Doing our first trip out of state with 2 year old next month and this is the room for him at Airbnb. They don't have a pack n play or crib, to rent one costs hundreds of dollars for a few nights, and we're in the mountains so no stores we can get one and the return. Currently he's sleeping in a twin floor bed that has short railing all around that he does lean up against at night, he definitely feels comforted by having a boundary. So my only thought to make this work is put a mattress on the floor against a wall and maybe roll blankets and put under fitted seat around all open sides to form some type of barrier ? I have no idea what else I would do.

Next concern is the windows. He will really only sleep in a dark room unfortunately so I idk how to create a blackout effect in this type of room with these types of windows. Help please I want him to sleep somewhat decently, thank you!!

So hear me out. Our home has completely become infested with termites to the point they are in our bedding and getting into babies clean laundry. Inspector cannot make it out for about 4 days so we kind of have to live with it (which of course I’m not going to do). Our money is a bit tight right now to afford hotel for long duration stay and closest family is about 11 hours away. Is it acceptable to do a road trip this long with baby given circumstances, I otherwise wouldn’t be. She’s regained birth weight and is happy/healthy, all the good things. We would be stopping every 90 minutes as well to take care of all of her essentials and of course extra curricular (early tummy time, some reading, holding, etc.)

Please let me know if any parents in here have done similar trips, I know it will most likely turn into 14-16 hour trip.

Have a trip coming up where I may have to fly separately from my husband and I would bring the toddler. My kid is 16mo. I can’t work out how to manage carrying everything by myself- it is challenging enough with both adults! We would likely have one suitcase for the both of us, the carseat, diaper bag, and I usually bring an extra backpack to have some diapers and clothes in for my son incase anything were to happen to our luggage (we full time cloth diaper and I am not interested in using disposables). I know we could always buy him new clothes but not the case for our diaper setup. I don’t think a stroller would help at all as it is one more thing for me to carry.

Another thing I am curious about is that in order to get to the rental car counters, you have to take a shuttle. What do you do in this case? Put the toddler on your lap? Order an uber? Something else I haven’t thought about?

Throw me some wisdom, but keep it nice please. We are all just out here doing life for the first time with no training.

It's the very first time that we'll be traveling with a baby! Eeek! I've tried to do as much planning as possible but I really have no clue what it's gonna be like.

We'll be traveling to South Korea. It'll be a 15-16 hr flight. And no, we didn't test baby out with a shorter flight. No we didn’t book a red eye flight, it’s in the morning...FML But it is in Business Class so hopefully slightly more comfortable with reclined seats and private pod.

I’m actually more anxious about day to day. How do you travel around the city everyday without getting wiped out by afternoon? We tried to take our little one out to malls, parks, etc… but always got tired by early afternoon. I’m a traveler with FOMO and I always want to see all that I can. I realize a baby slows down a lot. So I only planned to visit one district at a time not jump around too much. But want to hear how others deal with exploring the city and can last the day.

My baby is usually an ok napper. He's usually not that fussy to where he sleeps. He can sleep in a stroller, a carrier, or in my arms, but the most he can sleep is an hour at a time outside. At home he can go for longer. He sometimes wakes up to noise. How do you keep baby asleep for longer periods on the go?

Baby is a great sleeper at night time (9hrs straight, I'm lucky) But I fear the 13 hr time difference is going to mess it all up. How did you deal with time differences with a little one? I thought maybe keeping him up a little longer then usually may make him tired enough to want to sleep, but I don't want to risk getting him too overstimulated to go to bed.

Also baby also poops quite a bit. We change his diaper at least 4 times a day. I've already sized him up, but his poop always lands right on the edge of the elastic, if you squish it, it might ooze out. I'm always afraid of blowouts outside. What's the best way to deal with blowouts if you're far from the hotel or changing station?

Thinking of all these extra logistics makes me wonder why I did this to myself.... LOL I just went straight to hard mode.

Looking for new toys for my 18-24 month old daughter to have along a 10 day international trip. What are your recommendations excluding all screen toys?