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Traveling With Children

Next time I go to Boston, maybe I will consider taking my son…

April 14, 2007

Check it out – a baby-friendly Logan International Aiport in Boston.  To think, they actually have a separate nursery room in the terminal for baby-changing and breast feeding. The novelty!    It’s far better than Chicago’s O’Hare, where I had to walk halfway across the airport for a clean changing table one time. But no [...]

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Me directing traffic or, how my vacation was

March 23, 2007

My vacation is ending, and my time in the mountains has taught me a new skill: traffic cop.  Looking back at what was supposed to be the perfect, no-worry vacation, was more like a long lesson in how to direct honking vehicles on a crowded highway. It’s not that I wasn’t without help.  Those in line to pitch [...]

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Vacation mode part II

March 18, 2007

I’m on vacation again, and I’m hoping it will be a little more relaxing instead of just “moving the routine somewhere else” (as my friend BusyMom put it.)  This time around, I took some action to ensure I get a little more R&R (in my new post-baby world, this stands for Reading & Restaurants.) - I brought my nanny along for the trip. I am [...]

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Am I a brave mama? A tale of traveling with a small child

February 25, 2007

Flying with children in the middle of winter between some of the nation’s busiest airports is always a crapshoot.  That’s why I wasn’t so surprised when they cancelled my flight today from LaGuardia to O’Hare (the cause? “weather” somewhere in Pennsylvania is my guess, damn you Nittany Lions.)  So, I’m stuck in New York City for [...]

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A real Bugaboo day trip

January 7, 2007

The folks at Babble pointed me to an Article that the New York Times ran today about Bugaboo’s new city “day trips.”  So of course, being the nosy blogger from Chicago that I am, I immediately downloaded Bugaboo’s Chicago day tour map.  I was not at all surprised to see that the map was of Lincoln [...]

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Chivalry is dead: The sequel

January 3, 2007

Awhile ago, I wrote about how dismayed I was at the lack of people who would give my preggo self a seat on the “el.”  Seems this trend has been seen on the NY Subway. Thanks to Marc for correcting me that someone actually gave his wife a seat on the Chicago trains (updated 1/4). I guess I [...]

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Vacation is just not what it used to be

January 2, 2007

I’m back at work today after almost 2 weeks off, and at least 10 people have asked me, “how was your break?” or “did you have a nice vacation?” It is then that I am reminided that “vacations” and “breaks” with a kid aren’t really what they used to be. We took the little man to Florida for [...]

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Handicap rights for moms?

December 28, 2006

When I was pregnant, I always got annoyed that there were never any specially designated “stork parking” spots at my usual haunts- grocery store, Target, etc.  Being pregnant, while not a handicap, does have its physical limitations.  Especially when you’re trying to shlep a heavy cart through a full (and icy) parking lot in wintry [...]

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