https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 04:37:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-kids-covid-tips-for-fooddrink#post-2925504 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:45:42 +0000 alphagam84 2925504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids have been unvaccinated when flying so I try not to let them eat/drink during our flight if we can. When they want to eat, I tear off a bite, have them hold their breath, pull down their mask and then pop the food in and pull their mask up. Overkill? Maybe. I also ask people around me to pull up their masks, many people don't have them up properly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-kids-covid-tips-for-fooddrink#post-2925499 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:33:46 +0000 Myicitygirl 2925499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Thanks Erin. I agree that the flight is considered relatively safe because of the constant circulation of air. My concern is not so much for us, but we will be visiting grandparents for the first time in 2 years, 2 of whom are dealing with serious medical illnesses, so it is imperative that we be extra careful for their sake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-kids-covid-tips-for-fooddrink#post-2925496 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:03:48 +0000 erinbaderin 2925496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you should be good with most of those things (maybe not sandwiches or fruit - things that are generally dry) - basically anything where they can pull their masks down to take a bite and then raise them to chew. But honestly, I think it's probably not necessary. Let them take their mask off, eat a granola bar, and put it back on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flying-with-kids-covid-tips-for-fooddrink#post-2925495 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:44:16 +0000 Myicitygirl 2925495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all! We will be flying cross country in a few days and I need some advice on what to pack for us to eat/drink during the long flight. My kids only received their first dose of the vaccine. We know to eat/drink when others are masked, keep the overhead vents blasting, wipe down all surfaces (par for the course) but I want to be prepared to stave off hangry kids and have mask-friendly snacks ready. </p> <p>Pre-covid I would have packed bagels, sandwiches, fruit, granola bars. But what is easy/clean to eat quickly with masks? My 7yo is a MESSY eater! My 9yo is a frustratingly SLOW eater. </p> <p>Has anyone flown with kids recently on a long flight? Any tips on foods and drinks that worked? I asked @Mrs. Bee in the comments on her post: <a href="https://www.hellobee.com/2021/10/27/headed-to-the-us/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hellobee.com/2021/10/27/headed-to-the-us/</a><br /> but hoping for any and all advice! </p> <p>I was thinking about using their old Foogo straw cups for water so they can drink without having to expose their entire mouth to drink. My husband thinks that is unnecessary.</p> <p>Thanks in advance!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zionantelope-canyon-w-littles#post-2925473 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:38:24 +0000 JMOM 2925473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to live in Salt Lake City and visited that area a couple times. It will be really hot but no humidity. It is at a higher elevation so you need to make sure that your family drinks plenty of water. Antelope Canyon is amazing - I would recommend you get reservations as early as possible. I've heard that the tours sell out quite a while in advance. Our kids were more interested in playing in the sand during our tour of Antelope canyon (they were 3 and 6) but the adults loved it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zionantelope-canyon-w-littles#post-2925470 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 10:45:57 +0000 ChitownRo 2925470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi -<br /> We may switch up our usual summer vaca of a lake house in MI and do a national park this summer. Our kids will be 4,6,8. Has anyone taken their kiddos to the southwest? Considering spending a week between Page Az and Zion in mid August. I’d imagine flights to Vegas are pretty cheap that time of year. Seems like highs are mid 90s and lows around 60, but without the Midwest humidity I’m imagining it’s doable?<br /> Thanks for any tips you have! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898798 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 17:29:21 +0000 Jess1483 2898798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually start our long drive (14 hours) at 3 am. Someone goes to bed early the night before and starts. We stop for breakfast and to get dressed, and do the rest of the drive in the daylight. It gets a good chunk done during “sleep” time without having to drive all night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898796 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 17:09:32 +0000 codeitall 2898796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Day trip for sure. Most of our trips are 12 hours long. We actually start early in the morning so that the kids are still tired enough the car ride lulls them back asleep. At that age, you want to optimize the time they spend asleep. So by the time they wake up from their first 'nap', you are ready for a break and you can do a feeding stop.</p> <p>On past trips around that age, I would pump in the front seat and then climb into the backseat to feed the baby. When it was clear they were getting tired, I'd swap back up to the front because my kids refuse to sleep if they can see you.</p> <p>Have junk toys that make sound just for the trip that you parcel out as needed. Use blankets and stuffed animals to play peekaboo and tug of war, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898754 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:24:25 +0000 jhd 2898754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't stay awake to drive at night. We have always done what @erinbaderin: suggested. Try to leave around a naptime and make sure the adults have snacks, drinks, etc. and we have a full tank of gas. We don't stop unless baby needs a stop. We have sometimes split up a 7-8 hour trip by doing a few hours one evening and a few more the next morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898741 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:07:35 +0000 periwinklebee 2898741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never done a trip that length, but I would probably choose night. However, it's mostly because my LO gets carsick if he has any toys, books, etc in the car - since he can't have anything to play with he requires non stop entertainment from me instead and generally hates it but will sleep well if he's tired. If I had a smaller baby that would sleep a lot during the day or a kid that could be entertained, I would definitely do daytime.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898732 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:24:47 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2898732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@foodiebee: oh it was a disaster but I can laugh now </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898724 Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:57:26 +0000 foodiebee 2898724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sams Mom: Omg my nightmare!!</p> <p>@snarkybiochemist: "playing with her own poop" hahahahaha that is horrible but also cracked me up</p> <p>@erinbaderin: I would've done the same thing! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898557 Sat, 05 Oct 2019 09:53:54 +0000 LemonJack 2898557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely daytime! It’s possible babe will sleep at night, but if not it would be a really looong trip. The longest trip we’ve done at that age is four hours, and we’ve always left either late morning or right around dinnertime. The late morning trips have always been easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898548 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:37:32 +0000 erinbaderin 2898548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We once embarked on a 4 hour drive with our baby at about the same age. He fell asleep about 20 minutes in, and slept the whole way. My husband kept whining that he was hungry and had to pee and I wouldn’t let him stop in case the change woke the baby up. </p> <p>All that to say that I’d probably leave at around morning nap time, hope the lull of the car got you an extra long nap, and then go from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898531 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:31:10 +0000 kayla0416 2898531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For that age, I think I'd drive during the day. You can sit next to him and bring lots of things to entertain him - books, small toys, or just sing/talk to him. I'm sure he'll sleep quite a bit too. When they get to the stage where they want to be moving all the time, like crawling through preschool age, that's when I try to drive at night if possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898526 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:51:50 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2898526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took a road trip when E was 7 weeks and other long distance travel at 6, 8, 10, 21.5 months. We almost always day drive. I cannot stay awake at night to help keep my husband awake for nighttime driving. For the 7 week trip I sat in the backseat with E the whole time. We bought an converter for my pump and then I bottle fed so that feeding didn't take up too much time. We as adults would take breaks every 2-3 hours and always made sure to get E out of her carseat. For the later trips I tend to sit up front for most of the drive and move to the back as needed for short periods (I have totally switched seats on the side of a highway when absolutely necessary). As she gets older E does better if I am not sitting next to her the whole time but that obviously is baby specific. I will forever and a day pick not during my personal sleeping hours, so even on trips where we get a head start at night after work we stop by about 9pm and stay at a hotel and then get up the next morning and continue on. Pack way more wipes then you think you will need so when your baby has a massive blowout and starts playing with her own poop and you are 20 miles from a rest stop you can essentially bathe her in wipes when you can finally stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898523 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:41:57 +0000 Sams Mom 2898523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried the night time because he'll sleep logic on a 6 hour drive to Texas... I was wrong, so so wrong, he screamed for 75% of it. 10/10 will never do that again. He did much better on the way home during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898518 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:21:08 +0000 MrsSRS 2898518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we had to do a cross country drive we did a day drive and I pumped and bottle fed from my seat next to the baby. We stopped every two to three hours for a diaper and tummy time break. But we had a newborn. I would still pick daytime with a four month old though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/travel-with-baby-drive-at-nighttime-or-daytime#post-2898515 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:08:34 +0000 foodiebee 2898515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi! I know the experience of all you glorious Bees will have an answer to this. :happy: </p> <p>We need to travel soon to see a sick relative who is near death. :crying: Our DS is 15 weeks. We can't decide if it would be better to drive during the day and stop lots for him to get out of the car seat or at night and hope he sleeps the whole time. He handles our weekday commutes just fine 4 out of 5 days, but that's different than a 7 hour drive. </p> <p>What has your long-distance travel experience been with babies? Any suggestions? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896660 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:54:57 +0000 Littlebit7 2896660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’d go between 3-6 months and book a place that has a separate space that you can enjoy while baby naps. So this might mean a balcony/patio/terrace etc. there is a lot of napping at that age and you want to be able to relax, not stare at each other </p> <p>We travelled at lot while both kids were (are? They still are) young, including living abroad for several months. </p> <p>We are east coast based also</p> <p>Jet lag for babies is real and sucks in both directly; you might also consider going north or south to avoid it. If you are going for less than a week....I wouldn’t even try to set a schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896655 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 18:50:00 +0000 Ms. RV 2896655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go somewhere that you could have your own four walls (not a hotel room). My first has always slept horribly away from home (FOMO kicked in and she would just refuse to sleep..still does at 4 but now we can bribe her...) and I know we drove adjoining hotel rooms mad with her crying.</p> <p>In your position I would rent a cabin in the Great Smokies or somewhere like that. Tons of stuff to do, but also not a total waste of a trip if all you get/want to do is stare at the scenery from a porch because LO isn't a great traveler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896606 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:03:58 +0000 annem1990 2896606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just fair warning when booking when baby is really young:</p> <p>Babies tend to reach a peak of crying around 6-12 weeks. You can find graphs online that show this. My first screamed for hours everyday around this time and it was really challenging. The amount of nosy people who commented to me: "Oh does he have colic?" with such pity in their tone was so annoying. :crying: It was over by 3-4 months and he became so much more manageable and has been pretty darn easy since. All this to say that if you do wait until baby is here to book trips, you never know what they will actually be like once the trip arrives. Don't get too scared in those early weeks because things will get so much easier. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet, book that trip and hope for the best!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896573 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:48:26 +0000 snarkybiochemist 2896573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: we waited to book our trip until E was 6ish weeks old like @PurplePumps: suggested. By booking so close to when we were traveling it limited our options but gave us good deals. If you are really looking to go when baby is 6-9 months you could easily wait until after baby is born to book anything. Daydream now and do research on multiple places then book in December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896571 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:36:06 +0000 PurplePumps 2896571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: You still totally have enough time to wait and book until you see what she's like. Sounds like most people do just fine traveling with their babies and they adjust and sleep well/as needed. I think mine is an especially awful sleeper and fussy (unless everyone feels that way sometimes) haha. But seriously, I would have never survived any sort of site seeing trip... I've had to leave mom meetup groups cause he wouldn't stop screaming from being over tired but not being able to sleep a few times when he was 5-10m old nevermind trying to enjoy a museum or meal with that. If he'd been a easier kid at home to start with, I probably would have tried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896564 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:18:07 +0000 graceandjoy 2896564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@karenbme: Yeah.. I guess it really depends on family dynamics/personality! Can she just join for part of the trip :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896558 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:07:28 +0000 karenbme 2896558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: @purplepumps: Totally fair points, I have no idea what this kiddo is going to be like. DH and I were opposites as babies (he was super easy, I was fussy and didn’t sleep) so she could be anywhere in between. </p> <p>@graceandjoy: @jhd: That was also our thought, but the flip side is that MIL is extremely extroverted and can be totally exhausting for me as an introvert. Plus it would be nice to have some family memories that are just the three of us.</p> <p>@MrsSRS: LOL @dumpling babies 🥟 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896540 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:03:04 +0000 jhd 2896540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@graceandjoy: this was my thought also. </p> <p>My mom and I took my two boys to England last year when my youngest was almost 9 months. He did really really well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896536 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:39:14 +0000 MrsSRS 2896536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you can do it in the 3-6 month age instead I would. My second was crawling at 6 months and walking at 9. It was not a good age for travel. Both mine were harder to entertain at that age. It was much easier when they were just a little swaddled dumpling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896516 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:24:33 +0000 graceandjoy 2896516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think Ireland is great, and MIL actually would be a great help so you can do some things by yourselves too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommended-destinationstravel-tips-with-infants#post-2896507 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:54:36 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2896507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with many others- go where YOU want to go. The nice thing about babies is you can take them pretty much anywhere. You can still go to museums and nice restaurants and it's no big deal because they can be in a stroller or carrier. Once they get a little older that gets harder (toddler/preschooler age); then by elementary age you end up taking their interests into consideration as well.<br /> We have traveled with our kids at all the different ages...by far travel with one kid is the easiest, and the trips we took when our first was a baby were the ones we got to do basically everything we wanted to do (within reason of course).<br /> Also, and this is just a general tip...we have had all kinds of sleepers- good/bad/ crib only/stroller only and everything in between. They all figure it out somehow when we are traveling. Worst case, they get super over tired and get back on routine when you get back. We've done that too and everyone survived. :) </p>