A Guide To Travelling With Small Children

Embarking on a journey with little ones in tow requires a seamless blend of style and practicality. This guide is your companion, offering artful strategies for discerning parents navigating the skies with refined elegance and astute logistics. From streamlined, designer travel gear to bespoke in-flight essentials, including items designed to make feeding and nursing comfortable for little ones. And remember – as much as you can plan, it’s worth knowing that travel hiccups happen to everyone, but meticulous preparation ensures we’re as prepped as possible. We hope our curated ensemble guarantees that both parents and tots journey through the clouds with utmost comfort and sophistication.

Consider this guide your passport to a realm where style effortlessly melds with the intricacies of parenting, transforming every flight into a chic tableau of family adventure. So, let’s embark on this high-flying odyssey, where wanderlust converges with familial love, guided by threads of refinement and the boundless wonder of childhood.

Travelling with Small Children: Step by step

1. Preparation and Planning: Begin by meticulously organizing essentials like passports, travel documents, and any required medical records for your child. Create a detailed itinerary with buffer time for unexpected delays. 
2. Curated Wardrobe: Select chic, comfortable outfits for your child, tailored to the climate of your destination. Opt for versatile pieces that allow for easy layering and mixing-and-matching. 
3. Designer Travel Gear: Invest in designer travel accessories like sleek strollers, ergonomic baby carriers, and designer diaper bags that seamlessly integrate style and functionality. 
4. In-Flight Essentials: Assemble a curated kit of in-flight essentials, including designer baby blankets, stylish pacifiers, and fashion-forward travel toys to keep your little one entertained during the journey. 
5. Snacks and Hydration: Pack an assortment of chic, healthy snacks in designer containers, and ensure you have an elegant sippy cup or spill-proof bottle for hydration. 
6. Entertainment and Distractions: Include a selection of fashionable picture books, interactive games, and stylish headphones for children, ensuring they’re engaged and entertained throughout the flight. 
7. Comfortable Seating: Request priority boarding and consider investing in designer travel pillows and cushions to ensure your child is comfortable and well-rested during the flight. 
8. Adaptable Sleeping Arrangements: If your child requires a crib or bed, seek chic and portable travel options that blend seamlessly with your travel style. 
9. Health and Safety: Pack a curated collection of designer baby care products, including stylish hand sanitizers, baby-safe sunscreen, and fashion-forward first aid kits, to ensure your child’s well-being.

BUGGIES

Invest in a buggy that is going to go the distance. Your stroller should be compact enough for your flight, and must be able to handle the environment in which you intend to use it. I love the The Cybex Coya travel pram stands out, not only for its affordability but also its undeniable style credentials. It’s a choice that seamlessly marries practicality with fashion-forward design.

NURSING

Breast pumps, nipple cream, nursing pillows and hard core breast pads are all worth considering to help you with feeding on these journeys. 
Ideally the Elvie will come to your aid when you want to pump while travelling – with its electric hands-free breast pump it has revolutionised pumping with its discreet design and smart app. It stores data so you can track things like the time since your last pump, and the amount of milk you pumped in a session plus no one will know it’s in there. If your conscious of breastfeeding make your muslins go further by buying swaddle size – that way they can serve as a blanket, cover, swaddle, milk sick protector or a nursing cover when needed. It also cuts down on the amount of stuff you need to think about packing in order to leave the house.

BABY CARRIERS

There’ll be many moments when you want your hands free on the plane, but the your little one does not want to be put down. A good supportive baby carrier can help to solve this conundrum particularly on longhaul flights. Baby carriers are a lifesaver if you have a baby that needs calming, a contact nap or soothing during the “witching hour” as the flight is taking off. Our favourites below –

CHANGING MAT, NAPPIES AND NAPPY BAGS

You’ll get through a lot of nappies. Make sure they fit well and are soft on your baby’s skin, to make them as comfortable as possible. Equally as important is the changing bag you keep the nappies in when you’re out and about. Lots of storage and compartments are key and most importantly don’t forget nappy bags as its (very) unlikely there will be nappy bins on a plane!

IN-FLIGHT ESSENTIALS

Say farewell to stressful, sleepless flights and welcome a journey of comfort and entertainment. Dive into this selection of top-tier travel accessories, meticulously crafted for jet-setting families with Kooshy Kids. Consider essentials like the innovative Kooshy Kids Kooshion for transforming cramped airplane seats into cozy, kid-friendly spaces. Additionally, the Kooshy Kids Kooshion doubles as a plush sleep pillow, ensuring a restful journey for your little one. To keep them engaged, the Kooshy Kids Entertainment Kit promises hours of amusement with its carefully curated selection of activities and games. Elevate your travel experience with these indispensable companions designed to make flying a breeze for both parents and children.

DUMMIES AND TEETHING TOYS

Dummies can help to settle cranky babies for that key moment and are really important to support with air pressure changing. Teething toys can soothe irritated gums. Personal choice comes into the equation here, but if you’re shopping for soothers, start with these simple, BPA-free teat-shaped dummies.

COTS/SLEEP

Newborns might be small, but they require a lot of equipment even at events. A sleep pod like Dockatot for daytime naps is almost essential so that your baby doesn’t spend the whole day in the pram and perfect for destination weddings so you can pop them in the shade. Bedding is key to creating the optimal sleep environment for a better rest for your baby (and you).

Invest in soft, temperature controlling sleeping bags, and extra layers of blankets as the evening gets later and cooler or muslins for sleep on the go and hot wedding days.

GIRLS OUTFITS

BOYS OUTFITS

CAR SEAT

When traveling abroad, one of the most stressful elements is the transfer to your destination. That’s why we adore the Cloud T i-Size by Cybex, ideal for little ones up to 24 months. For slightly older children, the Solution T i-Fix offers a perfect fit from 4 years old, accompanying them all the way up to 12 years.

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