Parenting

Say you were going on a family beach holiday for a week, you ask yourself how to pack for a family of 4 – for a whole week away – …

So here we are one year on from the beginning of our journey, and many road trip adventures around the world. We rented cars in eight countries, across five continents …

Since we became parents we have taken some really extreme road trips with kids. I spent my maternity leave driving the Pan American highway from Canada to Argentina by land. …

It’s happened to all of us wilderness fans at some stage, the most amazing day of hiking is ruined by an absolutely terrible night’s sleep outdoors. As a result the …

My number one panic on holiday has to be my baby or toddler getting overheated. Will they get sunstroke? Or sunburnt? Will they get dehydrated? Maybe they will shrivel up …

Travel for free? Come off it. That seems like a ludicrous idea to most. There have been a couple of desperate moments throughout our family gap year, where we’d almost …

As inherent backpackers, cruising with kids is not something I had considered as a way of travelling. Although the concept of moving from place to place, see as much as possible, …

I’m a strong proponent of fed is best but boy does being a formula feeding mama complicate things when you are traveling. Formula feeding adds on a whole extra layer of equipment …

Whilst I know some mums can’t breastfeed, and I totally sympathise, its the one thing that makes me feel safe travelling to exotic places with such a young baby.  I …

If you read my recent articles, you will know I have been writing a series about preparing for a family gap year in real time. I am sharing everything as …