Babble

I say the car seat is worth trying, given that kids are familiar with them, sit more comfortably in them and rest their head against the sides of them when they do finally fall asleep and you won't have to fight to keep them in their seats, buckle seat belt, etc ... basically, it helps constrain them...

We've flown a lot with our son (starting at 4 months, he's now 22 months) and we've experimented with a wide range of things to ensure a relatively calm flight. We tried Benadryl and, of course, our son was in that small percentage of kids that go bananas on it. He would not sit still and we were on...

The good news is that we have friends living outside of Puerto Vallerta who have invited us to visit them next month for a week and stay for free. I found tickets for $190/round trip from dreary Chicago in January. The bad news is that my 15 month old can't sit still for five minutes, much less the five...