Flying Alone With Your Kids: My Ten Survival Tips
My husband and I are seasoned travelers with our oldest son, who will be six later this year. We keep track of his trips with over 110,000 miles so far! He can identify at least half a dozen airlines by their livery and he knows that being chatty and friendly with the pilots and flight [...]
Personalized Matching Game: A Treasured Gift
I have a gift recommendation for your friends, mamas! You’re going to love this! Having a group of mama-friends has been essential to motherhood for me. As much as we love our kids and husbands, we still need friends. I’ve been so lucky to have mama friends to support, encourage, and help me. Before we [...]
Traveling with Breast Milk
When my little man was just shy of four months old, I had to go on a four-day, three-night, work trip from New Hampshire to Colorado. We were exclusively breastfeeding, and I knew to maintain my supply, I would have to pump while away. I had debated what to do with the milk I would [...]
Ask the Mamas: Comfort while Traveling
Each week we ask our mamas a question from our readers that pertains to babies, toddlers, or parenting. Make sure to check back each Tuesday to see their responses! Do you have a question you’d like to ask the mamas? If so, send us an email with your question to askthemamas@mamasaywhat.com. Mama Say What?! reader [...]
Tips for Taking your Little Ones to the Beach
This summer as a mama of two (a 29-month-old son and an eight-week-old daughter) I have become somewhat of a pro at taking my little ones to the beach. My in-laws recently bought a house near the ocean and our family has taken complete advantage of this amazing piece of property. I have found myself [...]
Traveling: Asian Vacation with Our 3-Year-Old
Who says that once you have kids, you can’t travel anymore? Back in October of 2012, my husband and I spent two and a half weeks in Hong Kong, Macau and Hainan, China with our three year old son, TJ. Even though we are all experienced travellers, I was a little worried about how our [...]
Packing with Kids: Camping Adventures
Camping is one of my family’s favorite activities for the spring and summer months, around May to September. Before my husband and I had our daughter, it was easy to just pack up and go. But now it’s much more difficult to get everything ready and prepared. I’m sure you have often heard that packing [...]
Packing with Kids: Vacation Without the Kids
Going on a vacation but not taking the kiddos? Now, not only do you have to worry about packing for yourself for a vacation but you also need to pack for your child’s staycation with the babysitter. I’ve packed Alexis up to stay with grandma from just a weekend once or twice to a 14-day-stay [...]
Packing With Kids: Road Trip Survival
Every year at the beginning of August my family leaves our busy lives behind for a week and take a relaxing trip to the upper peninsula of Michigan. It is a beautiful place, and so worth all of the preparations that go into the trip the week before. The only downside is the eight hour [...]
Packing with Kids: Crossing the Border
My husband and I have traveled at least 60 plus times from Ontario, where we currently live, to New Jersey, where I am from. We know the trip like the back of our hands and don’t need a GPS or directions anymore. After we had our daughter, Anna, in June 2011, we planned our first [...]
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