What To Pack When You’re Traveling With A Baby

Traveling with a baby on an airplane requires a new level of planning. You can’t check a million bags – one for the cost, and two because you won’t have enough hands to carry everything. So you have to be strategic with how you pack.

Since we were going to Kauai, Kevin’s checked bag was his surfboards, so I went with an oversized suitcase that held all of our stuff. The only negative was that the bag weighed 13 lbs so it put us over weight on the way there (lesson learned). We also brought Margot’s car seat and bought the Uppababy Travelsafe Bag (provides insurance on the car seat for any damage), which we checked in free at the ticket counter with Alaska Airlines. We filled the extra space in the bag with diapers, wipes, and other baby supplies. We were smarter on the way home and packed some of the heavier stuff in the car seat bag, and the lighter, bulkier stuff in the large suitcase.

Once we checked in our luggage, our carry-ons were very minimal. We had a diaper backpack, my Beis diaper pack, baby carrier, and travel stroller. I wore Margot so I could stack the car seat bag on the travel stroller to transport it before we checked it in and after we landed, on our way to the rental car.

Luckily, the Airbnb we stayed at had a pack ‘n play so we didn’t need to bring ours. The only other thing missing was a bathtub since our Airbnb didn’t have one. I started looking into baby travel bathtubs, but in the end, I didn’t get one and opted for towel baths instead.

Carry-on

Checked Luggage

Since it was a tropical destination we also packed:

With a 6.5-hour flight there and a red-eye flight on NYE home, we pulled the travel bandaid right off. Our next trip is to Cabo so we’ll feel spoiled with just a 2.5-hour flight!

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