Somehow, traveling with a toddler didn’t make the list of various hells in Dante’s Inferno, but it’s up there among the more unpleasant experiences here on Earth—and it even comes complete with demonic screeches.
Any parent knows that getting on a plane with a small human in your care means you’re in for a tense, difficult time. But the good news is that with proper planning, you can minimize disaster. The trick is accepting that you’re not really packing for vacation; it’s really just one long, continuous hostage negotiation.
Here’s everything you’ll need:
An iPad, you fool!
Shirts, pants, underwear, socks, and shoes.
Alternate sets of shirts, pants, underwear, socks, and shoes for when they inevitably reject their first outfit every day.
Industrial-strength fruit snacks.
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