Globe-toddling

We’re getting itchy feet over here. Extenuating circumstances, both mundane and thrilling, have kept us from putting together any exciting international trips as of late. It’s been a long, long time since New Year’s in Nicaragua. And at the moment, we have nothing international on the books. Fortunately, we found some great books on the [...]

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Here at Globe-toddling, we were on the verge of an identity crisis. You see, our daughters are growing up, as daughters will do. In fact, our youngest starts preschool in the fall. Ergo she will no longer be a toddler. Now that seriously messes with our eponymous blog—you can hardly have Globe-toddling without a toddler. [...]

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There’s nothing like a five-hour transcontinental flight to remind me that just because a flight’s domestic, it doesn’t mean it’s going to be a cakewalk. Boredom strikes small kids above their own homeland as readily as it does in international skies. So we pack our usual arsenal of toys, activities, and snacks and prepare to [...]

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When it comes to keeping my kids busy on a flight once the seat pocket contents have lost their novelty (hey, that emergency instruction card is essentially a board book about inexplicably calm people enjoying various aviation disasters), I want the things we bring to meet three criteria. First of all, they must be light and flat. [...]

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I know you think that here at Globe-toddling, we spend all our time winging from one exotic destination to the next, pausing at home just long enough to swap one season’s wardrobe for the next. If only. In truth, we spend all but a few thrilling weeks a year here in DC. Which, fortunately for [...]

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Before there was Globe-toddling, there was a difficult journey to parenthood. My story of coping with miscarriage in a culture that shrouds it in taboo was recently featured on the smart and edgy parenting website, Babble. Check it out here.

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Is a mountain of baby gear spooking you off taking your baby abroad? Fear not! You can leave home without bringing the entire nursery. After lots and lots (and lots) of trial and error, we’ve got it more or less down to a science. Here’s a list of the things we won’t leave home without —and [...]

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My daughter has been to nine foreign countries and about a dozen states. Not bad for someone who hasn’t even had her fourth birthday yet. We just got back from Brazil a couple of weeks ago, and she is flush with tales of that adventure. But of all her previous journeys, she will tell you two [...]

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