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Chapter 1: Planning is More than What to Pack
1. 5 secrets for stress-free vacations with your kids
2. Planning tips for couples
3. Planning tips for single parents
4. Ten vacation destinations to avoid with babies and young children
5. Getting your kids ready for the big trip
6. Before you go: a checklist
Chapter 2: First Trips
7. When is it safe to go out with my newborn?
8. What newborns experience
9. First trips with your newborn
10. Vacations with your newborn
11. What to bring
12. Five reasons not to wait until she's older
Chapter 3: Vacation Planning As Your Children Grow
13. Vacations with your 3- to 8-month-old baby
14. Vacations with your 8 month- to 3-year-old child
15. Vacations with your 3- to 5-year-old child
16. The art of low-maintenance dressing
17. The art of nutritious, low-maintenance meals
18. Low-maintenance sleeping tips
19. Other ways to eliminate time-wasters
20. Finding the right travel agent
Chapter 4: Where to Stay
21. Finding the best hotel for your family
22. How to child-proof your room
23. Condominium rentals, home rentals, and home exchanges
24. All-inclusive family resorts,tours, and cruises
25. Renting what you don't bring
Chapter 5: Managing Meals
26. Best-bet restaurants
27. 15 questions to ask a restaurant, before you make the reservation
28. 15 ways to increase your chances of enjoying your restaurant meal
29. When you have a kitchen (how to avoid becoming its slave)
Chapter 6: Foot Traffic
30. Choosing a child carrier for your vacation
31. Choosing a stroller for your vacation
32. Keeping older children happy and safe while walking around
Chapter 7: When Getting There is All the Fun
33. The Zen of road trips
34. Keeping your children happy on the road
35. What to do about motion sickness
36. Domestic train travel
37. Twenty more ways to get there that your kids will love
Chapter 8: The Not-So-Friendly Skies
38. Why you should buy all of your children tickets
39. Making the journey as safe as possible
40. How to get a seat for your child even if you don't pay for one
41. Where to sit
42. Making it to the gate
43. What to do about ear pain
44. What to do about colds, ear infections, teething, and immunization reactions
45. Managing meals for you and your children
46. On-board diaper changing strategies
47. Keeping your children happy on long flights
48. If your children won't settle down
49. What to do about jet lag
Chapter 9: Special Situations
50. Weekend trips
51. Combining business and family travel
52. When you're a single parent
53. When you're pregnant
54. When last year was a disaster
55. When you can't afford a vacation
56. Coping with sleeping problems
57. Coping with eating problems
58. A special-needs child
59. Stress relievers for your children
60. Stress relievers for you
Chapter 10: Emergency! How to prevent them, and what to do if you can't
61. We were robbed!
62. We were car-jacked!
63. My child is lost!
64. My child is sick!
65. My child is hurt!--An emergency medical guide
66. Medical supplies to bring along
67. Playing it safe when traveling solo with your kids
68. Insurance needs for traveling families
Chapter 11: Take a Break: Finding a Sitter When You Need One
69. Finding good child care while on vacation
70. How to evaluate child care at all-inclusive resorts(before they take your money)
71. Should you bring your babysitter along?
72. Preparing your children to be without you for awhile
Chapter 12: The Great Outdoors
73. Sun strategies
74. Water - the Siren's Call
75. Pool safety
76. Is my child old enough for swimming lessons?
77. Planning a family ski vacation
78. Is my child old enough for skiing lessons?
79. Is my child old enough for organized sports and games?
80. Biking with your kids
Chapter 13: Camping, Backpacking, and Beyond
81. Car camping made easy
82. About RV's
83. Driving tips for RV families
84. Sleeping out
85. Hikes that work with kids your child's age
86. Backpacking with kids
87. When you can't carry it all yourself...
88. Eating "out"
89. Diapers and beyond
90. Bad weather tips
91. The truth about bug juice
92. Lessons that will serve your kids forever
93. Survival skills for your child to memorize
Chapter 14: International Travel
94. 5 secrets for stress-free international vacations
95. What to bring, what to leave home
96. Public transportation vs. renting a car
97. Breast-feeding abroad
98. What immunizations does my child need?
99. Special health and safety concerns
100. How to find the latest health advisories in the countries you're visiting
101. How to find an English-speaking doctor when you need one
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Summary: It's good to know that others have gone before you
Review: As we faced the birth of our first child almost two years ago, we thought our globe-trotting days were behind us. A thoughtful friend bought this book for me and it was a good reference for that first trip abroad. What we found even more helpful was the courage to just pack up the little one and get on the plane. We have been there and back again and our child has almost more frequent flyer miles than we do.
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Summary: Great advice...start them traveling early in life
Review: Even before our daughter was born, my wife and I were concerned; we love to travel, but how to do it with a baby (who would eventually become a toddler and so on.) This book gave us invaluable advice; get the baby into your lifestye at a young age. We take long weekends, and drive up to eight hours to get to our destination. That, of course, is long for a baby, but if you want to get to that point, start early. Take the baby for rides in the car. Choose a destination which is not too far, and when you arrive, spend some time with there with the baby. If the baby learns early that travel is a normal aspect of life, all further travel will build on that solid foundation. Great advice, and it works! Lots of great tips for kids of other ages, too. If you travel, and are having a child, I strongly recommend this book.
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Summary: Best so far
Review: I am researching the possibilities and problems with traveling with our first child. I picked up this book and a similar one by another author. Hands down, Tristam's book wins. She deals with normal incidents and gives valuable resources (products, addresses, etc.) for traveling. Very practical book.
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Summary: Nothing new
Review: This book may be great for overseas travels, but nothing in the book couldn't be told to you by another mother for free.
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