HOW TO TRAVEL WITH A TODDLER! ✈️ Activities & Tips for Travel with a Toddler | Montessori Travel

HOW TO ENJOY TRAVEL WITH A TODDLER! ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE FLYING WITH A TODDLER A SUCCESS! Let's discuss tips for travel with a toddler, Montessori aligned travel activities, handling potty learning/ toilet training while traveling, what to do when there's a flight delay, navigating a travel stroller and car seat at the airport, how to prepare a toddler for travel and how to set up the hotel for toddler independence!
We have traveled plenty as a family before having a child. But travel with a toddler is definitely quite different than travel as two adults! If we take the time to prepare our child for the travel ahead, especially when flying with a toddler! I've had some great questions from you all, which are very similar to the questions I had myself about flying with a toddler! How to get a toddler ready for their flight? How to continue incorporating Montessori principles while traveling? As we are well on our way in the potty training / toilet learning journey, I of course wondered what would happen with that - I'm happy to share what worked for us! And yes, we did choose to navigate the airport with our travel stroller AND a car seat. So I'll be sharing what navigating a car seat in an airport looks like as well! And of course, we can't forget to discuss the ACTIVITIES that we prepare for our toddler to keep them busy on the plane. I'm not about busy bags, busy boards, or a million pieces that can get lost on the plane. And while we DID prepare an iPad just in case all else failed, we hoped to remain screen free if possible and much to our surprise, we were able to have a smooth flight both ways without even considering screentime. Let's also not forget how we can set up our final destination during a vacation to still have Montessori principles in mind!
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📖 Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:27 Important Note
0:49 BEFORE the trip
3:30 Best Time to Fly?
4:49 PACKING
6:18 Note on Ear Pressue!
6:53 Simple Activities For Travel with a Toddler
9:46 When there's travel DELAYS
11:07 Toilet Learning / Potty Training While Traveling
12:16 Traveling with Stroller & Car Seat
14:24 At the Destination! Montessori on Vacation?
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[@heyshanda]

Your tips and Amazon Travel Picks were so helpful! Just came back from my 1 year olds first trip/flight and it went great! So glad I stumbled upon your channel.

[@MariaandMontessori]

I'm so glad to hear that and to know that your first trip went well!! 😊

[@AmmaraSHAH773377]

It does also help that there was someone else to help with the luggage hahahha i am happy i got to experience the responsibility of having a young toddler who couldn't walk far and all the luggage and still feeding whilst being sick lost my voice too. I think overall the experience she had and the Montessori approach with the empathising the preparation of the environment i guess to whatever extent with the activities and the snacks it helped so much. I can't imagine what i would have done otherwise tbh. Lots of practical tips here which i am keeping in mind for any future trips too.

[@MariaandMontessori]

Oh my gosh I thought of you multiple times throughout the trip honestly and how much work it must've been for you! Even though we all had a successful trip and Stella enjoyed, we were certainly exhausted getting everything organized and going. As 2 adults and 1 fully walking toddler. But in your shoes it's honestly remarkable 🫶 And yes, something I ended up cutting out of the video to save time is the fact that having a chance to explore boredom was really a huge help for us! Not only is she quite capable of problem solving and being independent even in a new environment with all the Montessori home "prep work" so to say, but she's also used to concentrating uninterrupted for longer periods of time and finding new ways to use existing activities! So being delayed with few items out, or being on the plane with a couple other activities wasn't a challenge for her. She find new ways to use each of them and keep herself occupied 🥲

[@AmmaraSHAH773377]

Awhh this is reminding me of our experience. I love how much difference half a year makes in the way they intereact with the environment and the activities. I know now if we travel it would look more like this. But maybe once there is an infant on my chest too lol. I am saving this video Also so happy to see Stella enjoyed the trip. You did well and good job eveyone wasn't ill either.

[@MariaandMontessori]

Thank you! Honestly cannot imagine adding a second little human into the mix with the travel 😅 We learned a lot this time but it does sometimes feel like an out of body experience! We have some more travels planned and I'm hoping they get easier with time!

[@kbsurveyor]

Love the tip on snacks to help with ear pressure, not something you’d usually think about

[@MariaandMontessori]

We always do gum as the adults and I was trying to think of what substitute we could have for her!

[@ccampbells83]

Thanks for the video! Do you mind linking the rolling toddler bag/suitcase?

[@MariaandMontessori]

There's a couple options, so I had that linked in the travel section of the storefront! We got the smaller one but probably should've opted for the larger size 😅 a.co/48QI4Sx

[@TaraWilloughby]

Great ideas! Noise is something I didn't' think about, but my kids are very sensitive to noise as well. We are going a plane trip over spring break, so I will make sure to remember to talk to them about the noise before we go!

[@MariaandMontessori]

She remembered it more than I thought she would but it was definitely helpful since she had started wanting to avoid places she knew were loud like the bathroom at Target 😅 No way to avoid the plane once we were on the plane tho!