Gone are the days when you leave the house, grab your purse, sunglasses and keys by the door and head off to run some errands. Stop for coffee along the way? Sure. Meet a friend spur-of-the-moment for lunch? Why not.
These days a mother must prepare for all eventualities before leaving the house. Diapers, wipes, snacks, a hat in case it’s sunny and perhaps a toy and some books. And this just to go run a few morning errands. How much more so should we be organized when travelling so as to avoid catastrophes such as 6 hours left of airplane travel and no diapers? It can happen to the best of us, my friends.
I recently went on a 24-hour, 3 flight journey with my two little ones and knew from the get go if I wasn’t organized then all hell would break loose 30,000 feet in the air with no option for escape or in the airport security line where my nervous and angry reaction would have me pegged for a terrorist. That would have been inconvenient. My children don’t handle interrogation well.
Here’s how I organized the travel for myself and my two little ones for ease of access, convenience and as smooth a journey as possible.
