Reader Participation Week: Flying With Babies!

Phew, I thought everyone hated me there for a minute. Luckily my sister-in-law and a good ol’ advertising friend came through with some book recos to save the day. I hate that word, reco, by the way. People in advertising use it all the time.

Today I really need your help. We have apparently lost our minds and scheduled a vacation that begins in a few weeks. It requires flying on an airplane with two babies. See what I mean? LOST OUR MINDS.

Jim has been diligently asking his mom friends for tips on how to accomplish this with our sanity in tact and so far we’ve gotten some really awesome ideas. These moms are good. I particularly like one that involves buying a batch of trinkets, wrapping them up like gifts and then offering them one at a time to Bastien when he gets antsy. Good, no?

It’s funny, one of the blogs I follow just posted this collection of traveling with kids tips. It’s like she can READ MY MIND. Either that or she’s stalking me. Can’t say for certain either way. But alas, the tips are mostly for older kids. So, can you give me some ideas about surviving this trip without being ejected out the emergency exit? If so, I’ll give you a voucher good for a free flight to anywhere in the continental U.S. Well, not really. But maybe I’ll just give you my seat with the kiddos and drive down by myself. Now there’s an idea.