TRAVELING WITH BABY

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Mum, Why Do You Have to Go? (And What to do When She Goes)

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 7, 2015

The butterflies took over every time I thought about what was ahead. Own time with friends, stormy seas (I didn’t count for the landing to the Faroes though…), fresh breeze pushing us along on daily hikes and hot cups of tea on autumnal mornings. With a sly smile I dreamed […]

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Flying with Babies and Toddlers: Not Such a Big Deal After All

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 17, 2014

“This flying with babies and toddlers business, not such a big deal, really”, I though while trying to stop my toddler fiddling with the foldable table in front of her, and simultaneously holding on to the wriggling little man whose aim was to be anywhere but here. On my lap, on our […]

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Family Adventure on Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

From Adventure to Family Adventure

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 27, 2014

If getting ready for a 2500 kilometre bike ride was a family affair, so it was when the whole family arrived for support here in Ireland. When me and my brother rolled in late in the evening on Friday to Tralee to finish of the third week of the 2500 […]

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When superwoman came crashing down – travelling alone with two kids to Barcelona and quick guide to how to do it right

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 14, 2014

Finding the exact wording is little tricky here. Was I travelling with two kids to Barcelona? For sure. Or was it more like I was dragging them to and around Barcelona? That too. Or maybe I was running after (one of) them, more like it? You could put it that […]

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Learning Languages and Toddler’s Travel Talk

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 18, 2014

Communications can be tricky enough using just one language, but in our family we have three (and half) languages to tackle with. Finnish is the secret language of myself and our little miss. To give some credit to my husband, in the past two years he has taken baby steps, […]

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Packing for Family Travels I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

The Unscientific Art of Packing for Family Holidays

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 6, 2014

Packing is something I never thought of writing about until my husband suggested that I’d do so. I wasn’t convinced, as I don’t have any scientific method to packing. No excel sheets or lists, no real drive to pack light nor have we purchased any family-specific-luggage to make our life […]

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It’s the Journey not the Destination

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 23, 2014

It’s the journey not the destination, it’s the journey not the destination, it’s the journey not the destination. This is the mantra I’ve been repeating to myself when thinking of how far we actually got to travel in the next couple of days. We landed in London yesterday and in […]

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