Before I had children, I worked as a therapist in a nursing home which was about a 45 minute drive from my house. I drove in it all: snow, sleet, and freezing rain!
Then I had children.
I remember the first time I ever skidded on ice with my children in the van. I was driving on [...]
Tags: Baby, children, freezing rain, ice, infant, snow, tires, winter driving
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Last year, on New Year’s Eve, my family resolved to never travel at Christmas again. That lasted almost a year.
OK. Maybe I should be more specific. We drove 1700 miles one-way. Halfway there, we encountered icy roads and had to cancel a hotel reservation. Annoyed, we dealt with our online reservation system (who can withdraw [...]
Tags: Baby, Christmas, family, Holidays, In-laws, New Year's resolution, Travel
Posted in: Holidays, Travel
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I read an interesting article today about multi-tasking when driving. The bottom line: it’s a bad idea. I’m sure you know that already though!
The study centered on how the brain is able to perform when a person is doing tasks such as driving and talking on the cell phone. Driving, it turns [...]
Tags: brain, cell phone use, crying, driving, fighting, infants, multi-tasking, Parenting, texting
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I try to limit the amount of television my kids watch, although they do indeed watch some almost every day. In a perfect world we wouldn’t watch any television, but since my world is far from perfect there are times when the kids win in their quest to get the TV turned on.
Although my [...]
Tags: car, car activities, DVD, music, portable player, television, TV
Posted in: Parenting, Travel
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Something that preys on many pregnant moms’ minds… what if I go into labor somewhere remote? Or in a traffic jam? Or on an airplane?
Going into labor on a plane is unusual, mostly because airlines restrict when pregnant women can fly.
Airlines generally don’t let women fly in their third trimester without a doctors letter, and [...]
Tags: Pregnancy, premature birth, Travel, traveling while pregnant
Posted in: Baby, Travel
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