7 Things We Wish We Knew Before Travelling With a Baby

Lloyd & Mandy

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00:00Good morning guys. Welcome back to another video. We're just about to head out for our morning walk this morning

00:06We thought we would quickly jump on here because we remembered that we said we were going to record this

00:11video

00:12Some things that we wish we knew about traveling with the baby the first time. This one in particular

00:18We just got back from our first road trip with our daughter Lila who is now about about six months

00:24We're gonna head out for a walk. We learned a few things and we want to share them with you

00:28guys

00:28So here's seven things you wish you knew before traveling with the baby for the first time

00:57We started coming to this track not long ago

00:59It's a really nice little walk with Barrett. I think it's meant to just be for bicycles, but it seems

01:04like everyone uses it for

01:07walking and running and

01:09Scooters even scooters as well. Yeah, but it's a really nice morning walk before it gets too hot

01:14So we were a bit nervous when we were going on our first road trip with our daughter, of course

01:19definitely

01:20Knew we were gonna be a bit uncomfortable, but we're really happy that we pushed through and did it

01:24I know it's like that easy to make excuses to just stay home and and not do it

01:29I want to start with a positive thing that I didn't really realize what happened when we went traveling was

01:35I

01:35was just able to be more present and I thought I would be more distracted or

01:40Just like sort of hovering like worrying about her not not being in my element and for me

01:47It seems like Lloyd and I were better to like it was easier for us to be

01:52More present with her and not as distracted with like chores or stuff that's just going on in the house

01:58And I think that's why why vacations are obviously

02:02Important but that was like a really positive thing so being able to be more present and

02:08Because we're doing like elimination communication and all these other things where we're trying to

02:13Watch her a lot. I found those things easier even when we were out of the house because I had

02:18less to worry about

02:19So there's a big positive thing if you're feeling overwhelmed at home

02:23Maybe taking a break and going on a road trip could be the answer not a stress adder

02:28We actually got one comment in our last road trip video from

02:34I can't remember the person's name but it said um he told us just to chill out and

02:39Stop traveling with our baby. Just stay home. Which I thought was pretty funny. I don't know man

02:44I think we'll just probably like do what we want to do

02:48Instead of taking your advice like it's just a road trip, bro. Like relax. It's all good

02:52So probably the most important thing for us was to remember that when things get tough when we're lacking sleep

02:59when Lila's

03:00Lila was teething like halfway through our road trip

03:03It's easy to get cranky at each other, but we got to remember that we're on a team. That was

03:07the most important thing for us

03:08So like I know it sounds corny, but every day we would say to ourselves like especially when we were

03:14doing long drives

03:15Like we're a team no matter what if she is being difficult or we're tired or whatever

03:20Just remember that we're in this together

03:23We're working together like we're not against each other

03:26We're working with each other. Is that how you put it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah

03:31Yeah, that seemed to

03:34Negate any like yeah, just like irritation that you sometimes get when you're overstimulated

03:41Traveling is very stimulating already and then you put a baby on top of it. Yeah, it gets

03:46Gets real

03:48Yeah, sometimes you can snap at your partner which happens, but then it's important to remember like okay

03:54We're both in this together. We're on the same team. It's it's us against the world not us against each

04:00other

04:00Okay, so I did find also that we were like washing clothes a lot in sinks and in showers and

04:08things like that

04:08So I would recommend

04:11Firstly packing light I

04:14Thought bringing everything

04:16Problem solving would make me less stressed like bringing everything with me in case of a worst-case scenario

04:23Whatever but having more stuff actually made me more stressed than just like dealing with what I had

04:29And now I sort of know the things that I can get away with having and not having in the

04:33so I think it was good to bring

04:35Maybe more on the first trip to sort of figure out exactly what I need and now I feel like

04:41Lila and I can travel in just a

04:44Carry-on for at least a week just the two of us

04:47Which makes things so much simpler like planning ahead what you're going to be wearing and I would recommend also

04:53So so I actually just finished

04:55buying her some like light cotton

04:59black clothing

05:00I know she's a girl so I've tried to like keep her with like girly colors, but like while you're

05:05traveling that's why Lloyd and I wear black because

05:08It's like, you know doesn't stain as easily. It's easier to wash in

05:14Sinks showers that type of thing and then cotton as well like it's light breathable. You can wear it anywhere

05:20It's good for hot weather like this. I recommend getting dirt wash clothing

05:24That's easy to wash in the sink

05:27Even bringing a bit of soap for that

05:29Just keeps on top of the laundry and then you can pack less as well. Okay, so there is one

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08:04So our first trip with lila was a road trip and um

08:09I think from now on whenever we go anywhere

08:13I think we'll try and have a car because it made it so much easier having a car

08:18I think going somewhere and just relying on public transport trains buses taxis that sort of thing

08:25With a baby can just make it so much more difficult because um

08:28Yeah, there's times where you need to be on your own schedule and you need to be

08:32Able to drive when you want to drive not when the bus is leaving or the trains leaving or whatever

08:38Sometimes a baby can have a meltdown and when a baby's having a meltdown in the car

08:42It's so much easier to deal with because it's just the three of us as opposed to

08:48Baby having a meltdown on public transport with a bunch of other people around

08:52Yeah, I feel like part of the stress

08:54With a baby

08:56Crying is that you're disturbing other people and that makes it way more stressful if it's just the two of

09:01us

09:01It's like okay. We can deal with it. It's fine

09:03But having the freedom of having your own car I think is crucial

09:08If you're traveling with a baby. Yeah, I think just for a first try anyway, like just knowing

09:15How the baby reacts to things and how you guys react in situations like how

09:20It kind of just showed lloyd and I how we would react to different things because there was also a

09:26point

09:26Where we had to get on a boat that ended up being three times as long

09:30As we thought it was going to be we weren't sure how she was going to react to that so

09:35like there's different times that

09:38You're gonna have to be uncomfortable

09:39But having like your stable car that keeps you comfortable with everything that you need in it

09:44The wipes the nappies all that stuff makes it so much less stressful

09:47Also, you really need to be flexible and adaptable

09:51So like the first night we got to our accommodation. We realized we didn't pack

09:57The seat. I don't know. We call it the seat that she uses for the bathtub. Yeah

10:01So we're like, oh, shit. We've got three weeks now

10:05where we

10:07We were like, oh, we can't give her a bath

10:08Like how are we going to do this? Like we don't have a seat

10:10But then obviously like you can figure it out

10:13We we take her in the shower or we just hold her in the bath

10:16Like you need to be adaptable and then also with your time like you need to be

10:21flexible like not having too many plans each day because

10:27You don't know if you're going to wake up

10:29Absolutely exhausted because the baby's been up all night

10:31You don't know when the baby's going to want to nap

10:33You don't know how you're going to be feeling each day

10:36So we kind of just made plans

10:39Every day as we were going rather than having some sort of

10:44Schedule that we had to stick to that we found that a lot easier

10:47It takes pressure off the day as well like not being so stressed that you have to be

10:51On time it is at the end of the day like if you're going on holiday, I guess with family

10:56like it shouldn't be

10:58A stressful time. It should be like a calming

11:01You know time that you spend together and um the more you put pressure on yourself to do things like

11:07that

11:07The whole family feels it and feels stressed out, I think

11:10So unfortunately one thing that is lacking a little bit

11:14Just in actually southeast asia in general like bali was the same is like

11:19Walking tracks or sidewalks on most of the main roads

11:24So like if you're staying at a hotel and you wake up and you just want to go for a

11:28walk to a cafe or a restaurant you can

11:30But you're pretty much walking on a main road and like we

11:34Enjoy going for walks in the morning first thing

11:36Mostly because of bear because he gets his exercise. So that is a little bit frustrating, but luckily we found

11:42this track here

11:43we've got like

11:44Another track around a big lake, which I think we've shown in previous videos, but

11:49Yeah, it is a little bit of a frustration

11:52Living in thailand

11:54Like the lack of sidewalks and just like walking tracks in general like I feel like in australia and canada

12:01and

12:02And western countries like that's a really common thing, but here

12:06It seems like most people just jump on their scooter and ride around. Yeah

12:12Are you so funny?

12:14Is that funny?

12:18One thing that I found really helpful what was really hard to like stay on top of though was sticking

12:24to our

12:26Exercise routine that we usually do when we're traveling just like

12:31We brought our yoga mat sticking with that and trying to do it before lila got up

12:35And i'm still trying to stick to that i'm not able to do it every day absolutely not

12:39But i'm just in a way way better mood and i'm able to show up for everyone else

12:45Both of us like going to the gym or starting our day with exercise even while we're tired and traveling

12:51It really makes a difference like you enjoy your time. You're you're happier with your family. You're able to show

12:58up more

12:58um eat healthier when you exercise so

13:03Hard that's probably the hardest part

13:06I think of all of it is staying with that because it sometimes she gets up at five

13:10So i'm getting up at three or four to to do yoga or for us to get a run or

13:17something in but sticking with that

13:19Again helps with how we interact with each other because at the end of the day. It's all about our

13:25Energy and our nervous systems how we're reacting to each other and then she's responding to that not easy easier

13:31said than done

13:31But yeah, so worth it. So so worth it

13:34So that actually brings me to the last point which is kind of it's going to sound boring, but um

13:41Because lila and most babies i'm assuming uh wake up

13:46Before sunrise going to bed early really helped a lot because

13:51Obviously when you're traveling most of the time you're going to be co-sleeping like you're going to be

13:56Sharing a room with your baby

13:59So we found that

14:00Pretty much as soon as she went to sleep

14:03We would try and go to sleep so that we're on the same sleep schedule when she does wake up

14:09early

14:10We're not exhausted because we've been up till 10 or 11 or whatever every night watching

14:16Movies or having dinner whatever it is room service

14:19So just like having the discipline to go to bed early we found we were doing most of our fun

14:26stuff

14:27In the first half of the day like in the morning going out for breakfast

14:32Going sightseeing in the morning going to lunch

14:35And then the night time is really just like bathing lila eating dinner and going to bed

14:41Which I know sounds boring, but it did actually make our holiday a lot more enjoyable because we were able

14:47to show up every day

14:50Rested and feeling good and we still had so much fun anyway

14:53Like you can have obviously things have changed for us. We used to go out at night

14:57Go out drinking and go out eating dinner. That's kind of gone away now. We we've shifted it

15:03We've just shifted to enjoying the mornings in the days. We're morning people now

15:08Yeah, it took a while to shift for sure, but when you put more emphasis and try and like romanticize

15:14your mornings more

15:15So like going for a nice breakfast instead of

15:18Going for an expensive dinner or yoga class in the morning or something like that something that makes mornings more

15:25enjoyable

15:26Because I think

15:27Yeah, we just were in the habit of making nights are our thing and now it just isn't right. Yeah,

15:34but anyways guys

15:34So look if you have a baby and you want to travel

15:39And you've got people telling you to chill out and not travel with your baby. Don't listen to them

15:44It's not that bad. I think it's actually one of the best times to travel because I had some of

15:49the best

15:50Memories as a kid traveling with my family and even though lila's a baby and she may not remember it

15:57again

15:57This is gonna sound corny, but I think a nervous system will remember it and obviously we've documented it on

16:02video

16:03So she'll be able to go back and see it also

16:06Like babies fly for free

16:08Under two years old and get pretty much everything for free and they pretty much get everything like accommodation

16:13Everything is free under two or three years old. So it's the perfect time to travel. Don't worry about other

16:19people

16:20We have yet to take a plane ride with lila. So that's going to be a big test. That's coming

16:26up soon

16:26We'll be doing that soon and we'll document that but yeah, hopefully this encourages you guys to

16:33Travel with your baby and not be too afraid be adaptable and just enjoy it

16:38So one thing that I did notice with other parents while we were traveling especially we were on the islands

16:44and going on to boats and things

16:46The stroller was a like a handicap

16:51Everyone that had a stroller seems to like it just wasn't convenient

16:56Maybe just for traveling in Thailand

16:58But if you're gonna be like yeah getting onto boats and things I saw a lady dragging her stroller

17:03Down the entire beach of on Koh Samui in the sand

17:07And so I was just really happy that we didn't bring ours and that or we did bring it but

17:12we never ended up using it

17:13And I used just the carrier the whole time and

17:19It was just so much easier for getting like

17:22Just getting around I just we didn't need the stroller

17:25So there's just something to keep in mind one less thing to pack the carrier was just so much more

17:30convenient

17:30So if your baby likes the carrier

17:32You can probably leave the stroller at home

17:35For this type of travel and for sightseeing and getting in and out of cars and things it just yeah

17:40That's what I think and also diaper bag wise a backpack you want both of your hands to be able

17:46to

17:48Be with the baby and then not have to carry a side bag

17:51So having a backpack and then a carrier I was able to have two free hands still and

17:56Yeah, it's pretty handy. I don't know if you can see it, but there's a really cool temple right up

18:02there

18:05We've actually filmed a video there

18:08Um, if you come into Hua Hin

18:10I highly recommend visiting early in the morning too

18:14Before it gets too hot. It's a really really

18:18Peaceful place to go and visit and you get a whole view of like all of Hua Hin including the

18:23coast and the city

18:32They went there

18:34Oh

18:37We're

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