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Travel Essentials When Traveling with Children
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items Traveling with kids can be challenging, as lets face it they are little humans you can't control. But you can control what essentials you bring that can make the journey all the more easier and rewarding. We bring our kids everywhere and have discovered the must haves when traveling by plane, train, boat, or automobile. As an Amazon Affiliate and other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases, but truly only recommend things I use and love... Thank you for your support!
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Car Seats/Strollers/Accessories
Games and Yoto For Travel
Bedding and Accommodations Accessories
Plane/Train/Boat/Cars
Eating/Drinking/Food Accessories
Car Seats/Strollers/Accessories
We have been traveling the world with littles since our oldest was four months. These are are favorites for Car Seats and Strollers.
To be honest this item is one we are wanting to buy. We have a friend who has a child older then us and this came highly recommended for those travel trips where you might be jumping in a taxi, or taking an Uber and you don't need or want to travel with your large car seats. This purchase is coming in ...
Ride Safer Travel Vest
These are our stroller bags. We first purchased the larger one for our larger jogger stroller. We have liked this brand and it has held up well that when our child got older and we only needed a umbrella stroller bag we bought the same brand. We also like how they fold up into a little travel size and the travel bag is built into the design so...
V VOLKGO Large Stroller Bag for Airplane
Being a traveling family, we knew we needed a lighter car seat that was FAA approved. We researched and ended up buying the contender and it has been a fabulous choice. When you are hauling around a car seat at the airport you want it to be light. The contender is a great option!
Contender™ Slim Convertible Car Seat
This Graco is another great option if you really want or need a few more inches in the airplane seat. It is a few inches narrower then the Graco Contender but you will have a few more pounds of weight. It is important to always check with the airline directly about the size of their seats. Some airlines may need you to have a more narrow seat in which case this could be a real winner!
SlimFit3™ LX 3-in-1 Car Seat
Games and Yoto For Travel
Trying to keep the kids occupied on long trips car or plane? These are the things we personally travel with!
I really love these sticker by number books when traveling with kids. Even as an adult I find them relaxing. It is all together in a spiral bound book and it is easy to take out anywhere and give the kiddos or adult some downtime.
Brain Games Sticker By Number
My child was given this as a gift before the flight to Disney World and they have been a hit since. We always have this in our little travel bag of toys. Just the right size for travel and the adults enjoy it as well.
BAOXUE 6 Pack Kids Watercolor Paint Sets
I like to have one of these in each bag for the kids to go with the small little paint sets. It takes little space and can be useful to have anyways for a variety of other reasons. There are a heap of various options out there and some have cool clips and cords to attach it to something. I just have a small simple one.
Deke Home 2 Pack Silicone Collapsible Travel Cups
Yoto mini player came highly recommended and it was such a hit with our kiddos we had to buy a second so each kid could have their own, and honestly, I am tempted myself to have. It is a great screen free device that allows your child to listen to music or audio stories. You can get cards but as long as you have the app, you can pair the cards to the app and then as long as you have your phone, you can control the Yotos of your kids. We not only travel with these, we keep them in each kids room and they use them at night as well. They have a variety of cards/stories/music you can purchase for a range of ages! We love our YOTO!
Yoto products at Target
Ladybird are some of our favorite Yoto Cards! I feel like any ladybird is a hit and educational as well.
Yoto Ladybird Audio Adventures: Volume 1 Audio Card Collection (5 ...
Lots of amazing cards to select for your Yoto! Harry Potter, Disney Stories, Daniel Tiger, Magic Treehouse, Classic Stories, Music cards, and more.
Yoto Cards
Yoto Headphones that can be used with your yoto but on most airlines that have standard plug in for their little screens!
Yoto Wired Headphones
Great case to carry your mini yoto, headphones, cord, and some cards if you desire.
Yoto Mini Case
Just to be safe and to help identify whose Yoto is whose, we bought each kid a silicone cover for their Yoto!
Yoto Mini Case
We actually got this game to help with learning math in a fun way, but quickly found it was such a fun and quick game for everyone, packs light, and can be taken anywhere!
Sleeping Queens Card Game for Kids & Families
These are great fun for little ones and they don't make a mess.
Melissa & Doug On the Go Water Wow!
We carry with us some Whoa Dough. It is gluten free and sensory wise my kids prefer it over Playdo. We really love the little 8-Pack as it comes in a nice container for traveling. It is also reasonable priced enough that if at any point it gets dried out or they want to create little characters and let them dry you, you can buy more for the next trip!
Chuckle & Roar Whoa Dough - Air Dry Clay
These are not only great for travel and organizing the games and activities you travel with, but they are great overall with lots of uses at home as well. I love these little bags especially when traveling. Each child has them to organize their things, I can carry one for important receipts and documents, and they make a great pencil pouch as well.
Mesh Pouch
Clickable Washable Markers are great anywhere but especially when traveling. As the last think you want to do is find the cover that was dropped on the airplane or rolled around in the car!
Crayola Clicks Retractable Tip Markers 10ct
Sticker books and coloring books are a great activity to have while traveling. What I really like about these are that they are all in one and spiral bound. You don't need a separate sticker book and a separate coloring book. In addition you can fold it over for tighter space and not have the traditional bound book that requires to be open wide with two pages.
CUPKIN: Sticker and Coloring Books
For your Crayon lovers I prefer the Twistables so you are not needing to pack a sharpener!
Twistables Crayons
Some kids and adults prefer to color with colored pencils. Twistables are the best so you don't need to bring a sharpener, as lets be real, they can too easily get lost!
Twistable Colored Pencils
Bedding and Accommodations Accessories
We like to travel with our own pack n play and we never leave home without a sound machine!
Hands down the best pack n play we have had. This thing has traveled the world with us. It is compact. It sits on the ground so if you are having to lie next to the crib to get a fussy baby to sleep you can be right there holding their hand.
Lotus Everywhere Travel Crib - Guava Family
We always traveling with two of these organic sheets for our travel crib!
Lotus Crib Organic Cotton Fitted Sheet - Guava Family
We love this sounds machine. You can attach it to a infant car seat, your diaper bag, and packs small. We actual have two of them. We bought one to leave with my parents and one we always keep in diaper bag. It is such a lovely sound machine I have discovered my father has taken it to his room!
Hushh® Compact Sound Machine
A Hushh case for your sound machine, makes storage of cord with the machine together!
Travel Case for Hushh Sound Machine
We love this toddler pillow not just for home but also will pack it for travel, as accommodations while traveling don't have toddler pillows. It also doubles as a great travel pillow for kids or adults. Please follow your pediatrician guidelines and the manufactures guidelines in regards to child pillow use. Never give a pillow to a child under 2-years old according to the American Academy of Pediatrics!
Mini Toddler Pillow With Pillowcase
We don't have this exact blanket as ours is no longer available, but we love Burt Bees Organic products and we always travel with a light cotton, breathable, cable knit blanket for each child. They are great for adults and kids on airplanes, in a car, or even at night. They pack up better then a large fleece blanket and are breathable. The American Academy of Pediatrics says it is not safe for your child to have a blanket while sleeping if under the age one 12-months. So please check with manufacture and your Pediatrician.
Organic Cotton Cable Knit Blankets
Plane/Train/Boat/Cars
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…… lets make it a smoother experience!
You never know how the pressure on the ears will go with little ones. Prior to kids I would use these personally and then after kids I always make sure to have a few sets of these for the kids. They can be easily dropped by a child so I love to have a few on hand just in case!
Original Children's EarPlanes by Cirrus Healthcare
We personally don't have too much motion sickness in our household. One of my child can not read in the car but otherwise is fine. But these have come personally recommended from family members who do have kiddos that get motion sickness.
Sea Band - Child Wrist Band
This is on our list to purchase for travel especially on long haul flights or road trips. We have been researching options for how to extend the seat in coach for our kiddos to be more comfortable. We have settled on a blow up version for it to not take up much space. Also we find our kids need something to rest their feet on in the car for long road trips, this would do the trick as well!
Inflatable Travel Pillow Bed/Leg Rest for Kids
We love these anti itch stickers for those mosquito bites. We always make sure to pack these wherever we go and have them ready at home as well. We have tried other brands but we find these to be the most effective!
NATPAT Magic Patch Itch Relief Stickers
We much prefer to not use harsh mosquito chemicals on our kiddos and ourselves. So we love this stickers toy place on their clothes. We pack them to matter where we go and they are super easy to pack and carry. We also have the adult version as well.
NATPAT Buzz Patch Mosquito Stickers Kids
Eating/Drinking/Food Accessories
As a parent all I ever feel like I am doing is making snacks! So food and the accessories are a must when traveling. Nobody wants a hangry kid or lets face it, a parent either!
We love these little bags at our house and by far our favorite resuable bags of ALL the different ones we have or have tried over the years. Some of them have the clear back but the ones we have do not. I love the zipper as I know it is sealed well. We use these DAILY and we travel with them as well. We have different ones for different family members so everyone knows who sandwich or snack is theirs!
green sprouts Reusable Insulated Sandwich Bags (2 Pack)
We have the stainless steel kids lunch box with the attached lid as we try to avoid some plastic. Even those can be heavier (we can always get the plastic version) for travel we actually travel with these for a few reasons. 1. We love that the kids can easily put this on a tray on the airplane, hold in their laps, or even hold it in their laps in the car. 2. Our kids have dietary restrictions and this allows us to bring a really nice full lunch or dinner and for some reason they are always excited to eat the food from it, maybe the novelty. They are easy wash and they stack well in the fridge. 3. They fit really well in the Bentgo Lunch bags, we can fit other things OR we can just bring one lunch bag with two boxes in it. We actually have two of the first image shown.
Bentgo Lunch Boxes
Great having a Bentgo lunch bag to put your Bentgo lunch container in. We love how there is space for two containers, or you can have space to put your other reusable snack bags in or an ice pack, etc. Something else that is great about this bag is we find the handle on the top of the bag easily slides over the handles of a rolling luggage bag. So when are kids are pulling their little rolling luggage bags (or we are) the lunch bag is treated like their personal item and it slides right no the suitcase for transport!
Bentgo Lunch Bag/Boxes for Kids
These have been great water bottles for our kids. These are their bedside water bottles or crib water bottle as they just don't leak and they are easy to grab and drink in the night. So we also always travel with at least one for each kid. I am excited they have finally come out with many new designs. Just a reminder it is important to have a water bottle that does not have straw for on the plane, as with air pressure this is nothing like getting a good quirt in the face with water when you open the cap to sip some water out of the straw. Another reason these are a great buy!
12 oz Classic Kid's Sippy Bottle
This is great for older kids and adults. Klean creates aluminum free and BPA free bottles. I also prefer a screw cap for travel. No matter how many water bottles I try, the screw tap seem to be the safest for not leaking.
20 oz Classic Insulated Water Bottle with Loop Cap
These have been our favorite bibs over the years. We love how large they are and the area they cover. They are light and pack well.
Toppy Toddler Large Waterproof Bibs