Travelling With Your Baby Is Not As Difficult

Travelling With Your Baby Is Not As Difficult As You Might Think
By: Marlene Benedicto

If you are a parent who is terrified of taking your infant or toddler on a vacation, there is a great way to ease the stress.

Z’fina baby slings allow parents the ability to keep their child safe and comfortable in those busy airports or while strolling on the beach without lugging around a cumbersome stroller or car seat. Because the slings are made out of easy to pack, lightweight fabrics, they are the perfect alternative to using a stroller. Since your baby is attached to you and at eye level, you don’t have to worry about them getting bumped by rushing travellers in an airport terminal or getting lost.

There is nothing worse for many travellers who are exhausted from their trip than having to deal with a grumpy, fussy baby wailing across from you as you wait for your flight. Not only does putting your child in a sling avoid getting into a confrontation with other tourists, but also keeps your baby quiet and content.

Celina Close, a mother of two who uses baby carriers manufactured by Z’fina, found that putting her 1-year-old in a sling relieved a lot of stress during a 4-hour flight delay on a recent trip to Myrtle Beach.

“I used the sling for the youngest daughter because then I basically let her have a nap in the sling, whereas there was other mothers in the airport who were trying to rock their children and didn’t have the nice slings . . .” she explains.

Carriers give parents the ability to use both their hands while they are sightseeing or searching for their passport and itinerary as well as giving your baby the physical contact they desire. Since babies like the security of being cradled by their caregivers, the slings allow you to tend to your child’s needs while going through security checks or claiming your luggage.

Close says that a sling is an ideal option for parents of multiple children. During her vacation she was able to carry her infant while holding onto her 5-year-old’s hand.

“I hear a lot of people complaining that if you have three kids you can never have enough hands for all of the kids, so if you have the sling you have one there (attached to you) and then you still have two hands as long as the kids are smaller,” she said. “There was one girl who was there by herself with two kids and she was struggling and if she had the sling it would have been so much easier because while she was trying to rock the one kid, the other kid was running around wild. It’s so much easier when you can just zip them in the sling.”

Close says it’s a good idea for parents to start wearing your babies in a sling when they are young so they get used to it by the time you decide to travel with them. She also recommends that you bring a sling every time you travel in addition to a stroller.

“We used it throughout the trip even definitely instead of her always being in the stroller . . . if we were going for walks or doing the sightseeing I would put her in the sling because she’s not a big stroller baby so once she’s in the sling she’s great.”

So for all you parents out there who think that bringing your little ones on a vacation is too difficult, it’s not as hard as you think it might be. Slings are lightweight and a practical alternative to a conventional stroller.



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