Traveling with a baby

We just took a really fun trip to New Orleans for Justin to run a half marathon (13.1 miles) ...more pics to come. Thought I would share a few things that made traveling with a baby a little easier.

I pack all Briggs' food in one bag so we aren't hunting all over the place for stuff...so we had bottles, liners, disposable bibs, formula, baby food, spoons, and plastic grocery bags for dirty diapers.




When I pulled out the Clorox wipes, Lysol spray and and liquid soap, I could visibly see Justin rolling his eyes...I just told him to turn his head if he didn't want to watch but I was totally gonna pull a Rhonda (my mom).

I WAS NOT putting my clean little baby in that nasty bathtub without cleaning it first. Just for the record...you should have seen what that wash cloth looked like when I got done wiping out the "clean" shower...GROSS!

Then I wiped down a few things like the door knobs, light switches, remote control...no biggy :)

And as you can see pictured here..I had a bottle cleaning station set up. I used the bathroom sink to wash bottles, spoons...and had a drying station set up on the counter.


Then I had a diaper changing station. Justin got us a room with two queen beds which worked out great! I had a towel down so we didn't get poo all over their white bed linens....they can thank me later. I kept diapers and wipes out so we could get to them easily.


And last but not least...I had a play area set up. You think the bathroom was dirty...I don't even want to know what the floor was like. So, I put down a sheet and then our picnic blanket with his toys and he loved it...


Just thought I would add a couple of other pictures...Briggs looking out over New Orleans. We were on floor #27 so it was a great view.


And here is our little man on race day. He was all bundled up and ready to see daddy run. It was very cold that morning but that didn't stop my little man from showing off his pretty little smile.

I will say...our B.O.B. stroller was AMAZING during this trip. We could roll over anything, it has good storage space and made navigating the city so much easier.


It might seem a little excessive...but I feel like if you take a few minutes to set up areas with things you will be needing during the trip, it makes it that much more enjoyable for everybody.