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Summary: Make drives with toddlers more tolerable; learn tips and advice on essential items for traveling with toddlers in this free parenting video.
Alisha Folkman is a mother of two and has worked at the Verde Valley Medical Center for nearly five years. She assists new parents in preparing for life with newborns. She is also the...read more
"Welcome back my name is Alisha and I am with Expert Village and today we are going to talk about how to travel with a toddler. There is a couple of items that I do not leave home without. One thing is the diaper bag and going to talk about what components go into the diaper bag. This is one of my smaller ones; I also have a larger one too so if when I have both of my kids with me. First main important thing is diapers and baby wipes, you can never have too many of these. Baby wipes are also great for cleaning other household items; your dashboards in the car, spit up, mess, you name it, their great. I also like to have a burp rag, you just never know what drool you are going to have to clean up off yourself. Another good item I like to have is a spare bottle; you can never have too much food on hand when you have kids with you. I also like to have a bulb suctions just in case you get one of those nice yummy buggers out of the nose that are driving you nuts. A pacifier is always good if your kids like it, you can never have too many of these in hand and their always dirty once you need one. I usually like to have children’s asidamfine also, just in case there is a fever, toothache, anything like that you have something on hand. Make sure you check with your doctor before giving this to your child. Another thing I like to have is diaper cream who wants a diaper rash especially when they are having to sit in the car seat for long of hours? One item I like to have also is a first aid kit you can never have too many band aids, wet naps anything like that. I also like to have one change of clothing at least one article of clothing. They are always getting their clothes filthy, whenever you don’t bring a change of clothing. Usually wet naps for my self too cause changing diaper is pretty gross and I like to wash my hands after doing that. Something sweet for them to keep them self occupied but yet not to make your car that messy if they drop it. I also take my camera cause who knows what candidate opportunity you have to take a picture of your children doing something cute and unexplainable and last at least one blanket. You ever can have too many of these also. I also keep in the trunk of my car a few extra blankets cause you never know if you end up breaking down and it is cold and need some way to keep yourself warm. So that's about it that’s going into my diaper bag, but you can always add whatever else you want to it. So let’s go on out to the car and get our seat installed."
eHow Article: Travel Essentials for Toddlers