Theme Parks With Kids: Magically Exhausting!

Unless you’re down with parents-only trips, vacations once you have kids just aren’t quite as relaxing. Peaceful nights of sleep and late breakfasts are replaced with kids who can’t sleep in strange places and breakfast at the crack of dawn. Relaxation on the beach is replaced with making sure your kids don’t eat sand. But [...]

10 Tips for Healthy Traveling

It can be tough to keep your health and fitness top of mind when you’re traveling. But a change of scenery doesn’t have to mean a total change of your healthy routine. Today, one of our favorite go-to fit experts, Nikki Glor is sharing some of her best healthy traveling tips that she’s learned from experience. [...]

Traveling With Kids: 8 Tips for a Good Night of Sleep

When I headed down to the Sweat AC fitness festival in Atlantic City, I just had to bring my family along. The city is just two hours south of where we live, and my husband and I had wanted to check it out since we moved to New Jersey. We’re not gamblers, so we hadn’t [...]

Cruising the High Seas With Morning Sickness

I went on a cruise with family in September, near the height of my morning sickness. I wasn’t apprehensive about going on a cruise while battling bouts of morning sickness. Which is surprising because I’m the type who gets carsick on winding roads. Who pops a Dramamine when going on a 3-hour whale-watching trip because [...]

Hiking in Ohio: Family-friendly Fun!

When I think of top vacation destinations, I don’t think of Ohio. I think of the Bahamas. Or Florida. But I was pleasantly surprised earlier this month when I spent a few days in the Hocking Hills region of Ohio. My family was doing a meet-in-the-middle sort of vacation, and Ohio happened to be as [...]

Little Baby in a Big City—6 Tips for City Travels

FBG Jenn was in my neck of the woods over the weekend to run the More/Fitness Half Marathon in NYC for Thomas’ Bagel Thins. She had some spare time on Saturday, so the plan was for her to catch a train to New Jersey to hang with me and the bambino for most of the [...]

6 Tips for Road-Tripping It With a Baby

Now that we’ve tackled flying with our daughter, my husband and I thought we’d push our luck and go on a 6.5-hour road trip with our not-quite-7-month-old daughter. It was long. There were a few tears. But we survived. And learned a few lessons along the way. Don’t worry, I’ll share. Feel free to share [...]

Entering the No-Cry Zone: Tips for Flying with a Baby

I’ve never been afraid to fly. Sure, I’m always glad when the airplane touches down, and I’m not a huge fan of turbulence, but I’m not a nervous flier. Add a 4-and-a-half-month-old baby to the mix? Oh, I was terrified. My husband and I went to visit family for the holidays, which meant packing up [...]

Baby’s First Flight

As any new parent knows, leaving the house with a little one in tow makes even a quick trip to the grocery store exponentially more complicated. The timing, the supplies—you must be prepared lest you find yourself in the produce department with a hungry or poop-covered baby. As I’ve found that even quick errands are [...]

Entertaining Tots on the Go

The ladies over at See Jane Fly are experts on all things travel related. And that includes keeping your kids happy when you’re on the move! Check in with SJF for the latest keep-kids-busy ammo, whether you’re in an airport, at a doctor’s appointment or need a spare 10 minutes at home! My Busy Kit [...]