Ep 99: Traveling With Little Kids + Screen Time Philosophy

Nov 8, 2023

Learn tips and hacks for traveling with little kids, including packing challenges, versatile strollers, and screen-free entertainment options. Discover strategies for flying with toddlers and the importance of a catch-all bag. Get travel hacks for flying with kids, essential items for traveling with little ones, and insights on screen time philosophy. Understand the significance of over-communicating with kids during travel and framing time for their understanding.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Traveling with Kids: Tips and Hacks

01:35 • 14min

Packing Challenges and Versatile Strollers

15:26 • 10min

Screen-Free Entertainment Options and Flying with Toddlers

25:08 • 2min

Strategies for Traveling with Little Kids and Importance of a Catch All Bag

27:23 • 2min

Travel Hacks for Flying with Kids

29:21 • 14min

Traveling Essentials for Kids and Screen Time Philosophy

43:39 • 16min

The Importance of Over-communicating with Kids During Travel

59:29 • 2min

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With holidays coming up, travel may be in your future (whether in a car or on a plane), so we thought this was the perfect time to talk about traveling with little kids! 😆

For us, we value traveling enough that we didn’t want to wait until the kids were older to travel. We know that travel breaks up routine + opens our kids’ eyes to new perspectives. But we also know it is NOT easy … especially with little kids. There are things we have discovered over the years that have made traveling with our kids easier; not perfect, but easier. 👏

We are going to share things we’ve learned along the way – from packing, knowing what strollers and car seats to bring, mapping out daily schedules, the best time to board the plane, things we use to keep our kids entertained on the plane and SO much more.

Another big part of today’s conversation is all about screen time. We know it is a hot topic. We are not anti-screens but we have a stricter screen philosophy than most people. And we want to talk about how we integrate screen time into our travel.

So, let’s take off + get into this! ✈️

In this episode we talk about:

Why we want our kids to travel and learn through travel experiences
Our travel philosophy + how our parenting style speaks into it
Cars vs. plan travel (hacks we do differently for each method of travel)
What screen time looks like when we are traveling

Links to anything we mentioned:

Memories of Christmas Journal
The Bucket List Family
Our jogger stroller
Doona Carseat/Stroller
Doona Bike
Slumber Pod
Tonie Box code 20AUDREY for 20% off orders over $99
“Goldbug Book” aka one of our favorite books for the kids
Boat Bag aka our “throw all carry-on bag” for travel
Baggu Crossbody best-oversized fanny pack
Homeopathic travel kit
Portable sound machine

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