and actually quiet! Adrian has taken Lewis off somewhere and all the other babies are out for the afternoon. This is the final week of our three week Europe adventure with a 8/9 month old baby. We thought it would be a walk in the park. How wrong we were!

Countdown to the overseas trip... one week to go!

I never thought I'd be the sort of mother who would consider sedating her child. However, I sent the boyfriend off to the doctor to get a precription for Phenergen last week. We are flying to London next weekend and while I'm sure our 8 month old will sleep happily for the first leg of the journey, it's the second leg I'm concerned about! Lewis is crawling and is a very active child - he doesn't like to be constrained! How on earth we are going to keep him in a bassinet or on our laps for 22 hours is beyond me!

Travelling tips - road trip!

Lewis was 5 months old when we embarked on a 2 week road trip, from Melbourne up to Sydney, then on to Yamba in northern NSW. The excuse for the trip was a wedding in Sydney, then we figured we were half way so we should keep going further north to visit the boyfriend's brother and family! Yes, it was a bit exhausting, and yes, Australia is a very big place. But a bit of planning can make a car trip with a baby totally do-able... even fun!Packing the car was a challenge in itself. With the pram taking up most of the boot, some culling and creative arranging was needed. It encouraged me to reduce the amount of clothes, shoes etc that I took, and I looked at it as very good practice for going overseas in May (when our bub will be 8 months old), when we will have to carry everything from airports and onto trains.