Overseas Move: Toddler
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Moving Overseas
Asked by J.S. from Kansas City
on February 13, 2007
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I am getting ready to move overseas with my husband who is active duty army. we will have to fly with out 3 young kids ages 4-3months. i am needing to know if anyone h...
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- Having travelled overseas quite a few times I would say the best thing for the two year old is a variety of smaller toys, so that you can keep introducing something ne...
- I know when our kids first flown they were 3 & 4, the pilot took them into the cockpit and showed them around and then gave them their first set of wings, it was prett...
- Go to a Dollar store and let all the kids pick out their own bag (book or duffle) then let thempick out all sorts of stuff to play with; books, cars, coloring books, I...
Moving Overseas-YIKES!!!!
Asked by M.A. from Houston
on March 11, 2009
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We just found out my husband may be transferred overseas to Nigeria within a few months. is there anyone out there who has worked/lived in Nigeria with small children...
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- I lived overseas in Indonesia for 4 years when our son was 7 and our daughter was born in Singapore. I haven't lived in Nigeria, but I know people who did and it was ...
- Have you tried talking to some missionaries from there?
- Didn't live in Nigeria but lived in Brazil. It was a great experience. I would also be concerned about safety. What has the company told you regarding housing and s...
Traveling Overseas and Pumping
Asked by A.M. from Bangor
on October 2, 2008
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I have to travel from Montréal to Germany this weekend for a 5-day trip and am still breastfeeding my daughter. So I will pump while I am gone to try to keep my supp...
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- I was doing a lot of air travel when my son was 2 - 6 months old. He is now 9 months old. I found it a lot easier to have a hand pump on the flights. I sat in the w...
- A., I had to leave my 10 month old for 4 days unexpectedly this past May and we did fine. I bought a handheld manual pump that I could just use to express enough m...
- Here are some tips i learned: 1. you can go right through security--ice and all. have not had a problem yet as soon as i said "breastmilk"--and I've actually flown a ...
Moving Overseas-baby on Plane Help!
Asked by J.V. from San Francisco
on March 7, 2010
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My husband and I are moving from San Jose to Cape Town, South Africa in two weeks. Our daughter is 6 months old. What advice do you have for an infant on a looooong fl...
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- net teething feeder...Sassy and Munchkin make one. Fill it with ice, frozen fruit, apple slice, whatever kinds of food you have started her on. If you haven't starte...
- Hopefully at 6 months she is not too mobile yet. Everyone has great suggestions, definitely check if your airline has the bassinet option like Singapore Air does. And ...
- How exciting! Good luck to you. Twenty yrs ago when I traveled from London to Sydney (two consecutive red eye flights with a stop in Singapore) the airlines gave me ...
Any Advice About Moving Overseas with Young Children..
Asked by M.T. from Chicago
on June 4, 2009
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We have a great and scary opportunity with my husband's job to move to Switzerland for a few years while he leads up a project. My kids are almost 2 and 4 and I am ju...
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- Hi, We moved to USA from India for about 4 years, when our daughter was just 5 months old! We are back in India now though. Its going to be tougher at times (esp...
- Hi M., Due to my father's job, we moved quite frequently when I was growing up. I lived in England, Sweden, Germany, India in addition to New York, California, and...
- A friend of mine moved to england for 2 years as a little girl. the mom wrote to the people in her new building and explained halloween to them so that my friend coul...
Should I Buy a Airplane Seat for My 17 Month Old??
Asked by A.T. from Austin
on February 27, 2009
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My husband and I will be traveling on a four hour plane ride with our 17 month old.
Should we take the chance with not buying a seat, and hope there is an open seat f...
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- We have done both, on a shorter flight we did not purchase the extra seat and just made sure I was buy the window so she could look out....you also would need lots of ...
- I say it depends on your child =) My older daughter has been on many many plane rides and up until she was 2 1/2 she just sat on someone's lap. But she isn't one to ju...
- i see you've already chose to buy a seat. i saw that some people suggested to check the carseat. if you do decide not to use it, i would recommend gate checking it. wh...
21 Month Old Having Night Terrors?
Asked by M.A. from Los Angeles
on April 25, 2008
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My 21 month old girl was a great sleeper (10 hours through the night) until she was 5 months old. We took a trip overseas and that first night she stopped sucking her ...
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- I recently thought my 16 mo old was having night terrors - turns out she wasn't (it was a very painful ear infection mixed with nightmares. Antibiotics cleared it up.)...
- No, it's not too young to have "night terrors." Some kids even have it younger. My son is 20 months now, and his began when he was about 1 year old. Here are links...
- Hi M., I don't know if I have the answers, but I also have a 2 1/2 year old boy going through the same thing. He wakes up screaming "NO!" and yelling "Mommy!". I ...
Traveling Overseas with a 20Mth Old ( HELP)
Asked by S.C. from Stationed Overseas
on January 19, 2008
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We will pcs-ing to Savannah in the next month from Germany My 20mth old (toddler) Hasnt flown since he was eight months old and I am scared how he will take the flight...
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- I know the feeling. When we flew from RI to Okinawa,Japan, my son was 5 and my daughter was 16 months. my son did very well he had room on the floor to play between th...
- Hi S., I suggest that you have alot of small, quiet toys that will keep him occupied, along with crayons and a coloring book. Having books that you can read quietly to...
- We flew from Germany (Frankfurt) to BWI when my daughter was 17 months old. We took her favorite books, stuffed animals, enough snacks to feed an army (which was handy...
Moving
Asked by S.D. from Springfield
on January 3, 2009
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My husband has gotten a promotion and we are starting the process of moving. This is he biggest move that any of us have ever gone through. 15 hours away from everyth...
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- Good Morning S., In 91 we moved from Ks to TX. Our son's were 15,17. We only had lived in KS. Hubby was in military before we were married so he in a way was into long...
- We went to the library and got ever book/video about the place we moved. I also went on the state/city website to find out the "cool" stuff to do and the stuff that i...
- My husband is in the military. We have only made one big move, which was from Wisconsin to Kansas. We're about 13 hours away from "home". And we've been away for almos...
Moving!
Asked by N.M. from Honolulu
on June 2, 2010
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Hi all!
I am a working mother of 5 and I live on a tiny island, called Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Recently, my husband accepted a great job offer in Arizona. We thoug...
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- Hi N., Your husband will need to find somewhere that you can all live, look into schools for the rest of the kids, and get a general layout of the city: grocery sto...
- Do you need to sell your house? If not that does make it a tad easier and one less thing to do... If you do have to sell that is something to start on right away. D...
- Pack one suitcase with sheets. Have each person pack one towel/washcloth in their suitcase. When I move, I always set up the kitchen first. That way when everyone i...
