We’ve gone on vacation with our children frequently, starting when they were infants.  Traveling with a toddler and infant was especially challenging, and I am always looking for the best products to make my life easier.  Here are some products that I love to use when traveling!

CARES -http://www.kidsflysafe.com - The CARES is a 5 point harness for an airplane.  Instead of carrying on a car seat, you can use the CARES (it just sat on the top of our diaper bag and is super lightweight) and installed very fast. It is so much easier to bring this on a flight than a full fledged car seat

Lexie Barnes - http://www.lexiebarnes.com/ - Lexie Barnes makes lightweight diaper bags that are made to hook to a stroller, and also wipe clean! We use our Lexie Barnes throughout our vacations, as a carry on bag and as a diaper bag! It’s also a casual enough bag to bring on an all day trip such as the zoo. I can’t say enough about how much we used this, and how nice it is!

Secure2Me Eclipse Blanket - http://www.secure2me.com/ - The Secure2Me eclipse blanket helps shade the suns rays from your children, and hooks easily to a stroller. if you are going on a warm weather vacation, you won’t want to be without this blanket to protect your kids from the sun!

Diaper Baggies - http://www.diaperbaggies.com/ - Diaper Baggies are the only bags I’ve tried that actually eliminate dirty diaper odor. They were especially useful on vacation where we actually had dirty diapers sitting in the trash can in our room until housekeeping cleaned. I had also brought some regular zipper bags for our trip and tried using one of those for a dirty diaper - it didn’t work at all. I’m so impressed with Diaper Baggies and will certainly bring them on any vacation we have as long as my kids are in diapers!