
Traveling with a toddler makes you appreciate how easy it is to travel with an infant. Before he could walk, our son caused much less mayhem in public, and we could snap his handy infant seat into a stroller frame for easy transport. When he was too big for his Graco SnugRide, we seemed doomed to schlepping his gigantic Britax convertible seat to the gate while pushing him along in his SUV-sized stroller, hoping that he wouldn't beg to get out twenty times along the way.
Enter the Gogo Kidz Travelmate ($89). Easy to attach, this lightweight but sturdy gadget turns an ordinary safety seat into a sweet, low-riding two-wheeler. The boy loves being in his cozy and familiar seat, and it never fails to draw oohs and aahs from other traveling parents. It's compatible with dozens of convertible seats, and is small enough to stow in the overhead bin. For those of us who have to visit Grammie a few times a year, it makes the trip that much smoother.— Jessica Bennett
(Image from the Gogo Kidz Family Album.)