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Traveling With Baby: to Car Seat or Not to Car Seat?

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We travel to Panama quite a bit since all my family is down there. Chickie first flew to Panama right after she turned 2 months old. The flight itself was pretty stressful but once we got down there we were very well set up. In the hopes of making our trip easier (perhaps so we go home more often? I see you, Mamuchi..) my mom had equipped our family home with ALL the essentials. Chickie had a crib, a infant tub, some toys and even a space for diaper changes all set up and waiting for her when we arrived. It was great! Unfortunately, it absolutely spoiled us for our future travels.

Earlier this Summer (after this mama packed more bags than you can imagine!) we embarked on our first European vacation with the little bird in tow! We went to London and Iceland with my mom, dad and siblings and then after they all boarded a cruise in Iceland, we escaped to Dublin just us three. It was exhausting and not a vacation at all, but we had so much fun and did  A LOT.

As I was prepping for the trip I suddenly remembered car seats! Should we be bringing one? Now that Chickie outgrew the infant car seat, her car seat is SO BULKY. Add to the bulkyness that we weren’t planning renting a car anywhere and eeeek- I started stressing out HARD. As any good lawyer would, I started looking up car seat regulations in Europe. It turns out, in most European countries taxis are exempt from the car seat requirement; even for babies! It was a huge risk but – with the exeption of Iceland where we did rent a car seat- we took it! We tried to take the subway as much as we could, we asked cabbies to drive slowly and we said more prayers than you can count but it was still a big risk. The idea of having Chickie in a car with no car seat makes me shudder, BUT for this specific trip I just couldn’t figure out a way to make bringing a car seat work for us.

Mind the gap and the sleeping baby. Riding the London Tube!

 

In Iceland , where taxis are not exempt from the car seat requirement, we rented one. Iceland was the only stop on the trip where we had a tour guide and a bus with us the whole time we were there- this made it so we had a place to store the car seat so it wasn’t too bad. In Iceland we were also going long distances so I don’t think we would’ve been comfortable without a car seat, anyway.

Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. SUCH a magical spot! FYI- No kiddos under two are allowed in the water- we snuck Chickie in. Sorry Blue Lagoon!

 

With this (as with most of #momlife issues I gather?) I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer. It’s all about what’s right FOR YOU. I’m just here to tell you about my experience and get you thinking about this stuff.. Traveling with a baby is not for the faint of heart but it’s SO REWARDING. I’m a firm believer that even though Chickie won’t remember a thing about this trip, it was good for her little brain to be exposed to so many new things! Who knows..

 

If you want to keep up with our travels, subscribe with your e-mail below! We have a couple of exiting trips planned for this fall/winter. I can’t wait to share them with you.. Also, if you’re traveling with your littles;  make sure to check out this post on my essentials for traveling with babe. Thanks for stopping by, friend.

Chickie’s Irish roots taking over..

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  1. Maria says

    September 13, 2017 at 1:29 pm

    Congratulations on launching you blog, I have been so excited for the launch.
    You have a beautiful family , God bless you.

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    • SHR says

      September 21, 2017 at 7:08 pm

      Thank you SO much, Maria! You are the sweetest 😘😘😘

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✨ MAMA ✨ when you can fit the whole world in y ✨ MAMA ✨ when you can fit the whole world in your arms 🐥🐻🐶🌍 Who else thinks we should get a whole week?! 😅🥲😂
👀 6 days away from Mother’s Day and still no 👀 6 days away from Mother’s Day and still no gifts?! 👉🏽 No worries bb, I got chuuuu’ 😘😘 

Today on the blog I’m sharing 6 last minute Mother’s Day mini gift guides 🎁 filled with unique finds that will arrive just in time to celebrate the Mamas in your life this Sunday 🤍🙌🏽⚡️ Head to alittletooloud.com to learn more (and grab links!) — you can also find my makeup 📸 at the link in bio 🥰🥰🥰 

Happy Mama day my loves! I know it can be a hard day for many - I’m thinking of you 🙏🏽💖💖💖
🐇 Rabbit Rabbit 🐇 Happy May, friends - Chic 🐇 Rabbit Rabbit 🐇 Happy May, friends -  Chickie’s birthday month! 🫶🏽✨ SIX, here we come 🤯🙏🏽
And that’s a wrap on Spring Break ‘22 - what a And that’s a wrap on Spring Break ‘22 - what a week! ✈️❤️🇵🇦🙏🏽✨
Panama, it’s people and cats — the latter I co Panama, it’s people and cats — the latter I could most def do without 🐱🫣😮😷🤮😂😂😂😂

Mi Panamá, su gente (y sus gatos…. 🫣😮😷😷🤢) 😂😂😂😂
Chickie’s latest adventure ❤️🤓📚🙌🏽✨ 

🇵🇦 Panama is my homeland and I am on a forever quest to make it one of my children’s, too! ❤️ Sending her to school down here during @bostonschools’ Spring Break is my latest attempt to just that, by having her make friends + connections outside of our family and away from Mama 🤞🏽🙏🏽🤞🏽🙏🏽 (the childcare as both Hubbs and I WFH is a nice bonus!!! 😅😂😂😂😂) 

Only time will tell if we succeed, but you best believe we will keep trying 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Good luck, Chickie Lou! So proud of you baby girl 💕💕💕💫
Happy Easter, Ramadan Mubarak, Chag Kashruth Pesac Happy Easter, Ramadan Mubarak, Chag Kashruth Pesach and/or just happy happy happiest Sunday from my bunnies to yours 🐰💕✨ The kiddos are putting their spring closet refresh to good use 🙌🏽 all outfits linked in bio ☺️ #coexist 

#easter2022 #eastersunday #easterbest 

https://liketk.it/3D3AF @shop.ltk @ltk.family
Masters weekend🏌️‍♂️photo dump ⛳️ - Masters weekend🏌️‍♂️photo dump ⛳️ - see last  frame for how we feel about the tournament 😂😂 Long live the weekend 🙏🏽✨ You can find all links on stories!! 💖💖
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