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Updated Jul 30, 2010

Q: Road Trip with 3 Young Childre    —Saint Augustine, FL

"My grandparents live far away (2 full days without traveling with kids) and their health is not doing good. Because o..."

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Do you have friends where you live now? Becasue I think it might be better for you to leave at least the older two, or at least the middle child home with their fathe...

What keeps running through my mind is what if something were to happen to you and the children... That is a lot of driving for anyone and you will be sleep deprived as...

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Q: Traveling to Lower Elevations in My 8Th Month of Pregnancy    —South Lake Tahoe, CA

"I am due April 30, I have two children and they were both late arrivals. I want to travel to Palm Springs before I ha..."

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I can't tell you what you should do, motion sickness, the climate changes, that can affect anyone. My sis lives in the mountains, and she got sick a few times from com...

Hello, I don't know about traveling to lower elevations, but I will offer one bit of advice about traveling while pregnant. I don't know if you are planning on fly...

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Q: I'm Beyond MAD    —Lewisville, TX

"Mama's I need your help. I posted a few weeks back asking for ideas for my long road trip to Tennessee. Well my in..."

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My one year old LOVES the Dallas Zoo. They have a children's petting zoo area. He LOVES touching the horses' nose. He also likes Dave and Busters believe it or not. He...

Well, honestly for me, I might just go by myself, but I can be stubborn like that!! I agree about not going to the aquarium, but what about the lewisville aquatics pl...

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Q: Car Ride to Wisc Dells with 2 Yr Old    —Lake Elmo, MN

"My husband and I will be taking our 2 year old to the Wisc Dells in 2 weeks for our first family vacation. Our daught..."

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I know she is only 2 but my great nephew is 2 1/2 and likes to draw & color. I would suggest crayola wonders so she can draw or color. Otherwise good old fashioned pap...

HI Amy, You picked a fun place to go with a 2 year old! We just took our son back in March, he loved it. We live only about 2 hours away but he got very bored very fas...

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Q: How Do I Deal with a 6 Month Old at a Braves Game?    —Augusta, GA

"I have a six month old girl and we have tickets to take my 12 and 14 year old boys to a Braves game on Sunday. We als..."

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Hi M., My husband and I tried it with my first daughter and it didn't go well for us. Someone had given us tickets because we had been so consumed with the baby and...

My advice is to leave the baby at home! She will be miserable in the hot sun and then so will you. If there is anyway to avoid it, I'd not put her, my family or myse...

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Q: Anyone Ever Use TracFone?    —Prospect Heights, IL

"Hi, We travel a lot and only have local cell phone coverage with our phone's and don't want to change it. I'm looking..."

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We use trakfone and are very happy with it. We don't have a good signal at our home, so just use it when we are out and about. I regular plan would be a lot more expe...

I have had one for 3 yrs now and find it works just fine. To me it's a phone I don't need all the fancy music rings or the camera option so many others have. I have ...

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Q: Traveling with 13Mo Old    —Eugene, OR

"In a couple of weeks my 13 mo old and I will be driving up to visit my friend and her new baby. We are planning on s..."

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I would apply the 10 second rule. Keep your eyes and ears open and don't expect everybody else to watch out for her. You can't expect people to baby proof their home....

You could tell your friend that you want to do her a huge favor and help her baby proof her house. Tell her that you guys can follow her around on her hands and knees ...

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Q: Napping in Toddler Booster Seat    —Dothan, AL

"My son and I took our first long car trip this week since moving him from a regular car seat into a booster seat (whi..."

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Hey A., what kind of car do your drive? Maybe you can tilt the seat back a bit? I drive a dodge grand caravan and i had the same problem so i just tilted the seat bac...

I don't think there is anything that will keep them from falling forward. My older kids are 6 and 3 1/2 and they still fall forward when sleeping. We finally just star...

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Q: AHHHHH!!!! Traveling 18 Hrs with 2 Little Ones!    —Cleveland, OH

"In a few days we are leaving for Florida and we are driving. I have 2 kids 2.5 and 5. I was just wondering if anyone..."

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Hi K.! Right before we took my son on his first road trip of 5 hours at 6 months, we got some great advice from a waitress who overheard us talking about how to "make...

I just came back from a 9-12 hour trip to South Carolina. We had borrowed a portable dvd player. If you have lots of DVDs like I do then have the kids pick out a co...

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Q: First Road Trip with Twins    —Fair Oaks, CA

"Hello, we will be talking our first long distance road trip to visit both sets of grandparents this Thanksgiving. Ne..."

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I take a pack n play, an unbrella stroller, and blankets. My oldest has a quilt he's had for two years. It goes everywhere; everytime we travel. It helps him have a...

I don't have twins but I have 2 girls & we fly a lot. I tried to glance through the suggestions & I don't think I saw this. My mom has bought a lot of baby stuff off...

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