peanut shell vs. Wraps>>>?

baby carrier vs backpack image

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Which is best?

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I like my Hotsling, which i think is the peanut shell you're talking about

I have a "hotsling", a "new native carrier", a "baby bjyorn" and the "infantino sling rider"... here's what i have to say about them

the hotsling... i like the best. my son is 5 months old and i use it to carry him on my hip. when he was smaller (he's 22 lbs now) i used the other carries, and was able to nurse him while chasing after (well not running, but able to move while nursing) a 2 and 3 year old.

the new native carrier... mine never fit right, when he was little, but i can still use it for the hip carry. i like the strechyness of the hotsling better.

baby bjoirn... i assume is similar to your snugli but it hurts my back too much except for when he was like 10 lbs. my son got too heavy to ever really wear facing forwards comfortably, but i could see it being great.

infantino sling rider... worked well for when he was under 18 lbs and sleeping, he never liked it awake


the type of carrier, i have looked into (and the only one i registered for at my shower) was a mei tai carrier... which i think i would have like best, and still might pick it up, if i don't find a good framed backpack reasonably.

Packing list for a 1 year old to spend a week on holiday/vacation in London- suggestions?

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My son is 15 months and he is a walking talking ball of energy, lol!

Our last family vacation was last summer, when we were still living in the US, we took a 3 week road trip driving across country with our cat, dog, and son. At the time our son was 3-4 months old and he learned to roll over the last week of the vacation.
For that vacation we took ALOT of extra luggage because we were driving our car the whole way and some extra bags in the trunk of the car wasn't an issue during transport.

This vacation will be different in that we only want to carry as few bags as we can. Since its just me, my husband, and our son (the pets will be staying home with a sitter this year) and the three of us will be traveling by train and not car. I figure either I or my husband will have to carry our son and our son's luggage while the other one will carry our luggage. My husband and I will probably fit most of our stuff into one suit case so thats not an issue.
My questions are more centered around my son's luggage. I don't want to get caught with a bunch of things we don't need, however I also don't want us to massively over pack and have a huge suitcase to carry onto the train.

We have taken day trips by train all over northern England at least once a week since we moved here in January, so I know what my son will and won't need for spending a day at a museum or a castle, for example.
My main concern is that this is the first over-night trip since he was 4 months old and I don't want to run into problems at night in the hotel room. Night time entertainment, healthy foods, sleeping arrangments...I'm at a loss!

Also, once we get there, we have a list of places we want to see during the day: Zoo, aquarium, couple musuems and historical artictecture. The usual touristy things since its our first time going to London. We'll most likely be traveling by bus or by foot the entire time we are in London.

My question is, if you were planning a similar vacation with a child of 15 months:
What would you bring along and what would you leave at home?
in terms of clothing, toys, snack foods, stroller vs back-pack style carrier, hygience supplies, etc...

Your thoughts on the subject are greatly appreciated-

Answer
With our twins (who have been to London twice already) we always use strollers - either a double or two singles. In places like the zoo and general tourist places, people are understanding of strollers and it's generally stroller-friends, but just walking down the busy streets it's quite difficult, it's not that people aren't understanding it's just a typical busy city and it's hard to navigate (particularly double strollers) down the streets. If you're comfortable with backpack carriers I would suggest it, but i never really have been. Also, at 15months they're quite awkward to carry so it really depends upon your personal preference.

For the luggage, they have these really cool things in the UK www.trunki.co.uk they're a great hit with my little cousins but I'm not sure how well they work with a 15 month old. It also has a lot of games and tips of the website.

I would bring a variety of clothes as you know how unpredictable English weather is! But maybe just two options for each day to pack light(ish). Make sure you have enough diapers obviously, and small snacks that come in small packets are easiest. Or get some trail mix type snacks and make your own little bags. So you have enough for when you need it, but not too much in one go.

If you take a stroller, you can attach toys and little books and stuff. So you don't lose them!

As for luggage and kids, I normally push the girls and have our hand luggage and things on their stroller and leave my SO in charge of the suitcases, then when we've checked in, he takes either the girls, or the hand luggage, but leaving the girls' stuff with the stroller so we have all baby stuff together.

Will edit if I think of any more!

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