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1 Pack Your Bags: Crewcuts's Jenny Cooper Tells Us What to Pack For a Family Vacation
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2 5 Items For Easy Traveling With Toddlers
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3 10 Places to Visit With Your Kids Now
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4 Junior Jetset: 10 Travel Worthy Children's Museums
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5 Airplane Zingers For Traveling Broods
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6 Atlantis Adventure: A Look Back at Our Bahamian Trip
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7 5 Products to Ease the Airport Experience With Kids
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8 12 Super Amazing Playgrounds From Around the World
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9 Atlantis Adventure: Is It a Destination For Your Family?
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10 Malaysia Airlines Bans Babies From First Class Cabin
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11 Jet-Set Family: 10 Apps For Families Going on Spring Break
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12 Prepare For Take Off: lilsugar's Downloadable Airplane Games
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13 On the Road, Again! Last-Minute Tips For Car Travel With Kids
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14 The Amazing Race: Traveling With Child
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15 Expectant Mamas Can Fly High Without Worry
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16 Junior Jetset: Thumb Wrestling Ring
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17 Non Voyage: Bring New York's Bright Lights Home
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18 Mommy's Lil Helper: Gogo Kidz Travelmate
Day at the museum! Among the awesome kid-friendly sites to visit around the US are some truly incredible children's museums. Though they've been designed to please tots, these exciting places can be a lot of fun for mom and dad too — who doesn't enjoy touching a starfish every now and then? Keep reading for ten exciting children's museums to put on your "Before They Grow Up Too Fast" bucket Read more
Expect the unexpected! This seems to be the motto for moms traveling with tots. From hand sanitizer and baby wipes to baby's favorite lovey, mamas know that when traveling with a toddler, it's always better to be overprepared. Check out these five helpful items for easy traveling with tots and set out on your next vacation care-free! Read more
The holiday travel season has officially begun, with many schools beginning their Winter breaks at the end of this week. The bags are packed and boarding passes are printed, but is Mama going to throw in one extra item to help ensure a smooth journey? For some, giving lil ones a single dose of medication like Benadryl or Dimetapp is like buying trip insurance — it's a lil safeguard against a Read more
We hate to say we told you so, but we warned you that they'd be the hot toys of the season. It's beginning to look like the Zhu Zhu pet crisis of 2009 all over again as desperate parents try to get their hands on the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer and Let's Rock Elmo. Amazon and the traditional brick and mortar toy stores are sold out of both, and parents are doing just about anything to secure them Read more
Winter may be holding off on unleashing its fury, but if last year was any indication of what's to come, we have a long season ahead of us! If thoughts of snow, sleet, and subzero temperatures have mama dreaming of a break from reality, it's never too soon to start planning a family getaway. I spoke with Elizabeth Thorp, founder of Poshbrood.com about some under-the-radar resorts and hotels that Read more
Get your passports ready and let's go play! For young parents, the local playground is a gathering place, a community, and, above all, a place for energetic tots to run run run. While most communities have some sort of playspace, some have taken the concept of playground to awesome new levels. Click through for 12 of the most exciting playgrounds from around the world, sure to stir up a little Read more
Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Soleil Moon Frye, Target's mommy ambassador, author of Happy Chaos, and mom to Poet, 6, and Jagger, 3. This week Soleil shares her tips on traveling with kids. I'm a huge believer in the importance of taking the occasional "time out" as a family and planning an escape to recharge and reconnect. Last year, Jason surprised me and the kids Read more
We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Kristina Sauerwein about making holiday travel as smooth as possible. No doubt you've noticed the tinsel, twinkle-light Christmas trees in stores and heard carols on the radio. Although it does seem Read more
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! Trick-or-treating is the highlight of Halloween for most tots — but will your kiddos be getting some awesome treats in their goodie bags this Halloween? Zillow recently ranked the top 20 cities to trick-or-treat — and the top five neighborhoods in each — based on median home value, walkability, population density, and safety. Read more
Labor Day signals an end to Summer, but it doesn't stop the fun! Before you head out for one last hurrah on the open road, chugging down the tracks or taking to the friendly skies with your family, download LilSugar's fun travel games to keep the kiddos occupied on the journey. Train Games — an I spy sheet and a train maze will keep your wee ones entertained while they whistle down the Read more
