Home in Time for Tea

Holidays, Vacations, and Travel with a Baby Travel with a baby doesn't have to be difficult. Sure, you'll have all the typical comments like the sceptical 'good luck' and the 'rather it was you than me.' But you have to remember - you're doing this because you want to, and if you're happy and relaxed, your baby will be. The only difference is that you're not at home in the same environment. (Oh and perhaps the time difference but more about that later). Sterilising Bottles need to be sterile for giving milk, as milk is a bacteria haven! This is easily done on the go using Milton tablets - available at most superstores. Any airtight container will do. We have one that's just big enough for all bottles, and we split the tablets in half as they are designed for a container twice as big (easily done as they are pre-scored). The water with the tablet dissolved in it can be used for 24 hours - rinsed bottles can be added and removed interchangea...

Our first road trip with the little one didn't start well, but don't let the fact that she was 3 months old seem like the problem... in fact, we can quite firmly blame the Christmas traffic! After a 6 hour journey to Dover which should have taken no more than 3, we arrived and got our ferry to France. We chose a short road trip for our first one with our baby daughter, just so we weren't in the car for too long (it's 3 hours at a time in the carseat - maximum, otherwise you risk hurting their little backs). Our route down to Switzerland took in the Vosges mountains and Alsace - a beautiful and unique region bordering Germany. We stopped for two nights there and made the most of the area despite there being no snow at our favourite little ski resort! I took the opportunity to enjoy a little shopping in beautiful Colmar - making sure to visit my favourite French home interiors shop, Maisons Du Monde, and Sephora the US make-up store . The Colmar Christmas market ...